- 1. Gina Prince-Bythewood On Directing Viola Davis In Her New Film "The Woman King," The Tale Of An All-Female Army In West Afric
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- ... well while pushing for a then-unknown Gugu Mbatha-Raw to be cast in a starring role in 2014’s Beyond the Lights. And it was crucial when making The Woman King during the height of the pandemic, filming ...
- Created on 07 September 2022
- 2. Week Of Women: March 9-15, 2018
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- ... Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic 1962 Madeleine L’Engle sci-fi novel is finally here! With a cast including Oprah, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Storm Reid, we cannot ...
- Created on 08 March 2018
- 3. "Irreplaceable You" Is The Perfect Romantic Dramedy For 201
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- ... cast including Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Black Mirror: San Junipero, A Wrinkle in Time) and Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones, Orphan Black), is director and producer Stephanie Laing’s debut film, though she’s had ...
- Created on 15 February 2018
- 4. BUST's 10 Best Bets For February And March 201
- (Entertainment)
- ... Madeleine L’Engle—but on March 9, the wait will finally be over. With a cast that includes Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (and a whopping budget of $103 million) chances ...
- Created on 01 February 2018
- 5. Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle In Time” Looks INCREDIBLE And We Are Counting Down The Days Til It Premieres
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- ... Time is here, and it looks INCREDIBLE. I’ll pause and let you watch it. Let’s list some of the great things here: Meg looking like she hates gym class, #relatable. Chris Pine and Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s ...
- Created on 17 July 2017
- 6. “Beauty And The Beast” 2017: The Good, The Bad, And The WTF
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- ... ever. • The yellow dress WAS NOT VERY GOOD. NOT INTO THE HIP FLAP THINGIES • The CGI household objects are a little creepy looking. • Why cast Gugu Mbatha-Raw but then only show her face for like two ...
- Created on 06 April 2017
- 7. 16 “A Wrinkle In Time” Photos That Make Us So Excited For Ava DuVernay’s Movie
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- ... Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who. Other cast members include Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris Pine, Andre Holland, Rowan Blanchard, Bellamy Young, Zach Galifianakis and Michael Peña. Needless to say, we are HERE. FOR. ...
- Created on 15 March 2017
- 8. "Frozen River" Director Courtney Hunt Proves Great Films Take Time: 52 Weeks of Director
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- ... Truth, which seemed to have an ever-changing cast. Keanu Reeves will star as a defense attorney who is working to exonerate a teenager charged with murder. Gugu Mbatha-Raw is attached to play a young attorney ...
- Created on 10 February 2017
- 9. Black Mirror's 'San Junipero' Is The Queer Love Story Television Nee
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- ... of LGBTQ+ characters. "San Junipero," the fourth episode in the season, revolves around the relationship of the awkward Yorkie (MacKenzie Davis), and a vivacious Kelly (Gugu Mbatha-Raw). Set against a ...
- Created on 01 November 2016
- 10. How Amma Asante Saw Her Own Story In "Belle": 52 Weeks Of Director
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- ... Dido: “What is right can never be impossible.” Despite Dido’s (played in the film by Gugu Mbatha-Raw) equality in the eyes of the father, Asante lays out the injustices and slights that are made against ...
- Created on 21 April 2016
- 11. "Love And Basketball" Director Gina Prince-Blythewood Says, "We Need To See Black Women Reflected Onscreen": 52 Weeks Of Directo
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- ... become Beyond the Lights in 2007, but she struggled to find financing after Sony, her original production company, backed out after she cast Gugu Mbatha-Raw, a relatively unknown black actress. “We need ...
- Created on 07 April 2016
- 12. #OscarsSoWhite: The Sequel
- (Movies)
- ... well-rounded character who supportsher love interest, as much as he supports her. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Concussion) Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Prema Mutiso, a Kenyan nurse who marries Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will ...
- Created on 14 January 2016
- 13. Movie Review: Belle
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- ... of a Royal Navy Admiral and an African woman, Dido (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) grows up with her blonde, blue-eyed cousin Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon), as the pair are raised by their great-uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom ...
- Created on 02 May 2014
