Terminator Dark Fate Trailer Gave Me Tucker Carlson Face
November will mark the release of the sixth installment in the Terminator franchise. I don’t hide the fact that I’m hypersensitive to sci-fi films set in the future – while post-apocalyptic – still seem to be a utopia of whiteness. I understand in Hollywood Black…
Netflix’s Black Mirror Season 5 Trailers
The new season of Netflix’s Black Mirror is shorter than a smurf with only three episodes…yep three. Nonetheless I’m sure it will be an emotional and jolting ride which is to be expected from the sci-fi anthology series. This new season features Anthony Mackie, Miley…
Lafayette’s Greatest Hits
Many years ago Cypher Avenue highlighted 13 of the Best Black non-heterosexual characters in film and television. Many reader’s favorite characters were not listed which caused some criticism. We explained that since the site is primarily here to celebrate masculine leaning non-heterosexual men of color,…
WATCH: Rapper Young KSB’s Booty-Eating Anthem, “Slob On My Ass”
21 year-old New Orleans based rapper, Young KSB, drops his own anthem for the gay community, “Slob On My Ass.”
The Avengers End Game Discussion Thread
The Avengers End Game Discussion Thread. You’ve seen the film now share your thoughts…spoilers and all! Was it everything and more? Should Warner Brothers just give up after this and stop making super hero films for the next 10 years? Is Avengers the best trilogy…
NEVER FORGET: This Black Man Was Thanos in the First Avengers Movie
Before Black Panther. Before Infinity War. Before Endgame.
WATCH: Clips from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Play, “Choir Boy”
Here are exclusive clips from Academy Award Winning “Moonlight” screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Broadway play, “Choir Boy.”
Lil Nas X Gets the Square
Billboard’s Country chart police have come under scrutiny for removing Lil Nas X’s country trap song Old Town Road from the Billboard Country charts. Their reason; “…upon further review, it was determined that ‘Old Town Road’ by Lil Nas X does not currently merit inclusion…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Racial Ambiguity and Transcendence
The non-controversy / controversy concerning The Rock’s racial identity played out in interesting fashion via Twitter and Instagram. It started with The Rock’s old job and his claim to fame WWE. Regardless what my brother and I thought when we were young, wrestling is scripted…
Netflix’s Love Death & Robots
I don’t think animation gets the respect it deserves. Case in point; many social media feeds and websites that cater to people of color highlighted all the Black people that were nominated and won Oscars in their respected categories but didn’t even mention Spider-Man Into…
#SurvivingCardiB
Let’s take a trip to ‘What-If Imagination Land’. What if Meek Mill revealed in an interview that when he was struggling to break into the music industry he sold drugs to pay for expensive studio costs? Duh…no shocking revelations there right? What if he stated…
Quick Spoiler Free Thoughts On Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Us is a comedic-suspenseful-horror film adding to a body of work that could be the beginning of Jordan Peele’s reign as ‘Master of Horror’. Following up the racially charged hit Get Out, Us feels a bit more expansive and if you’ve seen the trailers you already know…
That Time Orson Welles Got Drunk Filming a Commercial
This addition of Throwback Thursday features Orson Welles. Welles is best known for his legendary career (in front of / behind the camera) in film, theater, television and in radio. From his 1938 broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” to what many consider one…
Why I’m Not Fucking With Amanda Seales Any More
You will see many headlines on blogs and on Youtube calling Amanda Seales a liar due to the allegations she made against former NFL player now neurosurgeon Myron Rolle. Rolle’s inspirational journey as NFL player to medical students has been highlighted in many news outlets over…
The Stigma Attached To Sexual Fluid Male Porn Actors
We are familiar or have heard the term “gay for pay.” This is when straight male porn actors are paid to perform in scenes with another male. The other male could be straight or self-identified as gay. In keeping with the fluidity of sexuality there…
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