2017
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Your little one gets schwifty, but they aren’t doing a dance. Have you marathoned Rick and Morty while breastfeeding at 3:30 in the morning. That’s the kind of party lifestyle you live now, right? Thank god for Netflix and other streaming services. Don’t worry you’ll be able to show them Rick and Morty soon enough.
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Writer: Kieron Gillen / Artist: Salvador Larroca / Marvel Comics
The flagship comic for Marvel’s new Star Wars extended universe has mostly run like a well-oiled engine on Jason Aaron’s watch. The book has consistently mined the spaces in between the films to unearth a plethora of world building and characters that fit right into this world as if they’d always been there. But now with Aaron passing the baton, can Kieron Gillen keep the momentum going?
As good as Aaron’s run was, his standalone vignettes didn’t exactly leave Gillen much to work with as far as establishing the story going in a new direction. Whereas Aaron worked within the in-betweens of New Hope and Empire, Gillen seems to be tying Team Skywalker to fallout from the events of Rogue One. This approach has both strengths and weaknesses. On one hand, sure, it’s great that the Extended Universe is going out of its way to make sure that Rogue One has deep roots in the mythology. It’s a little fanservice-y but something like Star Wars doesn’t get to last 40 years without its share of fan service. On the other hand, I was ready to scream if I had to read Saw Gerrara’s name one more time. So far, it’s effective but doesn’t start as explosive and kinetic as Aaron’s run.
Visually, I must admit I’m slowly being converted to one of the anti-Salvador Larroca people. I could deal with the photorealistic faces at first but now he’s outright lifting faces right out of screenshots from the movie and it is immensely distracting and off-putting. At one point, there’s a panel of Leia with a scarf over her mouth and it’s just these dead photorealistic eyes looking at you, following you like one of those creepy Boris Karloff haunted house movies. It’s getting bad, y’all.
Bottom Line: The attempts to add relevance to Rogue One (as if it needs any more) are appreciated but there’s nothing truly magnificent to look at so far in Gillen’s first issue. On top of that, Salvador Larroca is officially the element that’s keeping this book from true greatness. This would be a perfectly serviceable book with just a little less photorealism.
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Actor Jay Ellis, best known for his role on HBO’s Insecure, has been named the 2018 celebrity ambassador for the American Black Film Festival, which was launched by Jeff Friday over two decades ago.
“Jeff’s vision for ABFF and his continued passion to create a platform for storytellers and content creators of color has been inspiring to me and many others,” Ellis said in a press release. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to be a part of building on the mission of ABFF.”
The festival returns to Miami next spring for its 22nd year, June 13 to June 18. Recognized as one of the leading film festivals in the world, ABFF is dedicated to fostering talent of African descent—both in front of and behind the camera.
“Diversity and equal opportunity for people of color are just some of ABFF’s main goals for film and television,” Ellis elaborated, in a statement on Instagram. “It’s a platform with a mission to keep moving forward.”
Thank you guys for bringing me in and making me part of the family!! Looking forward to 2018 https://t.co/zF0tlc0His
— Jay Ellis (@JayREllis) October 27, 2017
“We are delighted to welcome Jay Ellis to the ABFF family. His commitment to new and diverse stories embodies the mission of this festival,” said Jeff Friday, CEO of ABFF Ventures, in a press release.
In addition to his role as Lawrence on the critically acclaimed Insecure, which screened at ABFF this year, Ellis has a number of impressive acting credits. He starred as Bryce “Blue” Westbrook on the hit BET series The Game and had roles on Masters of Sex, Grace and Frankie, How I Met Your Mother, Grey’s Anatomy, and NCIS.
Ellis is currently on location in Cape Town, South Africa, filming Sony Pictures’ The Maze, for the big screen with producer Neal Moritz. He recently wrapped production on the indie film A Boy. A Girl. A Dream: Love on Election Night, co-starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good and directed by Qasim Basir.
“Jay’s career trajectory exemplifies the importance of supporting and uplifting our own. We feel very fortunate to have him as our 2018 ambassador and are excited about what his participation will bring to our event.”