In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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Fortress 2: Re-entry
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“Just for the record, I ain’t the least bit happy about this.”
What? They made a sequel? Yes, it’s absolutely true. Christopher Lambert may have escaped a futuristic prison in Fortress (1992), but he couldn’t escape the lure of the DTV sequel Fortress 2: Re-entry (2000).
Joining Will to review the film is That Sequel Guy, follow-up film specialist, Dom O’Brien.
Show notes
Fortress 2: Re-entry (2000)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Patrick Malahide, Pam Grier
Plot: Seven years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
Episode 106.
166 episodes
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“Just for the record, I ain’t the least bit happy about this.”
What? They made a sequel? Yes, it’s absolutely true. Christopher Lambert may have escaped a futuristic prison in Fortress (1992), but he couldn’t escape the lure of the DTV sequel Fortress 2: Re-entry (2000).
Joining Will to review the film is That Sequel Guy, follow-up film specialist, Dom O’Brien.
Show notes
Fortress 2: Re-entry (2000)
Director: Geoff Murphy
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Patrick Malahide, Pam Grier
Plot: Seven years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
Episode 106.
166 episodes
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