“Fast Color” is a post-apocalyptic superhero movie that ranks as one of the most original pictures of the year. Beyond the novelty of having three supernaturally-empowered African-American women (Gugu ...

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Most people probably wouldn't mention the sci-fi family drama Fast Color if they're asked to list all the superhero films that came out in 2018. Now, according to Deadline, Amazon Studios is planning ...

Fast Color is a movie about a superhero, but it doesn't seem quite right to call it a "superhero movie," because of what that term usually means. The film is about climate change and addiction and ...

A hyper-kinetic Gugu Mbatha-Raw races through an allegorical sci-fi drama that can't quite transcend its lovely empowerment thesis. Technically, this is a story about generations of women. While Ruth ...

No one makes superhero movies anymore unless they’re part of a cinematic universe, or at least have the potential to be. Even the most obscure comic book adaptations often come weighted with the ...

Most superhero movies are based on some sort of source material. So it makes sense to wonder whether the new movie Fast Color could be based on an existing comic, graphic novel, or book, even though ...

Fast Color, co-written and directed by Julia Hart, was introduced to audiences at the 2018 South by Southwest Film Festival. The film stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint and Saniyya Sidney as ...

Where do we find entertainment these days? On our laptops and in our living rooms. The streaming options are overwhelming — and not always easy to sort through. So, in this weekly feature, I review a ...

It’s rare that you see a Black girl leading a major network show, but Saniyya Sidney is doing just that. The star of Fox’s The Passage, a TV adaptation of the bestselling trilogy centered on a deadly ...