OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Feb. 1

'Bullet to the Head,' 'Warm Bodies,' 'The Gatekeepers,' and more

2013-02-01

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun    Read the complete article

Film Festival Shows ‘Africans Through African Eyes’

The 23rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films will be held from Feb. 1-Mar. 2

2013-02-01

Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News

The 23^rd Annual Cascade Festival of African Films aims to show Portlanders “Africans through African eyes.” Read the complete article

PDX African American Film Festival This Weekend

Founder Ron Craig hopes to increase exposure to African American filmmakers

2013-01-30

Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News

With many Black filmmakers struggling to get their work to the big screen, Ron Craig believes exposure to Black produced and directed films is as important as ever. Read the complete article

Anthony Anderson: The ‘34th Annual UNCF: An Evening of Stars’ Interview

'I’d grown up watching the show with my parents every year back when it was hosted by Lou Rawls'

2013-01-28

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Anthony is currently starring on three TV series, “Guys with Kids,” “Treme” and “Golf in America,” and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Alvina, and their two children. Here he talks about hosting the United Negro College Fund’s 34th Annual “An Evening of Stars.” Read the complete article

Movie Review: 'Mumia -- Long Distance Revolutionary'

A documentary which doesn’t seek so much to clear the controversial figure’s name as to showcase his intellect

2013-01-24

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Reverential Biopic Paints Sympathetic Portrait of Controversial Cause Célèbre  Read the complete article

Meagan Good: The 'Deception' Interview

2013-01-24

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Meagan Good stars in NBC's midseason drama "Deception" as Joanna Padget Locasto, a San Francisco narcotics detective with childhood ties to a notoriously secretive and powerful New York family, the Bowers. Read the complete article

OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Jan. 25

'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,' 'Movie 43 ,' 'The Pirogue,' and more

2013-01-24

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun         Read the complete article

OPENING THIS WEEK: For Movies Opening Jan. 18

'Broken City,' 'The Last Stand ,' 'Luv ,' and more

2013-01-18

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun         Read the complete article

Oxygen Ceases Development of 'All My Babies' Mamas'

Reality special that featured a rapper and the 10 women he had 11 children with

2013-01-15

CNN

(CNN) -- Oxygen has decided not to move forward with a reality special that featured a rapper and the 10 women he had 11 children with. Read the complete article

2013 Golden Globes Recap

Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger exchanged barbs about each other’s poor command of English

2013-01-14

Kam Williams Special To The Skanner News

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association jumpstarted the 2013 awards season Sunday evening with its annual recognition of the best in film and television. An early indicator of Academy Award potential, the Golden Globes have established "Argo" and "Les Miserables" as favorites in the Oscar race, much to the chagrin of fading-fast "Lincoln." Read the complete article