“A bad day for most geeks would be being the butt of jokes,” says the punk-band-playing straight-A brainiac Malcolm (actor Shameik Moore) at the center of Dope, a film that’s as much about questioning identity as it is owning it.
A movie about a wannabe cool black nerd obsessed with ’90s hip-hop and Game of Thrones sounds like a movie I’m very interested in seeing. Following up its buzzy trailer and major Sundance reception, here’s the first clip from Dope, which looks to be a worthwhile watch in the tradition of all my fav addictive…
If you loved Empire and can’t wait for more “music-driven” TV, you’re in luck. While Cookie and the gang (mostly Cookie, though; she is the best) won’t be returning to your screens as soon as you’d like, Baz Luhrmann’s new Netflix series about four kids in the Bronx just cast the main leads.
