Jamie! Will! Denzel! Must-see summer movies

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Superheroes, A-list-stars and big budget special effects are headed to a theater near you this season...

WATCH: Oscar Grant film trailer

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theGRIO REPORT - Fruitvale Station (originally titled Fruitvale) was one of the most acclaimed films to emerge from this year's Sundance Film Festival...

A timeless classic: Top career lessons from ‘The Great Gatsby’

Janell Hazelwood, BlackEnterprise.com

OPINION - Fitgerald, in the way that great innovators of communication and story-telling do, included timeless themes that are still relevant decades later and can fuel the imaginations and critical thinking processes of generations to come...

'42' is a hit: Is it a home run for black America?

Lilly Workneh

theGRIO REPORT - Could the success of '42' all suggest a growing audience for feel-good films that result in racial harmony?...

Happy b'day Billy Dee Williams!

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SLIDESHOW - Billy Dee Williams has had a long career, spanning from his acting debut in the Academy Award-nominated 1959 movie 'The Last Angry Man', to the classic TV movie 'Brian's Song' (1971), for which he and James Caan received Emmy Award nominations...

Slideshow: Action! Obama White House film screenings

Carrie Healey

theGRIO REPORT - Throughout President Obama's years at the White House, the first couple has screened variety of movies, documentaries, and television shows...

'Why '44' embraced the movie '42'

Joy-Ann Reid

OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson on Tuesday, he did so as a man in a unique position to relate to her late husband's story...

The Rock: Savior of film franchises

Sandy Cohen, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When your film franchise has gotten tired — the Fast aren't quite as Furious, the Mummy needs a reason to Return — Dwayne Johnson is the guy to call.