June picks: The movies and series you can't miss13 of 26
The Blackening | Premieres in theaters Friday, June 16
Genre: Horror, Comedy
The original version of this horror comedy hit the festival circuit back in 2018 and made some waves by roasting a longstanding genre trope about the fate of Black characters in horror movies. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" writer Dewayne Perkins wrote and starred in that short, and he's back for the feature-length version to celebrate Juneteenth this year, with cast upgrades that include Yvonne Orji (we so miss "Insecure"), Sinqua Walls (who is having a year with "Nanny" and White Men Can't Jump), and one-time IMDb host Jay Pharoah.
Genre: Horror, Comedy
The original version of this horror comedy hit the festival circuit back in 2018 and made some waves by roasting a longstanding genre trope about the fate of Black characters in horror movies. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" writer Dewayne Perkins wrote and starred in that short, and he's back for the feature-length version to celebrate Juneteenth this year, with cast upgrades that include Yvonne Orji (we so miss "Insecure"), Sinqua Walls (who is having a year with "Nanny" and White Men Can't Jump), and one-time IMDb host Jay Pharoah.