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When Hollywood crafts a must-see theatrical event, it has increasingly been propelled by the power of inclusivity.

Baltimore area residents are coming out in droves this weekend to catch Marvel Comics’ latest superhero film “Black Panther.”

After what is described as technical problems forced the cancellation of opening-night screenings of "Black Panther" at a Towson movie theater, scores of fans were left disappointed and angry.

This week: Users deem #BlackPantherSoLIT as casting details emerge, Malcolm X's birthday celebrated and Mississippi school ordered to desegregate.

A highlight of 2014's Maryland Film Festival was Darius Clark Monroe's "Evolution of a Criminal," a beguiling documentary that looked to Monroe's own life--when

"Creed," the brainchild of "Fruitvale Station" director Ryan Coogler, in collaboration with screenwriter Aaron Covington and with the generous and genuinely inspiring participation of one Sylvester Stallone, hands the Rocky mantle and the gloves, and the jump rope, and the training montages to a new underdog determined to box his way to glory. Time is on his side.