The Beauty Of Retrospect, July Actress Edition: Lupita Nyong'o

Has it really been since April 2014 that I last (and first) looked at Lupita Nyong'o on this blog?  And what has she been up to since?

Well, for one thing, she's played humanoid alien pirate Maz Kanata in two of the movies in the current Star Wars trilogy, The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.  You didn't recognize her?  That's because Maz is a CGI-produced character that was activated by motion-capture technology.  As in all Star War s movies, the special effects don't get in the way of what is still a great story.

She also played Nakia in the explosively successful black-superhero movie The Black Panther.  She herself was likely booed, as Nakia is a villain.

Lupita Nyong'o remains busy as an actress, with a new movie, Little Monsters, still in post-production as of this writing.  Don't except a Bergmanesque turn from Ms. Nyong'o in this one; it's another popcorn movie, this one about zombies.

But there will be more movie starring Lupita Nyong'o going forward, to be sure, so whether she's doing a blockbuster or an art film, either one is a good reason to break out the popcorn. :-)