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1917 is Hell Under Fire and Bold Cinematic Soldier Tribute
Traveling abroad and entertaining our troops overseas, I witnessed first hand the angst soldiers experience defending our country against enemies foreign and domestic. Not being a big fan of war…
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Is CATS – Now and Forever or Does it Need Catnip?
Cats was one of the most successful musicals in Broadway history running more than 7,000 performances over an 18-years. So, it only suffices to say that it would eventually hit…
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Online Dating Goes Awry in Queen and Slim
Beautifully and exquisitely shot, the opening wide shot sets the tone perfectly. Matsoukas uses her music video background to make Queen & Slim interesting, yet intriguing. Particularly, with the cinematic…
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Good Boys is Pure Pre-Teen Gut Bucket Fun
The Bean Bag Boys have made a pact (and yes the name comes from all of them owning an actual bean bag). They do everything together or not at all.…
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Idris Elba and Vanessa Kirby Steal The Show in Hobbs and Shaw
Ladies, Idris Elba in that black leather suit is all I'm gonna say. It's a beautiful sight to behold and Vanessa Kirby (Hattie) proves that women can handle themselves, in…
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Beatles Nostalgia Comes Alive in Yesterday
Lily James and Himesh Patel are so cute together and Patel's musical talents were enjoyable making Yesterday a love story with The Beatles catalog as a backdrop and easily one of…
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Misery Meets Carrie with Octavia Spencer in MA
As a kid, I remember being terrified watching Carrie. As a young adult, mortified watching Misery. As a woman, who clearly doesn't embrace horror for fear my electric bill will…
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Processing the WTF*ck Factor of Jordan Peele’s US | SXSW ’19
Peele is following in the footsteps of Oscar winner Barry Jenkins by having his sophomore film knock it out of the park!!! At the end of the day, US is…
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James McAvoy is Brilliant in M. Night Shamaylan’s GLASS
Growing up as a military dependent, often times I didn’t fit in. Our family was often one of the few or sometimes the only family of color on the…
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Greenbook is a Lesson in Humanity and Racism
Do you know what a ‘greenbook‘ is? Apparently, in the segregated south, the ‘greenbook‘ was a document which listed restaurants and lodging people of color were allowed to patronize in…
