Sundance ’19: LuluWang Pays Homage To Grandma with Dramedy The Farewell
When someone is ill in our family, no one discusses it. We all know, but no one acknowledges it. I’ve always thought this was very odd and believed my family…
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Sundance ’19: Leaving Neverland Unearths MJ Sexual Allegations
Finding Neverland is painful to watch for a variety of reasons and there are some out there who for yet another ride around the tabloid merry-go-round will find this entertaining…
Gina Rodriguez Scorches in Miss Bala
Having been a former beauty pageant contestant (pick your jaws up off the floor now), I was all over this film like cheap suit. Convinced I was about to screen…
Sundance 2019: Clemency is a Raw, Emotional Look at Death Row
Chononye Chuckwu perfectly encapsulates and humanizes lawyers, criminals and prison staff in this heart stopping drama. This is by far a career best for the legendary Alfre Woodard. The list…
Sundance 2019: Blinded By The Light Exuberant Tribute to Springsteen
In 1987 America, both Michael and Janet Jackson were dominating the radio airwaves along with George Michael and U2. But, in Luton, a young lad from Pakistan filled his days…
Apollo 11 Relives Historic Moon Walk and Inspires Americans
“One small step for man…One giant leap for mankind” is a Neil Armstrong quote that takes us right back to that historical moment of when Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael…
Black Dahlia Revisited through Fauna Hodel in TNT’S I AM THE NIGHT
If you are a native of Los Angeles and driven down Franklin Street, you have more than likely driven past the home of one of the city’s most famous, mysterious…
SUNDANCE 2019: Native Son is UnNerving and Courageously Necessary
When the credits rolled for a mostly white audience of first time director Rashid Johnson and scribe Suzan Lori-Parks reimagined unnerving, adrenaline shot adaption of Richard Wright’s Native Son you…
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…
Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston Unlikely Irrestible Duo in The Upside
What happens when you run out of options? Those moments where you feel like universe, family, friends and even you have given up on YOU. Dell (Kevin Hart) is an…
