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Coming Attractions, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, TIFF 2022, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a Twisty, Tale of Intrigue and Greed
With Glass Onion, it's the women who shine consistently throughout. Having been a fan of Monae's transition from musician to acting in such notable projects as Harriet, Hidden Figures, Moonlight…
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Coming Attractions, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, TIFF 2022, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Billy Eichner Makes Bros A Queer Comedy For The Ages
Paying loving tribute to the wild diversity within LGBTQ+ culture, Bobby's committee overseeing New York’s first LGBTQ+ history museum is simultaneously slaying, reading and harpooning modern identity politics. From a…
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Reginald Hudlin and Oprah’s Sidney is Simply Magnificent
Speaking often throughout the doc about his father showing him what the true the measure of a man is permeates my spirit and consciousness. For me, the true measure of…
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Sacha Jenkins Reveals Louis Armstrong Was More Than a Grin
Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues is not only the later half of this impactful doc's title, but places Armstrong’s voice in our ear singing, talking, joking, being beyond frustrated in…
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Viola Davis Immortalizes Dahomey in The Woman King
The Woman King will ruffle some feathers, while simultaneously having others screaming and jumping for joy. Finally, Black women are leading a major studio feature film for the first time…
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Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence Simply Stupendous as The Silent Twins
To say this film is disturbing would be mild understatement. If for nothing else, it sheds a glaring spotlight on the mistreatment and misdiagnosed women of color who are mentally ill. …
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The Inspection Examines Queer Life in The Military
Inspection sheds a much needed spotlight on the internalized shame and mental taxation being queer can take within the confines of family, who refuse to understand and embrace. Yet, illustrates…
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John Boyega Will Gut You to the Core in Breaking
What resonates strongly for me is the blatant disrespect and dismissive attitude given toward people of color in authority and in distress . When Brian yells out "I want the…
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Idris Elba Wrestles with His Conscience and King of the Jungle in BEAST
What I most appreciated about Ryan Engle and Jaime Primak Sullivan's screenplay is the realism of the relationships between all the characters with an image of a Black man rarely…
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Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero is Chock Full of Adventure, Laughs and Fun
The Dragon Ball phenomena began in 1984 when Japan’s well-known manga from Akira Toriyama premiered in Shueisha’s “Weekly Shonen Jump” – becoming a top ranked title throughout its 10 and…
