Tag: Movie
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Exploring The Black Panther Party
Warner Bros.’s latest feature, Judas and the Black Messiah, takes viewers to 1968 Chicago. That’s right, the Black Power era. More specifically, the Black Panther Party. The drama recounts the life of Black activist Fred Hampton. He rose to prominence as the mesmerizing chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. On December 4, 1969, Fred, 21, and…
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Tearing Down Gender Stereotypes in Family Drama ‘Palmer’
Apple TV+’s latest feature film Palmer, directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Cheryl Guerriero, a native of my hometown, takes viewers on an emotional rollercoaster set in a small town in Louisiana. When ex-convict Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) is released early from his prison sentence, he returns home to live with his beloved grandmother Vivian (June Squibb). While on…
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It’s ‘The Little Things’ That Bore You
2 hours and 7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Nice. Late last year, Warner Bros. announced that all of their 2021 film releases would simultaneously release to theaters and on the streaming service HBO Max. The first launch of the year is John Lee Hancock’s slow-burn crime thriller The Little Things.…
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On a Fun, but Bumpy, Road with Onward
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
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Whitest Season: Privilege Comes First in ‘Happiest Season’
TW: Racism, Ableism / Spoilers Below After years of being plagued with Hallmark’s wonderbread, puritanical, heterosexual holiday fun, it was refreshing to finally have a Christmas movie that is not about a middle-class (though sometimes royalty if you’re lucky enough to be Vanessa Hudgens or Ben Lamb) straight relationship where they overcome an instant hatred…
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‘Booksmart’ Movie Review: A Fun Coming-of-Age Comedy
Wilde’s coming-of-age comedy directorial debut is simultaneously hilarious and entertaining, and remarkably heartfelt and relatable.
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“Sand Castle” Movie Review: Is This Yet Another Unrealistic War Drama?
Overall, Sand Castle was another lack luster war drama that will eventually fade into the many similar war dramas I have seen throughout my life.
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Creepy Concept, Lackluster Story: A Movie Review of “Come Play”
“Come Play” was entertaining and had some great ideas about how to scare children away from playing with facial recognition settings.
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Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’
The film does not add anything to its own conversation or genre, and falls flat once it’s about to end and must declare some sort of conclusion.
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‘Still’ Movie Review: An Interesting Premise, but Poor Execution
Overall this movie was an easy watch, but by no means a worthwhile watch.