(***) It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a broken man. A broken Kryptonian who’s trying to find his place on this earth. Just like the rest of us. The themes of finding oneself, especially after others have tried to redefine and demonize you, is an all-too-common occurrence. And it’s just one of the many […]
F1: The Movie
(***) It’s a Tom Cruise kinda movie, but it stars Brad Pitt. He’s the protagonist in this tale about an ageing, washed-up race car driver who everyone’s counted out. Except for a dear friend and the driver, himself: “If the last thing I ever do is drive that car, I will take that life man, […]
28 Years Later
(***) Waking up in a hospital bed and discovering the world has been devastated by a Rage virus is an opening scene that’s hard to beat. That set of images from the 2002 film 28 Days Later‘s intro passage may make some film fans eager to see this third chapter’s beginning. With that in mind, you wonder […]
Wizkid: Long Live Lagos Premieres at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
If Afrobeats music has a king, it’s Wizkid. He wasn’t self-anointed. It’s just that his music has crossed over worldwide in a way that’s made him part of the genre’s royalty. This insightful bio-documentary, which leads up to an historic concert, corroborates that notion. Karam Gill directs this exploration into the Grammy-winning singer’s life, career […]
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
(***1/2) If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the 30-year history of this franchise, it’s that the missions aren’t so impossible when Ethan Hunt is in charge and Tom Cruise takes the wheel. Frankly the last chapter, Dead Reckoning Part One, was good but not great. So, this, possibly the final episode, needs to be […]
Hurry Up Tomorrow
(**1/2) There’s something beautiful and intriguing about what you’re watching. What you’re hearing. Hard to put your finger on it. Hard to ignore the imperfections, too. Music video? No. Traditional feature film? No. This is a hybrid. Something new. Something fans of The Weeknd, the film’s central character, may eat up. Especially if they stop […]
Black Tea has NYC premiere at 2025 New York African Film Festival
(**) Even master auteurs have an off day. A premise that doesn’t pan out. A vision that others can’t see. But because they’re so talented, often film buffs find some kind of gold in whatever they do. Legendary writer/director Abderrahmane Sissako, who was born in Mauritania and raised in Mali, has built a solid reputation on classic African […]
Thunderbolts*
(**1/2) When will the Marvel Universe stop feeding on its own? Never. But at least this time, they’re on to something. The Avengers are out to lunch. Those that have the power are drafting a C-Team, a group of misfits that aren’t as showy as the real A-Team. Nor as cool and socially conscious as the […]
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