(***) Vroom. Vroom. Zoom. In his bedroom, he’s a helluva a race car driver. On the racetrack, he’s even better. That’s according to this very engaging bio/spo/dra. There’s a whole generation who know little about the outside world and more about the virtual one in their rooms. Nagging parents try to coax them out. Society […]
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
(**) If a horror film goes for the jugular it has to have fangs. Right? Taking a chapter from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula and adapting it into a fright film is a good start. Great source, good premise, legendary story and characters. The right casting, astute direction, reams of dread, lots of thrills and plenty of […]
Talk to Me
(***) Every time they hold the hand and say: “Talk to Me,” something wicked their way comes. So, you’d think they’d stop. Right? No! Hell hath no fury like teenagers left alone in a room with time on their hands. They’ll find trouble where there is none. That’s the premise of this mostly engrossing horror […]
Barbie
(***) Do blondes have more fun? She does. He doesn’t. In Barbie Land, Barbie (Margot Robbie) and her posse (Issa Rae, Dua Lipa, Alexandra Shipp) run the queendom. Her boy toy Ken (Ryan Gosling) and his clones (Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ncuti Gatwa, John Cena) don’t. The young women are proud to be presidents, astronauts […]
Oppenheimer
(****) “I feel like I have blood on my hands.” That admission is uttered by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who was the “father of the atomic bomb.” As director of the Los Alamos Laboratory from 1943-45, he was a key figure in the Manhattan Project. A think tank and research/development group that created and […]
Black Ice
(**1/2) Hard to imagine that in the late 1800s men of African descent played hockey in Canada. That’s a major surprise considering the demographics of today’s National Hockey League. But there’s a backstory, an evolution and lots of it is quite sobering. Director Hubert Davis (Oscar® nom Best Documentary, Short Subject for Hardwood) and producers VinayVirmani and […]
Joy Ride
(***1/2) They say girls just want to have fun. But these Asian women can really throw down. If you’re not into R-rated comedies, stay home. If you are, trust the demented tastes of writer/director Adele Lim (writer of Crazy Rich Asians), co-screenwriters Teresa Hsiao (Family Guy) and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong (Family Guy) and producer Seth Rogan. If […]
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
(***) It doesn’t start with a big bang, but it ends with one. Coming off the heels of the phenomenally successful, $1.4B grossing Top Gun: Maverick, expectations for this Tom Cruise vehicle to ignite the summer box office are high. Will it make a billion dollars? Only audiences will decide. “The Entity,” an AI being, threatens […]
Black Actors Take Center Stage at 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Black actors, in all kinds of films, in all kinds of roles, left their mark on the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. They starred in movies you can now see in theaters, on the Tribeca At Home app and various streaming services. Cold Copy (**) TV fans know the affable, clever and funny side of Tracee Ellis Ross. But if […]
Black Films Shine on 2023 Tribeca Film Festival
Diverse views of life on earth are showcased annually at the Tribeca Film Festival. Visions and voices from Black filmmakers are shared in their experiences, observations and art. The in-theater portion of the fest (June 7-18) is completed. Now the Tribeca At Home part of the festivities unfolds (June 19 – July 2). Download the Tribeca At Home […]
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