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  • The Smashing Machine — 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

    (***)  “Am I going to hurt him befor he hurts me?”   That’s what’s on the mind ... [ Read More ]

    The Smashing Machine — 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
  • One Battle After Another

    (**1/2) The revolution will not be televised. But it’s been made into a movie… They knew ... [ Read More ]

    One Battle After Another
  • The Lost Bus — 2025 TorontoInternational Film Festival

    (***1/2)  It started with a spark, and no one knew how it would end. That’s how the ... [ Read More ]

    The Lost Bus — 2025 TorontoInternational Film Festival
  • Black Films Help 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Celebrate its 50th Anniversary

    As TIFF turned 50 it rolled out the red carpet for 291 films from around the world. Over 11 festive ... [ Read More ]

    Black Films Help 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Celebrate its 50th Anniversary
  • Love, Brooklyn

    (**1/2) He loves her. He loves her not. She loves him, she loves him not. That’s why they ... [ Read More ]

    Love, Brooklyn
  • An Officer and a Spy

    (***1/2)  Accused, court-martialed and imprisoned. Back in late 1800s France, the ... [ Read More ]

    An Officer and a Spy
  • Highest 2 Lowest

    (***)  “Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, Oh what a beautiful day. I've got a ... [ Read More ]

    Highest 2 Lowest
  • The Fantastic Four: First Steps

    (**1/2)  “I will not sacrifice this child for the world. I will not sacrifice this world ... [ Read More ]

    The Fantastic Four: First Steps
  • Weapons

    (***1/2)  They’re gone. Just like that they disappeared into the night. At 2:17am. ... [ Read More ]

    Weapons
  • The Naked Gun

    (**)  The Naked Gun is shooting blanks. Not all the time. But some of the ... [ Read More ]

    The Naked Gun
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer

    (**)  They had it coming. The negligence and callousness they showed that night set them ... [ Read More ]

    I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • Superman

    (***)  It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a broken man. A broken Kryptonian who’s trying to ... [ Read More ]

    Superman

Sibyl

September 9, 2020 By: superuser

If an audience can relate to a protagonist and her plight, they’re hooked. If a character is fascinating in some way—even diabolical—viewers will pay attention. Relatable? Fanciful? No. Sibyl is puzzling. That’s it. Sibyl (Virginie Efira) is bored with her life as a psychotherapist. As her patients lie on a couch revealing their deepest fears, checkered pasts and testy problems, their doc is M.I.A. Physically she’s in the room. Mentally she’s focused on herself. Surprising her husband and leaving her […]

Tenet

September 3, 2020 By: superuser

Warner Bros delayed the release of Tenet during the pandemic until it could open it  in theaters. It was a wise decision. The film belongs on a big screen. In fact, for maximum effect, viewers should consider experiencing  the movie in an IMAX theater. Director/writer Christopher Nolan is nearly unequaled when it comes to giving audiences unimaginable, spellbinding visuals: The Dark Knight, Inception, […]

The 2020 American Black Film Festival – Going Virtual

September 2, 2020 By: superuser

In the age of COVID, film festival directors are finding creative ways to screen movies for audiences without gathering large groups at indoor venues. Hence the 2020 ABFF Online Edition. For those who tuned in, the array of films for the 24th festival by black artists was vast. These movies will do the film festival circuit […]

The 24th

August 20, 2020 By: superuser

Audiences can learn so much from historical events that are inspiring and sometimes just profound. When filmmakers choose the latter and decide to recreate a tragedy, it’s a risky endeavor. One that doesn’t always reward its audience.  The third Battalion of the all-black Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment consists of 156 soldiers and is stationed in Houston in 1917 during WWI. The troops are often harassed […]

Project Power

August 14, 2020 By: superuser

Move over Molly. You’ve got competition! Folks in New Orleans are downing potent capsules dubbed Power that can give them superpowers. What’s the catch? The energy rush only lasts for minutes and it’s very unpredictable. Who in the world could think up such a novel premise? Point your finger at screenwriter Mattson Tomlin (upcoming The Batman). […]

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn

August 12, 2020 By: superuser

Decades ago, long before BLM protestors marched and chanted “George Floyd—I can’t breathe,” demonstrators shouted “Yusuf. Yusuf. Yusuf. No justice, no peace.” Racially motivated crimes that ignite outrage have a long history. One of the most heinous felonies provides a back story to today’s struggles. On August 23, 1989, Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old Brooklynite from East New York, traveled to the unfamiliar Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst with friends contemplating the purchase of used 1982 Pontiac. Unbeknownst to him the largely Italian/American community was hostile to Blacks. Some […]

Out Stealing Horses

August 7, 2020 By: superuser

When the title of a film is more vibrant than anything you’ll see on the screen, it’s an issue. The source material for this meandering and overly sentimental coming-of-age drama is the bestselling novel of the same name by Norwegian author Per Petterson. The focus is on a 67-year-old man named Trond (Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl) who relocates to rural Norway, a trip that […]

Radioactive

July 22, 2020 By: superuser

Rosamund Pike makes a lot of good choices. Check out her filmography and some of her very impressive feminist roles: A courageous war correspondent in A Private War, gusty widow in Hostiles, stoic wife in an interracial marriage in A United Kingdom and cunning spouse in Gone Girl. Now this. Pike portrays world-renown physicist and chemist Marie Sklodowska Curie. She […]

Fatal Affair

July 17, 2020 By: superuser

Dull suspense/thrillers are most often mired in formula. Example: Woman in distress. Man stalks her. Confrontations and narrow escapes. Big do-or-die finale. The Perfect Guy (Sanaa Lathan is hounded by Michael Ealy) stuck to those basics. Fatal Affair does too and adds nothing new to the mix. Director/writer Peter Sullivan and co-writer Rasheeda Garner stay on the path most […]

ESSENCE 50th Anniversary Issue

July 6, 2020 By: superuser

Happy to say I was one of the contributors to Essence’s 50th Anniversary Issue. My Essence Eats column charted the history of some classic restaurants that were around when Essence began in 1970. It also highlighted new eateries that are breaking ground and continuing to support the African American community.

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