By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “Dear white people: The minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised…to two.” Biting satire abounds in this witty, edgy ode to racism in the age of Obama. In his debut feature film, writer/director Justin Simien’s perceptive observances take no prisoners. It’s a […]
I Am Ali
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “I am the greatest!” Who can forget the cocky trademark phrase that was delivered by the most endearing boxer of all time? Retracing Muhammad Ali’s vibrant life is an opportunity for audiences to reexamine American history, race relations, the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement and the sports world […]
The Equalizer
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic The last time they worked together, Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua conjured up Training Day. That collaboration won Washington an Academy Award for Best Actor, and it was the only time in Oscar history that a black man won Best Actor in a film by a black director. […]
Black Films and Black Artists Shine
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Black films and artists were an integral part of the lineup at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival along with other world-premieres. Dramas, genre movies, comedies, romantic films and documentaries positioned themselves early for this year’s annual Oscar race. Audiences previewed big budget films and indie movies that will […]
Get On Up
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic This much-awaited bio-film tells you some things you already knew: James Brown could sing the funk out of a song. It also shows you some things you might not have grasped: troubled boys grow up to be troubled men. Warts and all, in fits and starts, finally the Hardest […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic At the end of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the 2011 version of the classic 1968 ape movie, you were left with a haunting sense that humans had gone off their rockers and apes, the aggrieved, seemed saner. The premise for Dawn of the Planet of the […]
Deliver Us From Evil
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic What do you get when you mix cop/thriller elements with a paranormal film? Dread, fear, anguish, action, suspense anxiety, curiosity, disbelief, demons, thrills… At first, you might think that this creepy crime movie is just another excuse for a The Exorcist rip-off-but it’s better than that. Better. Sergeant Ralph […]
Jersey Boys
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Four guys stand under a street lamp, singing their hearts out. That’s the iconic vision of Doo-wop/pop groups like The Four Seasons. The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Jersey Boys puts a name and face to that image. Clint Eastwood’s screen adaptation, triumphantly for the most part, makes their tale […]
22 Jump Street
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic The film 21 Jump Street was a hip, focused, comic homage to the 1980s TV series. 22 Jump Street is an unfocussed potpourri of physical humor, sight gags and shtick that is shamelessly uproarious. In this sequel, undercover cops, Officer Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Officer Jenko (Channing Tatum), who […]
Edge of Tomorrow
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Day after day. Over and over again. He can see his demise. But no on else can see theirs. Until…. In Hiroshi Sakurazak’s 2004 military science-fiction novel “All You Need Is Kill,” Mimics (vicious, crustacean-looking aliens) invade Japan. Keiji Kiriya, the book’s protagonist, is a young recruit who is […]
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