Dwight Brown Ink

FILM * ENTERTAINMENT * TRAVEL * MARKETING

  • Home
  • Film Reviews
  • Travel Articles
  • Travel Photos
  • Copywriting
  • Speaker
  • Contact
  • 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
  • F1: The Movie

    (***)  It’s a Tom Cruise kinda movie, but it stars Brad Pitt. He’s the protagonist in ... [ Read More ]

    F1: The Movie
  • 28 Years Later

    (***)  Waking up in a hospital bed and discovering the world has been devastated by a ... [ Read More ]

    28 Years Later
  • 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 ... [ Read More ]

    Wizkid: Long Live Lagos Premieres at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival
  • The 2025 Capital Jazz Festival Welcomed Music Lovers 

    (***1/2) And so, they gathered. From near and far they came to Columbia Maryland for the ... [ Read More ]

    The 2025 Capital Jazz Festival Welcomed Music Lovers 
  • October London is the Rebirth of Cool 

    (****) “Make me, make me wanna get down tonight….” October London sang what was on the ... [ Read More ]

    October London is the Rebirth of Cool 
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

    (***1/2)  If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the 30-year history of this ... [ Read More ]

    Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
  • Hurry Up Tomorrow

    (**1/2) There’s something beautiful and intriguing about what you’re watching. What you’re ... [ Read More ]

    Hurry Up Tomorrow
  • 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 ... [ Read More ]

    Black Tea has NYC premiere at 2025 New York African Film Festival
  • Thunderbolts*

    (**1/2)  When will the Marvel Universe stop feeding on its own? Never. But at least ... [ Read More ]

    Thunderbolts*
  • Havoc

    (**1/2)  Bullets will fly. Blood will be shed. When the dust settles, bodies will pile ... [ Read More ]

    Havoc

2011 Toronto International Film Festival

September 2, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic The best films of the year made their annual pilgrimage to the 36th annual Toronto Film Festival. Black films, actors and directors were in the mix along with noteworthy general release movies that may make their mark on 2011 ten best lists. The only odd note this year is […]

The Help (**)

August 2, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “The Help,” a best-selling book about a white woman who helps black maids rebel in the 1960s segregated south, was probably a better read than it is a cinematic experience. On the big screen, the white “savior” liberating black people storyline seems dated and almost offensive. Skeeter (Emma Stone) […]

Aruba: The Beach Is Just The Beginning

July 20, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

Tourists flock to Aruba, a Caribbean island 19 miles off the coast of South America, for the pristine, white-sand shoreline and placid, clear waters. But when you consider the island’s culture, history, nightlife, restaurants, sports and dramatic desert terrain, alluring beaches are just the opening act. >> Read More

For Colored Girls (**)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic It’s like watching 10,000 Oprah Winfrey shows squeezed into 134 minutes – and no one gets a free car! Some works of art should just be left alone. Would you paint a wider smile on the Mona Lisa? Would you add a break dancing routine to Alvin Ailey’s Revelations? […]

Unstoppable (***1/2)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “Just letting you know, we’re going to run this b—- down!” Runaway Train, Speed, we’ve seen out of control behemoth vehicles before and for some reason we fall for the heart-palpitating notion of innocent people being killed by an uncontrollable force. Granted Unstoppable doesn’t break the mold, but it’s […]

Due Date (*1/2)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Filmmaker Todd Phillips wrote and directed The Hangover, the highest grossing R-rated comedy of all time. It won a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. “The Hangover” had it all: shocking debauchery, sardonic comic performances (Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms), eccentric cameos […]

African Films Shine at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic In years past Black films from the U.S. were prominent at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Secret Live Of Bees, in 2008. Precious…, in 2009. In 2010, Black American films were noticeably absent. However, films about black life in Africa shined bright. These dispatches from the motherland, along […]

Salt (***)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic Whatever Angelina Jolie was paid for starring in this nail-biting action thriller, she deserved each and every million. She’s the first woman to command an action movie, on this level, since Sigourney Weaver in Aliens or Anne Parillaud in La Femme Nikita. The script by “Tomas Crown Affair” scribe […]

Inception (***1/2)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic “The seed we plant in this man’s mind will come to define him.” Deep sleep leaves us all vulnerable. That weakened altered subconscious state is where Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a thought thief, does his dirty work. He insinuates himself into the dreams of CEOs, extracting secrets, committing new […]

Death at a Funeral (***)

June 24, 2011 By: Dwight Brown

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic There are certainties in life. We live. We die. All of us experience the loss of a loved one, and what better setting for a laugh-out-loud comedy than a funeral? Everyone can relate to the universal stress of this end-of-life ritual, which is only compounded by the tension in […]

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • Next Page »

Dwight Brown

Dwight Brown
Dwight Brown writes film criticism, entertainment features, travel articles, content and marketing copy.
[Learn More]...
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Search

Contact

Dwight@DwightBrownInk.com

Tag Cloud

Film Reviews Slider Travel Article

Copyright © 2025 · Dwight Brown Ink