Phoenix brings an emaciated, pill popping Joker back with vengeance, vigor and vivaciousness that will have your head swirling long after the credits have rolled. Produced by Warner Brothers Studios, this film is certainly not for the faint of heart.
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The Gospel According to Andre Gives Fly on Wall Insight to a Fashion Icon→
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The Gospel According to Andre will serve as the best dish of caviar money can buy to those obsessed with fashion. I, for one, was honored and gleefully proud that Andre Leon Talley opened a door to fashion that will forever be changed by his existence.
Read MoreTHOROUGHBREDS is a Dark Dramedy Featuring White Privilege
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With a title like 'Thouroughbreds', I thought I was about to watch a film about horses...which BTW...I adore. What I witnessed instead was a story about mean girls with too much money and white privilege covered in a dark dramedy thriller.
Read MoreWrinkle in Time Taps Into Inner Child & Warrior Mode
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Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a huge child at heart. It's a characteristic handed down from my beautiful, playful mother. A quality that allows me to have an open heart and mind when watching projects meant to tap into one's inner child.
One of my favorite films of all time is The Wizard of Oz. I mean who doesn't love that moment when Dorothy realizes what she searched for in Oz was inside her all the time? Well, what The Wizard of Oz did for me is what A Wrinkle in Time will do for this new generation of young people.
Based on the popular novel by Madeline L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time takes us on the journey of Meg (Storm Reid) and her little brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) as they 'tesseract' through time to bring back their scientist Dad (Chris Pine), who is being held captive by the 'it.'
Read MoreThe Final Year Shares Insider View of a Presidential Transition
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Barack Obama made history as the first person of color to become President of the United States...twice. It goes without saying that in these dark days we are dwelling in, longing for the days when I turned on the news and saw POTUS singing some Al Green, dancing with his Queen Michelle, joking around with Jimmy Kimmel or giving a speech that ALL Americans could be proud of would be an understatement.
Read MoreTell Them We Are Rising is a Love Letter to HBCU's on PBS
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Being a graduate of "The Mecca" Howard University, you know I had to check out the Stanley Nelson directed Tell Them We Are Rising culminating the rise and (in some instances) the fall of Historical Black Colleges and Universities such as Howard University, Hampton Institute,Morgan, Morehouse, Spellman, Fisk and so many other Historical Black Colleges and Universities.
Read MoreRobin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
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A few years ago, I attended a live-taping of "The Odd Couple" in which the creator Gary Marshall loved to interact with the audience during taping breaks. He shared tale after tale of all the now famous people he discovered from Julia Roberts to Henry Winkler to Robin Williams. Williams had just passed a few weeks before and Marshall gleefully spoke of how Williams' character of Mork was born on "Happy Days" because his son wanted to see a martian on the show. Mork from Ork was only the beginning for the shooting comet we knew as Robin Williams.
Read MoreGary Oldman IS Winston Churchill in the Darkest Hour
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Gary Oldman is like the Lon Chaney of our generation. He virtually gets so lost in a character that you believe you are watching the real deal. Simply said - Gary Oldman IS Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
Read MoreI, Tonya
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In 1991, Tonya Harding was on top of the world! Holding titles as the 1991 U.S. Women's Figure Skating Champion and 1991 World Championship Silver medallist. Harding was also a two-time Olympian and a two-time Skate America Champion. Her achievements in the Women's Figure Skating history books would simultaneously disappear over one incident in 1994. How can any of us forget that footage of Silver Medalist Nancy Kerrigan at the Olympic Games crying out in pain "Why?' over and over again after being cracked in the knee. I don't know about you, but I always wondered why that happened and what were the events leading up to it.
Read MoreChadwick Boseman Revisits History in MARSHALL→
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When Chadwick Boseman utters this line as Thurgood Marshall , it sent chills down my spine. Especially knowing not a whole lot has changed between this time in American history and the world we wake up to every day in 2017.
Read MoreA Question of Faith
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"Sometimes when tragedy strikes, instead of running toward God...we can't run away from him fast enough." These are the words spoken by Paster David Newman in the new film A Question of Faith, the first faith-based film released nationally and produced by African-American women...Lisa Diane Washington and Angela White.
Read MoreAMERICAN ASSASSIN→
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Based on the mega-bestselling book series by the late Vince Flynn, American Assassin introduces film audiences to one of contemporary fiction's most popular hero working in the shadows: CIA super-agent Mitch Rapp. Dylan O'Brien, who portrays Rapp is putting the Bourne franchise and Matt Damon to shame as he ascends into an action star for this millennia.
Read MoreLADY MACBETH
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When a young girl finds herself in a predicament where she is not able to choose how or when she becomes a woman...resentment and revenge are bound to follow...
Read MoreDETROIT
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The old adage - "the more things change...the more they stay the same" have never been more true than during the 21st century. Living in a time when people of color are being knocked off like a mob hit has sadly become a reality. A reality that beyond the onset of the Civil Rights movement, we thought our quality of life had improved and a sector of society was well on their way to becoming equals in America. We indeed believed that a change had come.
Read MoreGIRLS TRIP→
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Girls Trip had me laughing so hard that I could hardly catch my breath. The last time I laughed like that in a movie theatre was when I watched Bridesmaids. This movie works for one reason and one reason only...Tiffany Haddish. If the character of Dina doesn't work, the energy of the entire film would be off and you could create less about the characters.. Thankfully, Haddish's take on Dina is right on time.
Read MoreOKJA
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Okja is a super pig. Not just any super pig, but one that has been genetically mutated and cloned for the pure purpose of turning into jerky for profit. Sounds disgusting, right?! The way science has advanced, the possibility of this on the horizon is greater than not. But, Okja isn't just about a super pig or a contest or even the greed of humanity to make a buck at any cost. It's about bringing attention to the cruelty of animals in slaughter houses and in this case, that bond is unbreakable for Okja and her loyal, beloved caretaker Mija (An Seo Hyun).
Read MoreHIRED GUN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS - INTO THE SPOTLIGHT
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What is a hired gun? It's a musician that has the ability to read charts fast, fit in like a missing piece of a jigsaw puzzle and be ready to tour at a moment's notice. Sounds like a great way to earn a living right? Not all of the musicians interviewed would agree with you. As a matter of fact, several members of Billy Joe's band referred to him as 'heartless'. Most attribute this attitude as an aftermath of his former manager stealing 90 million dollars and vanishing into thin air. That kind of betrayal would leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth.
Read MoreSPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING
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Spidey is back and with a new best friend...Tony Stark! That's right Robert Downey, Jr. aka Ironman is a mentor for the young Peter Parker, who is trying to figure out how to make good use of his special gifts. The last time we saw theses two in the Avengers flick, there were rumblings that this relationship would be on the horizon. Not to mention that we had a teaser of our current Wonder Woman - Gal Godot as well.
Read MoreLA FILM FESTIVAL: THE BEGUILDED→
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When one thinks of the south in the 1800's, we envision polite, docile porcelain skinned women, whose only job is to serve their men. More often than not, these women are seen and seldom heard for an opinion or anything else. Well, in Sofia Coppola's The Beguilded, based on the Thomas Cullinan novel, these women are anything but docile.
Read MoreLA FILM FESTIVAL 2017: SHOT CALLER→
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It's bad enough to be incarcerated, but it's even worse when you realize your life ceases you know it. The humiliation, the fights, the struggle just to start alive or not be physically violated is a reality many inmates across the country deal with as routinely as brushing one may brush their teeth. But, here in California gangs in prison make up 1% of the population and are responsible for 30% of the murders. It's a culture where most of these men (part of a sector called Aryan Brotherhood ) are serving life without parole so they have NOTHING to lose.
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