Author adminPosted on No comment Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday Has No Empathy For Its Star By Carolyn Hinds Born Eleanora Fagan on April 7, 1915, the legendary jazz singer known to the world – past and present – as Billie Holiday ‘AKA’ Lady Day, was … Read More “Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday Has No Empathy For Its Star”
by TIM ESTILOZ February 25, 1964, one memorable night in Miami, Florida when a brash, confident young man named Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston to be crowned the new heavyweight … Read More “ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI : REGINA KING’S IMPRESSIVE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT”
Author adminPosted on No comment Power Book II: Ghost Stars Naturi Naughton and Michael Rainey Jr., Tasha and Tariq Respectively, Drop by the AAFCA Virtual Roundtable By Ronda Racha Penrice A few weeks before Power Book II: Ghost ended its first season with a boom, Naturi Naughton and Michael Rainey, Jr. dropped by the AAFCA Virtual … Read More “Power Book II: Ghost Stars Naturi Naughton and Michael Rainey Jr., Tasha and Tariq Respectively, Drop by the AAFCA Virtual Roundtable”
Author adminPosted on No comment WONDER WOMAN 1984: GAL GADOT SOARS, BUT THE STORY ITSELF FALLS FLAT. BY TIM ESTILOZ I wish I could tell you that “Wonder Woman 1984” is the amazingly entertaining film sequel that I hoped and dreamed it would be. I wish I … Read More “WONDER WOMAN 1984: GAL GADOT SOARS, BUT THE STORY ITSELF FALLS FLAT.”
By TIM ESTILOZ In the delightfully dark and subversive new film FATMAN, Mel Gibson gives us a thoroughly different kind of holiday Santa Claus tailor made for these cynical and … Read More “FATMAN: A NEW KIND OF SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN”
By Isha Muhammad Veteran performer and writer Radha Blank’s feature directorial debut, The Forty-Year-Old Version, produced by Lena Waithe, is now on Netflix. Blank—a native New Yorker, known for her … Read More “The Forty-Year-Old Version Review: Come In 40. Have a Seat.”
by TIM ESTILOZ John Leguizamo’s latest film “Critical Thinking” is the kind of purposeful uplifting film about a group of underprivileged underdog school kids striving to be something better; that … Read More “CRITICAL THINKING: GAME FOR THE GAME”
by TIM ESTILOZ As beloved as the original 1998 Disney animated film “Mulan” might be in your more youthful memory and recollection; you should prepare yourself that the new … Read More “”MULAN” IS A DELIGHTFUL REIMAGINED REVELATION”
In a year where the Black Americans are crying out for racial justice and reform in a fashion and in numbers unprecedented since the peak of the 1960’s Civil Rights … Read More “CHADWICK BOSEMAN REMEMBERANCE – Written by TIM ESTILOZ”
Author adminPosted on No comment Hamilton Stars Renée Elise Goldsberry and Okeiriete “Oak” Onaowadan Dropped Into The AAFCA Roundtable By Ronda Racha Penrice For everyone who didn’t get to see Hamilton with its original cast on Broadway, it is now available on Disney+. Before the celebrated musical hit the … Read More “Hamilton Stars Renée Elise Goldsberry and Okeiriete “Oak” Onaowadan Dropped Into The AAFCA Roundtable”
