Movie Review: Power
We definitely needed a sequel. Ava DuVernay convinced Netflix to make a college thesis masterpiece with 13th, where she tied the evolution of the end …
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Movie Review: Silver Dollar Road
I’m sure Raoul Peck and every one of the Reels family have probably heard certain political commentators proclaim that racism is over in the United …
Movie Review: They Cloned Tyrone
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …
Movie Review: Black Ice
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being …
Movie Review: Emergency
Emergency is Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle viewed through a Black Mirror. Instead of going for straight comedy like H&K, Emergency opts for …
Movie Review: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
The United States of America is one of the greatest countries in the world…AND racism is built into the fabric of American society. Like a …
Movie Review: Mangrove
When you think of the great filmmakers of the last decade, who comes to mind? Jordan Peele, sure. Greta Gerwig, 100%. Ryan Coogler, totes. Damien …
Movie Review: The House I Live In
The “war on drugs” is a term that I can remember since I was a kid, mostly from the “this is your brain on drugs” …
Movie Review: 12 Years a Slave
Slavery is an unsettling part of Americana most people like to sweep under the rug. Until recently, the horrors of the institution were relegated to …
Movie Review: 42
42 is perpetually on the cusp of greatness, but never quite gets there. More interested in deifying Jackie Robinson, 42 executes some really intense scenes …