There are three kinds of M. Night Shyamalan movies. The first are the thrillers with a potent twist. Your “Sixth Sense” or “Unbreakable” outings. He doesn’t hit this note very often anymore because there is just so much other content to dull the sting. The second are the duds. YourContinue Reading
When you watch enough movies, you can get a pretty accurate pulse of what you’re in store for when you enter the theater or hit “play” on the streamer. But you never know, which is why you always watch the film. The next surprise is just around the corner. TheContinue Reading
Goodness. Where do we begin. There are so many great places to start. We can begin Tommy Lee Jones and his Oscar winning turn and Samuel Gerard. The relentless and stubborn U.S Marshall is one of the best lawman roles ever scripted. I still look for opportunities to shout “IContinue Reading
“You People” is a tougher film to review, because while the all star, race tackling comedy, does provide some amusing moments, you have to question whether it meets expectations given how much comedic fire power they had on the set. And this movie is all about the cast. Ezra (JonahContinue Reading
A question posed on Twitter today became so popular that “White Men Can’t Jump” started trending. 6 movie Wesley Snipes film festival. What are you picking? — Dart_Adams (@Dart_Adams) January 26, 2023 That’s a fine movie question. Snipes peaked in the 90s but when he did, they were top tierContinue Reading
Ah, Aspen Extreme. You might be asking yourself why I’m remembering this film on its 30th anniversary. There is an excellent chance that you’ve forgotten about it, or never even heard of it. First. I’m not the only one remembering the skiing dramedy (NPR story HERE). Thank you very much..Continue Reading
You might not think so, but “Half Baked” is a comedy classic, and the medical marijuana stoner story had audiences rolling back in 1998 and still does to this very day. It proved that Dave Chappelle was box office and brought us one step closer to “The Chappelle Show”. ThereContinue Reading
Director Antoine Fuqua is the real focal point of “Emancipation”. Yes, this is a Will Smith movie, but the black and white film is at its best when it deploys its immersive action sequences, with the historical abomination of slavery serving as a backdrop. Smith stars as Peter, a slaveContinue Reading
While representation in film today is something that is now embedded in the awareness of producers everywhere, it wasn’t always that way. “Is That Black Enough For You”, the new documentary being released this weekend takes a deep dive in the advancement of the black community in film. If effectivelyContinue Reading
“Causeway” is a movie that had to be made. And the fact that we get an Academy Award winner, like Jennifer Lawrence, playing a traumatized war veteran struggling to transition back to the civilian world, in a film like this is wonderful. But in making a thoughtful and realistic portraitContinue Reading