The Wood – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Consider this film the warm up to The Best Man. Review (with Spoilers) Though I’ve seen The Wood in .gif sets and random mentions, due to it being released during the great Black renaissance of film in the 90s, it was never really on my radar. If just because, for one, I was born…

Almost Christmas – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As usual, a group of middle-upper-crust Black folk come together for the holidays and so begins the drama. Review (with Spoilers) Whether you saw the trailer or the clips released, especially the ones featuring Mo’Nique, you have to admit this seemed like something to see. But the question is, will this be added to…

Eye in the Sky – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Plot Overview Within the war on terror are many women and men who know the consequences of inaction, but when their actions involve killing innocents, especially children, so comes the question of what can be an ends to a means, and who should bear the weight of such a decision? Which is what Eye in…

Very Good Girls – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A rather run of the mill coming of age story with the focus being losing one’s virginity. Review (with Spoilers) Between Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen, it is hard to argue that there isn’t some sort of draw to this movie. After all, they are playing two best friends in New York having their…

Viva – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Like many LGBT films, there is a search for love and family in a life in which those two things aren’t consistent. However, this is not a coming of age film since our lead, Jesus, is likely into his 20s and is at that point where he is just trying to pay the rent….

Operator – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview A young inspiring actress is married to someone who is a tech genius who has anxiety issues and is maybe on the autism spectrum. She does her best to support him, but sometimes the effort doesn’t go both ways. Review (with Spoilers) Though I have probably seen very few of Mae Whitman’s movies or…

Around The Way Girl: Chapters 7 to 9 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview Off to Hollywood Taraji goes, with Marcell right with her, and so begins her career. Alongside that we are treated to some insight into the difficulty of being a single parent actress, especially to a Black son, and bringing more to the characters she plays than the average person would.   Review (with Spoilers)

Around The Way Girl: Chapters 4 to 6 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As we continue on, it becomes clear that art often imitates life and while it assists Taraji in her acting it makes for such a cross to bear. Review (with Spoilers) Around the Way Girl reminds me of the books politicians release when they are running for president. It is all about marketing, pseudo getting…

Central Intelligence – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Kevin Hart finally begins to break away from his “Big Little Man” persona, and with The Rock playing a very peculiar person, who you can never pin down whose side he is on, you strangely get one of the most intriguing spy movies in a while.

The Boss – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

A very rich woman’s ex-lover sends her to jail forcing her to live with her former assistant. Someone who only reluctantly takes her in but, after tasting some of her brownies, decides the two of them can build an empire together. Now, as for whether that empire lasts or not, it all depends on the…

Spy – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

With Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy back together again, the ever so slight blemish in McCarthy’s record, Tammy, is quickly forgotten as McCarthy reclaims the crown of Queen of Comedy.

The Heat – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

To be frank, I wasn’t initially keen on seeing this movie since I’m not a big action movie fan. But, with AMC having this trailer in damn near every movie and with me being a fan of Sandra Bullock’s movies, and someone who respects the physical comedy and the way Melissa McCarthy seems to embody…

XCOM 2 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview XCOM 2 continues to push the revival of the franchise into a zone which will make PC Gamers proud and obnoxious of what often is exclusively available to them, all the while draining hours of their life away and causing frustration as they attempt to combat alien forces with various new skills and customizations….

Zootopia – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Behind the cute animals dressed in clothes in their version of New York is a story about perseverance, prejudice, fear-mongering, and social commentary about the way our human world is.

Demolition – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Plot Overview After his wife’s death, a man slowly begins to destroy their home, and in some ways his life. All the while, he gets involved with a woman who he vented to expecting no reply and her son who treats him as perhaps an older brother. Rating: TV Viewing Trigger Warning(s): Minor blood due…

Humans: Season 2/ Episode 2 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview As many of the synths pursue normalcy, if not safety, the humans remain flustered with not only the effect they have on their lives but trying to understand them. Review (with Spoilers) Being that it has been so long, I can’t say if the first season of Humans was overly exciting or not. What…

Difret – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview In an effort to see more foreign movies, so comes Difret. A movie dealing with the abduction, and rape, of a young girl, and a trial to see if whether her murdering her abductor shouldn’t lead to her own death, life in prison, or perhaps her being let free out of self-defense. Trigger Warning(s):…

Fallout 4 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

Overview One of the legendary series of the game industry returns, but while many of Fallout’s peers aim for huge jumps and leaps between titles, especially considering length, Fallout simply adds new features, a new landscape to explore, a new story to experience, and everything else almost makes you believe you are playing the largest…