BEM: Season 1, Episode 1 “Water” [Series Premiere] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
BEM may not blow you away with its art style or characters, but it does create a world which you may want to see more of
Be it the criminal underworld, or taking on those who rule over it, the crime tag focuses on crime fighters or those who reign over the underworld. If not stories that heavily feature people breaking the law.
BEM may not blow you away with its art style or characters, but it does create a world which you may want to see more of
Black & Privileged: Volume 1, may have some campy performances, but it’s message outweighs what may make you divisive.
Cop Craft drops you right in, with just enough to know what is going on, and that might be the best and worst part of the pilot.
While comical at times, Rebel Wilson’s style and Anne Hathaway’s, when it comes to comedy, more so clashes than compliments one another.
Native Son is the type of movie which will have you questioning its lead’s common sense throughout the whole damn movie.
Bronx SIU may not have the most interesting week to week cases, but it compensates with a sense of emotion that most procedural dramas don’t have.
While a bit of a bargain bin movie, that isn’t to say you may not get a kick out of Only Mine.
White Boy Rick seems to follow a worn out list of what “Based on a True Story” films must do and thus lacks anything to make this feel truly different from the rest.
Jet Trash is the kind of film where you feel like, if they just dialed it back a bit, it could have been much more satisfying.
In this coming of age, crime story, you get a little bit of everything. Forbidden romance, kid way in over their head, and the question of who will survive and will there be a happy ending?
I want you to imagine a 90s rap video with a big budget and an intro which goes on forever. That part of the video sums up Superfly.
Consider Hotel Artemis a vehicle for Sterling K. Brown and you’ll enjoy it. However, if you were expecting a compelling crime movie or something funny? Prep to be disappointed.
Oceans’s 8, while enjoyable, pushes the idea that Hollywood still doesn’t trust women’s box office abilities, no matter the talent involved, so they’d rather gender bend long-dormant properties.
Sadly, Terminal is the type of film which seemingly believes it is much smarter than you and has a mystery which doesn’t quickly unravel.
Little Woods may sell you on the idea of a bi-racial sisterhood, but it’s more so about critiquing the American health system vs. what Canada offers and the illegal market the discrepancy creates.
Daughter provides a bit of social commentary when it comes to respectability politics and whether women set themselves up to be raped or killed.
The play which evolved into a movie brings all you expect from its talented cast, as they pretty much stick to the type of characters they have become adept to playing and being surrounded by.
Red Sparrow is further proof that sexual content and violence cannot compensate for a lack of intriguing characters or story.
Game Night isn’t the funniest comedy you’ve ever seen, but probably has one of the best storylines in recent memory.
With Where’s The Money? I think it is time to evaluate whether many a Black urban comedy can qualify as being “camp” in style.
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.