Kalief Browder’s documentary, Time: The Kalief Browder Story, is a remarkable film that recounts every dark, depressing detail of Browder’s arrest at 16-years-old and his three-year stay at Rikers Island. Though Browder’s story was and […]
Even with a star-studded cast, including Whoopi Goldberg and Charlie Sheen, “9/11” fails to satisfy my hopes for a film depicting one of the most infamous days in American history. Clearly not aiming for reality, […]
Did “Annabelle Creation” strike fear in the hearts of viewers this summer? Once again, the creators of this now classic horror franchise have aimed to grasp our attention with frights, thrills and everything else in […]
The Aftermath After much anticipation, All Eyez On Me, a film documenting the life of legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, broke the box office its opening weekend. According to Forbes.com, the CodeBlack production reportedly earned $27.05 […]
Grade: A+ Verdict: “Raw” is smart, impeccably crafted and occasionally gut-clenchingly gross. So basically, it’s easily my favorite movie of the year. This film is one of those perfect movies I can’t help but gush […]
I recently joined other collegiate movie writers on a conference call with director Niki Caro about her new movie, “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” The film tells the true story of Antonina Żabiński and her husband Jan, […]
Amazingly enough, the most interesting thing about “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is Jessica Chastain’s horrible Polish accent. This sort of sums up the problems with Niki Caro’s biopic: it fails to make a moving Holocaust story […]
Grade: A- Verdict: It’s moving and slyly profound. And it’s about cats. What more could you want? This film is being billed at Landmark Midtown as “Nine Lives: The Cats of Istanbul.” It’s a horrible […]
Soooooo, “Get Out.” Wowzas. It’s great, and pretty much everyone knows it’s great and have already talked about its greatness, so it feels a bit fruitless to reiterate what everybody’s already saying. But I’ve got […]
Grade: A Verdict: “I Am Not Your Negro” is great. Period. Everything about it is great. See it. Raoul Peck has performed a sizable miracle with “I Am Not Your Negro.” He has managed to […]
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