The character of Batman was created in 1939 and has since become emblematic of vigilante justice. Since 1940, that character has always had a …
Director Doug Liman complained that this film wasn't getting a wide theatrical release. Apparently, it played for free in cinemas controlled b…
In 2006, Quawntay Adams, born in 1975 in Compton, California, was serving a 35-year prison sentence for marijuana possession. The reason the s…
Carrie Preston won an Emmy for playing the character of Elsbeth Tascioni in The Good Wife (2009), a legal drama that also tackled politics. El…
Netflix has the hit series The Crown (2016), which explored the world's obsession with the British royal family. Peter Morgan's Emmy-winning p…
This week, it was announced that NBC had canceled this series. It's a shame because I liked the direction of the second season over the first.…
If you didn't know what the Homeless World Cup is, this film will educate you. It's basically a week-long tournament, involving teams from all…
It's pointed out that this film comes a week after Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) another entry in a long-running franchise. Despite shari…
The beginning of this film reminded me of the Oscar-winning Barbie (2023). Writer-director Julio Torres might be on the same wavelength as Gre…
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk and Ray) is an Oscar-winning actress and a four-time Emmy winner. Two of her Emmy wins come from her i…
Stephen Amell and Robbie Amell are cousins. They're also Canadian actors who became famous on television playing superheroes. Stephen Amell is…
Nearly three decades ago, the documentary Pumping Iron (1977) was released. Its success helped to make Arnold Schwarzenegger a household name.…
For those who know about film criticism and cinema history, you've probably heard of the term "magical negro." Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike L…
Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) was nominated for ten Oscars at the 94th Academy Awards. It won six, including Best Cinematography, Best Produc…
Affion Crockett is a comedian who got his start on HBO's Def Comedy Jam (1992), a series created by Russell Simmons, the record executive who …
Before going any further, this is a dark comedy where we're supposed to laugh at a person's brutal murder. If that's not something for you, yo…
A few years ago, Tyler Perry was an actor in David Fincher's Gone Girl (2014), an erotic thriller about a man, played by Ben Affleck, who's ac…
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 96th Academy Awards, this film was also shortlisted for Best International Feature but didn't ge…
On December 3, 1976, seven armed men entered the home of reggae musician Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica, and shot four people, including Bob …
At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, "We Are the World" won the most prizes than any other. It won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vo…
The 8th Annual Ocean City Film Festival (OCFF) begins Thursday, March 7th and runs to Sunday, March 10th. I had the privilege of being a juror…
The Italian Job (2003) was about a group of thieves who plot to steal gold from another criminal. F. Gary Gray was the director of that heist …
The film opens with the date saying it's 45,000 years ago. This is around the time that the Neanderthals, aka cavemen, went extinct and were r…
This film plays on the common theme of art imitating life, focusing on an author writing about espionage. John le Carré is referenced, so we a…
This British film will probably draw attention because it's the directorial debut of two-time Oscar nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Blac…
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 96th Academy Awards, this film is also up for a BAFTA and a DGA Award. It won the IDA Award and …
Most films about NASA or astronauts in space have starred, White people or White men. If one is telling a historically accurate story, such as…
This is the second feature from Jeymes Samuel. It follows his western The Harder They Fall (2019). He's tackling another genre, that of Biblic…
Adapting Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling 2020 nonfiction work, this film is about Wilkerson's life around the time that she was writing that b…
The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, January 23. The ceremony will be televised on Sunday, March 10. Christo…
On my personal blog, I published a Top 20 of films that came out this year theatrically that I loved. I culled the ten here from that blog. I …
No, before you ask, HBO's Succession did not make my list. This might invalidate my list to some.
Every year, I keep a running list of my favorite music albums in various genres, including folk, country, rock, alternative, pop, R&B and …
This is the directorial feature debut of Giuseppe Fiorello, an Italian actor who has worked in Italian television for over 20 years. He notabl…
It's ironic that Tracee Ellis Ross is in this film because as I watched, I was reminded of another project to which she's connected. Ross was …
This is the fifth feature from British filmmaker, Andrew Haigh. The film that put him on the map was his second feature, Weekend (2011), which…
Alice Walker is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she received for her 1982 novel The Color Purple…
From the 1970's to the 90's, there was a family of wrestlers, known as the Von Erich family. Von Erich isn't their real surnames but a stage n…
Michael Mann is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker. This is his twelfth feature as director. Most people know him for his crime drama Heat (1995) or…
Director James Wan seems to comment on climate change and what was once commonly known as global warming. His superhero film that's set under …
This is the eighth feature from Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. I've only seen half of his films, but, a pattern or common theme is definite…
Director and co-writer Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) is telling the true story of Leonard Bernstein, one of the most highly regarded music c…
Michael Jai White is notable because he's the first African American to portray a comic book superhero in a major Hollywood release. He did so…
Based on a 2020 novel by Rumaan Alam, this film was likely written in the wake of President Donald J. Trump's years in the White House. Given …
Roald Dahl is a British author of children's literature who was active in publishing from the 1960's to the 80's. Dahl wrote The Wonderful Sto…
It might be a bright-colored, animated film, but it's one that isn't for children or young people under 13. Even though there are some eye-pop…
The opening shot is that of a butterfly. Later shots show how a caterpillar becomes that particular insect, even the process of that creature …
Nominated for two Gotham Awards and four Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and Outstanding Lead Performance, this film from writer-directo…
