Back in 2018, Pakistani-born, British actor and comedian, Mawaan Rizwan created a show for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which became the bas…
The Emmy-winning series When They See UsĀ (2019) is a prime example of young men of color, teenagers in fact, being sent to prison, the horror …
In the history of independent queer cinema, films about sex workers or male prostitutes, sometimes called hustlers, have been aplenty. There h…
This is the fourth, live-action incarnation of the DC Comics character. It's the third in terms of theatrical depictions. The first was Helen …
After seeingĀ Toy Story 4Ā (2019), it was my belief thatĀ Toy Story 3Ā (2010) was still the best feature in this Pixar franchise. After seeing thi…
About a decade or so ago, there was a resurgence of elevated horror in independent cinema, especially around the time of the founding of compa…
Anne-Marie Johnson is an actress with a career in Hollywood that's spanned over 30 years. She got her start in television in shows, such as Wh…
One could be cynical and say that Steven Spielberg is doing a remake ofĀ Close Encounters of the Third KindĀ (1977), his Oscar-winning film abou…
Not being familiar with Hong Kong action cinema, it's difficult for me to compare or analyze this film to many in its genre. I do enjoy martia…
Almost a year prior to this film being released, we sawĀ The Naked GunĀ (2025), which was a remake of the 1988 film, directed by David Zucker, a…
Paul Rudd (Ant-ManĀ and I Love You, Man) stars as Rick Power, an American singer-songwriter who abandoned his music career to marry an Irish wo…
When the trailer for this film first dropped, some people were put off by a joke in which a person is attacked on a subway and a bystander ide…
Mattel, the toy company, created this franchise in 1982. It started with action figures and comic books. Eventually, it turned into an animate…
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan is a British filmmaker and actor who first came onto my radar almost 15 years ago, as he was producing independent, queer fi…
Kane Parsons now holds the distinction of being the youngest person to have a number-one film in the box office. Parsons is only 20-years-old …
Rapper-turned-filmmaker Boots Riley turns in his sophomore feature nearly a decade after his debut,Ā Sorry to Bother YouĀ (2018). His debut was …
Nate Bargatze is a standup comedian from Nashville, Tennessee. He started over 20 years ago. He's worked with fellow comedians and talk show h…
The Emmy-winning series usually releases all of its episodes at the end of June. Its previous season was its fourth season, which released a b…
Tracy Morgan (30 RockĀ and Saturday Night Live) stars as the titular character, Reggie Dinkins, a former professional football player whose rep…
I had heard about comedian Bert Kreischer a few years ago. The only thing I knew is that he did stand-up comedy while being shirtless. It was …
There have been twelve feature films in the franchise that started with Star WarsĀ (1977). Eleven of them were live-action. One was animated. T…
This is based on an award-winning, off-Broadway play by Aleshea Harris who has since been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Not long…
Anthony Bawn is the co-writer, producer, director and main actor in this feature. Bawn has been working as a filmmaker for over a decade. He f…
Kyle Balda is the director here. Balda has worked for Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Pixar and Illumination. He started out as an animato…
This is the sequel to the 2021 film by Simon McQuoid. It's the fourth installment in the live-action adaptations of the video game series, whi…
At the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, this show was nominated in 13 categories. It won 8 of them, including Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Writ…
Dan Levy is the son of Eugene Levy, the famous Canadian comedian who is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in films, starting with…
RZA, the leader of the legendary hip hop group, the Wu-Tang clan, has his name in the title, but at the top of the credits is Quentin Tarantin…
It's basicallyĀ Freaky FridayĀ (203) but for animals, fictional animals. Two creatures who don't like each other end up switching bodies. It's n…
It's been 20 years since the 2006 hit. That female-led comedy was the number 12 film in the box office the year it was released. It became a c…
Early in David Mackenzie's career, he did erotic dramas and thrillers. The Scottish filmmaker had a knack for them. He pivoted and began doing…
There are a lot of complicated thoughts going into and coming out of this film. It's about a historical incident that happened in Saudi Arabia…
This film isn't plot-driven, as much as it is a character study about a young Black filmmaker in Brooklyn, New York. What plot it does have ce…
Michael Jackson is really a musical artist that needs no introduction. He was nicknamed the "King of Pop" and stands as the best-selling solo …
Russell Crowe won the Oscar forĀ GladiatorĀ (2000), a very masculine and muscular film about a man who's compelled to fight physically. He was a…
Premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Camera d'Or, it's the first Nigerian film to make the official selection at Cannes…
One of the reasons I was interested in this film is due to its star, Mason Gooding, an up-and-coming, African American actor who some might re…
Last year, this medical drama was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards. It won five, including Outstanding Casting, Outstanding Guest Actor, Outstandi…
Three years agoĀ Jury DutyĀ (2023) was a sitcom on Amazon's Freevee but now Prime Video. It was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Outst…
At the 98th Academy Awards, this film was nominated for Best International Feature, from Spain, and Best Sound. The film has more shots of con…
This film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in the category of World Cinema - Dramatic. It was also nominated at the…
Advertised as from the producer of Girls TripĀ (2017), there is an expectation that this film will be on that level in terms of comedy or struc…
Films With Purpose or FWP is a production company that's not about celebrity but rather social change. The founder, Sandra Evers-Manly focuses…
Steven Conrad is the writer and director of this series. Conrad has mainly worked as a screenwriter. He sold his first script before he was ol…
Riz Ahmed is the first Muslim to be nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, which he did for his film Sound of MetalĀ (2020) at the 93rd Ac…
Three years ago exactly, the previous film in this franchise made $1.36 billion in the box office, breaking so many records. It became the hig…
I really loved the first season. It was an interesting, political, murder mystery that turned out to be a sci-fi, post-apocalyptic thriller. I…
There is a science-fiction aspect to this film that seeks to set it apart from other things. That science-fiction aspect is just a crutch. It'…