Day: March 27, 2021

  • ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Exploring The Black Panther Party

    ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Review: Exploring The Black Panther Party

    Warner Bros.’s latest feature, Judas and the Black Messiah, takes viewers to 1968 Chicago. That’s right, the Black Power era. More specifically, the Black Panther Party. The drama recounts the life of Black activist Fred Hampton. He rose to prominence as the mesmerizing chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. On December 4, 1969, Fred, 21, and…

  • ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down

    ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5 Flips the MCU Upside Down

    The following review contains major spoilers from ‘WandaVision’ Episode 5, “On a Very Special Episode…” Even though this week, both Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany were teasing a “huge cameo” in the show, I didn’t expect it to come so soon, let alone the fifth episode. What I didn’t expect was for me to jump from my bed and scream so…

  • Tearing Down Gender Stereotypes in Family Drama ‘Palmer’

    Tearing Down Gender Stereotypes in Family Drama ‘Palmer’

    Apple TV+’s latest feature film Palmer, directed by Fisher Stevens and written by Cheryl Guerriero, a native of my hometown, takes viewers on an emotional rollercoaster set in a small town in Louisiana. When ex-convict Eddie Palmer (Justin Timberlake) is released early from his prison sentence, he returns home to live with his beloved grandmother Vivian (June Squibb). While on…

  • It’s ‘The Little Things’ That Bore You

    It’s ‘The Little Things’ That Bore You

    2 hours and 7 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Nice. Late last year, Warner Bros. announced that all of their 2021 film releases would simultaneously release to theaters and on the streaming service HBO Max. The first launch of the year is John Lee Hancock’s slow-burn crime thriller The Little Things.…