Let me let y’all know right up front that this isn’t going to be a traditional review of the film Maze Runner: The Death Cure for several reasons, the most paramount being that it’s opening weekend has already passed and because I find the film far more interesting as a case of adaptation. I read
Well, the Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with The Shape of Water leading with 13 nominations. Let’s just dig right on in with some analysis! The Good Honestly, for the first time in eons, there really isn’t anything to complain about with these Oscar nominations. Most of the people who bitch about this year’s
We are only a few days away from the Oscar nominations being announced and I, for one, am relieved. I am over this awards season and want a talking point other than what will get nominated. This set of Oscar predictions was very interesting to make because there are actually so many ways the Academy
Whenever I watch a “Black television show” there is always a message. An overtly, unsubtle preachy message about past and present racism, how black lives matter, racial profiling or police brutality on black people. I was hoping that this wouldn’t be the case for Black Lightning. Granted, as a black man myself these issues are
It didn’t take long for 2018 to deliver a terrible movie, but here we are with Proud Mary proving to be an extreme disappointment. Proud Mary tells us the story of an assassin (Taraji P. Henson) who feels guilty about killing the father of a young boy. A year later, she finds the boy and
The Alienist, which airs on TNT next Monday, is a breath of fresh air for the network. Or I should say putrid, air given the subject matter is serial killers and the people who track them. Executive produced by Cary Fukunaga and starring Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans, and Dakota Fanning, the show gives us a