Flora & Ulysses is strictly for those ten and under
Famed children’s fiction novelist Kate DiCamillo has another one of her books adapted in Disney+’s Flora & Ulysses. Directed by Lena Khan, Flora & Ulysses is a comedy-adventure based on the same-titled book.
Jovan Adepo and Grace Van Patten chemistry saves The Violent Heart
Jovan Adepo and Grace Van Patten portray Daniel and Cassie, a pair of star-crossed lovers in Gravitas Veritas’s The Violent Heart from director Keram Sanga. The film begins in the year 2004. Daniel (Jordan Preston Carter) is overtly happy that overjoyed that his military father Lee (Cress Williams) has returned home to his family.
Rosamund Pike thrives as a femme fatale in I Care a Lot.
Director J Blakeson makes a wonderful return to feature film directing in Netflix’s I Care a Lot. Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) uses the poise of a shark-like self-assurance in her job as a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards.
Throwback Tuesday Album Review: The Temptations: Reunion
Getting a band or group back together is a standard at some point in the music industry. Motown did just that when they released The Temptations album, Reunion in 1982. Notable Temptations members David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks returned to the group after a decade long absence and reunited with founding members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin.
Coolin with Corey Clark
Corey Clark is a 2 time R.I.A.A. Certified Gold Recording Artist who has placed #1 twice on the Billboard Charts. Corey has been in the music industry for over two decades in numerous facets. Corey is known for his second season American Idol appearance and 2005 solo album. Mr. Clark took time out of his recording schedule to chop it up with Reviews & Dunn.
Flashback Friday Album Review : Force M.D.’s, Touch and Go
A year after their 1984 debut album, Love Letters, R&B quartet Force M.D. released the timeless ballad “Tender Love,” which took the group’s career to another level. In 1987 the group released its third album, Touch & Go. “Love Is a House” opens the album, and the song still sounds fresh as it did when I was six years old.
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is a decent vacay movie
Best Original Screenplay Oscar nominees Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo collaborate once again in Lionsgate’s Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. Director Josh Greenbaum makes his feature directing debut and helms the film.
This cat & mouse game is no fun
Director Tim Story brings William Hanna and Joseph Barbera’s legendary cat and mouse rivalry to the big screen in Warner Bros. Tom & Jerry. Set in Manhattan, the film introduces us to “Tom Cat” and his grand dreams of becoming a piano player. We get a chance to see Tom play his keyboard in Central Park, where he is a big hit.
Anchored by LaKeith Stanfield & Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah is the first must-see film of 2021
Following a fervent but brief portrayal by Kelvin Harrison Jr. in last year’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, Chairman Fred Hampton’s story is expanded in Warner Bros. Judas and the Black Messiah.
Passionate dialogue steers the lush Malcolm and Marie
Director Sam Levinson and his Euphoria star Zendaya collaborate with John David Washington in Netflix’s Malcolm & Marie. Before I began my review, I want to let viewers know that Malcolm & Marie only features two actors and the entire film is in black & white.
Musical Lessons with Tru-Skoo
Music duo Tru-Skoo took some time off from recording to chop it with Reviews & Dunn.
Reviews & Dunn – How did you two meet?
Carmelo Jenkins – It was in the year 2009 that I met Diggy Fontaine (aka Jazz Digga) at a local music event that we both performed at, as solo artists in Seattle.
A trio of Oscar-winning actors deserve better than The Little Things
John Lee Hancock directs Oscar Winners Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto in Warner Bros Pictures, The Little Things. The film is set in the year 1990 and opens with an unnamed young lady as she avoids becoming the next victim of an unseen killer.