Slow pacing mars quality performances in The Devil All the Time
Director Antonio Campos collaborates with Netflix for an adaption of a critically acclaimed novel in The Devil All the Time. Based on the same-titled novel by writer Donald Ray Pollock, it is a grim and slow-burning film showcasing the dark side of America in the 1950’s.
Album Review: 112, Forever
R&B group 112 returns to the scene with their latest release, Forever. The group is now a duo comprised of members Marvin “Slim” Scandrick and Michael “Mike” Keith. While the other two former members of the group Q Parker and Daron Jones are pursuing separate ventures, the question on everyone’s mind is how does the group sound?
Throwback Tuesday Album Review: Frankie, My Heart Belongs To You
One of the most extraordinary things about growing up in the nineties was experiencing the domination of R&B music on radio waves. While there were classic albums, quite a few albums fell under the radar, including My Heart Belongs To You by Washington D.C. based R&B singer Frankie.
The life lessons & lacrosse mix in the sport drama The Grizzlies
Director Miranda de Pencier delivers an impressive debut in the inspirational sports drama The Grizzlies from Elevation Pictures. Based on a true story, the film opens with a heartbreaking suicide of a young tee in a remote arctic town in North America. Before long, we meet the fresh out of college and aspiring teacher Russ Sheppard (Ben Schnetzer). Russ has taken on what he perceives as a place holding job, teaching history at Kugluktuk High School.
Ratched is a worthy prequel for an iconic villainess
One of cinema’s greatest villains, Nurse Mildred Ratched, receives a prequel spin-off in Netflix’s Ratched. Series creator Evan Romansky & executive producer Ryan Murphy takes viewers on a journey of the character first introduced in Ken Kesey’s 1962 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and later immortalized on film by Louise Fletcher in an award-winning […]
Single Review: Usher, Bad Habits
Following his spring 2020 ditty ” Don’t Waste My Time, “R&B singer Usher returns to the scene with his latest song “Bad Habits.” A midtempo number Bad Habits, is better than anything on Usher’s A EP and his last album Hard II Love. Pierre Medor and Theron (of Rock City) handle production on the song, which finds Usher admitting to his current flame that he can’t stay faithful.
Katherine Ryan is royally funny in The Duchess
Comedian Katherine Ryan continues her successful collaborative relationship in the six-episode scripted series, The Duchess. Ryan portrays Katherine, a single mom living in London, raising her daughter Olive (Katy Byrne). Katherine is involved in a no strings attached situation with the likable Evan (Steen Raskopoulos). Not to mention, she’s also trying to stay civil with her Ex and Olive’s dad, former boy band member Shep (Rory Keenan).
Laughs & gore galore in The Babysitter Killer Queen
Director McG reunites with Netflix for The Babysitter: Killer Queen, a sequel to the network’s 2017 hit, The Babysitter. Two years ago, Cole Johnson (Judah Lewis) successfully defeated his babysitter Bee and her satanic cult. As luck would have it, Cole has become a laughing stock in the town and seen as the boy who cried wolf, given that Bee and all of her minions disappeared. The lad’s parents (Ken Marino and Leslie Bibb) even have him in therapy and want to send him away to a mental institution.
Binge worthy series for the entire family in Julie and the Phantoms
Brazilian children’s television series Julie e os Fantasmas receives an Americanized remake in Netflix’s Julie and the Phantoms. The brainchild of legendary choreographer Kenny Ortega, Julie and the Phantoms tells the story of performing arts high schooler Julie (Madison Reyes). She lost her passion for music following the death of her mom.
Chess is Life in Critical Thinking
After a seventeen-year hiatus, actor John Leguizamo returns to the director’s chair for Critical Thinking from Vertical Entertainment. Set in Miami’s Dade County in the year 1998 and based on a true story, Critical Thinking tells the story five young men from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami.
Abundance confusion fills I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ian Reid’s best-selling novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things, gets a Netflix adaptation from director Charlie Kaufman. A nameless young woman (Jesse Buckley) and her boyfriend Jake (Jesse Plemons) are on a road trip to meet Jake’s parents Suzie (Toni Collette) and Dean (David Thewlis). Jake gives Young woman a fair warning that his family is quite eccentric, which only adds to the hesitant reservations he had about the trip.
Tenet is a complex thrill ride
Visionary director Christopher Nolan brings his latest cinematic puzzle to the screen in Warner Bros. Tenet. Fair warning Tenet, is a film that demands the audience’s attention from the moment the score starts. The film opens with an undercover CIA agent known only as The Protagonist (John David Washington) amid a SWAT mission.