Ti West makes a wonderful return to horror in X
Acclaimed horror director Ti West makes a welcome return to cinemas in X from A24. The year is 1979, and scrupulous businessman Wayne (Martin Henderson) wants to break into the booming pornography industry.
Second Listen Sunday : Mya, With Love
R&B songstress Mýa will grace the stage of The Theater at MGM in Oxon Hill, Maryland, tonight along with Faith Evans and SWV as part of the Femme It Forward music series. I have seen SWV live more times than I can remember; however, I have not seen Faith; she was an opening for Usher on his 2002, 8701 Evolution tour.
Slow Jam Saturday : Prince, Scandalous
In the late fall of 1989, Prince would release The Scandalous Sex Suite, a three-part suite of 19 minutes of the song, with the parts titled ‘ “The Crime,” “The Passion,” and “The Rapture.”
Thirty-three years after its release, “Scandalous” is not only one of the best songs from any Batman soundtrack but a song better than the entire catalogs of some artists who made their record industry entrances in the years that followed.
A unique take on feminism navigates Asking for It
Filmmaker Eamon O’Rourke taps into a different female empowerment angle for her directorial debut in Asking for It from Saban films. In this edgy thriller, Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons, and Alexandra Shipp lead a no-mercy all-femme gang.
Second Listen Sunday: Trey Songz, Inevitable
R&B crooner Trey Songz was still basking in the success of his platinum-selling fourth album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, when he decided to release his first EP. Carrying the moniker Inevitable, it hit stores on the singer’s 27th birthday, November 28, 2011.
Slow Jam Saturday : Damion Hall, Satisfy You
After their 1990 sophomore album release, The Future, R&B trio Guy began an extended hiatus. Teddy Riley went on to form another group, Blackstreet and then become an in-demand producer. While Aaron Hall would go on to start his solo career with the risqué ballad “Don’t Be Afraid.” Like most R&B fans, I was curious to know what the third member of Guy, Damion “Crazy Legs” Hall, would do.
Winning Time is a slam dunk mini series
Philip Noyce directs Naomi Watts in the thriller The Desperate Hour from Vertical Entertainment. A recently widowed mother, Amy Carr (Watts), is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town.
The Long Night is easily of 2022’s worst
Director Rich Ragsdale reunites with Ghost House star Scout Taylor-Compton for another horror film in The Long Night from Vertical Entertainment. While searching for the parents she is never known, New York transplant Grace (Scout Taylor-Compton) returns to her childhood southern stomping grounds with her boyfriend Jack (Nolan Gerard Funk) to investigate a promising lead on her family’s whereabouts.
Channing Tatum excels in the enjoyable Dog
Channing Tatum returns to the big screen for a crowd-pleasing gem in Dog from United Artists Releasing. In addition to starring in the film, Tatum co-directs with Reid Carolin as both men make their respective feature directorial debut.
Despite threequel normalcy, jeen-yuhs finishes strong
The three-act documentary Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy concludes with act III titled “Awakening.” When we left off in Act II, Kanye was a full-fledged superstar. Directors Coodie & Chike open part 3 with archive footage of Ye in 2002 performing a lost song, “Wow,” he spits one of my favorite bars, “Mayonnaise colored Benz, I push a miracle whip.”
Uncharted swings away from video game movie curse
Ruben Fleischer directs Tom Holland as he swings into his latest franchise with Uncharted from Sony Pictures. An adaptation of the same-titled best-selling video game franchise, Uncharted introduces us to street-smart thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) as seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune lost by Ferdinand Magellan 500 years ago recruits him.
Second Listen Sunday: Jodeci, The Past, The Present, The Future
After an excessive twenty-year wait, R&B quartet Jodeci returned to the music scene with their fourth album The Past, The Present, The Future. Arriving in stores on March 31, 2015, The Past, The Present, The Future was the first taste of new Jodeci music sans soundtrack appearances since the mid-nineties.