An action heroine emerges in Till Death Do Us Part
Following his well-received 2020 horror flick, The Call Emmy Award Winning filmmaker Timothy Woodward Jr. switches to the action genre in Til Death Do Us Part from Cineverse. Chad Law and Shane Dax Taylor pen the film’s screenplay portrays the grim reality that not every romance story ends happily ever after.
Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer closes out successfully
The remaining episodes of the Second season of Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer arrive as Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) continues to defend Lisa Trammell (Lana Parrilla), a chef accused of murdering a real estate developer. Mickey, his legal assistant and former spouse Lorna Crane (played by Becki Newton), his trusted investigator Cisco (played by Angus Sampson), and his driver Izzy (played by Jazz Raycole), will stop at nothing to take down the formidable criminal prosecutor Andy Freemann (played by Yaya DaCosta) in Trammell’s case..
Kyle Gallner saves The Passenger
After waking up from a nightmare one day, Randy heads to work, thinking his day will go according to plan.
Second Listen Sunday : Bell Biv DeVoe, Three Stripes
Six years after breaking television records with their miniseries biopic, it’s still perplexing that legendary R&B super group New Edition didn’t strike while the iron was hot and release a new album. Seeing a prime opportunity, NE group members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ron DeVoe decided to drop a new project for their spin-off group Bell Biv DeVoe, Three Stripes, in the winter of 2017.
Slow Jam Saturday: Frankie J
Frankie J experienced his first taste of stardom as a member of the Kumbia Kings before embarking on a solo career with his debut album What’s A Man to Do in 2003. He followed that project up with a self-titled Spanish language album and then delivered another English language album, The One, in 2005.
Single Review : Eric Roberson, Things Meant For Me
One of the most extraordinary things about being a music head is seeing one of your favorite artists succeed. I wanted to highlight a recent single by one of my favorite singers Eric Roberson and his new song “Things Meant for Me.” Erro reunites with frequent collaborator Brett “Bdubb” Bakker for the track, validating the two’ musical kinship.
Album Review : J. Brown, The Art Of Making Love
Sean LeVert had already experienced great success in the group LeVert with his older brother Gerald and childhood friend Marc Gordon before turning thirty. Following the release of the group’s sixth album For Real Tho’ in 1993, Sean struck out on his own with his solo debut in June of 1995.
Laugh out loud moments and heart make Joy Ride a winner
Following the highly enjoyable, The Blackening R-rated comedies continue to make a welcome return to cinemas in Joy Ride from Lionsgate Films. Adele Lim directs the film and writes the screenplay with Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao.
Second Listen Sunday : J. Holiday, Round 2
2009 was a strong time in R&B as a crop of male R&B under thirty had all dropped projects. Popular opinion would tell us that before his “incident” in February 2009, Chris Brown should have gone to another level with his project Graffiti.
Slow Jam Saturday: Jill Scott, Easy Conversation
One of the highlights of Summer 2023 for me was attending Essence Fest for the first time. Jill Scott was a featured performer, and for this week’s Slow Jam Saturday, I wanted to show some love to one of my favorite tracks in her catalog, “Easy Conversation.”
Nothing spooky about Fear The Night
Neil Labute continues diversifying his filmography with his latest feature, Fear the Night from Quiver Distribution. Iraq war veteran Tes (Maggie Q) travels to the California hills for her youngest sister Rose’s (Highdee Kuan) bachelorette party. The sibling’s middle sister Beth (Kat Foster), has a somewhat rocky relationship with Tess, which naturally causes some friction.
Routine action in The Island
Underrated action hero Michael Jai White returns to screens in his latest flick, The Island from Saban Films. Shaun Paul Piccinino is in the director’s chair, while Michael Caissie and Philippe Martinez pen the script.