Slow Jam Saturday : Jon B., Can We Get Down
Welcome back to Slow Jam Saturday. We are continuing to pay homage to this month’s artist Jon B. This week, we are looking at what many consider Jon’s best album, Cool Relax.
Vengeance isn’t blind in Don’t Breathe 2
Stephen Lang returns as Norman Nordstrom / “The Blind Man,” a blind military veteran you don’t want to mess with in Sony Pictures’ Don’t Breathe 2. Rodo Sayagues makes his directorial debut with the film. In addition, Sayagues co-writes the film’s screenplay with Fede Álvarez, the first film’s director.
Familiar plot beats aside, Jennifer Hudson gives the Queen of Soul her Respect
The Queen of Soul’s legacy comes to the big screen in Respect from MGM studios. Liesel Tommy directs Jennifer Hudson as the iconic Aretha Franklin in the remarkable true story that follows Franklins life from a child singing in her father’s church choir to her rise to international superstardom.
What If is another winner for Marvel
The latest series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives on Disney + in “What If…?” Bryan Andrews serves as the director while AC Bradley is the head writer on the series. What If, flips the script on the MCU, reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways.
Malice at the Palace is an eye opening documentary
An incident from NBA history receives the documentary treatment in Netflix’s Untold: Malice at the Palace from director Floyd Russ. November 19th, 2004, is a moment the NBA would relatively soon forget, but for the players, coaches, referees, and fans who lived through it, it is simply a night they cannot shake from their memory or their reputations.
Slow Jam Saturday : Jon B., Isn’t It Scary
Welcome to the first edition of a possible new weekly series I like to call Slow Jam Saturday. Anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I prefer ballads and slow jams to any up-tempo material. Therefore, my new series will highlight my favorite slow jams and ballads from my favorite artists.
The Suicide Squad is bloody violent fun
Director James Gunn brings his directorial skills to the DC Cinematic in Warner Bros., The Suicide Squad. Welcome to hell–a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A.
Vivo is joyous family entertainment
An incident from NBA history receives the documentary treatment in Netflix’s Untold: Malice at the Palace from director Floyd Russ. November 19th, 2004, is a moment the NBA would relatively soon forget, but for the players, coaches, referees, and fans who lived through it, it is simply a night they cannot shake from their memory or their reputations.
Another IP Man Tale
For the third time, martial artist Dennis To portrays legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in director Liming Li’s Ip Man: Kung Fu Master. Li also handles scripting duties for the film, which focuses on Ip’s early days before the Communist Revolution.
Flashback Friday Movie Review : Step
Dance movies can be hit or miss, as I generally only see them for the dancing unless it is a documentary. Fox Searchlight Pictures highlighted “Black Girl Magic” to significant effect with their 2017 release, Step. With Step, I expected a documentary along the lines of Rize or Planet B-Boy.
Second Listen Sunday Review: Silk, Silk
An iconic action figure receives an origin story from Robert Schwentke in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins. Henry Golding steps in the title role, which opens with a young Snake Eyes and his dad enjoying life in a rural area.
The Last Letter from Your Lover is only for die hard romantics and girls night in
A bestselling 2011 romantic novel from author JoJo Moyes receives a Netflix adaptation in The Last Letter from Your Lover. Augustine Frizzell directs the film, while Nick Payne and Esta Spalding adapt the screenplay. A pair of interwoven stories set in the present and past is the central plot of The Last Letter from Your Lover.