Rose Blood is superior Friday The 13th fan film
Friday The 13th superfan Peter Anthony makes his directorial debut in Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan film. It wasn’t until I saw Jeremy Brown’s Vengeance A Friday The 13th Fan Film a few years ago that I started taking fan films seriously.
Death Knot is an ok horror debut
Cornelio Sunny dabbles in J-horror for his directorial debut in Death Knot from Well Go USA Entertainment. After the sudden suicide of their estranged mother, Hari (Cornelio Sunny), and his sister Eka (Widika Sidmore), return to their hometown to put their matriarch’s affairs in order.
Night Train is a quick actioner
Danielle C. Ryan is back in action with Night Train from Saban Films. Shane Stanley directs the film, while his frequent collaborator CJ Walley pens the script. La La Land teamster and single mother Holly McCord (Danielle C. Ryan) is driven to extreme measures to save her son’s life.
Spank Horton provides the DC Improv with a night of laughter
One of Kevin Hart’s Plastic Cups Boyz, Spank Horton, stepped out on his own to headline a show at the DC Improv on Sunday, January 8th. Before breaking into comedy, Mr. Horton used to heckle comics he found unfunny. Unlike most, though, Horton put his money where his mouth was and is now an in-demand comic.
She Said deservers an audience in the comfort of your own
A life-changing historical moment comes to the big screen in She Said from Universal Pictures. Maria Schrader directs the film from a screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. The script adapts the 2019 nonfiction book She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey.
Second Listen Sunday: Slim of 112, Refueled
The list is endless when you think of R&B groups of the nineties. Per the norm, from a marketing standpoint, one group member always shines brighter than the others. In Atlanta-based R&B quarter 112, Marvin Scandrick, a.k.a. Slim, was that member.
Slow Jam Saturday: Gina Thompson, Angel
R&B songstress Gina Thompson is most remembered for her 1996 debut single “Nobody Does It Better” and the Bad Boy Remix featuring Missy Elliott, who gained notability and mainstream attention for her unique signature, “Hee-Hee-How” punchline.
Tom Hanks saves the routine A Man Called Otto
Kicking off the 2023 viewing season, Netflix offers viewers a different streaming experience with their newest series, Kaleidoscope.
Imani is a soulful take on The Long Kiss Goodnight
After directing music videos for a range of artists over the past several years, Mike Ho has turned his attention to film with the release of Imani. The film is the first feature-length project for Ho and will be streaming on BET +. Amaleka McCall and Tu-Shonda Whitaker pen the film’s screenplay, which in the simplest of terms, utilizes elements from the 1996 actioner, The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Unlock the mystery of Kaleidoscope
Kicking off the 2023 viewing season, Netflix offers viewers a different streaming experience with their newest series, Kaleidoscope.
The Pale Blue Eye Christian Bale & Scott Cooper’s third collabo is their weakest
Christian Bale reunites with director Scott Cooper for the third time in The Pale Blue Eye from Netflix. In addition to directing, Cooper pens the screenplay, which adapts the same-titled novel by Louis Bayard.
Second Listen Sunday: New Edition, All For Love
What better way to kick off the 2023 Season of Second Listen Sunday than reviewing a New Edition album? If you didn’t already know, the group recently announced a Spring Tour titled “The Legacy Tour” with opening acts Tank, Guy, and Keith Sweat.