Movie Reviews

Review: ‘The Creator’ Dives into the Ever-Growing AI Conversation

Growing up, the idea of robots in the future was either cool or scary. There…

Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ Unearths the Origins of Jud Crandall and the Lore of Ludlow

Based on a chapter in Stephen King’s 1983 novel, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines acts as a…

Fantastic Fest 2023 Review: Winning Millions Has Deadly Consequences in Daniel Brown’s Thrilling Morality Tale ‘Your Lucky Day’

Writer-director-producer Daniel Brown (Color TV, No Vacancy) makes his feature film debut with Your Lucky…

‘Locked Out’ Explores How Evictions Affect the American Dream for Black Women

Home ownership is supposed to be the American dream, as well as an effective approach…

Review: ‘Dumb Money’ Directs its Focus on Keith Gill as the Hero of Retail Investors

The phenomena behind the David vs. Goliath story of retail stock traders taking on Wall…

TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Sing Sing’ Focuses on the Realities of Incarceration

Whenever I read a headline about a long standing ovation at a screening, I usually…

TIFF 2023 Review: ‘Bria Mack Gets A Life’ Captures the Joys, Burdens, and Revelations of Being Young, Gifted, and Black

Our fellow Black creatives are out here trying to tell the world something. After last…

TIFF 2023 Review: Cord Jefferson’s ‘American Fiction’ Is Hilarious, Sad, and Sometimes Infuriating

Every now and then, there is a film that speaks to where you are in…

Review: Antoine Fuqua Amps Up Emotion and Blood in ‘The Equalizer 3’

Some movies spark an urge to travel, fall in love, or even eat your way…

Review: The Many Fictions of Roy Johnson in HBO’s ‘BS High’

I’m going to steal something from the playbook of Leroy “Roy” Johnson, the main character…