Netflix has been churning out a plethora of original content over the past few years. With so many options to choose from, it can be hard to know which ones are worth watching. That’s why we collated some of the best Netflix original movies and series. From horror to comedy … [Read More]
Last week the Gothams’ nominating committee lauded Dee Rees’ epic drama Mudbound with a special award for the ensemble cast. On November 5 Mudbound, starring Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Mary J. Blige, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks, will receive the Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award at the 21st … [Read More]
Starring Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, KEANU follows friends who hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen cat by posing as drug dealers for a street gang. The film also stars Jason Mitchell, Luis Guzman, Will Forte, Rob Huebel and Method Man. I don’t watch their show, I don’t find … [Read More]
[springboard type=”video” id=”1506621″ player=”tmbg001″ width=”599″ height=”336″ ] The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Straight Outta Compton is a love letter to all west coast hip … [Read More]
Straight Outta Compton is a really good movie. Like, a really really good movie with action, suspense, drama, and comedy all throughout that makes it one of the best films based on a musical group in recent memory. There are a lot of things that F. Gary Gray and company … [Read More]
We finally get our first look at the cast of, a seeming labor of love with the involvement of director F. Gary Gray and the seeing participation of the members of N.W.A. as we see the debut of the cast. The photo shows they were successful in attempts of cloning … [Read More]
My Top Ten for 2015 is a hodgepodge of styles, cinemas, genres, but all touch on something essential to my taste—unique and/or great storytelling. It is true that there are many reasons to watch cinema that have nothing to do with narrative, though it is still an overriding part to … [Read More]
Synopsis: Three high school friends commit a robbery in order to change their lives. Writer and director Jay Martin was onto something when he came up with the 7 Minutes script, only that he must have gotten too tired to write a decent ending. 7 Minutes … [Read More]
First look at Jay Martin’s crime heist movie 7 Minutes, starring Jason Ritter, Luke Mitchell, Leven Rambin, and Zane Holtz. This looks like a gritty heist thriller. Jason Ritter appears to be in a much different role that we are used to seeing him in. The movie promises to … [Read More]
Why yes there is room for you Deep Impact (1998), why thank you Armageddon (1998). It’s happened before and it continues to happen even now, when two similarly-themed films release within the same calendar year. Deep Impact came out on May 8, 1998 at a budget of approximately $80 million … [Read More]
Thanks for checking out our Forgotten Fridays feature. This is a feature to review some older films that maybe you have forgotten about or maybe never got around to seeing that we just want to share. They may not be old, maybe not forgotten, but they are not new. Just … [Read More]
Thanks for checking out our new feature, Forgotten Fridays. This is something we want to try out to review some older films that maybe you have forgotten about or maybe never got around to seeing that we just want to share. I have done some of these reviews in the … [Read More]