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13th
Directed by Ava DuVernay.2016. Not Rated, 100 minutes.Cast:Angela DavisHenry Louis GatesNewt GingrichDavid DinkinsCory BookerMichelle AlexanderThe 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution has...
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The Quick and Dirties: When Roku Attacks
Times change for the better, or for the worse, depending on your political leanings, I suppose. In any event, we are constantly evolving (or devolving, it seems). The easiest thing to point out as...
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Thursday Movie Picks Television Edition: Science Fiction
Cyberspace:The Final Frontier.These are the voyages of the Starship Cinemaprise.Its five year missionTo explore new sitesTo seek out new writers and new realizationsTo boldly go where no blog has gone...
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2017 Blind Spot Series: THX 1138
I like doing things at the last minute. That includes watching my Blind Spot movie for January. I've tried doing things earlier, but that's usually not my style. I swear I'm trying to change. Wish me...
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Thursday Movie Picks: Movies About Artists
Writers are not all that dissimilar to painters and other artists. We are all trying to create visuals. Of course, as a writer, you have to do it with words. Better writers paint better pictures....
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Hidden Figures
Directed by Theodore Melfi.2016. Rated PG, 127 minutes.Cast:Taraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeKevin CostnerJim ParsonsKirsten DunstMahershala AliGlenn PowerDonna BiscoeAldis HodgeKatherine...
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Thursday Movie Picks: Prodigy/Genius
This is what I call fashionably late. It's still Thursday, and this is another edition of Thursday Movie Picks, but it's about twenty-three hours after I would normally post for this weekly meme hosted...
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Directed by Nicholas Stoller.2016. Rated R, 92 minutes.Cast:Seth RogenZac EfronRose ByrneChloe Grace MoretzDave FrancoIke BarinholtzKiersey ClemonsBeanie FeldsteinLisa KudrowChristopher...
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Thursday Movie Picks: Shakespeare Adaptations
I was going to complain about this week's topic for Thursday Movie Picks hosted by Wanderer at Wandering Through the Shelves, but a little voice in the back of my head told me "Thou doth protest too...
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TMP Television Edition: Superheroes/Super Powers
Look, up in the sky!It's a bird!It's a plane!It's me, giddy as hell over this week's topic for Thursday Movie Picks.Okay, I know it's Friday, but that's beside the point. Brotha gotta regular life,...
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Mt. Rushmore of Movies Blogathon '17
A few years ago, I took part in a blogathon ran by one of my oldest blogging buddies, m. brown of Two Dollar Cinema. If you don't read it, shame on you. It's the funniest movie blog out there. Anyhoo,...
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Logan
Directed by James Mangold.2017. Rated R, 141 minutes.Cast:Hugh JackmanPatrick StewartDafne KeenBoyd HolbrookRichard E. GrantStephen MerchantEriq La SalleElizabeth RodriguezElise NealIt's 2029, no...
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The Unsung Hero Blogathon: Laurence Fishburne
Last year, KG of KG's Movie Rants helped me host by annual Against the Crowd Blogathon. The least I could do is participate in his first solo venture, The Unsung Hero Blogathon. The task for...
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xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Directed by D.J. Caruso.2017. Rated PG-13, 107 minutes.Cast:Vin DieselToni ColletteDonnie YenTony JaaDeepika PadukonRuby RoseKris WuSamuel L. JacksonNina DobrevRory McCannHermione CorfieldIce CubeIn an...
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Thursday Movie Picks: Ancient World (3600 BC – 500 AD)
It's Thursday. This week that means going back in time. Way back. The topic our host Wanderer at Wandering Through the Shelves for Thursday Movie Picks is movies about the "ancient" world. She sets the...
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Queen Latifah's Top 10 Performances
Say it with me,All Hail the Queen on Her Birthday!!!Queen Latifah is one of those artists who grew up with me. We're about a year apart in age, and she hit the spotlight way back when she was 18 years...
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Thursday Movie Picks: The Underdog
Hey, Thursday fans. Welcome to another edition of Thursday Movie Picks. That's if I can get this done before the stroke of midnight. We'll see how this goes. Anyhoo, the topic chosen this week by our...
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Get Out
Directed by Jordan Peele.2017. Rated R, 104 minutes.Cast:Daniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsCatherine KeenerBradley WhitfordLilRel HoweryLakeith StanfieldStephen RootBetty GabrielCaleb Landry JonesMarcus...
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Moonlight
Directed by Barry Jenkins.2016. Rated R, 111 minutes.Cast:Trevante RhodesAshton SandersAlex HibbertMahershala AliNaomie HarrisJanelle MonaeAndre HollandJharrel JeromeJaden PinerPatrick DecileWe hear...
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Thursday Movie Picks: Cars/Racing
Yup, it's Thursday, and these are my Thursday Movie Picks. Yup, I skipped last week. Truth of the matter is ya boy met his match last week. The topic was television period dramas. I had nothing. I'm...
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