Category: Film & TV

Review: Power – Looking for Love in All the Usual Places

We are about midway into the fifth season of Power, the show that breathed new life into the Starz network. Showrunner Courtney Kemp and her talented team have once again proven their ability to create complicated storylines fueled by raw, human emotion; so while their professions (drug dealers, murderers and

Watch The Poignant Trailer For Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk”

  The first trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk has been released in honor of James Baldwin’s birthday today, August 2nd. Adapted from Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name, the film is the next in line from the Academy Award-winning Moonlight director, Barry Jenkins. If Beale Street Could

Review: “The Equalizer” is Every Black Parent Ever

Denzel Washington stars in “The Equalizer 2”   Denzel Washington returns to his role as Robert McCall, former militiaman turned Lyft driver by day and vigilante by night, The Equalizer. He teams up with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) for a third time, the result, a strangely heartwarming, yet flinchingly

Review: W. Kamau Bell’s Private School Negro

In his first Netflix special, comedian and host of CNN’s United Shades of America W. Kamau Bell uses his experiences as a black man and a parent to highlight the problematic and absurd state of our so-called democracy. Titling his performance Private School Negro, Bell presents his own positionality to

Review: “Sorry to Bother You” Is An Absurdly Fun Ride With A Crucial Message

Sorry to Bother You is exactly what the world needs right now. Directed by Boots Riley and starring Lakeith Stanfield and Tessa Thompson, the film creates a space for eccentric blackness to thrive in, and doesn’t rely on trite stereotypes based on what we’re expected to be like. This may

Shonda Rhimes Has Eight Original Netflix Projects In The Works

As part of her multi-year production deal with Netflix, TV producer and showrunner Shonda Rhimes is developing eight original series for Netflix, and we couldn’t be more thrilled. Widely known for creating critically acclaimed and binge-worthy shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, and Scandal, the

Review: “Love Is___,” Love Ain’t

OWN’s Love Is ___ is the true story of Black Hollywood Powerhouse couple Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil. The format takes place like a present-day interview of the married couple as they recall the details of how they met. The episodes then flashes back to a younger Nuri and

‘Uncle Drew’ Review: The Transformative Power of Sports

The following review contains spoilers. Lil Rel teams up with basketball star Kyrie Irving in Uncle Drew, the new movie about camaraderie, intergenerational relationships, and growth. Dax (Lil Rel) is an orphan who, after a traumatic experience on the court, tries to regain love and validation by coaching the winning

Watch The Newly Released Trailer For BET’s “The Bobby Brown Story”

The full-length trailer for BET’s two-part miniseries, The Bobby Brown Story, has finally arrived. Created as a follow-up to the network’s critically acclaimed The New Edition Story, the Bobby Brown miniseries begins where the New Edition story left off. Spanning 30 years of the talented singer’s life, the miniseries will

Amandla Stenberg Is An Empowering Voice For Black Lives In Timely ‘The Hate U Give’ Trailer

Since starring as Rue in the celebrated Hunger Games franchise, Amandla Stenberg has discovered her own voice in Hollywood. Typically finding her home in indie adaptations of young adult novels such as Nicole Yoon’s Everything, Everything, the budding actress is following this trend as she headlines the adaptation of Angie

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