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
Being a late 80’s baby, I have encountered In Living Color as a very young child, but more so as an adult. Some of my favorite characters (along with everyone else’s) include Wanda, Fire Marshall Bill, and Homey D. Clown. While I found them and the situations they were
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
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
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
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
This contemporary remake of a classic stars hot up-and-comer Trevor Jackson and one of my personal favorites, Jason Mitchell. Set in Atlanta, we follow allegedly low-key drug pens Priest (Jackson) and his partner Eddie (Mitchell) as they attempt to remain low-key and do one major deal before they retire from
I am about 25 episodes into the 80 episode long telenovela Celia, loosely based on the life, love, and music, of the legendary Celia Cruz. When I told a friend about my recent binge obsession, she asked me a simple question: why? All I could think of was that Celia
The HBO series Being Serena offers a look inside the private life of the most decorated, talented, and courageous athlete of our time, Serena Williams. In a matter of what feels like only two years, she has become a mother, wife, and continues to be a dominating force on the
In her latest special Hard Knock Wife, Ali Wong returns several months pregnant with her second child and ready to spew more meditations on life postpartum. Her decision to film not one but two stand-up specials while visibly with child is in itself a revolutionary act. In such a male-dominated, misogynistic space, Wong
