Awards Season… Movie #79 2021: Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) 27 Mar 20214 Mar 2021 When Daniel Kaluuya won his Golden Globe for Judas and the Black Messiah, my girlfriend and I cheered the house down because he so deserved it. Weirdly though, it wasn’t…
Drama… Movie #205 2020: Fruitvale Station (2013) 11 Jun 20209 Jun 2020 Perhaps one of the lesser known films regarding police brutality due to its low budget and indie status is Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station. Before you ask: yes, that's the guy…
Drama Movie #203 2020: The Hate U Give (2018) 10 Jun 20207 Oct 2020 If there was one movie that could completely summarise what is going on in the world currently, this would be it. Honestly, it's almost a carbon copy of the events…
Drama… Movie #200 2020: Selma (2014) 9 Jun 20209 Jun 2020 I have to start this review with this: This 👏🏻 should 👏🏻 not 👏🏻 be 👏🏻 happening 👏🏻 today. It's maddening and anger-inducing that this sort of thing is what…
Drama… Movie #197 2020: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 7 Jun 20205 Jun 2020 A step back from documentaries now to look at a gorgeous movie that not only stars a chiefly African American cast, but is also directed by the wonderful Barry Jenkins,…
Documentary… Movie #194 2020: 13th (2016) 6 Jun 20204 Jun 2020 Black Lives Matter. It's the phrase on everyone's lips, on everyone's Twitter feed, in everyone's protest. But how many of you are actively trying to educate yourself on the history…
Classics… Movie #163 2020: Do The Right Thing (1989) 21 May 202018 May 2020 After having a very average reaction to BlacKkKlansman, I wondered what the fascination with Spike Lee was. It appeared, after some research, that the movie that really kick-started his career…
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