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 #18 2021: One Night In Miami… (2020) 24 Jan 202118 Jan 2021 I don’t know what I expected from this. Regina King is deservedly one of my favourite actresses of the last decade, so clearly I had high hopes for it. Was…
Drama… Movie #333 2020: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) 28 Nov 202026 Nov 2020 Phwoar. How to describe this movie? Let's go with 'A Kick In The Tits.' That's what it feels like. No, this is not a Christmas movie, which I'm sure you'll…
Documentary Movie #232 2020: Disclosure (2020) 7 Jul 20201 Jul 2020 Though Pride Month was slightly muted this year - and rightly so - by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, I felt as though I should educate…
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…
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