Tag: Angela Bassett
Damsel Leaves Only Distress (And a Yearning to Watch The Princess Bride)
Being that Millie Bobby Brown has, thus far, been known for her discernment when it comes to choosing roles in her still germinal career, Damsel [Read More…]
Vampire in Brooklyn Corroborates That All the Freek-A-Leeks Flock There
Even before Tracy Jordan was reminding us that “Freaky deakies need love too,” there was Eddie Murphy as Maximillian crashing an unmanned boat into the [Read More…]
All the Women, Co-Dependent, Throw Your Hands Up At Me: Waiting to Exhale
Where the Bechdel test is concerned, there is no shortage of films, most especially from the final “glory days” of pre-#MeToo, that do not make [Read More…]
Black Panther: A Polemic That Can At Last Creep Into More Closed Minds
As one of the most momentous films released since, well, let’s face it, Gone With the Wind, Black Panther has an infinite amount of pressure to stand up [Read More…]
Chi-Raq’s Corniness Negated By Tongue-in-Cheek Greek Play Structure
When it comes to Spike Lee, the message has always been the same: black lives matter. Long before it became “trendworthy” in the wake of [Read More…]
And I Will Always Hate Lifetime: The Network That Keeps Making Shitty Movies About Dead People
After the back to back shame and embarrassment of The Brittany Murphy Story and Aalyiah: Princess of R&B, Lifetime is back to give and receive [Read More…]
