Furie?follows the story of Hai Phoung (Veronica Ngo), a young mother with a past in the criminal underworld. When her daughter is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, Hai sets out on a vendetta to bring her home, no matter who stands in her way.? Written and directed by Le Van Kiet (House in the Alley),?Furie…
Having broken box-office records overseas,?T-34?transports the viewer into the heard of Russia during the Second World War. Having been captured in the field of battle, young lieutenant Ivushkin (Alexander Petrov) is tasked to assemble a group of POWs to aid in training the Nazis tank battalion. However, as they prepare for the exercise, the team…
With the release of Tim Story’s Shaft from Kenya Barris’ (Blackish) script, fans of the legendary crimefighter can see what three generations of the first black hero on screen with Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jessie Usher. Just in time, Warner Bros. Archives has released the triple feature of Roundtree’s original three Shaft films…
Throughout the years, there have been many examples of the ?teacher making a difference? genre. Ranging from the great successes (Dead Poets Society,?Dangerous Minds) to the forgettable (Cadence,?Finding Forrestor), the story of a teacher fighting for the lives of the underprivileged is an oft-repeated narrative that is often powerful (but also risks falling into predictability)….
Directed by Jesse V. Johnson (The Debt Collector),?Triple Threatdelivers the high-octane stunt work that one would expect from any film starring martial arts experts like Iko Uwais (The Raid), Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) and Tiger Hu Chen (Man of Tai Chi). When a crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire’s daughter, she…
What began as an unlikely friendship between an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon has become an epic adventure spanning their lives. Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid (America Ferrara), Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the…
Finally, a?Transformers?film that I wanted to rewatch for myself, and to show to my sons. With?Bumblebee, out of the heavy-handed, robot-smacking control of Michael Bay [seriously,?Bad Boys, The Rock, etc. are awesome, but his?Transformers?films not so much], Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) takes our favorite yellow robot and makes him… amazing. While the…
The sad reality is that every new Clint Eastwood film could be his last. After more than six decades on the Silver Screen, Eastwood?now eighty-eight?is fighting the one opponent he can?t beat?Father Time. There?s an obvious hitch in his step, a veritable roadmap of years and miles on his face. The gritty growl of Josie…
?Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, born in the black neighborhood of some American city, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy.? ? James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk Set in early 1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk?tells the story of?Tish…
How do you build on a classic? That was the charge given to screenwriter David Magee (Finding Neverland, Life of Pi) and director Rob Marshall (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Into the Woods,?upcoming?The Little Mermaid). Set twenty-five years after the Julie Christie and Dick Van Dyke original, the film finds Poppins returning to…
