Before the?Infinity War was the battle for Wakanda! After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that…
Written and directed by Mike Roma, Dating My Mother?tells the story of Danny (Patrick Reilly), a young queer male returning home to life with his mother in New Jersey. Having spent the last few years living freely in Los Angeles as a writer, Patrick finds his homecoming a mixed bag of emotion. While he appreciates…
What happens when all you?ve ever dreamed of is taken away? That is a question that many films ask, but few answer it as beautifully and spiritually as Chlo? Zhao?s The Rider.
The ambivalence the film creates in the viewer may provide us room to think differently about the way women fulfill the roles that they have been assigned. It may also give us a bit more sympathy for those who make choices we may not approve of.
Den of Thieves?is a gritty crime thriller about a gang of violent criminals and the cops who pursue them. Ray Merriman (Pablo Schreiber, half-brother to Liev) has been leading a gang in forcibly executed thefts of armored truck loads and plans to rob the Federal Reserve. Donnie (O’Shea Jackson,?Straight Outta Compton), Levi (50 Cent), Bo…
Paul King returned to the world of the marmalade-loving bear, Paddington, as director and writer, and spun a tale that’s just as enchanting as the first live-action take on Michael Bond’s conscientious and kind-hearted character. This time, Paddington (Ben Whishaw voicing) is part-detective/part-convict as he tracks the nefarious actor and thief, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant),…
It’s hard to believe when you look back at it that it has been 10 years since Marvel Studios–then on its own–embarked on a bold strategy to change cinematic storytelling as we knew it. What started in 2008 with Iron Man has evolved into what can arguably be called the standard of superhero film-making. Of…
For me this issue is most clearly seen in listening to a group of SAT tutors?people who make money off of training people for the test?talking about how long it has been known (as one of them puts it) that ?the emperor has no clothes.?
?We have a moral obligation to tell the whole story.? ? Brea (TRAFFIK) Written and directed by Deon Taylor, Traffik?tells the story of Brea (Paula Patton), a struggling journalist looking for a big story. When she and her boyfriend John (Omar Epps) travel to the mountains for a romantic weekend, they are confronted by a…
Lives Well Lived seeks to bring us the experience of a group of forty men and women aged 76-103 who have come to their knowledge of what makes a good life by having lived long enough to look back.
