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Sundance 2020 Review: “The Night Clerk” Never Lives up to Its Premise

February 20, 2020

Film Review: “Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn” Skillfully Tells Story of Tragedy While Highlighting Dreadful Racial Tensions of Late 1980s

Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn (Muta’Ali Muhammad, 2020) 3½ out of 4 stars. In late-1980s Brooklyn, New York, a racially-charged tragedy occurred that would spark outrage in the black community. Yusuf Hawkins, a 16-year-old black teenager from East New York, a predominantly black neighborhood, traveled with some friends to the neighborhood of Bensonhurst, a predominantly […]

Review: EXPECTING AMY – An HBO Max Original
August 11, 2020
We get to see Amy’s whole world. An honest, revealing and unflattering account of Schumer’s painful >>
Review: HOST – A SHUDDER Original
August 11, 2020
During an online séance, six friends accidentally invite the attention of a demonic presence. Don’t >>
HBO MAX
August 4, 2020
HBO MAX is challenging Netflix’s supremacy. HBO Max has so much content on its new streaming >>
Film Review: “On the Record”
June 9, 2020
On November 17, 2016, The New York Times heralded it’s article on Russell Simmons with the >>