Hollywood doesn't recognize complexity of black life
This should have been the year that black directors dominated the Oscars.
Families react to tragedy in "August: Osage County" and "Nebraska"
By now, we should be convinced that Meryl Streep can do anything, but we've never seen her do ugly like this!
“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”: propaganda dressed as entertainment
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Ruskies? The Shadow Recruit knows!
"The Wolf of Wall Street": "Mean Streets" director does "Ugly Street"
It's an ugly, unforgivable movie of shameful practices and sociopathic tendencies. How else, of course, would you make a movie about Wall Street finance?
Black-themed films lead Progie nominations
Riding a wave of black-themed films, movies about slavery, apartheid, and police repression dominate this year's nominations for best progressive films.
"American Hustle" is not a masterpiece, it's just a lot of fun
"American Hustle" isn't an art experience; it isn't a universal story and it won't change your life or your attitude. It's only what movies are made to be: fun.
"Philomena:" heartbreak, fortitude, and search for closure
It's something of a "buddy movie," one of many where two people with great dissimilarities are teamed together in some common objective over which they have no agreement.
Start the year with some great labor films
Let me quickly recommend some lesser known labor films worth your attention.
Top 10 worst sequels and remakes of 2013
Here are ten films that make a compelling case for why Hollywood has come down not only with severe sequelitis, but remake-itis as well.
Black superheroes forever changed comic books
Adilifu Nama's Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes does a great job of introducing many of today's comic book fans with the history of African Americans in comic books and pop culture generally.
