Daily Archives: June 10, 2023

Movie Review: Black Folks face the Horrors of “The Blackening”

“The Blackening” is a horror farce in the tradition of the “Scary Movie” and “A Haunted House” franchises, a send-up of Black horror and Black horror movie fans. It’s fast, foul-mouthed and freaking hilarious, a spoof within a spoof filled … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Grief is a mumbling, murky shade of “Midday Black Midnight Blue”

“Midday Black Midnight Blue” is an impressionistic collage in shades of grief. Non-linear in its storytelling, stingy with its facts, details and “truth,” it’s a picture that violates a lot of the basic covenants between filmmaker and audience. It’s more … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: “American Graffiti” (1973) at 50 — Nostalgia as American Epic

“American Graffiti” was a culture-shifting blockbuster when it came out, a modestly-budgeted movie with a mostly-no-name cast that spawned a 1950s-early-’60s nostalgia boom that swam against the tide that gave birth to disco and punk. Its warmth, innocence and fun, … Continue reading

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BOX OFFICE: “Transformers” edges “Spider-Verse” with a 60 million weekend

The well-past-exhaused “Transformers” franchise may have one more King of the Box Office weekend left in it, thanks to decent Thursday previews and a $25 million, all-in Friday. Deadline.com is projecting that — thanks to the new standard multiplier — … Continue reading

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