Grade: C+ Basically: A harsh slice of the truth about being Black in America. In reflecting on the Netflix adaptation of American Son, I’m reminded of a line from A Few Good Men, “you can’t handle the truth.” I’m not being glib. This one is all about hard truths. And by maintaining the four-actor, stormy night, one-room structure of the Broadway play, the film focuses you on its honesty in a way that may be hard to take in. Or, worse, easy to dismiss. But try not to do that. Playwright Christopher Demos-Brown and Tony Award® winning director Kenny Leon… Read more »
The Faim have been poised to steal your heart for a while and now, with State of Mind, they’re running away with it completely, carried by stadium-ready choruses and lyrics that cut in a way only total honesty can.
When a predator hunts women, it takes women to bring them down.
The diary of a brilliant woman who will pry your mind open and dip it into the universe.
The heart breaks when Beale Street speaks.
Mornings suck less with music, it’s time to Rise Rock n’ Shine.
Emily is looking for a way out. Molly is looking for a new friend. The only thing they get right is murder…and their Martini recipe.
This week: Shadowhunters, Fresh Off the Boat, For The People, Chicago Med, Riverdale, The X-Files, Grown-ish, Speechless, 9-1-1, Krypton, Station 19, Atlanta, Santa Clarita Diet, Alexa & Katie, Roxanne Roxanne, The Walking Dead.
This week: The Flash, This Is Us, For the People, Rise, Grown-ish, Riverdale, Atlanta, How to Get Away with Murder, On My Block, The Walking Dead, Deception.
A one-dimensional movie with watchable characters and awkward character interactions—murderporn has a new name, sadly for Eli Roth it’s not his.
