Film

HOLLYWOOD—Anyone who knows me knows that I am a horror buff. I love a good scare, but the notion of terror in the horror genre has been dismal at best. Some filmmakers get it, but the problem is not many know how to actually deliver it to the audience. When the 2017 remake of the Stephen King classic “It”...

HOLLYWOOD—I really hate to say it, but I feel like the movie “The Intruder” is something I’ve already seen a trillion times before. There is nothing more frustrating than watching a movie that you feel you just watched a year or two ago, the only difference this go around is that you have new people in the foray. I...

HOLLYWOOD—This is a big movie and I don’t just mean that in terms of the cast, but the epic conclusion and large time frame. Yes, it has been a movie more than 10 years in the making, a total of 22 films. Yes, “Avengers: End Game” has at long last arrived. The question that people keep asking me is...

HOLLYWOOD—The passing of Hollywood writer, producer and director John Singleton this week thru me for an absolute loop. It just seemed to come out of nowhere and this guy was so young. He was only 51, and died from complications after he suffered a stroke. His family made a plea for many in the African-American community who suffer from...

HOLLYWOOD—Many of us probably wish we had the opportunity to turn back time and venture to a period when things weren’t so great for us; a time were we could correct a few wrongs and perhaps be seen in a new light. That might be the only element of familiarity that the comedy “Little” delivers to the audience. I...

HOLLYWOOD—Director John Singleton, known for his breakout film “Boyz N the Hood” died on Monday, April 29, after being taken off life support by his family. Singleton has been hospitalized and placed into a medically induced coma after suffering a stroke on April 17. The director reportedly felt pains in his legs after returning back to the U.S. from a...

HOLLYWOOD—With the release of “Avengers: End Game” this past week, it’s safe to say the summer 2019 box-office is in full-force. I mean summer technically doesn’t start until June, but in Hollywood it has moved up earlier each year. There are plenty, and I mean plenty of familiar favorites, sequels and new content hitting the multiplex between May and...

HOLLYWOOD—I suspected that the final chapter in the “Avengers” franchise would be big at the box-office, but not in a million years did I expect the film to earn over $300 million during its opening weekend in theaters. This is how you know a film is massive; it is sold out virtually at every theater the entire weekend, the...

HOLLYWOOD—It is funny that one of my colleagues just discussed issues pertaining to the problem of remakes last week while discussing the movie “Pet Sematary.” While he didn’t give that film a glowing review, he didn’t completely pan it either. I wish I could be as generous with the comic book remake of “Hellboy,” but sometimes there are those...

HOLLYWOOD—Easter holiday weekend has been known to be a busy time at the multiplex, but not for 2019. I think that chaos is being held for that epic movie that hits theaters next week. We’ll talk more about that flick in a bit. Moviegoers were in for a great scare this weekend, as the supernatural horror flick, “The Curse...