Film

HOLLYWOOD—As a newbie to the world of cinema, you couldn’t get me to watch a movie in black in white or what many people deemed ‘Old Hollywood.’ For me, I thought those movies were out of touch with the modern world and the technology was so outdated it would take me longer than my interest to get acclimated to...

HOLLYWOOD—It doesn’t have the same clout that it used to have, but I do like that the MTV Movie & TV Awards have eliminated gender from the acting categories to just focus on the best of the best. To be honest it would cut a significant amount of time and many award shows and bring an edge to the...

HOLLYWOOD—“Avengers: Endgame” continued its domination at the box-office, but it was closer than I expected. Why? A popular character from back in the heyday made its return to the big screen in a live-action version. Do you recall the name “Pokemon?” Most of you know it, it was a major craze in the early 2000s, and the film “Pokemon:...

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—For the second consecutive weekend, “Avengers: Endgame” dominated the box-office in an impressive way. It earned a little over $145 million, which is a little over a 50 percent drop from the previous weekend. On a domestic scale the film has earned $620 million. On a global scale, “Endgame” has amounted $2.2 billion, and has now become the largest...

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...