Last month, when Samuel L. Jackson and Brie Larson announced Spike Lee’s Academy Award win for Best Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKKKlansman,” the first thing I did was get up and scream. It was late, my siblings were probably asleep, and my mom was already tired of my cheering and grumbling in response to the previously… Read on
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For a love story, nothing about the film is sappy or clichéd, nor is the movie ever cynical or shy in how it tells this story. Read on
This week's 89th annual Academy Awards telecast was easily one of the most surprising Oscar ceremonies in quite some time. Now we take a look at the winners of some of the biggest awards of the evening and see how correct our predictions came out in the long run! Read on
Last year was quite an eventful year for entertainment and 2016’s movies are the ultimate example of that. The films ultimately reflected the changes our world has gone through, hitting hard topics and bringing their own artistic twists to make them stand out. From women’s equality — in films such as “Ghostbusters” and “Hidden Figures”… Read on
This year’s collection of Oscar-nominated short films is a great reminder of what the power of film can truly hold, even in its shortest format. Read on
This movie is a direct response to white people asking us, “Why can’t you get over it? Why are you still mad?” The film replies quite beautifully, “Because it hasn’t ended.” Read on