One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Lance Reddick, Joaquina Kalukango and Christian Magby.SYNOPSIS:Four icons of Black history in America meet in a hotel room to celebrate 22-year-old Cassius Clay’s surprise world heavyweight championship victory over Sonny Liston.On paper, a project like One Night […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – One Night In Miami
One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, and Leslie Odom Jr.SYNOPSIS:A fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the ’60s.Regina King boldly adapts Kemp Powers’ […]
Movie Review – One Night In Miami (2020)
One Night in Miami, 2020.Directed by Regina King. Starring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Aldis Hodge, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr, Joaquina Kalukango, Nicolette Robinson, Lance Reddick, Christian Magby, Beau Bridges, and Emily Bridges.SYNOPSIS:On February 25th 1964 Cassius Clay (Eli Goree) beat Sonny Liston (Aaron D. Alexander) at the age of twenty two. That night in a room […]
Video Review – Hamilton on Disney+
EJ Moreno reviews Disney+’s filmed version of the Hamilton stage musical…Quite wild to think Hamilton is still a big deal five years after its original release, but with songs and acting like this, you can see why. Join our host EJ Moreno as he breaks down his feelings on the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, as he’s […]
Movie Review – Hamilton (2020)
Hamilton, 2020Directed by Thomas Kail Starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Renée Elise Goldsberry, Phillipa Soo, Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, and Jonathan GroffSYNOPSIS:The real life of one of America’s foremost founding fathers and first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Filmed live on Broadway from the Richard Rodgers […]
Apple TV+ releases first trailer for animated comedy series Central Park
Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for Central Park, the upcoming animated musical comedy from the creators of Bob’s Burgers Loren Bouchard and Nora Smith. The series follows the exploits of a family living in Manhattan’s Central Park and features the voice talents of Josh Gad, Leslie Odom, Jr., Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Tituss […]
Freida Pinto and Leslie Odom Jr. star in trailer for apocalyptic thriller Only
Ahead of its release next month, a trailer has arrived online for the sci-fi thriller Only which stars Freida Pinto and Leslie Odom Jr. as a couple forced into hiding after a global plague threatens to wipe out all of the women on Earth; watch it here…After a comet releases a deadly virus that attacks all […]
Movie Review – Harriet (2019)
Harriet, 2019.Directed by Kasi Lemmons. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Jennifer Nettles, Joe Alwyn, Tim Guinee, Deborah Ayorinde, Clarke Peters, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tory Kittles, Omar J. Dorsey, Zackary Momoh, Mike Marunde, and Claire Bronson.SYNOPSIS:The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest […]
Cynthia Erivo is Harriet Tubman in first trailer for Harriet
Focus Features has debuted the first trailer and a poster for director Kasi Lemmons biographical drama Harriet which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role as freedom fighter and political activist Harriet Tubman alongside a cast that includes Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, and Clarke Peters; take a look here…Based on […]
Leslie Odom Jr. joins The Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark
The upcoming mob film The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to HBO’s groundbreaking series The Sopranos, has added another actor to its cast. Deadline has reported Broadway’s Hamilton and Murder on the Orient Express star Leslie Odom Jr. has joined the film in an unknown role.Scripted by The Sopranos creator David Chase and directed by Alan Taylor, […]
