Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021.Co-written and directed by Shaka King. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Lil Rey Howery, Martin Sheen, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Darrell Britt-Gibson, and Dominique Thorne.SYNOPSIS:The story of Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party, who was assassinated in 1969 by a Cook County […]
Movie Review – Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah, 2021.Directed by Shaka King. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, LaKeith Stanfield, Jesse Plemons, Dominique Fishback, Ashton Sanders, Algee Smith, Graham Lutes, Martin Sheen, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Thorne, Amari Cheatom, Caleb Eberhardt, Lil Rel Howery, Jermaine Fowler, Robert Longstreet, Nick Fink, Terayle Hill, Nicholas Velez, and Ian Duff.SYNOPSIS:The story of Fred Hampton, Chairman of […]
Judas and the Black Messiah gets a new trailer
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah, ahead of its world premiere later this month at Sundance. Inspired by true events, the film is written and directed by Shaka King and tells the story of the betrayal of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya) at the hands […]
Movie Review – Princess of the Row (2019)
Princess of the Row, 2019.Directed by Van Maximilian Carlson. Starring Edi Gathegi, Tayler Buck, Martin Sheen, Ana Ortiz, Jacob Vargas, Tabitha Brown, Blake Michael, Jenny Gago, and Tim Abell.SYNOPSIS:Alicia (Tayler Buck) is a promising writer who spends all her time caring for someone defined by PTSD. Her father (Edi Gathegi) is a war veteran prone to […]
Movie Review – The Devil Has a Name (2020)
The Devil Has a Name, 2020.Directed by Edward James Olmos. Starring Kate Bosworth, Haley Joel Osment, Pablo Schreiber, Martin Sheen, Alfred Molina, Katie Aselton, David Strathairn, and Edward James Olmos.SYNOPSIS:A psychotic oil matriarch leaves the whole industry exposed when she attempts to outfight a bullish farmer whose water has been poisoned.I commend Edward James Olmos […]
Trailer for Edward James Olmos-directed The Devil Has a Name starring David Strathairn and Kate Bosworth
Momentum Pictures has released a trailer, poster and images for the Edward James Olmos-directed The Devil Has a Name which stars David Strathairn as a broke widowed farmer who goes up against a psychotic oil executive (Kate Bosworth) when he learns her company has been polluting his water; take a look here…Widowed, broke and adrift, […]
Daniel Kaluuya stars in the first trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for Judas and the Black Messiah, the upcoming biographical drama from director Shaka King which tells the story of the betrayal and assassination of the young Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya); watch it here…Chairman Fred Hampton was 21 years old when he was assassinated […]
Movie Review – Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, 2016.Directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone Starring Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, Will Arnett, Bill Hader, Imogen Poots, Joan Cusack, Will Forte, and Martin SheenSYNOPSIS:When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything […]
Movie Review – Trash (2014)
Trash, 2014. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Starring Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Selton Mello, Rickson Tevez, Gabriel Weinstein, Stepan Nercaessian and Eduardo Luis. SYNOPSIS: Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong. Trash is the […]
Netflix releases trailer, poster and images for Come Sunday starring Chiwetel Ejiofor
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a poster, trailer and batch of images for director Joshua Marston’s upcoming drama Come Sunday. Based on the true story of Pastor Carlton Pearson (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), who was declared a heretic by his peers after publicly declaring that he doubted the […]
