Troop Zero. 2020. Directed by Bert & Bertie. Starring Mckenna Grace, Viola Davis, Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney, Charlie Shotwell, Milan Ray, Johanna Colón, Bella Higginbotham, and Mike Epps. SYNOPSIS: In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a competition offers her a chance to be recorded on NASA’s Golden […]
Movie Review – Troop Zero (2020)
Troop Zero, 2020. Directed by Bert & Bertie. Starring Viola Davis, Mckenna Grace, Allison Janney, Milan Ray, Jim Gaffigan, Mike Epps, Ashley Brooke, Johanna Colón, Bella Higginbotham, Charlie Shotwell, and Edi Patterson. SYNOPSIS: In a tiny Georgia town in 1977, a motherless girl dreams of life beyond the confines of her trailer-park home in Troop […]
First poster and trailer for comedy Troop Zero
Amazon Prime Video has released a poster and trailer for its 70’s-set comedy drama Troop Zero which stars Mckenna Grace as a young girl who makes it her mission to join the Scouts and win their talent contest after learning the prize is to be included on NASA’s landmark Golden Record. Joining Grace in the […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Chris Rock, Aleksandar Filimonović, Ivo Nandi, Phil Abrams, T.I., Snoop Dogg, Kazy Tauginas, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Leonel Claude, Gerald Downey, Joshua Weinstein, Chelsea Gilson, Denise Milfort, A.J. Tannen, Aaron Craven, Michael […]
Movie Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019. Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, Mari Kearney, Tonya Glanz, Thora Birch, and Finn Wittrock. SYNOPSIS: A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind. Director Joe Talbot […]
Movie Review – Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Dolemite Is My Name, 2019. Directed by Craig Brewer. Starring Eddie Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, Titus Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Chris Rock and Snoop Dogg. SYNOPSIS: When the struggling stand-up Rudy Ray Moore adopted the foul-mouthed stage persona of Dolemite, he became an overnight success. But stage dominance […]
Movie Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019. Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Mike Epps, Finn Wittrock, Danny Glover, Jamal Trulove, Willie Hen, and Jordan Gomes. SYNOPSIS: Against a backdrop of gentrification, poverty, and an environmental crisis, Jimmie (Jimmie Fails) fights to maintain his legacy, and find […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Last Black Man in San Francisco
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, 2019. Directed by Joe Talbot. Starring Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold, Danny Glover, Mike Epps, Mari Kearney, Tonya Glanz, Thora Birch, and Finn Wittrock. SYNOPSIS: A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind. The prospect of […]
Eddie Murphy is Rudy Ray Moore in first trailer for Dolemite Is My Name
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming biographical comedy drama Dolemite Is My Name. Directed by Craig Brewer, the film stars Eddie Murphy as actor Rudy Ray Moore, star of the 1975 blaxploitation film Dolemite, and also features Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, Kodi Smit-McPhee, […]
Wesley Snipes, Craig Robinson, Mike Epps and more join Eddie Murphy in Dolemite Is My Name
Last week it was announced that Eddie Murphy is set to star in Dolemite Is My Name, a biopic of Rudy Ray Moore, star of the blaxploitation film Dolemite, and now comes word of more additions to the cast. The film, which is being directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow), has added Wesley Snipes […]