Posts Tagged ‘Denzel Washington’
Film Review – Breaking
Bank heists have long been a familiar premise in movies. However, in Breaking (2022) this set up takes a secondary role to more pressing matters. Directed by Abi Damaris Corbin (who also cowrites with Kwame Kwei-Armah), this examines the true-life tale of Brian Brown-Easley, a Marine war veteran who attempted to…
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Episode 97 – The Tragedy of Macbeth
For this week’s podcast, we discuss the highs and lows of the Coen brothers‘ body of films and we review Joel Coen‘s solo effort, The Tragedy of Macbeth. We also cover the 1987 brat-pack dramedy, Some Kind of Wonderful for our streaming homework. The hidden…
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Film Review – The Tragedy of Macbeth
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” Equal parts dark, brooding, beautiful, and haunting, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) retells William Shakespeare’s doomed tale with striking artistry. “The Scottish Play” has been remade many times before – such as the recent Michael Fassbender/Marion Cotillard vehicle from…
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Episode 61 – The Little Things
For this week’s episode, we review the new HBO Max thriller, The Little Things, starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto. We also discuss the latest movie news and for our streaming homework, we review Sam Raimi’s Darkman from 1990. Download episode here.
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Film Review – The Little Things
The Little Things (2021) feels like it belongs to a bygone era. It’s influenced by the mystery/thrillers of the 90s and 2000s, such as Kiss the Girls (1997) or Along Came a Spider (2001). Denzel Washington – who stars here – had his hand in the genre too, with Fallen (1998) and The…
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Film Review – One Night in Miami
One Night in Miami (2020) sets up a fictional “What If” scenario. What if you took four 20th century Black icons – Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Sam Cooke – and congregated them into one room. What would happen? What would their conversation be like?…
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Film Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
There’s an extended monologue deep into Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) that cuts so deeply that we feel the pain sear into our hearts. Levee (Chadwick Boseman) – an ambitious, slick, and hot-tempered horn player – describes to fellow bandmembers a traumatic experience at the hands of…
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Episode 05 – Shazam!
On this week’s podcast, we discuss DC’s new superhero comedy Shazam! with our guest, friend of the show, Patrick from the Michigan-based Almost Educational podcast. We also discuss the most recent movie news, and at the end of the recording, we review the 2014 Netflix…
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