Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Coogler’
Film Review – Night Patrol
Night Patrol (2025) is the amalgamation of several different ingredients. On the surface, it’s the story of corrupt L.A. police officers exploiting those of the black community. The abuse gets so severe that local gangs call a truce to team up and fight back. But the…
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Top 15 Films of 2025 – Allen’s Picks
2025 felt like a transitional year for the movies, a lot of which was not good. Several big screen legends left us, including (but not limited to) Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Val Kilmer, and David Lynch. Of course, the industry is still in shock from the untimely passing…
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Episode 135 – Creed III
For this podcast, we catch up with Creed III, the third installment of the boxing drama series starring Michael B. Jordan. Keith also brings to the table a draft segment where we list our favorite movie goons. And for our streaming homework, we review the…
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Episode 123 – The Banshees of Inisherin & Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
This week, Keith reviews the new Marvel sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Collectively, we review the period dramedy, The Banshees of Inisherin, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. As for this episode’s streaming homework, we catch up with Baz Luhrmann‘s rock biopic, Elvis. Download the…
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Film Review – Creed II
What made Rocky (1976) a classic was that it was never really about the main boxing match. Rather, it was about a man trying to prove to himself that he wasn’t just another bum from the street – that his life amounted to something more,…
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Film Review – Black Panther
Perhaps to acknowledge the ways in which Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther succeeds, it’s first important to recognize the context of its positionality. At this point in the lineage of Marvel Studios’ cinematic universe, we’ve seen over the course of ten years and seventeen films an…
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Film Review – Creed
When I first heard there was going to be a spin off of the Rocky series focusing on the son of Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) I had my reservations. Spin offs, reboots, and remakes haven’t had the best track record, and visiting the world of…
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Film Review – Fruitvale Station
Watching Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, I was overwhelmed by a wide range of emotions: anger, confusion, and, above all, sadness. This was one of the more difficult film-going experiences I’ve had in a long time. The film recounts the true story of Oscar Grant, a…
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