16 June
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DA 5 BLOODS Director: Spike LeeStarring: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Chadwick Boseman, Paul Walter Hauser, Mélanie Thierry, Jasper Pääkkönen  Spike Lee finally won his first Oscar for writing BlacKkKlansman back in 2018. In my opinion, he was robbed of Best Picture. Maybe we can reverse some wrongs with his new powerful new film Da 5 Bloods. The film centers on four Vietnam war vets played by Delroy Lindo, Isiah Witlock Jr, Clarke Peters and Norm Lewis. They’ve reunited in Vietnam for the first time in order to reclaim the body of their fallen soldier and brother Stormin’ Norman playedRead More →

25 May
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THE LOVEBIRDS Director: Michael ShowalterStarring: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Anna Camp, Paul Sparks HBO viewers probably know Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae best from their series Silicon Valley and Insecure. Now they’re teaming up for the new film, The Lovebirds. The pair star as Jibran and Lelaini who have been dating for four years. They’re at a certain stage of dating where they’re bickering all the time and unsure of what’s best for their relationship. That’s all tested when they find themselves in the middle of a hit and run and try to evade police thinking they will be thought of as the suspects. ItRead More →

24 May
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THE ENDLESS STREAMING QUEUES Can you run out of TV to watch? What happens if I reach the bottom of my Netflix queue? These are just some of the questions I’ve been hearing lately as people are spending their quarantine time in front of their favorite streaming service. I answer these questions and offer up suggestions on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access and more as we all sit and mindlessly binge during the pandemic. Here’s the videoRead More →

14 May
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BECOMING Director:  Nadia HallgrenStarring: Michelle Obama, Adrian K. Collins, Barack Obama, Gayle King, Stephen Colbert Former First Lady Michelle Obama smashed records with her memoir, Becoming. Her 34-city book tour is now the center piece to bring her story to documentary format. The documentary poses as a behind-the-scenes look at the tour, and the women along the way that she has inspired. It cuts back and forth throughout in a chronological order as Michelle describes her childhood in the south side of Chicago, what happened when their family became the First Family, and what life has been like after they left office. Here’s my reviewRead More →

14 May
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DEAD TO ME Season 2 Creators: Liz FeldmanStarring: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Sam McCarthy, Natalie Morales Season 2 of the hit Netflix show picks up the very next morning after the fatal events that occurred at the end of the first season. Jen (Applegate) and Judy (Cardellini) are still in a bit of shock after Judy’s ex-fiance Steve (Marsden) is shot to death in Jen’s pool. They are both guilty of lies and murder and they’ll have to keep up this charade even longer. Jen’s neighbor starts to get suspicious and home security cameras don’t make her feel any more at ease. JudyRead More →

06 May
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HOLLYWOOD Creators: Ryan Murphy, Ian BrennanStarring: David Corenswet, Jake Picking, Jeremy Pope, Darren Criss, Laura Harrier, Samara Weaving, Patti LuPone, Jim Parson, Joe Mantello, Dylan McDermott, Rob Reiner Ryan Murphy has covered everything in his television career from plastic surgery to glee clubs to horror stories and OJ Simpson. His latest series is aptly titled Hollywood, and it’s now streaming on Netflix. The bright lights and glamour of Hollywood can be attractive to many who are looking for their big break. It’s not nearly as easy as showing up at the studio gates hoping to be an extra. For Jack Castello, played by David Corenswet, he mustRead More →

20 March
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THE CROWN Season 3 Creator: Peter MorganStarring: Olivia Colman, Helen Bonham Carter, Tobias Menzies, Josh O’Connor, Charles Dance, Jason Watkins The third season of The Crown picks up in 1964 and covers Queen Elizabeth’s reign through 1977. This is shortly after Season 2, but we welcome a cast change. Olivia Coleman takes over for Claire Foy as the Queen along with Helena Bonham Carter now playing Princess Margaret and more. Queen Elizabeth can’t seem to catch a break, and the monarchy hangs in the balance of any decision she is forced to make to keep Great Britain going. She deals with the death of PrimeRead More →

27 February
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MISS AMERICANA Director: Lana WilsonStarring: Taylor Swift, Andrea Swift, Jack Antonoff, Brendon Urie, Scott Swift Taylor Swift decides to show off her personal side in the new Netflix documentary Miss Americana. The film could also be thought of as a personal emancipation from herself. Swift is front and center as she reflects on her career, opens up about her personal life in response to her career, and how she wants to move forward. Like many entertainer-themed documentaries, it acts as a career retrospective in chronological order opening with the home movies of Swift as a kid writing songs and performing to the masses and endsRead More →

12 December
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THE TWO POPES Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín The Two Popes is an unconventional biopic for Cardinal Jorge Bergolio (Pryce) who would go on to become Pope Francis. The story is structured as a conversation between Bergolio as he shares his life story to Pope Benedict XVI (Hopkins) Bergolio is looking to retire but Pope Benedict is questioning his motives. Both are thought of to be men of God, yet come at their ministry in the Catholic Church from two very different ways. It’s becomes fascinating conversation from the ultra-conservative Pope Benedict and the liberal Cardinal Bergolio. It opens inRead More →

30 June
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IN CONVERSATION: DAVID HARBOUR FROM “STRANGER THINGS 3” If you look at David Harbour’s resume, you will recognize films like Brokeback Mountain and Quantum of Solace or even television hits like The Newsroom. His biggest and most high profile role is as the gruff, but lovable, Chief Jim Hopper on Netflix’s Stranger Things. It took pop culture by storm with its nostalgic look back at the 1980s creature features from Steven Spielberg and Stephen King to The Goonies and Dungeons and Dragons. Season 3 premieres July 4 on Netflix, which is perfect as the kids in Hawkins, Indiana celebrate the summer and a time forRead More →