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SURFACE Creator: Veronica WestStarring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Ari Graynor, François Arnaud, Marianne Jean-Baptiste Your latest appointment viewing television series is Surface on AppleTV+ It has all the elements of an addicting show. It stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Sophie who is returning to life after a failed suicide attempt. We see her drowning and no memory for the life she once had. She’s left to put the pieces back together from what her husband, James, and best friend, Carolina, are telling her. Her panic attacks are debilitating and her quest for the truth turns a few turns when an investigator named Thomas tellRead More →

29 July
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SURFACE Cast Interviews – Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Stephan James, Veronica West If you’re looking for your next twisty series, check out Surface on AppleTV+ It has that page turner, cliffhanger feel with former identities, love affairs, intrigue, and mystery from Reese Witherspoon’s production company, Hello Sunshine. I sat down with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, OliverJackson-Cohen, Stephan James, and creator Veronica West about the series. **Head over to my YouTube channel and click SUBSCRIBE for more reviews and interviews**Read More →

08 June
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LOKI Director: Kate HerronStarring: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, Richard E. Grant. Loki has been a Marvel fan-favorite villain since he made his appearance in Thor in 2011. Ten years later he’s starring in his own television series aptly named Loki. Tom Hiddleston returns as Loki and the series picks up after the events of Avengers Endgame. We saw him grabbing the Tesseract in the time shift during Endgame and he’s transported to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. There he’s taken into custody by the Time Variance Authority for screwing up the timeline we’ve grown familiar with in theRead More →

18 November
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THE MORNING SHOW Creators: Jay Carson, Kerry EhrenStarring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nestor Carbonell Mitch Kessler (Carell) and Alex Levy (Aniston) have been hosting a successful morning news show for fifteen years. Their chemistry is impeccable. That all changes one morning when Mitch is let go from the network due to sexual misconduct allegations. The shocking news rattles coworkers, and Alex is left blindsided. She wants to address the truth to their audience and speak to them as family – to speak on their level. With the shake up leaving Alex alone at the desk, she worriesRead More →

30 October
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Director: Edward NortonStarring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Dallas Roberts Edward Norton wrote, directed, and stars in the new film, Motherless Brooklyn. He plays Lionel, a man who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome while working as a private investigator. One day on the job, he witnesses to the death of his mentor (Willis) then has to use his incredible memory from that tragic day to find out who was behind the murder. Here’s my reviewRead More →

08 March
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A WRINKLE IN TIME Director: Ava DuVernay Starring: Storm Reid, Deric McCabe, Levi Miller, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine, Michael Peña, André Holland Readers have cherished “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeline L’Engle for decades since its release in 1962. It was groundbreaking at the time for attempting a sci-fi, fantasy story for young readers much like we’ve grown accustomed to in recent years with the increased attention to the YA formula. It’s now been given the big screen treatment thanks to Disney and Selma director Ava DuVernay. Fourteen-year-old Meg (Reid) and her younger brother Charles Wallace (McCabe)Read More →

16 March
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Director: Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stanley Tucci Disney’s animated classic (in my opinion) Beauty and the Beast was the first full-length animated film to be nominated for Best Picture at the 1992 Academy Awards. It’s hard not to have the catchy Alan Menken and Howard Ashman songs stuck in your head after you watch it. Even as an adult, it still holds up. Since then, Disney turned it into an epic stage musical for Broadway and now has reimagined it again turningRead More →

08 December
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MISS SLOANE Director: John Madden Starring: Jessica Chastain, John Ligthgow, Sam Waterston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mark Strong, Alison Pill, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jake Lacy Lobbying is about foresight, making sure you surprise them, and they don’t surprise you. That’s the general rule of thumb for Miss Elizabeth Sloane, played with fierce determination by Jessica Chastain. She is forced to appear before a senate hearing, and you can tell it doesn’t look good for her. The movie then flashes back a few months to see how all of this unfolded. She is a tough, grab the bull by the horns type, and she’s known for her strong reputation.Read More →

24 June
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FREE STATE OF JONES Director: Gary Ross Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell, Sean Bridgers, Christopher Berry Matthew McConaughey continues his run of playing heavy, important roles that try to challenge him as an actor and make us forget about his rom-com days. In Free State of Jones, he takes on Civil War figure Newton Knight. Knight was a Southern Confederate soldier who makes the radical move to desert his camp and bring the body of his nephew, Daniel (Lofland), back home. Deserters can be arrested for leaving their camps if found. After dealing with some family issues, he continues to find himselfRead More →

08 January
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CONCUSSION Director: Peter Landesman Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, David Morse, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mike O’Malley I’ll be upfront about my knowledge of football. I know very little. My background comes through the television show Friday Night Lights and other football movies. The NFL did not have a good year after the Ray Rice incident, the Adrian Peterson incident, and Tom Brady’s Deflategate. Now comes Concussion to further cement the negative aspects of the organization that tend to get covered up. Dr. Bennett Omalu (Smith) is a forensic pathologist originally from Nigeria who now lives in Pittsburgh. He holds multiple master’s degrees and certificates.Read More →