Emergency Quicktake: Pensive, Charming & Surprisingly Intense Sean (RJ Cyler) and Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) are two best friends and college roommates about to have the night of their lives. It’s the start of spring break, and the duo has planned a legendary seven-stop frat party crawl. But circumstances derail their night before the party …
I’m just going to come out and say it. Spider-Man: No Way Home is the greatest live-action Spider-Man movie of all time. Director Jon Watts delivers all the action, drama, and laughs we expect from a Spider-Man film while taking the superhero genre in a bold new direction. Spider-Man: No Way Home is a pulse-pounding …
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Extraordinary: The Revelations Quicktake: Experiencers & Whistleblowers Go on the Record Extraordinary: The Revelations doesn’t waste any time diving into a high-stakes world of UFOs and alien life. According to the film, human-alien hybrids are here on earth blending into society. And this alien presence poses a threat, unlike anything humanity has ever faced. At …
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Extraordinary: The Seeding Quicktake: Glimpsing Ufology’s Eccentric Side Anyone looking to solve the UFO mystery ends up with more questions than they started with. Or, as ufology historian Richard Dolan puts it, the more we learn about the world we’re in, the greater the mysteries. Dolan is one of the many thoughtful UFO experts featured …
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House of Gucci Quicktake: Committed Performances, Tonally At Odds with Itself, & Way Too Long Heading into the fall, House of Gucci was one of award season’s most buzzworthy contenders. Director Ridley Scott’s Oscar hopeful has the perfect combination of elements to grab moviegoers and awards voters’ attention. House of Gucci features a star-studded cast, …
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The Medium Quicktake: Disturbing, Atmospheric, and Way Too Long No movie this year had me all in and then all out like The Medium. As much as I enjoyed the film early on, I wanted to jump ship 90-minutes in. Banjong Pisanthanakun’s supernatural tale has plenty going for it, so I see why some …
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The latest Dope Black Movies review covers Candyman, a haunting follow-up to the 1992 horror classic of the same name. Writer-director Nia DaCosta teams up with writer-producer Jordan Peele to deliver a gripping horror thriller and hard-hitting social commentary. Candyman’s knockout cast features Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen, Aquaman), Teyonah Parris (WandaVision, Dear White People), Colman …
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The latest Victor Stiff Review looks at Halloween Kills, a cold-blooded sequel to David Gordon Green’s standout 2018 Halloween reboot. Director David Gordon Green’s ultra-violent slasher flick isn’t for the faint of heart. This Halloween sequel see iconic serial killer Michael Myers up his body count considerably with a series of graphic murders. Long-time Halloween …
Dark Skies Quicktake: Not a great horror movie, but one of the best alien abduction films. Nothing sends chills down viewers’ spines like haunted house movies. It’s a timeless premise that taps into our collective fears. Who hasn’t been home alone one night and suddenly felt the hair on the back of their neck stand …
Halloween Kills Quicktake: Creepy, Disjointed, & Brutally Violent Horror movie franchises have a track record of overstaying their welcome. Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Child’s Play were exciting at first, but studios kept producing half-ass sequels until fans soured on each series. Jason Voorhees started off as a backwoods serial killer …
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