Leftist black activists don’t get represented in Hollywood productions much, unless they represent the more mainstream Civil Rights movement. All Eyez On Me gives the radical leftist angle on rap icon Tupac Shakur’s family,...
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04 July 2017
It’s so nice when a movie gives you more than you expect. That’s the case with The Hero, a gentle tale that continually surprises us.
The biggest surprise involves the relationship that develops between 71-year-old actor Lee...
13 June 2017
Like many black people, I grew up knowing families in which the color of everyone’s skin was different, sometimes dramatically so. I also have people in my own family on both sides who at first glance, appear to be white, but who...
31 May 2017
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is awash in mysteries, but the biggest is existential in nature. Namely, why does this flick exist?
In 2003, Disney gave us the first film in the series, The Curse of the Black...
03 May 2017
It’s no surprise that so many movies focus on the teenage years. Just think what this time of life puts us through.
After ambling our way through adolescence, we suddenly have to make crucial decisions about our future while...
03 April 2017
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil
Like millions of students, I never liked math. I thought it scary, mysterious and evil. I joke that I can’t even sit next to...
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