Revisiting ‘Shaft’ in 2019: The Father-Son Comedy That Cops Out
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.

When Katya leaves the orphanage in Batumi learns that she is the daughter of a sailor named Yunus who lives in a conservative neighborhood in Trabzon. Yunus, who had been unaware that he had a daughter.
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.
Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.
America is the crux of the storyline: she is the only person in existence with the power to jump between universes. As central as America is to the Multiverse of Madness story, she somehow didn’t get that much to do.
'Air' is a fun film about a company that put it all on the line for a 22 year old kid from North Carolina
The height of subversive horror cinema is Jennifer’s Body. No, I will never budge on that. Yes, Cabin in The Woods is funny, Scream is very well made, and the Scary Movie franchise is …. there. But nothing is quite as satisfying as watching the teenage succubus that is Jennifer Check rip apart boys. In the post #metoo era where the industry is far from changed, watching revenge flicks like these is probably one of the most cathartic experiences due to the slow-moving progress being made.
Four documentaries, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, embody the adopted slogan of the current protest movement: Woman, Life, Freedom