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

A trio of witches looking to strengthen their bond purchase a mystical pocket reality for meditation, but their clashing personalities shatter their peace.
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.
Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are a delight to watch evolve, sometimes devolve, then evolve again.
One Christmas Eve, after a sudden snowstorm, a group of teenagers will discover how their lives will change forever.
One of THE most frustrating trends in the mainstream film industry over the last several decades has been the onset of comedy efforts that seem SO focused on being crude and/or gross-out in all ways possible. That, at least for me, makes them no longer funny.
Taika Waititi writes, directs and co-stars in 'Boy', set in 1984 New Zealand. The film does just what Waititi dreamed of — it gave a great coming-of-age story to Māori people without making a story of the Māori people as an exotic other.
Tarantino's alternative history of the 1960's uncritically repeats the era's sexist and racist stereotypes.