‘Shaft’ (2019): The Father-Son Comedy That Cops Out
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture Blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.

Mounira sells fricassees in a used car market, a resolutely masculine place. She has an ambiguous relationship with two men, between desire, seduction and her deep need to assert her place in this world. Mounira tries to sublimate her life as best she can to escape the harsh daily life of this hostile environment.
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture Blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
Season three of Netflix’s "You" has finally made its comeback! Was it worth the wait? Well…I would not say so. It felt like a bit of a chore to get through. But, as I am somewhat of a completionist, I eventually saw the season through to the end.
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.