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


Presence is a horror movie filmed from an entirely different perspective than typical.
The movie opens with an empty house, cameras pan around from the perspective of what viewers are confused about at first, but turns out to be a spirit living in the home. The family viewing the home is interracial; mom and her two kids, Tyler and Chloe, are Asian, while the husband, Chris, is caucasian. They find the home charming and decide to call it their own.
The camera moves around the whole house, following anyone who enters, but always retreats to the closet in the daughter's room at the end of the night. From the beginning, there was a sense of spirit in that room, causing even the construction team, called to paint the house distressed upon entering what would be Chloe's room.

A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in unimaginable ways.
The 'Shaft' remake fails to capture blaxpoitation's rebellious spirit.
The film is a documentary focusing on heavy metal in the late 80s and tackles topics like drug addiction, alcoholism, sex, masculinity, and of course, rock and roll. However, this didn’t feel like any documentary I’ve ever seen before.
A trouble-making teenager spends the summer working at a Southern California beach learning about responsibility.