With muscles bulging and jockstraps straining, our cast of 8 get hot and sweaty ... and all Worked Up. Director Erik Rhodes puts his men through their paces, letting all the brawn, all the sweat, all the built-up desires dictate the action.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black Woman/the most unprotected person in America is the Black Woman,” Director Spivey Jr quotes. The quotes are absolutely true. Misogynoir is a devastating social ill that is not given the weight it is due.
Kate Winslet and Saorise Ronan deliver stellar performances in a film that doesn't live up to its potential.
Season 1 of Love, Victor ended on a major cliffhanger: Victor came out to his parents. He said the words “I’m gay” for the first time. Now what? Season 2 answers the question: “What happens after coming out?”
This fantasy musical movie is an origin story about the title character.
Few movies deal with aging (particularly aging women) with as much compassion as Relic does. Yet it’s not sickly sweet and not a soapbox rant against ageism. Relic simply is, allowing the horror to seep in quietly and carefully.
