Bill Marks’ (Liam Neeson) life went into a tailspin after his young daughter lost her battle with leukemia. The inconsolable police officer sought solace in a bottle of alcohol, an […]
Category: Movie Reviews
Kevin Hart Spearheads Raunchy Remake of Romantic Romp
Released in 1986, the original version of “About Last Night” revolved around the year-long efforts of a couple of Chicago yuppies (played by Rob Lowe and Demi Moore) to forge […]
Movie Review: About Last Night
“All’s fair in love and war”—but these two couples are taking that too far. They can’t stop loving, and can’t stop bickering. Will they ever learn how to be content? […]
Ex-Con Opens Chess Club for At-Risk Kids in Inner-City Biopic
Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) was so worried about returning to his neighborhood in inner-city Washington, DC after serving 17 years for bank robbery that he shared his concern with […]
Soul Mate Discovered in Faith-Based Romantic Romp
Robert’s (Darrin Dewitt Henson) whole world collapses the day he’s fired from the business founded by his late father only to come home to an unsympathetic girlfriend (Erica Hubbard) who […]
Troubled Teen Transforms in True Tale of Redemption
James Burns (Spencer Lofranco) ended up behind bars in spite of his frustrated mother’s (Mary-Louise Parker) best efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow path. When he was […]
Mark Wahlberg in Memoir about Ambush of Navy SEALs in Afghanistan
On June 28, 2005, a team of Navy SEALs based in Afghanistan were issued orders in accordance with Operation Red Wings to locate and terminate a Taliban leader whose militia […]
A Search for a Missing Sibling in Gruesome Revenge Thriller
Russell Baze’s (Christian Bale) is stuck in a dead-end job at a rural Pennsylvania steel mill rumored to be closing soon. He’s not in a position to abandon the Rust […]
Jennifer Hudson Steals Show in Langston Hughes Musical
Naima (Jennifer Hudson) is a single-mom struggling to pay the rent on the apartment she shares with son Langston (Jacob Latimore), 15, who’s the same age she was when she […]
Romancing and Reminiscing Through the Holidays
When released back in 1999, The Best Man was dismissed by some as merely an African-American variation on The Big Chill, and by others as the black male answer to the […]
Frantic Mom Engages Street-Wise Crew in Search for Son
Bernice Stokes (LisaGay Hamilton) is a parole officer in Los Angeles where her job routinely places her in close proximity with the dregs of society. She normally has no reason […]
Morgan Freeman Shines in Bawdy, Geezer Romp
Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline), inseparable since growing up in Flatbush back in the 1950s, have managed to remain close over […]