When it comes to Black film, there appears to be less and less variety with each passing generation. I’m always hoping that we’re going to get to that point, but it clearly isn’t close to happening. On the surface, Dope looked to be a film that could either head in the same direction as all the others or bring us …

Before Spy the current state of comedy at the cinema was sad. With clunkers like The Duff, Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Get Hard we are collectively due for a good belly laugh. Thank goodness for Spy, which is funny, empowering, and avoids the slippery slope of mean comedy. Having fun with the James Bond types, Spy takes place …

A few years back, my friends and I spent a Friday night drinking at a comrade’s house when she got her place to herself for a weekend. We managed to get our hands on two rather large bottles of vodka and played a variety of drinking games; completely underestimating how much liquor we were putting into our system. Before midnight, …

Making a film is a collaborative form of work that takes a vast amount of effort from most of the people involved in putting them together before they’re released to the masses. Because of this, cooperation is imperative, but it’s ultimately going to be put in the hands of a director in order to fit it all together. For a …

Good sequels can be hard to come by. Too often filmmakers essentially reproduce the first film, or deviate too far from what audiences initially fell in love with; the balance between maintaining the essence of the first film with creating newness is difficult. As a huge fan of 2012’s Pitch Perfect, I am happy to report that Pitch Perfect 2 …