James Cameron’s epic gets all the attention these days, but what of 20th Century Fox’s first film about the Titanic disaster? The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 not only became one of the biggest disasters in maritime history, but it also managed to become a part of popular culture…

In this follow-up to Dirty Harry, the right meets the left, taking on the lead character’s legacy in this first sequel. Magnum Force is a superb sequel that wastes no time in directly challenging the politics of its predecessor Dirty Harry. In the previous film, the audience…

The definitive Pam Grier role. Fun. Transgressive. Definitely exploitative. Perhaps empowering depending on your feelings. Coffy is certainly one of the blaxploitation era’s canon films. This is the film that essentially brought Pam Grier to the cusp of stardom as a nurse who is also an…

How well does Judd Apatow's pandemic comedy work? The Bubble is the newest comedy by director Judd Apatow. Co-written by Apatow and Pam Brady, The Bubble is the story of a group of actors contending to be in isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic while simultaneously filming the latest installment of…

Pam Grier was undoubtedly one of the most popular stars of the 1970s. How does one of her later blaxploitation films work within and out of the genre? Starring: Pam Grier, Yaphet Kotto, Godfrey Cambridge, Thalmus Rasulala, Ted Lange, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers, Carl Weathers, and Julius Harris. Based on…

Does the newest entry of the franchise keep things revved up? As an exercise in brutal kills, it excels. As a marketed sequel to one of the horror genre’s most classic films? It never revs up. Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre worked because it was…

Melvin Van Peebles’ first feature-length film is as in your face as it can be. The Story of a Three-Day Pass marks the beginning of a man’s cinematic revolution. With Hollywood unwilling to allow black people opportunities to direct films, Melvin Van Peebles went to Europe, eventually settling in France…

I finally sit down to watch Peter Jackson’s prequel trilogy in its entirety. Unlike The Lord of the Rings, I didn’t see any of The Hobbit in theaters but caught them when they hit streaming platforms. The first time I watched An Unexpected Journey, I was profoundly bored. This was…

Martin Scorsese’s 2013 film has a reputation for not taking a stance and condemning its main subject. I explain why it didn’t have to. I have to admit while watching THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, I felt that I was in a different dimension from those who…