Entertainment is often a softer introduction to difficult discussions. In many instances a comedian is given the opportunity to place challenging content into perspective. Mo Amer could be considered controversial, but the reality is he is only himself. The Palestinian-American, Houston based comic has risen to fame as many comedians do, discussing his life. His…
The subtitle should obviously be, if they fix the bugs in their livestream. We had to exit the livestream of the Tyson vs Paul event around 8 times. We switched to our phones for some parts of the event. The phone didn’t have any of the lag or buffering issues. Which creates the question of…
Anime controls the screen time of people of all ages. The CrunchyRoll App has seen explosive growth since 2021. The Anime streaming service, according to Statista, is at 13 million subscribers. Anime is no longer a niche, subgenre in the shadows of the Pixar, Disney and Imagination machines. This has contributed to a decrease in…
FX Series The Bear captures the hectic, fast paced nature of one of the most volatile industries in business, restaurants. Without giving away too many details for those who haven’t watched, the quick summary of the show can be whittled down to how family interactions, or the lack of, shape the behaviors of the members…
Watch Leave the World Behind | Netflix Official Site The cast is stellar, the trepidation around the rise of technology contributing to the downfall of society is a truism (the downfall of man always feels as if it is right around the corner). Every aspect of this film should have made it come together like…
From 1999 to 2010 a lot of music discovery was lost. Napster created massive holes in the industry and forced a shift in how music consumption happened. In the 90s I would hit small mom and pop shops and friends would wait in line to get signed copies of albums dropping from artists who toured…
The original Ant Man cast tends to be the Marvel film most associated with a lack of taking itself so seriously. The jokes, the crew of Michael Peña, TI, and David Dastmalchian felt more like a comedic sketch than a slice of the Avengers puzzle. The film was endearing and contributed to the overall universe…
Listening to music is a personal activity. The action of listening activates every portion of the brain creating an emotional response. This is why fandom leads to extreme fanaticism. The listener feels connected to the artist. With this perceived connection arrives preconceived ideas of who an artist is. The listener assumes they understand the life…
no spoilers Release date: July 21, 2023 (USA) Content rating: R Genre: Action · Comedy · Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller Directed by: Juel Taylor Written by: Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier Music by: Pierre Charles · Desmond Murray The joke when two “things/people” walk into a bar is typically the precursor to a joke rooted in an “ism” of some type. The…
No spoilers There is an affinity for the 80s and 90s in entertainment and in fashion. One item that continues to dominate culture is the Air Jordan 1. The sneaker dropped in 85 and immediately became a staple for one particular audience, dope boys. While the price of the sneaker when it released was a…
adidas may be entering that moment where everything aligns and moves the brand beyond their issues with celebrity endorsement… Then again, this post is about a meta-athletic endorsement with an actress at the peak of her powers. Zendaya has slowly removed the layer of coming-of-age starlet via a series of films and shows where she…
no spoilers Joan is Awful might be the most horrifying analysis of the willful ignorance of a hedonistic tech driven society that wants a frictionless world. Yesterday I downloaded an app to complete an interview for a news station. I accepted each prompt without carefully considering the questions. The app made the interview easier. We…
Air finally hit Amazon Prime. I watched it from the perspective of a small businessperson who read Swoosh, Just Do It and Shoe Dog. This means my working knowledge of the subject extends far beyond sneakerhead celebration of the Jordan 1. My deep reservoir of information on Nike didn’t hurt how I enjoyed seeing a…
The easiest thing to do is to compare this “inspired by” version to the original featuring Woody and Wesley. That would be a mistake. Also, the trailer doesn’t serve the film any justice. While the premise of the film is rooted in the original, it stops there. Jack Harlow’s flat, hipster vibe pushing home…
Three seasons weren’t nearly enough to capture the reality of the biggest crew in Hip-Hop history. Like the actual group, the final episode showed how pulling this series off was always going to be a complicated blend of fact and fiction giving each member some time to shine. When the 2019 Of Mics and Men…
Kenya Barris returns to the well of interracial dating and relies heavily on a tried-and-true format. There aren’t any spoilers here because you can’t spoil anything derived from the well of Blackish. The film is familiar, horribly timed, with references to police brutality and of course there are sneakers… which unfortunately feels dated and so…
For months my wife wanted to watch the film. As a Memphian for the early part of my life, I have to admit that I watched Elvis films on Saturday afternoons because Memphis local television basically played them every week after he died and throughout the 80s. I knew Elvis lived at Graceland, but I…
I haven’t read any of the Black Adam comics, so I entered this film with only the knowledge gained from the countless YouTube videos explaining that Black Adam is equally as powerful as Superman. One of the great aspects of not being informed is the ability to walk in without any expectations. All I knew…
During the 90s an explosion of Black art took place landing novelists and filmmakers in bookstores and film complexes in what many considered a second Black Art Renaissance. As “sistergirl” lit came into prominence, led by Terry McMillan’s “How Stella Got Her Groove Back“, the book became a film featuring Angela Basset and Whitney Houston,…
When I saw the ESPN 30 for 30 on And1, it moved me to pen an ode to basketball based on my own life in the sport. Set Free Richardson could have made the project much longer, but in the short time the film covering “The Greatest Mixtape Ever” triggered nostalgia and a longing to…
no spoilers Forget the hair implants that you can’t take your eyes off throughout the film, or the kinda rough CGI, and trust that Sly still brings those Sly eyes to the material and pulls you in. Stallone will never escape the legacy of Rambo and Rocky and the beautiful thing is he doesn’t have…
Set in the Comanche Nation 300 years ago, “Prey” is the story of a young woman, Naru, a fierce and highly skilled warrior. She has been raised in the shadow of some of the most legendary hunters who roam the Great Plains, so when danger threatens her camp, she sets out to protect her people….
