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FAREWELL AMOR Review: A Family Drama That Comes Full Circle!

by Kay-B -
Farewell Amor Review

Farewell Amor takes a delicate look at an immigrant family that is reunited after being separated for 17 years and find themselves forever changed. Written and directed by Ekwa Msangi (Dollar Van), I screened it at the 2020 Urbanworld Film Festival. Farewell Amor is a story broken down into the three perspectives of our main

Den of Thieves Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves centers around an elite bank robbery crew with a military background as they plan their biggest heist yet. They plan to rob the Los Angeles Federal Reserve Bank, a bank that has never successfully been robbed before. Their group is linked to numerous bank heists that have

All the Money in the World Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
All the Money in the World

All the Money in the World centers around the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) and his mother's fight to get him back. The kidnappers have demanded a ransom of 17 million dollars because J. Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) is the richest man in the world and happens

Molly’s Game Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Molly's Game

Molly's Game is based on the true story of Molly Broom (Jessica Chastain), an Olympic skier who was responsible for running one of the most notorious high stakes underground poker games. This movie is Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut which details the events that ultimately led Molly to be the focus of

Happy Death Day Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Happy Death Day

Happy Death Day is directed by Christopher Landon who you may know from contributing writing to Disturbia and the Paranormal Activity Franchise. Happy Death Day centers around Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe), a college student who wakes up on her birthday to find that by the end of the day she is

The Hitman’s Bodyguard Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Hitman's Bodyguard

The Hitman's Bodyguard follows Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds), a once AAA rated executive protection agent, who is now down on his luck, due to an issue on a job gone horribly wrong. He is asked by his former girlfriend, Amelia Roussel (Elodie Yung) to help her protect a deadly hitman Darius

The Dark Tower Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Dark Tower

The Dark Tower is based on a mythology series by Stephen King. This film centers around Jake Chambers (Tom Taylor), a young boy who is haunted by his dreams with visions of a Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), a gunslinger (Idris Elba), and a dark tower. His mom Laurie (Katheryn

Kidnap Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Kidnap

Kidnap centers around Karla Dyson (Halle Berry), an almost divorced mom who is trying to make ends meet for her and her son as a waitress at a diner. She takes her child to the park to have a fun day outside at a festival until she receives a call

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Valerian

Valerian centers around Alpha which is a city comprised of species from over a thousand planets. There is a threat to the city that compromises the safety for all of those who inhabit it. Major Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Sergeant Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are sent on a secret mission to

Wish Upon: A Kidz Bop Take On Final Destination

by Sharronda Williams -
Wish Upon

Wish Upon centers around Clare Shannon (Joey King), a not so popular teenager, who receives a music box from her dad Jonathan (Ryan Phillippe). Clare is having a hard time dealing with her high school life and as any teenager does she wishes her life would take a turn for

Rough Night Movie Review: Different Movie But Same Gimmicks

by Sharronda Williams -
Rough Night

Rough Night is about a group of college friends reuniting for a bachelorette weekend in Miami to celebrate the upcoming nuptials of their friend Jess (Scarlett Johansson). Their circle consists of the rich friend Blair (Zoe Kravitz), the rebel activist Frankie (Ilana Glazer), the annoying best friend Alice (Jillian Bell), and the

Wonder Woman Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman tells the story of Diana (Gal Gadot), Princess of the Amazons, who was trained to be a mighty warrior. She lives on a hidden island inhabited by only women until a plane crashes carrying a passenger by the name of Steve Trevor (Chris Pine). Steve is interrogated by the

Baywatch Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Baywatch

Baywatch is based on the popular 90's TV series starring David Hasselholff and Pamela Anderson. This movie is definitely not meant to be taken seriously and more of a satire of the original TV series. This film stars Dwayne Johnson as Mitch Buchannon, who is the head of the Baywatch lifeguard team.

Snatched Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Snatched

Snatched, centers around Emily (Amy Schumer), a young woman who somewhat hasn't fully grown up yet, who was recently dumped by her boyfriend Michael (Randall Park). Not only is Emily heartbroken over the breakup, but she had a trip planned for both of them to Ecuador, and now she has

Unforgettable Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Unforgettable

Unforgettable tells the story of a woman, Julia Banks (Rosario Dawson), who falls in love with a new man David (Geoff Stults). As their relationship gets serious, she moves in with David and his daughter Lily (Isabella Kai Rice) and soon meets his ex-wife Tessa (Katherine Heigl). Things seem to go

Gifted Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Gifted Movie Review

Gifted tells the story of Frank Adler (Chris Evans), an uncle who is caring for his niece Mary Adler (McKenna Grace) after his sister suddenly passes away. Frank is doing the best he can at raising his niece to have a normal life, but there is only one issue. Mary

Table 19 Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Table 19

Table 19 centers around Eloise (Anna Kendrick), who is going through a recent breakup she had over text and decides to attend an old friend's wedding. The only problem is it's her ex-boyfriend's, Teddy (Wyatt Russell), sister who is getting married. When Eloise arrives at the wedding you can tell she is clearly not

Before I Fall Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
Before I Fall

Before I fall centers around Samantha Kingston (Zoey Deutch), a high school senior who clearly has it all. Samantha is dating the hottest guy in school, is a part of the popular crowd, and wants for nothing. The movie introduces us to the group of girls she calls her closest

Get Out Movie Review: Jordan Peele Shines In Directorial Debut

by Sharronda Williams -
Get Out

Get Out centers around an interracial couple Rose (Allison Williams) and Chris (Daniel Kaluuya). The couple have been dating for over four months when Rose decides it is finally time for Chris to meet her parents. Chris, as any boyfriend, is apprehensive about the family weekend especially since they are

John Wick 2 Movie Review

by Sharronda Williams -
John Wick 2

John Wick 2 kicks off with John (Keanu Reeves) still looking for his stolen Mustang from the first film. The opening action sequence definitely does not disappoint and definitely kicks off the high dead body count in the film. For those of you who have not seen the first film, (yes