2016-02-08 01:21
I know, I know. I'm sure many of you may be watching the Super Bowl to actually catch the football game. But us film nerds are tuning in to watch the commercials and--let's face it--the excl… Read More
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2016-02-07 03:54
With the possibility of Straight Outta Compton getting nominated for a Best Picture Oscar now null and void, it was great to see the film receive top honors at Friday night's NAACP Image Awa… Read More
2016-02-05 12:00
It was Viola Davis who commented about the lack of substantial roles as love interests for women of color on the big screen. They're often prostitutes, sexual victims, or practically asexual… Read More
2016-02-03 12:00
So, as it turns out, horror comedy CABIN FEVER doesn't look like it's going to be all that funny. Judging by the new trailer, there's nary a joke in sight. Twenty-something-year-old nitwits… Read More
2016-02-02 12:00
Jada Pinkett Smith in a scene from Scream 2Ashlee Blackwell, founder of Graveyard Shift Sisters, shares her experience covering black women representation in the horror genre:I had spent my… Read More
2016-02-01 12:00
Well, it's not awful. That was my legit reaction after watching SOUTHBOUND, the latest big screen anthology horror that is basically like watching one long nightmarish evening play out… Read More
2016-01-31 04:37
My mom sent me a text around the one hour-point of tonight's Screen Actors Guild Awards that read, "I see it's black night at the SAG Awards! At least they get it." And this is coming from s… Read More
2016-01-29 12:30
I know, a double whammy. What did we ever do to deserve this? Why are people still hanging out at a cabin in the woods? Why haven't they found a cure (or at least a cream) for this flesh-eat… Read More
2016-01-29 12:00
As promised, last weekend I caught up with each of this year's Oscar-nominated short films--and have identified a clear winner in each of the three categories (live action, animated, and doc… Read More
2016-01-29 03:40
I have been in desperate need for a good Coen brothers film. You may remember how I kinda sorta broke up with Joel and Ethan Coen after watching Inside Llewyn Davis more than two years ago… Read More
2016-01-26 12:00
A scene from Gods of EgyptI interview Jamie Broadnax, founder of BlackGirlNerds.com, who discusses the lack of representation on the big screen and intersectionality when it comes to feminis… Read More
2016-01-25 12:00
It has been far too long since we've seen America Ferrera command the small screen like we all know she can. Six years, to be exact. Sure, she's hung out with Amy Schumer on the comedienne's… Read More
2016-01-23 12:00
Okay, I still haven't seen a single episode of Key & Peele (I am hopefully making my way through my never-ending Netflix queue). But I keep hearing the sketch comedy show is H-I-L-A-R-I… Read More
2016-01-23 04:08
I know many of us are feeling...a kind of way about this year's Oscar nominations. But, well, the show must still go on. Which means we still have to fight over which movies we think should… Read More
2016-01-21 12:00
I know what you're probably thinking: When isn't it romcom season? Well, the short answer is never. But trust me, I will get about 10 more romcom trailers flooding my inbox between now and F… Read More
2016-01-20 12:30
Call it desperation if you want, but I am holding out hope that that this indie horror anthology is actually good. Goodness knows, we need deserve it. I am going to try to pretend that SOUTH… Read More
2016-01-20 12:00
After years of watching the the trials and tribulations of white people on both the big and small screens, it's about time we get a chance to hear the romantic perspective of someone else. A… Read More
2016-01-19 12:00
A few weeks ago I was browsing my Twitter feed, as I do, when I noticed this Atlantic article highlighting the scarcity of women film critics was getting a ton of re-tweets. Naturally, I was… Read More
2016-01-18 05:00
By now you've probably already heard the bad news: The Big Short continues to win things...But, this post is not about that sort of negativity. I want to celebrate the awesome things that ha… Read More
2016-01-16 04:00
I may not be among the legions of fans who go hard for Cloverfield, the 2008 popcorn sci-fi film, but I didn't mind it. Did it need a sequel? I don't think so, but that hasn't stopped, like… Read More
2016-01-15 12:00
Sundance is coming up in a few weeks (yet again, I will not be attending). And I have been getting a lot of information about this year's slate of films, among the most striking is the gorge… Read More
2016-01-15 05:13
So, the Oscar award nominations were announced on Thursday, and we just need to get right to the thing that everyone else is talking about: the blinding whiteness of the Oscars. Honestly, it… Read More
2016-01-14 12:00
I can only imagine how this Hollywood pitch meeting went. A bunch of middle-aged white men sat in a room and said with gusto (and hopefully after drinking heavily all afternoon), "You know w… Read More
2016-01-14 03:16
You can always count on Twitter to find a contrarian (though that's usually me). But, silly me, I took comfort in the idea that we could all come together as a people and agree on today's an… Read More
2016-01-13 12:00
I've been a longtime fan of Showtime's Shameless, the American remake of the U.K. comedy series, since it's series premiere back in 2011 (weird to say "back in..." like 2011 was the medieval… Read More
2016-01-13 02:52
If I could take each of you by the hand and drag you to see ROOM, at this point I would. Seriously, it's essential viewing--especially in a year that gave us such terribly mediocre films lik… Read More
2016-01-12 12:00
I like Sarah Jessica Parker. I really do. So I say with grave concern that I don't know WTF is going on with her career right now. I mean, she went from playing Carrie Bradshaw, an iconic TV… Read More
2016-01-11 05:34
This might have been the biggest joke of the Golden Globes Sunday night, when Lady Gaga won for her performance in American Horror Story: Hotel ...over Kirsten Dunst's portrayal in Fargo (an… Read More
2016-01-10 12:00
I meant to write about Sicario earlier, but I guess I was too busy drowning in the mediocrity of too many other films last year. By now, many of you probably already know that Sicario is abs… Read More
2016-01-10 02:04
...Or so I hope.Confession: I'm not much of a Rob Zombie fan. The filmmaker is either trying to destroy the Halloween franchise with half-wit spinoffs, or giving us erratic B-horror like The… Read More
2016-01-08 12:00
I'm always here for Helen Mirren, even if I don't always like her movies. So I'm hoping EYE IN THE SKY, the upcoming military drama co-starring Barkhad Abdi and Aaron Paul, is good. Though… Read More
2016-01-07 13:04
As you know, I have been hugely disappointed by recent horror anthologies (looking at you, V/H/S), so hearing about a new one coming out doesn't really bring the same excitement it would hav… Read More
2016-01-07 04:24
I kinda completely forgot this buddy cop movie was even happening until I started seeing promoted tweets pop up on my timeline. No shade, I just didn't see the first Ride Along and I am not… Read More
2016-01-02 04:09
Guys! We've made it to 2016, which means all those awful films from last year did NOT kill us with boredom like we feared. Now all we need is to make it through Oscar season. But before we s… Read More
2015-12-31 12:00
I can almost here the sound of Internet racists everywhere sharpening their pitchforks. But, first things first: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS is a great movie. Actually, scratch th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I'm always here for Helen Mirren, even if I don't always like her movies. So I'm hoping EYE IN THE SKY, the upcoming military drama co-starring Barkhad Abdi and Aaron Paul, is good. Though… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If I could take each of you by the hand and drag you to see ROOM, at this point I would. Seriously, it's essential viewing--especially in a year that gave us such terribly mediocre films lik… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I say this facetiously, of course, because while there are several moments in ANOMALISA that I appreciate, dialogue that is wonderfully delivered, the film itself is absolutely sou… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Every year my friend, the awesome cinematographer and writer Cybel Martin, asks me to do an end-of-the-year #NFOTD list. I usually just post on my Twitter feed, but this year I am going the… Read More
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