Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

I liked two out of the three movies we reviewed this past week. Can you guess which one I didn't care for? You can hear the whole thing ...

Wakanda Forever is unlike any Marvel movie, in large part because of the immeasurable loss of Chadwick Boseman. And while I admired much of...

There's a whole crop of world-class actors starring in the Avengers films. But for MEL , I decided to spotlight their best non-MCU work....

All three of this week's movies have a musical connection. Hope you enjoy our reviews of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom , Lovers Rock ...

"Chadwick Boseman didn’t intend for his performance in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to be his last. But everyone who watches the film will...

I was very happy to be invited once again this year to serve on one of the Gotham Awards juries. I was part of the committee that picked the...

This is a sad weekend because of the death of Chadwick Boseman. Several days ago, I wrote about Blade , which helped solidify Wesley Snipe...

With it being February, and Black History Month, we decided to turn our attention to the best genre films from African-American directo...

No reboots. No sequels. No adaptations. For MEL , I previewed this year's most intriguing original films. Enjoy!

Will and I both review Marriage Story and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood on this week's podcast. Then I go solo on 21 Bridges a...

Where do B-movies fit in the modern cinema landscape? How many Manhattan bridges can you name? And why do people get so annoyed when ...

Chadwick Boseman needs to find himself some better material. For Screen International , I reviewed the so-so crime thriller 21 Bridges .

I like Avengers: Endgame , but I don't like how it deals with death. Or, rather, how it doesn't deal with death. I wrote about t...

As Black History Month winds down, we salute the finest black superheroes. It's telling that, in Hollywood, it's taken a while fo...

On the podcast, Will and I review Black Panther and Early Man . Then, for our Reboot segment, we look back at 1979's The Wanderers ,...

How do you pronounce T'Challa? How do you deal with online trolls trying to ruin a movie? And why did Black Panther remind me of gro...

Black Panther started generating plenty of buzz more than two weeks before its release. The review embargo lifted this morning; my thoug...

On this week's episode, we dive into the latest from Noah Baumbach. Then, we spend a little time on Marshall and Professor Marston an...

Marshall tells the story of a young Thurgood Marshall (played by Chadwick Boseman) in the early 1940s as he defends a black chauffeur ac...

Back in August, it seemed like a no-brainer that Chadwick Boseman would be in the running for a Best Actor nomination for Get on Up . Aft...