After Promising Young Woman arrived, the consensus was—before many other nominees’ movies had even been released—just give Carey Mulligan the Oscar for Best Actress. A lot has happened since then that has turned the top award for an actress in their profession into a true race. The latest Oscar Watch […]
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The final note on the screen for Chadwick Boseman was achieved in the most enduring ways with his turn as trumpet player Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The stage play by August Wilson (Fences) comes to life on Netflix. Directed by George C. Wolfe, the cinematic Ma Rainey’s Black […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review: August Wilson’s Play Comes Alive ...
The first trailer for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has arrived and it gets the blues. Viola Davis stars as Ma, the iconic “Mother of the Blues,” while Chadwick Boseman tackles what would sadly be his final role as the driven trumpet master, Levee. The film is based on the […]
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Trailer: Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis ...
When Steve McQueen delivered 12 Years a Slave, it was a cinematic announcement to the world that a filmmaker was going to leave us a cinematic legacy of litmus tests for our society, past and present. His latest, Widows, may seem like an enormous departure. In fact, it is not. It […]
Widows Review: Steve McQueen, Viola Davis Craft a Stunner
The first trailer for director Steve McQueen’s follow up to 12 Years a Slave has finally arrived. The supremely talented helmer has kept us waiting for several years for his next film after that Oscar winning marvel and it appears from this first Widows trailer, it is more than worth […]