The Review: Black Adam

Black Adam 3/10

So I finally got around to watching the Black Adam movie. I don't have all that much to say about it because I didn't hate it but I can't say that I enjoyed it. It starts off with a backstory that turns out to sort of not be his own and then we're introduced to a bunch of brand new characters who aren't all that interesting. We have Hawkman who is supposed to be really good friends with Dr Fate because they told me so and when one of them dies it's supposed to be emotional but I felt absolutely nothing. There's also a dude that grows really tall who isn't interesting at all and the girl who can make wind. None of these people can beat Black Adam and it's kind of pathetic. All of the human characters are unrelatable and uninteresting and of course they have a young child that provides pure annoyance. The only thing I can truly say I liked about this movie was the portrayal of Black Adam. He looked just like the character and was cool himself but just surrounded by a lot of people that I did not care about whatsoever. The pacing of this film was all over the place. There would be a crazy action scene and then it would just slam on the brakes for uninteresting exposition. After I was done watching I looked up who wrote and directed this movie and that answered any question I had as to why I did not like this. I would like to see this character again but in a movie with an interesting villain and a far better story.

Dwayne Johnson as Teth-Adam/Black Adam

Aldis Hodge as Carter Hall/Hawkman

Sarah Shahi as Adrianna Tomaz

Marwan Kenzari as Ishmael Gregor

Quintessa Swindell as Maxine Hunkel/Cyclone

Bodhi Sabongui as Amon Tomaz

Pierce Brosnan as Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate

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The Review: American Horror Story NYC

American Horror Story NYC 9/10

This crazy ass season had everything. A psychotic leather man, dying deer, an epidemic, drug use, rough sex, and torture thrown in just a spice things up. This last season of American Horror Story: NYC seems to have some people upset and other people very happy with how the season turned out. I'm one of the people that's very happy with this season because the last few seasons have built up these huge hopes and then the payoff has been trash. I was hoping that this season wouldn't be too crammed with too much information and killers because at a certain point it seemed like the show was beginning to lose its way. Thankfully even after the death of one of the killers the show stayed interesting and I was excited to watch it every single week. L. had already started the season and I jumped in and when she would finish an episode I try to quickly watch it to catch up. This season benefited from having a lot of interesting characters and not one or two that I gave a damn about. This is going to be full of spoilers so be warned and you shouldn't be looking up stuff on the internet about shows you haven't watched yet anyway.

The Review: A New Orleans Noel

 

A New Orleans Noel 1/10

L. and I watched this dry ass movie called A New Orleans Noel. This was a Hallmark or maybe a Lifetime movie about this woman who goes to New Orleans to help decorate a famous praline chefs home. She didn't know it but a guy that she knew back in college that she liked but seems like she hates name Anthony is also tasked with designing the home because its his grandmothers. Of course they do not agree with each other's ideas and everyone in the family wants them to get together even though they haven't seen each other since college and she just needles him at every opportunity she gets. I straight up found her annoying. Anthony reveals that he likes Grace for god knows what reason because it can't be the outfits that she was wearing and is not sure how to tell her. Grace doesn't seem to know how to slow down or settle down after her parents died and doesn't want to get attached to anyone. The family tries to welcome her in and she leaves during prayer like a rude son of a bitch. I really did not enjoy this movie and gave it a 1/ 10 because we actually finished it. I know that the two main stars of this are married in real life so it's very strange that they seem to be no chemistry between the two of them in this film. And of course it ends with her giving up her career that would force her to live somewhere else so she can stay with this dude that she hasn't seen in years. All of these movies end this way. A successful woman will easily drop her entire life if you got a nice fade and you're kind of cute.

Keshia Knight Pulliam as Grace Hill

Brad James as Anthony Brown

Patti LaBelle as Loretta Brown

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The Review: The Man Who Came To Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner 8/10

A few weeks ago L. and I watched this movie called The Man Who Came To Dinner. It was made in 1942 and in all honesty I fell asleep when we first started watching it because it was late as hell. We ended up finishing it the next day and I laughed way too much at this movie. This movie is about this jerk named Whiteside who is a radio personality who ends up breaking his hip when he falls down on the steps of this rich house. He pretty much forces them to let him stay there while he recuperates in his wheelchair and the whole time he is getting weird objects sent to the house from rich and famous people. I'm talking about penguins, octopus, and even an Egyptian sarcophagus. So while he's there his assistant Maggie is also there and she ends up falling for this dude who works at the newspaper named Bert. Bert is working on a play and he really wants Whiteside to read it but Whiteside doesn't want him dating his assistant because then she'll go away. Whiteside ends up scheming with this actress that he knows to take Bert away from his assistant so that she can't quit.

The Review: Christmas In Connecticut

Christmas In Connecticut 8/10

This past weekend L. and I watched this film called Christmas In Connecticut. From the way this started I could not tell where this movie was going and it did not go anywhere that I thought it would. It starts off with these two sailors stuck in the middle of the ocean on a life raft for almost three weeks. They get saved and one of them named Jefferson ends up becoming obsessed with wanting a really good meal made by this lady named Elizabeth Lane. She writes articles for a magazine where it's pretty much like what Martha Stewart does but not for real. So while Jefferson is in the hospital with his friend who gets to eat whatever he wants he's straight up drinking a bowl of milk with an egg yolk floating in it. Was this a real thing? Did people actually do this to one another back in the day?

The Review: A Family Christmas Gift/The Christmas Clapback

A Family Christmas Gift 6/10

This past weekend L. and I watch some holiday movies. Four of them to be exact. The first one we watched was called A Family Christmas Gift. This was a Hallmark movie so there was not all of the drama that I was expecting from a typical Christmas movie involving black people. This is not a Thanksgiving With The Carter 2 situation where you get lost in the woods and attacked by a bear or what appears to be a man and a very cheap bear costume with the help of marijuana and two black people named Ashford and Simpson. I'm not going to get into that right now.

The Review: Interview With The Vampire

Interview With The Vampire 10/10

I have to admit that when I first heard from L. that Interview with the Vampire was going to be a new series with a Black man playing Louis I was very hesitant to even try watching it. By the end of the first episode I was addicted to this show. Just like with Wonder Years reboot showing that time period through the eyes of a Black child this series having it set in the time period that it's set in and it being in New Orleans it changed so much about the story that they could not have had a white actor the way they had with Brad Pitt in the film. Looking back at recaps of the season there's so much stuff that happened but it did not feel rushed.

The Review: Don't Worry Darling

Don't Worry Darling 8/10

Last week L. and I watched this movie called Don't Worry Darling. I had seen a trailer for this movie and could not tell what the hell it was about but it seemed interesting and I like the directors previous movie Booksmart. So we started watching this movie and it takes place in the 1950s where all the husbands go off to work at this place called Victory while the women stay at home cook, clean, relax, and bring their husbands a nice warm dinner when they get home. One of the housewives seems out of it and kind of strange and the other women stay away from her. Her name is Margaret and she's played by an actress I've seen in other films and did not realize it was her because she looks different in everything that she does.

The Review: A Wesley Christmas

A Wesley Christmas 0/10

The second movie L. and I watched was called A Wesley Christmas. By the way both of these were on BET+ that she accidentally still had for months ago after we watched Jason's Lyric. This is one of those basic movies where all the children come together for the holidays and even though the parents seem nice normal and polite the children all seem to be trash in different ways. One of the kids is the daughter and she can't be tied down in any relationship and is juggling two different men. The two sons work at a company together and one of the sons is married has two twin daughters who look 29 years old each and a wife who is either pregnant or has cancer. The other son who I remember as Todd because I kept calling him fake Chris Brown appears to be the fuck up of the family. He lost the company $500,000 and the older brother is not happy about it but the rest of the family seems to be like “Well you know that's Todd.” And there's also a hot auntie who seems to always be drinking and is the only part of this movie that is enjoyable.

The Review: The First Noelle

 

The First Noelle 1/10

So over the weekend L. and I ended up watching two holiday movies. The first one was called The First Noelle and it was not good. Instead of giving this a 0 I gave it a 1 because I actually finished this hot trash. I don't know what people saw online but a lot of people were praising this film and I cannot understand why. The movie starts off with Noelle and her friend Terrence who have known each other for 20 years breaking up because he's moving to London for a new job. The movie fast forwards a year later and she's working at a publishing company and he decides to come back and visit. Noelle obviously still has feelings for him but doesn't say anything and she lets her sister who we both thought was her mother know. Her sister mother tells her to try and get back with him even after Noelle discovers that he is now dating a new girl named Noelle as well.

The Review: Killing Eve

Killing Eve 3/10

I first got into Killing Eve after watching a couple episodes at my friends aunts place. I started watching it from the start and was really digging this show. Then it just kept going...and going...and going. By the time the third season was wrapping up I felt like they were just making episodes to give the cast something to do. Also, the main character began to feel like too much of an asshole for me to enjoy watching. The fourth season debuted and I couldn't even finish the first episode so I read what happened and was glad that I saved those hours and watched Justified instead. Each season got progressively less entertaining and as if it were just spinning its wheels. I should probably describe the show a little bit. Eve is a detective that has an obsession with lady serial killers. She ends up fired and is now part of a secret team hunting who she calls Villanelle. They meet, fight, love one another, husbands are left, people are killed, plans are foiled...whatever. It is very lather, rinse, repeat and I was over it. This was a cat and mouse game where both people were cats. Sucks because this could have ended in two seasons and been fine.

Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri

Jodie Comer as Oksana Astankova/Villanelle

Fiona Shaw as Carolyn Martens

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The Review: P-Valley (Season 1 and 2)

 

P Valley 9/10

Now I know I am super late with writing this review but the show called P Valley needs to be talked about. This might be a little bit confusing since I watched season two and then went back and watch season one. I think what I'm going to try to do is talk about how the characters change between both seasons and of course whether I like these people or not. Now at first I had zero interest in watching this show. I've never been to a strip club, I've never wanted to go to a strip club, have zero interest in going to a strip club because I compare it to going to a buffet and watching other people eat. But this show is about more than just a strip club somehow. I know if you look at any photos from it or ads or anything it looks like the show is nothing but strippers dancing but it really is about more than that. I should also point out that the second season took place during the pandemic (we still in one though!) and the show portrayed it perfectly.

Documentality: Killer Sally

 

Killer Sally 8/10

This past weekend Cam and I watched this crazy ass documentary on Netflix called Killer Sally. It was about a former bodybuilder who had murdered her husband Ray McNeil who was a former Mr. Olympia competitor. They have interviews with her as she's in prison so you know that she ended up getting locked up for his murder and they have interviews with her two children that she had from a previous marriage. As the story continues you see that she had a terrible upbringing. The husband she murdered had a terrible upbringing and by proxy her children also had a terrible upbringing. Now Sally she was in the Marine Corps as well as the husband that she ended up murdering. As they did different bodybuilding competitions and everything after leaving service she started doing these videos where men would wrestle women in apartments, specifically buff ass women. She would get about $300 an hour wrestling these men and made enough money to support the family just barely and her husband wasn't even working. He would just be competing in these different competitions and sometimes winning most of the times losing or placing very far behind and then being a cheating and abusive asshole on top of it.

The Review: The Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn 3/10

This movie didn't make a lick of sense. L. had me watch The Mighty Quinn last weekend and all I knew was that Denzel had a Jamaican accent. And by an accent I mean his sounds worse than mine. It just comes and goes throughout the movie. He plays a chief of police named Xavier Quinn. No one listens to or respects him. He shows up and stops a stabbing at a wedding and gives the guy his knife back. There has been a murder and they are trying to pin it on his childhood friend, Maubee. Oh, Maubee. The clothes. The hair! Oh, my god, the hair.

The Review: Spiral

Spiral 7/10

Spiral was actually good. I gave up on Saw films a while back because they started getting brutal for nothing and the traps were set up so there was no way to actually survive. This is a Saw based film but no Billy the Puppet showing up. This detective named Bozwick chases this guy down into the subway and ends up caught in a f-ed up trap where he has to cut his tongue off the survive. He don't. This is not that kinda movie. If someone is in a trap if they don't immediately make the decision to maim themselves they're gonna die. His former partner Zeke Banks tries to track down who is now murdering multiple cops before it gets even worse. What sucks is that his department is dirty as hell and he can't trust anyone. Hell, it turns out his father is one of the main dirty ones. Zeke gets a new guy that works with him and he ends up getting killed. Or does he? This was a jacked up ass movie but the kills were not as gory as previous films. Just really jacked up. This movie showed that you could make Saw spinoffs and they would be cool. I'd like to see a few seasons of shows just like this movie.

Chris Rock as Detective Zeke Banks

Max Minghella as Detective William Schenk/Emmerson

Leonidas Castrounis as Young William

Samuel L. Jackson as Marcus Banks

Marisol Nichols as Captain Angie Garza

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