Focus Features‘ newest fantasy comedy movie, The American Society of Magical Negroes, has finally received its official Peacock, digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release dates. This comes after over a month since the Justice Smith-led movie had made its theatrical debut. When is The American Society of Magical Negroes Peacock, digital, Blu-ray and DVD release dates? … Read more
We talk with David Alan Grier, Justice Smith, An-Li Bogan, Nicole Byer, and Kobi Libii about The American Society of Magical Negroes Kobi Libii’s feature film debut is already facing some divisive reaction. For this viewer, having grown up on classic films that he is examining, I thought the approach was quite interesting. The American … Read more
Its intended spell is immediately jumbled: Aren (Justice Smith), a struggling visual artist, watches as white buyer after white buyer moves past his multicolor yarn sculpture before another confuses him for the help. The experience deflates Aren, an amiable and deferential young Black man who says sorry more than most Canadians. His pliability almost costs … Read more
Roger Ebert began his review of the 1993 film “Alive” with “There are some stories you simply can’t tell. The story of the Andes survivors may be one of them.” He may have been right. The crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andes mountains on October 13 has been told and re-told … Read more
Netflix’s Society of the Snow, which is about The Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster, is one of the most impressive and immersive films of the year. PLOT: The true story of The Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster, where a team of Rugby players crashed in the Andes, and the survivors had to endure the harsh … Read more
It seems to me you’re also interrogating how the scapegoat is also often the furthest down the ladder, the furthest from privilege. Exactly. How much is that social status important to this story? Social, racial, all the things that determine who ultimately ends up the scapegoat. Absolutely. In the whole identity politics debate, people talked … Read more
I’d heard the murmurings about Polite Society and its Scott Pilgrim-esque flights of fantasy action, which made me eager to watch it. The framework of a rom-com wrapped in a South Asian ribbon and forged in the fires of Edgar Wright’s visual flair meant that whatever else you thought of Nida Manzoor’s debut movie, there’s … Read more
Netflix has finally released the full Society of the Snow trailer for its highly-anticipated survival drama about the real-life story of the 1972 Andes plane crash. The film debuts in select theaters this December, followed by its Netflix release on January 4, 2024. The video highlights the harsh cold environment and grueling challenges that a … Read more
The young American women in this story who provide its name are a rock ’n’ roll band of friends and sisters, and along with bringing jokes and snowball fights to their new home, they say what’s on their minds. That’s in stark contrast to what the English do, which is, as Guy perfectly puts it: “We English have … Read more
The Sundance midnight entry, Polite Society, is a crowd pleasing action-comedy, with two very likeable leads. Polite Society was previously reviewed at Sundance 2023. PLOT: A young woman (Priya Kansara) studying martial arts becomes convinced something nefarious is afoot when her formally rebellious sister (Ritu Arya) agrees to a marriage arranged by her Pakistani family. … Read more