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☆ Five Black Romantic Movies to Stream
  + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Robert Daniels | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Much like Blackness is not monolithic, neither is Black love. The relationships in this collection range from young passions to midlife romance, and the types of movies range from glossy studio pictures to vital queer indies. That prospect would be easier if Harper, a writer, didn’t base his new book off his friends’ lives. Composed of a deep ensemble — Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan and Regina Hall included — the film follows multiple relationships as these adult friends confront their romantic futures through biting humor and unflinching honesty. And thankfully, it kicked off a charming romantic film and TV franchise.
Persons: —, ‘, It’s, Harper Stewart, Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Mia, Monica Calhoun, Harper, didn’t, ’, Nia Long, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan Organizations: Regina Hall Locations: New York City
☆ ‘Lift’ Review: Thin as Thieves
  + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Robert Daniels | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Kevin Hart plays Cyrus, a master thief, in the undercooked heist flick, “Lift,” directed by F. Gary Gray. Beyond the windfall Jorgensen will get from shorting water utility stocks, it’s unclear what he gains from this elaborate ruse. An Interpol agent, Abby (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), enlists Cyrus to steal the passenger plane carrying the gold bars before any damage can be done. Although Abby and Cyrus are old flames, the film doesn’t pick up any romantic steam, either, thanks to what passes for banter. “I was looking at the questions that weren’t being asked,” Cyrus tells Abby.
Persons: Kevin Hart, Cyrus, ”, Gary Gray, Daniel Kunka, Lars Jorgensen, Jean Reno, Jorgensen, Abby, Gugu, “, weren’t, ” Cyrus Organizations: Interpol Locations: Tuscany, Venice
☆ Five Action Movies to Stream Now
  + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Robert Daniels | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Though Jaeda King (Naturi Naughton) practices martial arts, she isn’t your prototypical hero. Despite his pleas of innocence, Sean Samuels (Jason Mitchell) has already been convicted of murder and his sentencing is imminent. Black Caesar, storms the courthouse to spring Sean. King’s fight isn’t only with Black Caesar and his crew, but also with the broken justice system itself, and the way it both targets Black people and pits them against one another. Along the way, the nimble Naughton announces herself as a bona fide action star.
Persons: Jaeda King, Naturi Naughton, Sean Samuels, Jason Mitchell, Sean’s, Gabriel, Lance Gross, a.k.a, Black Caesar, Sean, —, Foxy Brown, Wes Miller’s, Naughton Organizations: BET
☆ ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ Review: There’s Only One John Boyega
  + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Robert Daniels | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
The first hour of “They Cloned Tyrone” is surprisingly talkative. Taylor positions these sites as places where an outside force can easily undermine the Black community, rendering it pliant through food, religion and beauty products. You wonder, however, whether the film is portraying these spaces as necessary sites for escapist joy or scrutinizing them as crutches. Taylor portrays Black self-hatred as a danger equal to these extensions of white contempt. A play on “The Truman Show” by way of “Undercover Brother,” “They Cloned Tyrone” also stands firmly on its glossy style — the evocatively smoky John Carpenter-esque cinematography and the Blaxploitation-inspired costumes — and its spirited performances.
Persons: Tyrone ”, Fontaine, Slick Charles, —, Taylor, Black, ”, John Carpenter, Foxx, Parris, Tyrone Organizations: Truman, Netflix
☆ In ‘The League,’ Black Baseball’s Field of Dreams
  + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Robert Daniels | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Sam Pollard’s documentary “The League” introduces audiences to the teams, stars and little-known figures who populated the Negro leagues by chronicling how Black professional baseball first sprouted. It covers the period from just before the majors instituted a gentlemen’s agreement banning African Americans from playing with white players, to the Negro leagues becoming one of America’s biggest Black-owned businesses, to its demise. In an audio interview, Pollard spoke about how he set about constructing his film, and the ways he connected the Negro leagues to the Civil Rights movement. Where did you find the archival Negro league interviews? Byron also interviewed, through his dad, former Negro league players on video.
Persons: Sam Pollard’s, Bob Motley, Pollard, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, Byron Motley, Byron Organizations: Negro, Civil
☆ The Most Anticipated Genre Movies of the Summer
  + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Erik Piepenburg | Devika Girish | Elisabeth Vincentelli | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
From web-slinging diversions to archaeological excursions, this summer movie season is stacked with releases across a variety of genres. Our writers who seek out the most interesting picks in horror, international, science fiction, action and children’s movies each month scoured the summer calendar to come up with the films that have their attention. Horror“Host,” Rob Savage’s terrifying 2020 found-footage movie about a possessed online séance, will go down as a defining pandemic-inspired horror film. Sophie Thatcher stars as a young woman who battles a home-invading supernatural entity that feeds on the suffering of its victims. Not only is Wilson reprising his role as Josh Lambert, father to a now college-age son, but he’s also making his directing debut.
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