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Film Review by Kam Williams Hardened Con Offered Shot at Redemption by Rough-Edged Horse Whisperer Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts) has too quick a fuse to think before he acts. That’s why he’s done a dozen years and counting in a maximum-security prison for impulsively delivering a brutal beating that left his victim permanently brain-damaged. […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Elba Makes Directorial Debut with Jamaican Coming-of-Age Drama Dennis “D” Campbell (Aml Ameen) had the misfortune of growing up in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica in the Seventies at a time when the ‘hood was infested with drugs. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by an older […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Adaptation of Memoir Recounts Abortion Counselor’s Spiritual Transformation Abby Johnson (Ashley Bratcher) was recruited by Planned Parenthood to do volunteer work when she was still an undergrad at Texas A&M. Her first job was to escort women seeking abortions from the parking lot into the building, past picketers calling […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Harrowing Docudrama Recounts 2008 Mumbai Massacre On November 26, 2008, radical Islamists from Pakistan launched a series of coordinated attacks around the city of Mumbai which would claim 174 lives and leave hundreds more wounded. Within hours of the raid, the authorities were able to secure all of the […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Romance Drama Revolves around Forbidden Love between Hospitalized Teens Stella Grant (Haley Lu Richardson) is a typical 17 year-old in most regards. However, she is also suffering from Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease which makes her very susceptible to a variety of breathing disorders. Consequently, she spends […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Devoted Nanny Dotes on Kids in Dysfunctional Family Drama Cleo Gutierrez (Yalitza Aparicio) is one of two live-in maids maintaining the home of Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and Sofia (Marina de Tavira), couple in crisis with four young children. They can afford the help, which includes a chauffeur, because he’s […]
Film Review by Kam Williams Star-Crossed Lovers Repeatedly Rendezvous in Polish Postwar Drama Dateline: Poland, 1949. The countryside is still devastated by the blight left behind in the wake of the Second World War. It is amidst these ruins that we find young Zula Lichon (Joanna Kulig) auditioning for a spot in the national […]
by Kam Williams Who Will Win, Who Deserves to Win, Who Was Snubbed 2018 was a banner year for black cast films, including BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, Green Book and If Beale Street Could Talk. Might Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) finally win the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars which have eluded him over the course of […]