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Ocean’s 8

Film Review by Kam Williams Dame Gang Hatches Plan to Purloin Priceless Diamond Necklace in Delightful Spinoff of Crime Caper Franchise! The original Ocean’s 11 (1960) starred Frank Sinatra and a tight-knit cadre of fellow […]

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Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj

The “Little Rock” Interview with Kam Williams   Activist Director Discusses His New Play about Historic School Integration Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj is an Indo-Afro-Caribbean American artist, educator and activist. As a playwright, Maharaj has authored […]

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Alt-Right: Age of Rage

Film Review by Kam Williams   Eye-Opening Documentary Chronicles Events Leading Up to Charlottesville The election of Donald Trump has ostensibly served to embolden Ku Klux Klansmen, neo-Nazis and the rest of the Alt-Right movement, […]

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Ranjit Arapurakal

Interview with Kam Williams   Jersey-Raised Rocker on World Tour Takes a Pause for the Cause Born in his mother’s hometown of Trivandrum, India, the terra cotta-colored capital of Kerala, Ranjit Arapurakal spent his infancy […]

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Upgrade

Film Review by Kam Williams   Cured Quadriplegic Crime Victim Seeks Revenge in Futuristic Sci-Fi Thriller Mechanic Grey Trace (Logan Marshall-Green) is a dying breed. He’s an an old school, grease monkey who can roll […]

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Black Panther

Blu-ray Review by Kam Williams   Chadwick Boseman Rises to the Occasion as African King/Marvel Superhero Chadwick Boseman has already made quite a career out of portraying a variety of prominent African-Americans, from football star […]

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Wim Wenders

“Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” Interview with Kam Williams   The Three-Time Oscar-Nominee Delivers a Reflective Homily Wim Wenders came to international prominence as one of the pioneers of the New German Cinema […]

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Carter & June

Film Review by Kam Williams Bank Heist Dramedy Has Shades of Baby Driver Baby Driver was this critic’s pick for the #1 movie of 2017. It never takes very long for idea-bereft Hollywood to imitate […]

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The Gospel According to André

Film Review by Kam Williams   Riveting Retrospective Chronicles Career of Flamboyant Fashionista André Leon Talley was born on October 16, 1949 in Washington, DC, but raised in Durham, NC by his maternal grandmother, Bennie […]

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George Takei

The “American” Interview with Kam Williams   Legendary Thespian Reflects on Mistreatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII Despite an enviable career spanning six decades, George Takei remains best- known around the world for his founding role […]