Kam Williams – The Mississippi Link

The Mustang

April 18, 2019 0

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 […]

Yardie

March 27, 2019 0

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 […]

Unplanned

March 27, 2019 0

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 […]

Hotel Mumbai

March 27, 2019 0

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 […]

Five Feet Apart

March 14, 2019 0

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 […]

Roma

February 24, 2019 0

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 […]

Cold War

February 18, 2019 0

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. […]

The Envelope Please: Your Guide to the Oscars

February 16, 2019 0

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 […]

Deep Roots

February 13, 2019 0

Book Review by Kam Williams Deep Roots How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics by Avidit Acharya, Matthew Blackwell and Maya Sen Princeton University Press Hardcover, $29.95 296 pages, Illustrated ISBN: 978-0-691-17674-1 “Despite dramatic […]

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot

February 10, 2019 0

Film Review by Kam Williams WWII Vet Plays Hero Again in Campy Action Adventure Every now and then, a film turns history on its head. For example, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter made over $100 […]