‘Furious’ franchise keeps cranking out high-quality action
“How did they do those stunts?” is the first question that comes to mind when one thinks about the mega blockbusters that are the Fast …
‘Get Hard’ plays on race bias
PHOTO COURTESY OF PATTI PERRET One look at the advertisements of Get Hard and it’s easy to see it as a racist attempt at comedy …
Girl power deliciously comes to forefront in ‘Insurgent’
As a child born in the early 1980s, I consider myself an older millennial and quite lucky. I know what it’s like to play outside …
Clunky plotline + bad direction = awful ‘Chappie’
PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEPHANIE BLOMKAMP It is with pleasure that I report that the film idiotically titled Chappie has met my expectations. I expected a …
Sisters! returns to celebrate, honor the female struggle
Photo Courtesy of Juan E. Cabrera REFLECTION OF SISTERHOOD: The cast of Sisters! pose for the camera. The play runs March 6-8 at the African Heritage Cultural …
‘Fifty Shades’ falls flat
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WALLLPAPERUP & IBTIMES.COM As script to screen goes, it’s not easy adapting a beloved story into something that rewards your visual …
Seward drives ‘Ragtime the Musical’
Photo Courtesy of George Schiavone Since its original Toronto production in 1996, Tony Award winning and Carbonell nominated Ragtime has been a beloved musical …
‘Ring’ explores issues of love
Photo Courtesy of Bob Mahoney No matter how much we tell ourselves that career is important, there’s always that small voice inside of us that …
Hart scores in ‘Ringer’
By KIMBERLY GRANT Special to South Florida Times In The Wedding Ringer, Doug (played by Josh Gad) pays Best Man, Inc. extraordinaire Jimmy Callahan …
Millennials owe a debt to our forebears
In Selma, screenwriter Paul Webb and director extraordinaire Ava Duvernay (with Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt amongst the producer roster of the film) have set …