Posts tagged Angela Bassett
MOVIE REVIEW: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Viewers and fans will contemplate whether Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was the best Ryan Coogler and company could have done with their tragic circumstances. They will wonder if this pivot and royal escalation was the right approach. At some point, all of those questions (and others) have dual contexts between what they mean on-screen and off. Those questions also do not have a universal best, right, or perfect answer. For better or worse, we are now past “must” and the show emphatically goes on.

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MOVIE REVIEW: Chi-Raq

In Spike Lee's film, the symbolism is thick and the underlying truths are even thicker.  "Chi-Raq" is fiercely intelligent with its farcical parable and fearless in its vicious social commentary.  Both exhibit equal power.  That balanced ability is tremendously difficult to pull off with honesty and Lee has done it.  

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