Malik’s Movie Reviews Past & Present
Today is normally reserved for ‘love/sex’ tunes I know, but this more than earned the spot to start the weekend. Among many conversations about ‘how do actors of color get to the A-list if they can’t even get a chance to have a ‘breakthrough’ film?’ and the ever present ‘but it won’t sell overseas’, comes […]
We all got our ‘Uncle Denzel’ jokes in, but I’m all in. (And you know you are too.)
This has been out, what, a month? But to be fair… Spoilers, cursing and stories of cell phones thrown at the screen ahead… So first, this is not the worst thing I’ve ever seen. Relax fanboys. Honestly, it’s not even in the conversation of ‘worst live action film with Batman in the title’ (your legacy […]
You all know who my team is. But as you see above, my favorite player from my generation never played for the Lakers. An undersized guy among Giants. Wears his flaws on his sleeve. A natural born underdog, rebel, and non-conformist. ‘Iverson’ gives you all the highlights of what made ‘the Answer’ so appealing to […]
\ I chuckled, and when the universal feeling right now is things are probably too far in the ‘Dark Knight’ direction, we all may be ready for this…
The first bias here is I have nothing but good memories of Atlanta. Lenoxx. Spelman Deltas. The Blue Flame. And Club 112. Years apart, I’d go there and kick it, then after the club let out, we’d roll around Buckhead, and ended up in some parking lot. And Cee-Lo was there with his people. Twice. […]
Here are the nominees for Best Picture: The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Who Should Win: All things being equal, out of these eight the film I think we’ll remember the most is ‘Mad Max’. Who Will Win: Actors are the biggest branch. Based on that […]
Here are the nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Who Should Win: Cate has been here. You can kind of feel the people are wearing on J.Law. No more ‘Hunger Games’ helps, but […]
Here are the nominees for Best Directing: The Big Short – Adam McKay Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller The Revenant – Alejandro G. Innaritu Room – Lenny Abrahamson Spotlight – Tom McCarthy Who Should Win: In a fairly competitive year, most agreed ‘Mad Max’ was amazing (especially on the big screen), which should favor […]
(Full disclosure: one of the nominees today is one of my social media ‘friends’. But that’s really our relationship; haven’t met in the real world as I recall.) Here are the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short Brooklyn Carol The Martian Room Who Should Win: The Margot Robbie scene was a little cute by […]
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