Malik’s Movie Reviews Past & Present
Wisely getting a headstart before Harry Potter takes over in a couple weeks, Megamind is actually not a bad family film. While not as deep and three dimensional as any of the Pixar films, it’s still an enjoyable hour and a half for adults and kids alike. Starting with the premise, “What would happen […]
This past weekend I went to the USC Homecoming game with a couple of the guys from school, and for a minute I couldn’t help but daydream about these days. Part of getting older is remembering how idealistic you were and how real life changes your perspective on things. I tell that anecdote […]
Spent quite a bit of time this past week staring at the big screen. Let the awards season begin! Real quick wrap ups of three films I’ve seen the past week: N Secure is a film about abusive relationships, set in the upper/middle class black community. The film buff in me thought this movie had […]
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve seen two movies I’ve liked but haven’t written in depth reviews for: The American and Never Let Me Go. As I’ve been rolling over in my head why it’s been so hard to write about these movies, there’s one word I keep coming back to: slow. In the […]
One of the side effects of being in the house so much lately is catching up on movies on TV/DVD. One of the films I caught maybe should have been on my 25 Most Important Black Film list from a couple years ago. Maybe. Regardless, I’m not changing the past, but will give this a […]
Time for another geeky post… As the countdown to Batman 3 officially begins, Warner Brothers released an animated version of the comic story, “Under the Red Hood.” Like its namesake, this animated film centers on a new supervillain in Gotham taking on the persona of the Red Hood. Or rather, an ‘old’ villain. The […]
There’s Chris Nolan and there’s everybody else right now. That was my first thought walking out of Inception a little while ago. I’m not saying there aren’t other filmmakers capable of making films as thought provoking or visually interesting as him; nothing could be further from the truth. But with the billion dollar Dark Knight […]
This morning I caught a movie I’ve been waiting for for months, Brooklyn’s Finest, and I have to say I wasn’t disappointed. If I had to use one word to describe it, the word would be dark. You can watch the trailer and know what type of world you’re getting into, but to watch […]
This one’s been out for a minute, but with the Oscars next weekend I made a point to check out Inglorious Basterds tonight. I’m not a Tarantino fanboy, but as a film fanatic that man’s craftmanship cannot be denied. The two Kill Bill movies are still two of my favorites of the past ten […]
So last year when I first heard about this film, I made the gut decision I wasn’t going to see it. I was at the NAACP Image Award nominated memorial service, and as I wrote at the time, to be there was as draining for me emotionally as anything I could imagine. I understood the […]
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