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“The White Tiger” Movie Review by Quinton Roberts

February 7, 2021 5:30 am |

Based on the New York Times bestseller, The White Tiger is a movie about a young Indian driver who believes he is destined for greatness. He goes from being a nobody in a small village to being a master himself. With this film, you are getting the rise of a young man into an almost...

“One Night In Miami” Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

February 7, 2021 5:21 am |

February 25, 1964 brought together four African American icons – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali), Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown in a Miami hotel room. Not much is known about the night, with only bits and pieces surviving in the four men’s biographies. Nevertheless, Kemp Powers was inspired to write a one act...

“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Netflix Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

February 2, 2021 3:32 pm |

Ma Rainey was a larger than life singer called “The Mother of Blues” but has had very little mainstream media devoted to her life. A poem, a biography, and a play are the only real media centered on the performer herself. Netflix’s adaptation of the August Wilson play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a powerful...

“Wonder Woman 1984” DCEU Movie Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

January 9, 2021 9:42 am |

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!! For the sequel to the hit 2017 Wonder Woman movie, Patty Jenkins wrote the story with Geoff Johns, writer and former CCO of DC entertainment. Dave Callaham helped out when the pair set out to do the teleplay. Wonder Woman 1984 feels like a superhero movie found in the back of Warner...

“Promising Young Woman” Movie Review by Quinton Roberts

Published by Leftover Brian

January 1, 2021 11:53 am |

Carey Mulligan stars in this sexy thriller about a woman who seeks revenge on those who created a traumatic past for her and her friend. The story evolves from a seemingly vengeful woman whose only means is to punish men for essentially participating in sexual acts with a heavily intoxicated lady to a love story...