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06 Dec

Small Axe: Education Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Prime Video, Brooke Haynes, Education, Kenyah Sandy, Review, Series, Small Axe, Steve McQueen

A heartbreaking tale about injustice and systemic racism in its most insidious form-- that form which affects the youth and tries to sweeten the bitter taste of oppression by disguising it as a “good deed”. Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith (left) and Nigel Boyle as Mr. Hamley (right) in "Education." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Kingsley is a 12 year old boy with dreams of being an astronaut who gets sent to a "special school" after being disruptive in class. This school, they say, is more suited to his needs. Kingsley soon learns that this new school…

30 Nov

Small Axe: Alex Wheatle Review

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Alex Wheatle is a heartfelt tale that will frustrate you to your core because it is, undeniably, incomplete. A true story depicting the life of award winning writer Alex Wheatle, from his childhood through his formative years as a young adult trying to find his way in Brixton. Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle (center, black leather jacket) in "Alex Wheatle." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Listen, I love what Steve McQueen has achieved by making the Small Axe series. Five stories, all true or inspired by such, about the struggles of the black West Indie community in…

18 Nov

The Wilds | Trailer

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The official trailer for The Wilds is available now. The ten-episode Amazon Original series will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video Friday, December 11, 2020 in more than 240 territories around the world. Additionally, the first episode will be available to everyone, for a limited time, on Amazon Prime Video YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook handles starting at 12:00 a.m. PT on December 11-25, 2020. The first episode will also be available to stream on Prime Video with no Prime account necessary, December 11-25, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUQ2vMSQf4M&feature=youtu.be Part survival drama, part dystopic slumber party, The Wilds follows a group of teen girls from different backgrounds who must fight for survival…

29 Sep

SYLVIE’S LOVE: New Romance Starring Tessa Thompson will Launch Worldwide on Amazon Prime Video on December 25th, 2020

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Sylvie's Love has premiered earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival with lots love from critics. Amazon has acquired the distribution rights for the film shortly after the festival. Written and Directed by Eugene Ashe, a former music artist from Harlem, NY that has performed on several film soundtracks. The film is starring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Eva Longoria, Aja Naomi King, Wendi Mclendon-Covey, Jemima Kirke. In Sylvie’s Love, the jazz is smooth and the air sultry in the hot New York summer of 1957. Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophonist, spends late nights playing behind a less-talented but well-known bandleader, as member…

25 Sep

Mangrove Review | NYFF

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Mangrove is soulful! A film about oppression, injustice, and the will to fight for your human rights to community & life free of persecution… and guess what? It's based on a true story that doesn’t take place in the US. Though true, don’t celebrate. The film hits too close to home and proves that abuse of power runs in the veins of humans and that acts like this are doomed to continue if we don’t learn from history. Class is in session with Mangrove. Shaun Parkes as Frank Crichlow in Mangrove The first of five Steve McQueen films in the…

23 Sep

Utopia Review | Gillian Flynn’s Amazon Original Series

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Though not quite as perfect as the name would suggest, Utopia is an imaginative and exciting action drama that keeps you theorizing episode after episode. Unfortunately, the show falls flat because of its drawn out nature and it fails to consistently introduce characters and situations that keep us engaged throughout. A spinoff of the original British dark comedy, Utopia feels like it needed more time in the lab to “…earn [its] place in this crowded world…” Jessica Rothe as Samantha. Cards on the table Gillian Flynn wrote my favorite novel, Gone Girl, so when I heard she had an original…