The 1995 buddy comedy FridayThe cast features some of the most prominent black actors of the time, although sadly, there are some notable members of the Friday cast who have since died. FridayStarring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker, follows the day in the life of Craig Jones (Ice Cube) and his listless friend Smokey (Tucker) after Craig is fired from his job. Unlike some other iconic black movies of the era, Friday is a light comedy without the dramatic stakes and violence found in films like New Jack City Or Boyz n the Hood. Friday Shows that just because life…
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Spoilers for your honor Season 1 ahead.your honor Season 2, Episode 1, “Part Eleven” picks up right where Season 1 left off, requiring no recap to cover the big points of the Season 1 finale. Adapted from the Israeli series Quodo, your honor Season 1 premiered in December 2020 on Showtime, billed as a miniseries. The show earned average reviews with a 49% on Rotten tomatoesBut this is one of Bryan Cranston’s best performances. He plays the main and titular “honor”, Michael Deciato, a respected New Orleans judge who subverts the law to save his son, Adam (Hunter Doohan). The…
Nancy Downs may have mishandled her magic in The ForceBut I would probably do the same as you if I were in Nancy’s position, and I can’t listen to her. A totally underrated Halloween horror movie, The Force Follows Sarah Bailey (Robin Tunney), a California high school student with strange powers even she doesn’t understand. When she moves to a new school, Nancy befriends a trio of outcasts who all have a fascination with the occult and witchcraft. In Sarah, they see the solution to their problems and to become popular. If you imagine Heathers And Halloween Town Blended together,…
Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace is a family drama film, and questions like “Does Lucy die in this movie?” and “What happens to Edgar?” May require a deeper look at the ending. in Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of PeaceLucy (Scarlett Diamond) is a spirited and energetic five-year-old girl who has the ability to communicate with her deceased grandfather, Jackson (Shawn Stevens). Unfortunately, Lucy develops a cough and when it is discovered that she has pneumonia, she is sent to a hospital for treatment. There, she meets a convict named Edgar Ruiz (Vincent Vargas), who is nearing the…
Keeley Jones was one of the best characters Ted Lasso To one of the most forgettable in season 3 and if the rumors about season 4 are true, I will be annoyed if Keeley doesn’t get a better script in the next one. The pilot of Ted Lasso Introduced a lot of characters so quickly that I had trouble keeping their names straight, a smart move by the showrunners to make us empathize with Ted (Jason Sudeikis), who just arrived in a new country and whose head was spinning even more Like mine. One character I didn’t have trouble forgetting…
The Deadliest catch Boats are as big a symbol of the Discovery Channel reality series as the oversized Alaskan king crab and snow crab they hunt in the blistering Bering Sea. While there are several parts of Deadliest catch As moist as the Discovery reality series often are, these are real boats on the freezing and tumultuous North Atlantic Ocean, weighing up to 370 tons. The sight of one of these behemoth and industrial, yet somehow nostalgic, ships blasting through ocean spray as gulls soar overhead is a defining shot of the series. Name like Northwestern, SeabrookeAnd Wizard Are as…
White boy Rick is a 2018 crime drama that tells the true story of Richard “Ricky” Wershe Jr. and although some of the facts have been altered for dramatic effect, much of the incredible story is true to history. White boy Rick is a movie based on the incredible true story of Richard Wershe Jr., who at age 14 became the youngest FBI informant ever. His story, from helping his father run illegal gun rings to becoming one of the biggest dealers in Detroit, is almost too outrageous and too unfair to be believed. Matthew McConaughey stars in the movie…
Cruel Season 5 Part 1 ended in September 2024 and now fans are worried about when the next installment of the drama series will air. Created by Taylor Perry of the Madea movie franchise, Cruel is a spinoff of another Perry series, The oval. Cruel is a much more harrowing tale, following the cult known as the Rakudushi. At the beginning of the series, Ruth Truesdale (Melissa L. Williams), an ardent follower, kidnaps her own daughter for the Rakudushi. However, after suffering a ritual sexual assault, Ruth makes plans to leave the cult with anyone else she can convince. The…
Hospital playlist Season 3 is the long-awaited follow-up to the second season of the Korean drama from 2021. The Korean medical drama TV show, Hospital playlistPremieres in 2020 with season 2 coming a year later in 2021. The show is the second installment of the Smart life series, following Prison playbookWhich premiered in 2017 for one season. Hospital playlist Follow five doctors well into their careers, working at the Yulje Medical Center. The doctors started as friends in school, and have remained close over the years. As the name suggests, and what makes the show particularly unique, is Hospital playlists…
Panchayat Season 4 is the next chapter in the Indian comedy-drama series and there was some hopeful news this summer. One of the best original Hindi dramas on Prime Video, Panchayat Follows the life of Abhishek Tripathi (Jitendra Kumar), an engineering graduate who can only find work as a secretary in a “Panchayat” (a small town government) in Phulera, a remote village in Uttar Pradesh. Similar to show how Parks and RecreationMuch of the comedy comes from the quirks and idiosyncrasies of town life. The series first premieres in 2020, created by the Indian platform The Viral Fever, for Amazon…