Tag Archives: Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) Review

ORPHAN. OUTSIDER. KING.   In 2019, Walt Disney Studios released The Lion King, a photorealistic animated remake of their beloved 1994 classic. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film featured an all-star voice cast, including Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones. It retold the iconic story of Simba, a young lion forced to

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Chevalier (2023) Review

CLASSICALLY BOLD   Over the years, the dramatic efforts of biopic endeavors have been something of a cinematic fascination with Hollywood, finding filmmaking talents both in front and behind the camera flocking to be a part of these theatrical motion pictures. While the idea of creating a biographical feature film about someone and / or some event isn’t anything new,

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Cyrano (2022) Review (650th Review)

AND I LOVED MY PRIDE!   Director Joe Wright has always gravitated towards doing historical period pieces for his film projects, letting the setting and era speak for itself within the cinematic backdrop and finding a complimenting rhythm in the period piece. Whether guided towards historical events or just the thrill of doing a costumed drama, Wright has brought several

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The Hight Note (2020) Review

A PREDICTABLE YET “COMFORT FOOD” DRAMEDY   The music industry is a tough business….to say the least. The “rise to stardom” has always been a coveted event for many aspiring talents from on-stage musician / singers to “behind the scenes” music producers. Unfortunately, the road to fame and glory has always been riddled with setbacks and challenges, which can come

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It Comes at Night (2017) Review

A MISLABLED AND POSSIBLY FRUSTRATING SUSPENSE HORROR   While Hollywood Studios such as Warner. Bros, Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Universal, usually churn out big-budgeted and / or big named feature films every year, A24, a smaller film production company, has been flying underneath the radar for several years, producing some hidden films. Originally named A24 (before becoming just A24),

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