Columbia filmmaker David Axe's latest movie "House Monster" finds even more to be scared about amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is directed by Shaka King and produced by Ryan Coogler, the director of “Black Panther” — fitting, as the film depicts the dismantling of the Illinois Black Panth…
The annual Best Of issue features businesses that were nominated and then voted on by Free Times’ audience.
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is directed by Shaka King and produced by Ryan Coogler, the director of “Black Panther” — fitting, as the film d…
There is something about August Wilson's words that brings the best out in Viola Davis. The playwright's “Fences” got Davis an Oscar and cemen…
There are a handful of comedians with a legendary status, but I don't want to hear from any of them the way I want to hear Dave Chappelle.
There are many philosophies that consider art more important to experience than understand.
”There is no courage without fear.” — Zhou (Tzi Ma)
My childhood heroes growing up included Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, and even T'Challa from the Black Panther comic book. …
”Forgive me for being crude, but you’re not crazy, you know.” — Richard Turner (Ben Lee)
"Stories have to come from somewhere." — Alice (Gemma Arterton)
Fun fact about Charlize Theron: She’s technically African-American.
“There will be less bread tomorrow.” — Mayor (Mike Amason)
"I just wish I could turn around and go back." — Edna (Robyn Nevin)
"If you have money, why would you ever live in Staten Island?" — Scott Carlin (Pete Davidson)
The country is facing racial tension, streets have burned and people are yelling that Black Lives Matter. This seems like perfect timing for a…
Full disclosure: I didn’t want to watch Just Mercy last week.
This week in my attempt to find a movie to get me through a pandemic, I checked out The High Note. The film follows a 40-something black pop s…
This has been an amazing year for Issa Rae. Not only is her HBO show, the insanely good Insecure, thriving in its fourth season, she’s also hi…
“You know, this is what happens when people spend too much time in Florida.” — Johnny (Matt Dillon)
Since we're all stuck in our homes and can't go to weddings, the next best thing is to watch a rom-com one on Netflix and remember a time when…
"This is supposed to scare other people, not us." — Alexis (Alexandra Daddario)
You might expect a drama revolving around abortion to be emotionally charged and veer into melodrama. But writer/director Eliza Hittman avoids current sociopolitical histrionics.
It’s a challenge at this point to make an 18th century period movie that's captivating.
There's a term in the black community called “passing,” used when a light-skinned black person is so racially ambiguous they could possibly be…
“Most people know where they are.”
In The Way Back, Ben Affleck plays a former high school basketball phenom turned alcoholic coach for that same high school, leading the way th…
How much is history reshaped by those who simply live long enough to tell the tale? Once most of the main players involved in a true-life stor…
“He said that wherever I went, he would find me, walk right up to me, and I wouldn’t be able to see him.” — Cecelia Kass (Elisabeth Moss)
"I never saw him believe in anything as much as he believes in you." — Françoise (Cara Gee)
"Regret is a disease." — Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña)
If I could, I would write the same review for Birds of Prey that the fictional album Shark Sandwich received in This Is Spinal Tap: “S#!t sand…
But the kitten that stumbles over her piano in the opening scene is real cute
Before he took on blockbuster studio properties such as the Sherlock Holmes series starring Robert Downey, Jr., Guy Ritchie won a reputation f…
If you want to feel old, just think about the fact that Will Smith's television debut in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air happened 31 years ago and…
"Your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning's attack. If you fail, it will be a massacre." — General Erinmore (Colin Firth)
"I think something followed me home." — Detective Muldoon (Andrea Riseborough)
The secret is in the small moments.
For those who have forgotten or aren't old enough to have known, Richard Jewell was a security guard at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in 1…
“You knew. Still, you did nothing.” — Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo)
How did it take so long to get a Martin Scorsese collaboration with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro? Did we somehow offend the movie gods?
"I suspect foul play. I have eliminated no suspects." — Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)
"Anything that is mentionable is manageable." — Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks)
I have a few bones to pick with Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. secretary of the treasury. I'll spare the laundry list and just focus on the missed o…
If you’re not first, you’re last.
When Disney spent more than $4 billion to acquire Lucasfilm — and thus, the rights to the Star Wars franchise — in 2012, you knew the media gi…
"The world's a hungry place, a dark place. I've only met two or three people like us. They died." — Danny Torrance (Ewan McGregor)
"You may have changed the future, but you didn't change our fate." — Grace (Mackenzie Davis)
One sign that I’m getting older is how often I try to explain the greatest of heroes from yesteryear.
It’s been 10 years since director Ruben Fleischer’s tour of Zombieland, and little has changed in this sequel. Zombie killers Tallahassee (Woo…
Gemini Man has kicked around for a couple of decades, with people like Nic Cage attached, but producers always backed off because the software…
When, as a kid, I read Batman comics or saw the 1960s TV series, my child's mind didn't question anything. Batman was good and his arch-nemesi…