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BC Roadz Releases “D.D.”
Another new release from local rapper BC Roadz is here, and it’s more of the same super wacky stuff that was present on his EP A.D. which he released last year.
Emergency, A Love Song, La Guerra Civil, Fire of Love
Emergency **1/2
Director Carey Williams and screenwriter KD Avila can be forgiven that there’s really no road map for what they’re attempting here: a “one crazy night” youth comedy á la Superbad, spiked with the knowledge that one crazy night can get people of color killed in America. On the verge of graduating from college, two Black best friends—high-achiever Kunle (Donald Elise Watkins) and party guy Sean (RJ Cyler)—and their nerdy roommate Carlos (Sebastian Chacon) find their planned night of revelry hijacked by the discovery of passed-out white girl Emma (Maddie Nichols) on their living room floor, and the realization that calling 911 might lead to assumptions about their complicity.
By Scott Renshaw and Victor Morton
Jan 21, 2022 8:02 am
The King's Daughter, Redeeming Love, The Pink Cloud, Hive
Hive ***
A fact-based drama with all the potential for being a formulaic female-empowerment tale instead takes on a melancholy tone built on the anguish of uncertainty.
Sundance Film Festival director says virtual screenings are here to stay.
In the future, when the Coronavirus pandemic is behind us, will the Sundance Film Festival continue to offer virtual options for those unable to make the annual trek to Park City?
“Yes,” festival director Tabitha Jackson said Thursday. “Once we discovered how to do that and that we could do that, I personally don’t want to go back on that.”
The 355, A Hero, Drive My Car, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy and more
The 355 **1/2
The title—a reference to a never-identified Revolutionary War-era female spy—may be meant to honor all the women in the history of espionage, but the movie itself feels more like a tribute to the power of the MacGuffin. When a powerful cyber-“master key” with the ability to get into any computer system goes missing, a multi-national group of veteran covert operatives—CIA agent Mace (Jessica Chastain), MI6 tech whiz Khadijah (Lupita Nyong’o), German agent Marie (Diane Kruger) and more—join forces along with a reluctantly-participating Colombian government psychologist (Penélope Cruz) to help save the world.
