The Woman King | Dir: Gina Prince-Bythewood | ★ ★ ★ ★ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s first film Love and Basketball (2000) was based on her experiences growing up and gave a generation of Black women a chance to see themselves as the lead of a romantic comedy. The Secret Life of Bees (2008) saw the main character […]
Paramount+ has released an all-new drama series that delves into the private lives of three extraordinary First Ladies of the United States. The First Lady stars Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt in the anthology series. The series explores the lives of the women whose […]
Gillian Anderson picked up the Golden Globe today for portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Crown, and it looks like she’s set to play another famous woman in the near future. The Hollywood Reporter has shared that Anderson is set to appear in a new anthology series that highlights the wives of American presidents. The X Files star will portray […]
Viola Davis is among the Best Actress nominations for this year’s Golden Globe awards for her portrayal of jazz legend Ma Rainey, while James Cordon has scored a nomination for his contentious role in The Prom. David Fincher’s film Mank topped the list with six nominations, while streaming service Netflix also had many programs among the nominees. Australian […]
An award-winning Broadway show is coming to Netflix with a stellar cast and a slice of history. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on the play of the same name by August Wilson, stars Viola Davis as the titular character. Ma Rainey was a pioneer in the world of blues, and for Black women in the […]
Widows | In Cinemas Now |MA15+| ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Before she became world famous for writing the long running TV series Prime Suspect, British crime author Lynda La Plante got her big break with the TV miniseries Widows. The incredibly memorable series premiered in 1983 and also had two sequels in 1985 and 1995. When a crime matriarch’s […]
Suicide Squad | Dir: David Ayer | Rated: M | In Cinemas Now | ★★★ Sometimes it takes more than a super hero to save the day, sometimes it takes a super villain. Or in this case a squad of the most deranged and dangerous bad guys from the DC Comics universe. The premise is simple enough, […]
