Movies

Poor storytelling leaves viewers unable to digest what’s going on

A high-octane action flick leaves us convinced: A new action queen has been crowned

Aided by Maya Angelou’s ‘Phenomenal Woman,’ a mother prods her daughter toward something better

Spike Lee’s latest is a sprawling, ambitious, vital and fiery entry into the Vietnam War film canon

How martial arts flows throughout the work of the influential hip-hop group

Kung fu’s urban black audience was acknowledged by the casting of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Lee’s ‘Game of Death’

Curiously, Tracee Ellis Ross plays second fiddle in a movie about an aging pop diva

Before the Patriot Act, before Edward Snowden, this Will Smith movie was asking important questions

One is a descendant of the Black Love Brat Pack. The other comes from an indie aesthetic.

Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield star in a romance that doesn’t give them enough to think, say, or do