Four African-American Vets battle the forces of man and nature when they return to Vietnam seeking the remains of their fallen Squad Leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.
From Academy Award® Winner Spike Lee comes a New Joint: the story of four African American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) — who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen Squad Leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, our heroes, joined by Paul’s concerned son (Jonathan Majors), battle forces of Man and Nature — while confronted by the lasting ravages of The Immorality of The Vietnam War.
Laura Harrier and Jeremy Pope star in Netflix’s “Hollywood.” Jeremy Pope is an American actor. In 2019, he became the sixth actor in Tony Award history to be nominated in two categories during the same year, garnering a Best Actor in a Play nomination for Choir Boy and a Best Featured Actor in a Musical nomination for Ain’t Too Proud. In 2019, he landed the lead role in Ryan Murphy‘s new Netflix series Hollywood. Laura Ruth Harrier is an American actress and former model. In 2017, Harrier had her major film debut and breakthrough playing Peter Parker‘s love interest Liz in Spider-Man: Homecoming. Harrier co-starred as a civil rights activist in the thriller film BlacKkKlansman (2018) opposite John David Washington, Adam Driver, and Topher Grace.
Members of the African American Film Critics Association speak with writer, director, and producer Janet Mock about her new series “Hollywood” on Netflix.As a member of the AAFCA, this was a thrilling interview with Janet Mock.
A brilliant film that delves into the life of a man who brought music into the lives of people who were caught up in the most intolerable time in history. Set in London during World War II not everyone was afraid to help those who found themselves in danger of being persecuted. Not like most views of the Nazi scourge, this one turns the camera on a Jewish prodigy that was born to bring a message of hope and remembrance to his disrupted world.
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Not what I expected from the trailer, but the movie Underwater entertains. The cast does a very good job of delivering the excitement, the direction is right on the mark, but the story is somewhat worn-out from movies like Alien, Deepwater Horizon, The Poseidon Adventure, most of the shark attack films, San Andreas and especially The Meg to offer a few. However, that said the film is rated PG-13 and not a lot of the teens have seen the older disaster genre films. If you are into a lot of excitement that will have you gasping for air, then Underwater should do the trick. Read more…
