reviews
The New 'Candyman' Misses the Point
Directed by Nia DaCosta
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2021
It's impossible not to compare Candyman to its source material — Bernard Rose's 1992 film of the same name — especially since it's a sequel...
Westside Gunn's Curation Remains Impeccable on 'Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf'
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2021
One thing stays clear no matter what Westside Gunn touches: his curation skills are impeccable. Griselda's multi-year run looks anything bu...
'Mr. SOUL!' Shows How the Struggles of the 1960s Still Persist Today
Directed by Melissa Haizlip
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2021
"Today, whites have every hour on television. The Blacks have none." The opening words of Melissa Haizlip's Mr. SOUL! are as apt as they a...
Kanye West's Bloated 'Donda' Has Glimpses of Classic Yeezy
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2021
Forty days and nights — seriously — after first announcing his 10th studio album via a Beats by Dre commercial starring track and field spr...
Halsey's 'If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power' Lacks the Latter
PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2021
Alt-popster Halsey has sanded some shine off their sound to create a gritty pop-punk album that puffs out its chest but does little else. T...
Jason Sharp Puts His Heart — Literally — into 'The Turning Centre of a Still World'
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2021
Over his first couple of releases for Constellation Records, the sound of Jason Sharp was largely one of transmutation. Via sample and synt...
Survival Thriller 'Till Death' Shows Off Megan Fox's Comedic Side
Directed by S.K. Dale
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2021
The Megan Fox-starring survival thriller Till Death starts off with the kind of campy melodrama that makes one wonder whether they will be...
'The Protégé' Has Much to Learn
Directed by Martin Campbell
PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2021
The Protégé could have worked: the Martin Campbell-directed (Casino Royale, Goldeneye) film has got the trappings of a modern, trenchant ac...