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One Night in Miami is a Powerful Debut by Regina King

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Regina King has been in a lot of movies and TV shows over the years. If anything it’s almost surprising it took her this long to move to directing. But after One Night in Miami it’s clear Regina King can excel at anything. One Night in Miami is a powerful film about one night with Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown. Taking place just before and immediately after Clay’s fight with Sonny Liston it sees the four men, all friends (mostly), come to terms with what it means to be black in a society that wants to mold them in its own image.

The four characters create a kind of spectrum of beliefs with Malcolm X on one end and Sam Cooke on the other. It’s the kind of filmmaking Spike Lee used to make in his prime. This could have easily been a bomb. When your main characters are all already larger than life figures it would be simple to let them devolve into caricature. But that never happens. There are moments when you honestly believe you’re watching these legends on-screen.

More to the point they all feel like real people that have lived real lives. Denzel Washington did an amazing job of portraying Malcolm X in Spike Lee’s film over 30  years ago but it always felt like Denzel on the screen. Kingsley Ben-Adir puts so much heart and soul into his version of Malcolm X, from his walk to the way he talks, that you can see the weight of the world on his shoulders. The same can be said for all the characters really, though they should it differently.

This film goes a long way in making legends feel human. That’s important when dealing with big issues like race and society. In the age of streaming, very few films are worth watching multiple times. One Night in Miami will stand the test of time as a classic.

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The Les Files With John C McGinley

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In the studio today, Les gets to talk to legendary actor John C. McGinley who’s been a force on the stage and the screen. Hollywood has him on speed dial to play certain iconic roles that move the story such as Tom Card in Burn Notice, Brian Kelton on Chicago PD. Now the showrunners of the beloved cop sitcom Brooklyn 99 have brought him in to play Head to the Patrolman’s Union and lover of all things Billy Joel, Frank O’Sullivan. This new character is the antagonist for the final season of Brooklyn 99 and he’s a cross between Archie Bunker and Yosemite Sam.

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Transformers Rise Of The Beast will definitely be a movie I’m going to watch repeatedly.

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This was an epic movie overall. What else can I say without giving spoilers? Not a lot else, unfortunately, but I will try. So the start was interesting as it takes place in 1994, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts takes the audience on a globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduces a whole new faction of Transformers – the Maximals –  to join them as allies in the existing battle for Earth. There are quite a few hidden gems to look for. The humor in this one was excellent definitely the 90s were everywhere in this movie.


The action was awesome as a Transformers movie should be and it does have a decent storyline. The film also has Great references to the older Transformer properties as well. As a major fan of the beast war series, it was awesome to see that version of the universe brought to the big screen. However, there were some moments of eh, been done many times. But just a couple despite being another Transformers movie. but this one did give more life to the series for me to be intrigued to see where it goes. The movie is a good 2 hours long so it goes at a good pace.


But with that being the only bad thing, in my opinion, it is a great theater movie. I think it added some freshness to the franchise. That with a nice blend of the 90s nostalgia. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. This is Chris, an honest review writer until the next movie, see you next time.

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Justice League: Warworld Official Trailer

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Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.

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