Category: Upcoming Films

Murder Gardens

Release Date:   11/19/19; DVD (Original Release – 2018)
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Mark A. Samuels
Studio(s):   MBS Media Group, Maverick Entertainment
Running Time:  100 mins. (DVD)
Cast:  Giovanni Hogu, Thomas Rusley, Kennedi Jones.

Story:  Murder Gardens is the story of Chase Washington, a 19-year-old young man whose world has been turned upside down after he leaves a comfortable home provided by his foster father for a life of crime and corruption that he’s introduced to by his older brother Rell Washington.  Chase ends up in the middle of a war between a notorious crew of drug dealers, corrupt politicians and local law enforcement. Determined to survive and prove that the brain is mightier than the gun, Chase finds a way to outsmart his new found enemies and keep him and his brother Rell out of prison and a graveyard.  Source:  Maverick Entertainment.

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Waves

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Release Date:   2/4/2020; DVD/Blu-Ray (Original Release Date 11/15/19)
Genre:   Drama/Romance
Rating:  R
Director:   Trey Edward Shults
Studio(s):   A24
Running Time:  135 mins.

Cast:  Kelvin Harrison, Jr. (Tyler), Taylor Russell (Emily), Lucas Hedges (Luke), Alexa Demie (Alexis), Neal Huff (Bill), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Bobby), with Renée Elise Goldsberry (Catharine), and Sterling K. Brown (Ronald).

Story:   Waves traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family, led by a well-intentioned but domineering father, as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss.  Waves is a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in the darkest of times.  Source:  Movieweb.

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Dear Frank

Release Date:  11/10/19; In Theaters
Genre:  Drama/Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Luis F. Montalvo
Studio(s):  Muddy Water Pictures, Webber Films.
Running Time:  93 mins.

Cast:  Brian White (Frank), Claudia Jordan (Beth), Columbus Short (George), Kearia Schroeder (Carrie), Nicholas Turturro (Father Quinn), Torrei Hart (Keke), Lil Durk (T-Mac).

Story:  Brian White plays a successful business man named Frank who has been happily married for 20 years to Beth (Claudia Jordan).  At their anniversary party, Beth appears to fall ill and faints.  Ultimately, Beth passes away after being poisoned at the party.  Frank is now left to grieve the love of his life.  He ends up finding Beth’s diary and decides to read it.  In it, he finds details of her secret infidelities and transgressions, including a list of her secret lovers.  Fueled by rage and heartbreak, Frank goes on the hunt for answers but that eventually turns fatal.  Source:  teaintheshade.com.

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American Son

Release Date:  11/1/19; Netflix
Genre:   Drama
Rating:   NR
Director:   Kenny Leon
Studio(s):   Netflix, Simpson Street
Running Time:  90 mins.

Cast:   Kerry Washington (Kendra), Jeremy Jordan (Larkin), Steven Pasquale (Scott Connor), Eugene Lee (Lt. John Stokes).

Story:   Heart-wrenching story about a mother, Kendra Ellis-Connor (Kerry Washington), who’s on a mission to find her missing son. Desperate for answers, she tries to figure out what happened at a South Florida police station.

It soon becomes clear that she and her estranged ex-husband (Steven Pasquale) are alone in wanting to solve the mystery as law enforcement undermine their panic with attitudes laced with bias and discrimination. Packed with emotion, the story – based on the Broadway play by Christopher Demos-Brown – depicts the plights of black Americans, raising an interracial son, and finding a point of convergence somewhere beyond racial barriers.  Source:  Pop Sugar.

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The Workout Room

Release Date:  10/8/19 (Original Release – 2018)
Genre:  Comedy
Rating:  NR
Director:  Kena Monique
Studio(s):  Pigrat Productions, Stick Chick Films, Maverick Entertainment
Running Time:  81 mins.

Cast:  Joe Torry (Teejay), Tammy Townsend (Xena), Jay “Lil JJ” Lewis (Juice), Calida Jones (Anita), Torrei Hart (Kiki).

Story:  The Workout Room is a dramatic comedy about Teejay, an up and coming comedian who is given the chance of a lifetime at the cost of missing his daughter’s wedding. Xena, an educated, tell it like it is comedy promoter turned club owner is a one woman wrecking crew keeping everyone in line with her boisterous presence and edgy tongue. The Workout Room is a funny, plot driven film featuring real life stand-up comedians.  Source:  Maverick Entertainment.

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Miss Virginia

Release Date:  10/18/19; In Theaters & VOD
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  R.J. Daniel Hanna
Studio(s):   Moving Picture Institute, Vertical Entertainment.
Running Time:  102 mins.

Cast:  Uzo Aduba (Virginia Walden), Vanessa Williams (Sally Ray), Aunjanue Ellis (Congresswoman Lorraine Townsend), Amirah Vann (Shondae Smith), Adina Porter (Annette Johnson), Niles Fitch (James), Nadji Jeter (Bonz), Matthew Modine (Congressman Clifford William).

Story:   Based on a true story, Miss Virginia stars Uzo Aduba as a struggling single mother who is losing her fifteen-year-old son to the rough streets of Washington, DC. Unwilling to see him drop out and deal drugs, she places him in a private school. But when she can’t afford the tuition, she launches a movement to change the system that is destroying him and thousands like him. Attacked and threatened by those who don’t want change—from corrupt politicians to the local drug lord—Virginia must discover depths of strength she never knew she had.  Source:  Official site, missvirginiamovie.com.

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