Category: Upcoming Films

King Of The Dancehall

king-of-the-dancehallRelease Date:  9/11/16; Toronto International Film Festival
Genre:   Drama/Music
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  100 mins.
Director:  Nick Cannon
Cast:  Nick Cannon (Tarzan Brixton), Donovan ‘Dada’ Davidson (Colin Harper), Whoopi Goldberg (Loretta Brixton), Louis Gossett, Jr. (The Bishop), Beenie Man, Busta Rhymes (Allestar ‘All Star Toasta’).

Story:   Nick Cannon’s feature film musical centers on a young man from Brooklyn named Tarzan (Cannon) who hatches a plan centered on marijuana to pay for his mother’s medical bills.  Tarzan travels to Jamaica where he meets up with his cousin (Busta Rhymes) and falls into the Jamaican dancehall music scene.  The fast-paced soundtrack includes Beenie Man, who also narrates the film.  Dancehall is a love letter to Jamaican music complemented with amazingly choreographed dance sequences that amount to physical poetry.  Source(s):  Indiewire; IMDB.

 

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Moonlight

moonlightRelease Date:  10/21/16; In Theaters
Genre:   Drama
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  110 mins.
Director:  Barry Jenkins
Studio:   A24, Plan B Entertainment
Cast:  Trevante Rhodes (Black), Mahershala Ali (Juan), Naomie Harris (Paula), André Holland (Kevin), Janelle Monáe (Teresa).

Story:  The story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.  Source:  Big Screen.

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Message From The King

message-from-the-kingRelease Date:   2016
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  R
Running Time:  142
Director:  Fabrice Du Welz
Studio:   Entertainment One Features
Cast:  Chadwick Boseman (Jacob King), Teresa Palmer (Kelly), Luke Evans (Wentworth), Tom Felton (Frankie).
Story:  Chadwick Boseman stars as a man from South Africa who has suddenly lost all contact with his younger sister and travels to Los Angeles only to find evidence that she has gotten involved in the city’s dark underbelly. He then takes it upon himself to avenge her.  Source(s):  The Hollywood Reporter.

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A United Kingdom

a-united-kingdomRelease Date:   2016
Genre:  Drama/Biography
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  105 mins.
Director:  Amma Asante
Studio(s):   Film United, Harbinger Pictures, Pathé, Perfect Weekend, Yoruba Saxon Productions.

Cast:  David Oyelowo (Seretse Khama), Rosamund Pike (Ruth Williams Khama), Jack Lowden (Tony Benn), Terry Pheto (Naledi Khama), Vusi Kunene (Tshekedi Khama), Jack Davenport, Tom Felton (Rufus Lancaster).

Story:  Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s.  Source:  IMDB.

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Only 4 One Night

a/k/a Only For One Night

Only 4 One Night

Release Date:  October 2016; BET
Genre:  Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Chris Stokes
Studio(s):   Footage Films, Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Cast:  Brian White (William), Karrueche Tran (Chloe), Angelique Pereira (Caroline Waters), Omar Gooding

Story:  Karreuche Tran stars as Caroline, a woman who seems to have the perfect life, and a loving husband to share it with.  But when Caroline extends a helping hand to her sister in need (Angelique Pereira), she watches her life fall apart when her jealous sister drops a few pills into her husband’s drink, and sleeps with him.  After that, Caroline has to deal with a roller coaster ride full of crazy ex-side piece emotions that could possibly end with all three of them catching a case.  Source:  xonicole.com.

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Not Another Zombie Movie

a/k/a Not Another Zombie Movie….About the Living Dead

Not Another Zombie Movie

Release Date:  9/13/16; DVD (2014)
Genre:  Comedy, Horror
Rating:  NR
Running Time:  79 mins.
Director(s):  Jack Johnson, Donte Williams.
Studio(s):   Diesel World Productions, Jay Davis Films

Cast:  Black Jack Johnson, Jay Davis, Will Cummings, Harold Dennis, Brian “Da Wildcat” Smith, David Perry, and Calvin Evans.

Story:  Franklin and Mike find themselves trapped in the undead-infested Cyrene City, where they must attempt to lead a group of unconventional survivors to safety. As they join forces with the likes of a pregnant woman, a moronic arms dealer, and a mentally challenged man, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombie mayhem.  While this uprising of zombies has overwhelmed the city, Mr. Roberts, the CEO of R2 Pharmaceuticals, has sent in a team of mercenaries known as the S.I.E.G.E into Cyrene City to recover the only known antidote for his own financial gain.  Not Another Zombie Movie… About the Living Dead is a hilarious twisted tale about survival versus morality during a zombie apocalypse. Watch as these survivors discover there is no such thing as a hero when zombies are trying to eat your face off.  Source:  nazm2015, official site.

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