Category: Upcoming Films

She Sexy


Release Date:  8/24/21; DVD
Genre:  Drama
Rating:  NR
Director:  Joseph A. Elmore, Jr.
Studio(s):  ElmoreVision Entertainment, Maverick Entertainment Group
Running Time:  100 mins.
Cast:  Merlisa Determined, Yohance Myles, Latoya Ward, Breanna Morgan

Story:  An actress agrees to become a writer’s muse, in order to help him finish his latest romance novel.

A successful romance novelist loses sight on what is real and what is fantasy, when he falls in love with a character inside of the story that he is currently writing.  Sources:  Maverickentertainment.com; IMDB.

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Blood Conscious

Release Date:  8/20/21; Digital, VOD, Select Theaters
Genre:  Horror/Thriller
Rating:  NR
Director:  Timothy Covell
Studio(s):  Ben Cove Entertainment, Old Bear Film, Dark Sky Films
Running Time:  81 mins.

Cast:  Oghenero Gbaje as Kevin; DeShawn White as Brittney; Lenny Thomas as Tony; L Hammel as Margie; Nick Damici as The Stranger; Jacklyn Collier as Red-haired Woman; Annette Adams-Brown as Mom; Jean-Remy Monnay as Dad.

Story:  Kevin, his older sister, Brittney, and her fiancé, Tony, set off to their parents’ lakeside cottage expecting a leisurely weekend getaway, but little did they expect the horror that awaits them. Their holiday turns into a trip from hell as they enter a scene of mass murder, where their parents and neighbors this side of the lake all lie dead.  Terror strikes when the armed murderer confronts them, alleging to be fighting demonic forces that had possessed them all. They pin him down and lock him up in the cellar, but soon he claims to not to be alone down there. As unexpected and traumatic events keep unfolding, they will have to find a way to survive the night without turning on each other, or becoming possessed.  Source:  Frightnerd.com.

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King Richard

Release Date:  11/19/21; In Theaters & HBO Max
Genre:  Drama/Biography
Rating:  Unknown
Director:  Reinaldo Marcus Green
Studio(s):  Overbrook Entertainment, Star Thrower Entertainment, Warner Bros., Westbrook Studios.

Cast:  Will Smith as Richard Williams; Demi Singleton as Serena Williams; Saniyya Sidney as Venus Williams; Aunjanue Ellis as Brandi Williams; Jon Bernthal as Rick Macci; Tony Goldwyn as Paul Cohen; Susie Abromeit as Robin Finn; Dylan McDermott.

Story:  Biopic about Richard Williams, the father and early coach of tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams.  King Richard details the sisters’ journey from Compton to global recognition, looking at the man who raised and trained them and shaped them into two of the best tennis players in the world.  The movie’s official description calls Richard “an undeterred father [with a] relentless drive and unapologetic vision to change the game” who is “instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.”  Source:  Nypost.com.

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Vacation Friends

Release Date:  8/27/21; Hulu
Genre:  Comedy
Rating:  R
Director:  Clay Tarver
Studio(s):  20th Century Studios, Broken Road Productions, Disney, Hulu
Running Time:  90 mins.

Cast:  Milton “Lil Rel” Howery, Jr., Yvonne Orji, John Cena, Meredith Hagner, Robert Wisdom, Lynn Whitfield, Andrew Bachelor, Anna Maria Horsford.

Story:  In this raw and raunchy comedy, straight-laced Marcus and Emily are befriended by wild, thrill-seeking partiers Ron and Kyla at a resort in Mexico. Living in the moment, the usually level-headed couple lets loose to enjoy a week of uninhibited fun and debauchery with their new “vacation friends.”  Months after their walk on the wild side, Marcus and Emily are horrified when Ron and Kyla show up uninvited to their wedding, creating chaos and proving that what happens on vacation doesn’t necessarily stay on vacation.  Sources:  20th Century Studios.

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Horror Noire

Release Date:   10/14/21; Shudder
Genre:  Horror
Rating:  Unknown
Writer(s):  Steven Barnes, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Shernold Edwards, Victor LaVelle, Al Letson.
Studio(s):  ID8 Multimedia, Swirl Films, Shudder
Running Time:  120 mins.

Cast:  Tony Todd, Brandon Mychal Smith, Peter Stormare, Sean Patrick Thomas, Malcolm Barrett, Lavell Crawford, Rachel True, Tone Bell, Nathaniel Logan McIntyre, Lenora Crichlow.

Details:  The series is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2019 documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. It will feature six stories from both emerging and acclaimed creators, showcasing stories of Black horror from Black directors and screenwriters.  The anthology will feature six stories – “Daddy,” “Bride Before You,” “Brand of Evil,” “The Lake,” “Sundown” and “Fugue State” — presented together as a two-hour film.  Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, author of Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present, is consulting on the anthology.  Sources:  slashfilm.com; horrorfuel.com.

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The Harder They Fall


Release Date:  11/3/21; Netflix
Genre:  Drama/Western
Rating:  NR
Director:  Jeymes Samuel
Studio(s):  Netflix, Overbrook Entertainment

 

Cast:   Jonathan Majors as Nat Love; Idris Elba as Rufus Buck; Zazie Beetz as Stagecoach Mary; Lakeith Stanfield as Cherokee Bill; Delroy Lindo as Bass Reeves; Regina King as Trudy Smith; Danielle Deadwyler as Cuffee; Edi Gathegi as Bill Pickett; RJ Cyler as Jim Beckwourth; Deon Cole as Wiley Escoe.

 

 

 

 

Story:  Executive produced by Jay Z, The Harder They Fall begins when outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba) is being released from prison. He rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek revenge. Those riding with him include his former love Stagecoach Mary (Zazie Beetz), his right-and-left hand men – hot-tempered Bill Pickett (Edi Gathegi), fast drawing Jim Beckwourth (R.J. Cyler) and a surprising adversary-turned-ally. Rufus Buck has his own fearsome crew, including “Treacherous” Trudy Smith (Regina King) and Cherokee Bill (LaKeith Stanfield), and they are not a group that knows how to lose.  Sources:  movieweb. IMDB.

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