Writer

Posts tagged Oscar
The Way It Is
The Way It Is

Netflix’s Two Distant Strangers has been plugged as the Groundhog Day for black Americans, but does not allow for the rich possibility that the time loop genre usually affords.

Read More
Rotten TomatoesAde AdenijiTwo Distant Strangers, Netflix, Travon Free, police brutality, racism, NYPD, New York, Los Angeles, Oscar, best short film, Black Lives Matter, Rotten Tomatoes, 2Pac, Changes, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, The Way It Is, Ade Adeniji, Martin Desmond Roe, Jesse Williams, Sean Combs, Jordan Peele, Get Out, New York City, systemic racism Comment
Mining Tension
Mining Tension

The Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems might be Adam Sandler’s finest performance. The anxiety-inducing ride about a New York jeweler mines tension for all its worth. But does it go overboard?

Read More
Ade Adenijiblack opal, Uncut Gems, Ade Adeniji, Ethiopia, Kevin Garnett, Adam Sandler, Oscar, Golden Globes, New York, New York City, Jewish, The Weeknd, Boston Celtics, Diamond District, Manhattan, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Safdie brothers, Idina Menzel, LaKeith Stanfield, NBA, David SternComment