As of today, Juneteenth is a Federal holiday! Nia DaCosta takes a moment to talk about the holiday, and how “the duality of the Black experience in America” and how her film looks at that duality, and “the truth of that pain”.
The full press release is after the jump! Candyman hits theaters August 27th.
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Thank goodness the pendulum has swung from high ABV brews to lower ABV brews. I do love me some solid pours, but when I’m home alone? I like having the option to sip without having to crawl my way upstairs. Feel me? I know you do. And while Stonewall has been around for a minute, this 4% ABV beer is a delight, even outside of Pride Month.
First, the pour. This session IPA – a brew with an Alcohol By Volume percentage of 5 or lower – does love to give good head (HEH), but the thick foam dissipates quickly, letting you really dig the beautiful golden color of the beer itself. This beer is clear, with only a slight cloudiness and lots of incredibly tiny bubbles serving fizzy realness. There’s a fresh, clean, hoppy nose that tells you you’re gonna love sipping on this while on the porch waiting for that grill to finish its work, or just after getting home (or hey, during – I’m not the boss of you) your local Pride parade. The taste is hop-forward, but with a clean, springwater finish that had me going for sip after sip.
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Woot woot! Who doesn’t love glitter? Okay, so it gets everywhere and it has been known to be called The Herpes Of Craft Supplies. And I can’t argue with that. But for those of you who aren’t exactly in love with glitter, know that Bomb doesn’t have actual glitter in it. (Though you can buy other beers that do have it, such as DuClaw’s Unicorn Farts and Ingenious’s Black is Beautiful…or search brew glitter to buy some and add it to whatever brew you like.)
I have to come clean though; I’m not typically a sour beer fan. My stomach hates the stuff, my tastebuds scream in protest…and this from a gal who loves sour gummies. So I don’t know what it is about the vast majority of sour beer that turns my entire body into a shudder factory, but it happens. I can enjoy Iron Hill Brewery’s Cherry Blob (a Belgian Tripel made with sour cherries), and now, I can enjoy Glitter Bomb. Mostly because with Bomb, it’s not really a fruity sweet-but-sour thang that makes my taste buds go cross eyed, but is more like the sour center of those old Zotz candies. https://zotzpower.com/ (And yes, the wee 70s in kid me got very excited when I realized these candies still exist.) It’s not a harsh sour, but more like a bubbly fizz. And though smooth won’t be a word folks call the citric acid-y punch Bomb delivers, it’s much more drinkable than the sours I’ve tried in the past. As I’ve said before, I hate drinking a beer that’s so hoppy/sour/yeasty that I feel like I’ve lost a bet. I want to enjoy my pours, and Bomb is something I enjoy.
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Ready to see that kickass Harlem Cultural Festival documentary by Questlove? I’ve been stoked about this ever since he mentioned it during the Oscars… You too? Synopsis!
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was never seen and largely forgotten–until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.
Ready? Let’s go!
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Okay, this came out weeks ago… But I just saw it on YouTube, so it’s new to me. And since I adore this franchise, I’m posting it, dammit. Synopsis!
Drac and the pack are back, like you’ve never seen them before in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Reunite with your favorite monsters for an all-new adventure that presents Drac with his most terrifying task yet. When Van Helsing’s mysterious invention, the ‘Monsterfication Ray,” goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and Johnny becomes a monster! In their new mismatched bodies, Drac, stripped of his powers, and an exuberant Johnny, loving life as a monster, must team up and race across the globe to find a cure before it’s too late, and before they drive each other crazy. With help from Mavis and the hilariously human Drac Pack, the heat is on to find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.
Fingers crossed we’ll see more Winnie, my absolute favorite werewolf! Hotel Transylvania: Transformania hits theaters July 23rd, 2021.
Not ready to hit the theaters yet? Honey, I feel you. Or, did you catch Spiral in theaters and want to watch it again at home? I got all y’all. Because I’ve got passes for the Premium Video On Demand (PVOD) of Spiral! In case there are any folks out there that missed the marketing explosion? Synopsis!
A criminal mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice in Spiral, the terrifying new chapter from the book of Saw. Working in the shadow of his father, an esteemed police veteran (Samuel L. Jackson), brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks (Chris Rock) and his rookie partner (Max Minghella) take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.
Ready? Let’s go!
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“You ripped my shiiirt! You ripped my shiiirt!”
Genre: Wild-ass Lovecraft-Meets-Jason Voorhees Cult Craziness With A Revenge Twist (got all that?)
Year Released: 2018
Pedigree: Horrorhound Elijah Wood is a producer
Where I Watched: Shudder
Synopsis: Red and Mandy live in the absolute boonies, in a gorgeously haphazard cabin. But when a crazy hippie cult leader decides Mandy is gonna be his new wife? Red has to saddle the hell up. Have I mentioned the batshit crazy LSD leather boys? Because there are batshit crazy LSD leather boys.
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Seen the trailer for the upcoming Amazon scifi film The Tomorrow War? Intrigued? Me too! And I’ve got passes to see it early, because I care y’all. Synopsis!
In The Tomorrow War, the world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the future and join the fight. Among those recruited is high school teacher and family man Dan Forester (Chris Pratt). Determined to save the world for his young daughter, Dan teams up with a brilliant scientist (Yvonne Strahovski) and his estranged father (J.K. Simmons) in a desperate quest to rewrite the fate of the planet.
Ready? Let’s go!
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Man, I remember being a kid. Loving the beach, really wanting to be a grownup… But in M. Night Shyamalan’s newest joint, running through your years (all of them) in a single day? No thank you. Synopsis!
Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day.
There’s some seriously crazy stuff going on in this trailer, and I’m hoping Shyamalan has shaken the dust off his terrible Glass trilogy ender and crafted a winner. Fingers crossed.
Old hits theaters July 23rd, 2021.
“Throughout the years we have never interfered. Until now.”
I’ve been looking forward to this film ever since they announced it. Why? Because I don’t know anything about these characters, but they sound intriguing AF. Plus, Gemma Chan is freaking awesome. Synopsis!
The saga of the Eternals, a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
Eternals hits theaters sometime in November, 2021.
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