American Violet,” is a raw and honest movie based in part on the true story of how a wide swath of the Black community in Tulia, Texas was arrested one day in a massive drug raid in 1999. Read more>>

I suppose it’s fair to say that cynics need superheroes too. Read more>>

All signs point to the fact that we are not supposed to take the new film, “Death Race,” too seriously. But with video game-like violence, it does tell a story about the dangers of the prison-industrial complex. Read more>>

The new independent film, “The Visitor,” explores in a sobering manner the plight of Black and Arab immigrants—as well as that of dazed Americans—in the United States during the post 9/11 era. Read more>>

If you remain an Al Pacino fan despite his many film bombs, even you may find yourself shaking your head in confusion during moments of his new release, “88 Minutes.” Read more

As long as there is a contentious relationship between Black communities and the police, perhaps there is reason to consider another shoot-em-up police drama like “Street Kings,” which lurks in that underworld of rogue cops, criminals and corruption. Read more>>

It is difficult to pick what is worse about the new action film �10,000 B.C.� Is it the White folks in bad �dreadlock� wigs? Is it the creation of a new Tarzan who tames African tribes? Is it the warping of Egyptian history to include a non-existent White king 10,000 years before the birth of Christ? Or is it the fact that this is another epic about rescuing a valued White woman? Read more>>

�Be Kind Rewind,� the new movie starring Mos Def, Danny Glover and Jack Black, revels in its silliness. Surely, no other flick has gathered in one production, such varied film classics as �Ghost Busters,� �Rush Hour� and �Driving Miss Daisy.� Read more>>

If �Jumper� is intended as the first in a possible series, it will have to offer more heart to go with its flash and poof. Read more>>

Take four comedians with onscreen chemistry, add a spoof of the vacuous soul of celebrity and sprinkle in a dysfunctional family reunion and you have the amusing elements of �Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins,� one of the better recent efforts from the funny wing of Black Hollywood. Read more>>