Premiering today on Netflix is the third season of COBRA KAI, the hit show that started on YouTube Red for the first two seasons but is now accessible on the streaming giant. The series follows former “Karate Kid” bully Johnny… Read More ›
Netflix Picks
AAFCA Roundtable and chat with George C. Wolfe, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts of MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
This next roundtable was an absolute pleasure to join. I literally stumbled over my words having the opportunity to speak with such magnificent creatives as director George C. Wolfe and actors Michael Potts, Colman Domingo, and the iconic Glynn Turman… Read More ›
MMT Quick Review of MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
“The more music you have in the world, the fuller it is.” Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” From it’s opening scene with everyday people hurrying towards a tent filled with an audience enjoying the pulsating movements… Read More ›
MMT Minute Thoughts on THE PROM
I am a sucker for musical, underdog, fighting the good fight, and living your authentic life stories. And THE PROM, now streaming on Netflix, is all that and more. Here’s the synopsis: Dee Dee Allen (three-time Academy Award winner Meryl… Read More ›
MMT Quick Review of SELENA: THE SERIES
I was so excited when I found SELENA: THE SERIES in my Netflix preview content, as I am a big fan of the 1997 biographical music drama starring Jennifer Lopez – whose portrayal of the slain musician is, in my… Read More ›
MMT Minute Thoughts on THE LIFE AHEAD
Film icon Sophia Loren makes a return in the new Netflix drama THE LIFE AHEAD, which premiered Friday on Netflix and is co-written and directed by her son Edoardo Ponti. A beautiful portrayal of non-familial connection, the film tells the… Read More ›
MMT Quick Review of TRIAL 4
TRIAL 4, the latest Netflix documentary premiering on November 11, depicts the (too familiar) journey of a man wrongfully incarcerated and caught up in an inherently corrupt system – this time for a 22-year period in the state of Massachusetts…. Read More ›
AAFCA Roundtable Series: a chat with CENTRAL PARK and HAMILTON stars Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom Jr.
A couple of weeks back the AAFCA family had a chance to chat with two phenomenal talents – Tony and Grammy award-winner Leslie Odom, Jr. (Harriet, Murder on the Orient Expess) and Tony, Grammy and Lucille Lortell award-winner Daveed Diggs… Read More ›
AAFACA Roundtable Series: a chat with GREENLEAF’S Lynn Whitfield and Keith David
Everything has an expiration date. A line from the final scene in last year’s season four finale of the hit TV show GREENLEAF. The line is spoken to Grace Greenleaf (Merle Dandridge), a character we’ve watched go from the prodigal… Read More ›
MMT Review of DA 5 BLOODS
“We Bloods won’t let nobody use our rage against us. We control our rage.” Norman, DA 5 BLOODS I was 15-years-old when director Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” came out in the summer of ’89. It was the first… Read More ›
