Black Bee Buzz

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Oct 7, 2022 4.75/5 “Werewolf by Night” is a streamlined mercy in contemporary cinema. A true ensemble horror-adventure that’s as good the third time as it is the first. Go to Full Review Werewolf by Night (2022) 90% 89%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Aug 13, 2022 3/5 Solid performances, scenes that spotlight relationship dynamics and Black-advancement ideologies are the reasons to flip this indie gem on tonight. Go to Full Review Bid for Love (2022) - - - -

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Aug 12, 2022 3.75/5 This film does an exceptional job not only illuminating Gabby Giffords’ “relentless positivity” and work post-injury but also showing that the controversial conversation of quote/unquote gun control ... is a bipartisan conversation on public safety.... Go to Full Review Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down (2022) 100% 96%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Oct 22, 2021 3/5 The sharp modernization of the previous, incredibly theatrical version is accomplished by making it visually and tonally cinematic. Go to Full Review Dune (2021) 83% 90%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Oct 14, 2021 3.75/5 It's for the type who loves this kind of delicate, cerebral approach to genre. Otherwise, the thematic questions are more intriguing than the execution, though for any taste, "Needle" proves to be smart, meticulous and even sexy. Go to Full Review Needle in a Timestack (2021) 38% 51%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Aug 31, 2021 3.75/5 Politically and visually gruesome, yet flawlessly designed and depicted, this slasher flick also revels in horror's ability to elevate matters of social unrest by transforming the urban legend into a shocker of a superhero. Go to Full Review Candyman (2021) 83% 40%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Aug 6, 2021 2.75/5 I'm in for tight storytelling, sidesplitting lines and impeccable timing. However... It's like there's a contest we don't know about to see who can be the sickest, grossest, most ridiculous snuff deviant in the cinematic universe. Unnecessary. Go to Full Review The Suicide Squad (2021) 90% 40%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Jul 1, 2021 4/5 Summer of Soul is music, fashion, togetherness and Questlove is a time-traveler restoring it to its rightful place. Go to Full Review Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 99% 98%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Jun 11, 2021 2.75/5 Intertwine. That's what stories do. Take pieces of the world and the self and twist them into one. The new digest on interpersonal war, starring do-o-o-pe lyrical artist Saul Williams, "Akilla's Escape" is a strong act of intertwining. Go to Full Review Akilla's Escape (2020) 80% 50%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Jun 10, 2021 A single cold open a movie does not make. Go to Full Review Mortal Kombat (2021) 55% 40%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Jun 10, 2021 Henry's tender performance and his buttered beauty mixed with clever dialogue to mask the cracks in the overall execution. Go to Full Review The Outside Story (2020) 88% 80%

Lonita Cook Black Bee Buzz Jun 10, 2021 4.5/5 This whole movie is as bold as the title character who has been elevated to near superhero status and the melodramatic performances are just as heightened. Go to Full Review Cruella (2021) 75% 97%