If y’all recall, when CW canceled “The Game” and sparked allegations of injustice, I said it wasn’t all that big a deal, because the show had middling ratings compared to the network’s other offerings. It also received an opportunity to execute a series finale that adequately wrapped up the open plot arcs: Derwin married Melanie Read More
Last week, a friend of my grandmother’s passed away, after a brief struggle with pancreatic cancer. She was chic, impeccably styled and coiffed, well-traveled, well-read, highly educated, and within three months of her diagnosis, she was gone. For my grandmother, the loss is primary. Her memories with Miss Edna span decades. And in her late Read More
I’m not going to recap the final episode of Lost, scene for scene. If you were invested in the show all six seasons, chances are you watched it last night just like I did. If you were a lapsed viewer who tuned in after years away, just to see how it ended, chances are a Read More
“Leslie. You’re just right for me,” is an actual line of dialogue in the Sanaa Hamri-helmed romcom, Just Wright. That should really tell you everything you need to know about the type of film this is. But just in case you need more: it’s sappy, predictable, and cutesy in often cringe-inducing ways. Most reviewers point Read More
I can see how this would be a really polarizing episode. If you care about finding out Jacob’s origin story and if you want some explanation for why/how the Man in Black became the Smoke Monster, then this hour was probably quite satisfying for you. If you’re like me and don’t give a flip about Read More
Due to technical difficulties and limited time, this week’s recap won’t be lengthy and overly detailed. I didn’t do my usual scene-by-scene live-transcription, so I’m working off memory alone here—and sadly, my memory’s not all that linear. Here are the big things, in no particular order: Desmond’s getting exceedingly creepy in Alterna-LA. Hot on the Read More
Last night’s Lost was Desmond-centric, which is always nice for me, since I dig Henry Ian Cusick and his Crazy Eyes. But Desmond’s wasn’t the only welcome return: Daniel and his super-sinister mother, Eloise, also returned to the fold—and, as is usually the case when they appear, the plot moved forward! It begins with Desmond Read More
Confession: I liked Why Did I Get Married?. I saw it in a theater with family (as all Tyler Perry films should be viewed). Sadly, the theater wasn’t in Baltimore (my absolute favorite place to watch bad black films, because they’re always packed and interactive); it was in Grand Rapids, so the audience was sparse Read More
In light of this week’s Jill Scott kerfluffle, we decided to pool our mental resources and come up with a playlist that represent artists’ evolving attitudes about interracial relationships, over the years. What emerged was a sort of “dueling banjos” list, with five songs about interracial love and/or unity and five songs promoting “Black love.” Read More
About seven months ago, I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun. Primarily, it was the fictional story of how wealthy Nigerian twin sisters and their lovers (one Nigerian, one White) dealt with the harrowing effects of the Biafran-Nigerian War (1967-1970). Before reading the novel, I knew nothing about this conflict or how Read More
