Recently I saw two movies that I thoroughly enjoyed. It’s been a long while to have some R & R at the movies.  I was over the moon with excitement! I love a good flick because I get the chance to chill, become engrossed in the literary art form, connect with a character or two, come away with some cool one liners and simply appreciate being amazed at what can be done with a story, actors and a camera.

The first movie I want to give a review on is Creed II.  OMG, Michael B. Jordan fine!  I love his acting too.  He really embraces the role of the characters he plays.  Wood Harris (he has so much swag), Phylicia Rashad (vegetarian and timeless beauty) and Sylvester Stallone (the best east coast accent every) to name a few were excellent actors to see on the big screen as well.  It’s been a minute since I’ve seen any of them starring in film.  It it my age or what?  Whatever the case, I’m lovin’ it!

The next movie review goes to Green Book.  Black history is endless.  Wow!  I was blown away at how well I connected with the main character, Dr. Don Shirley, who had some challenges with identity as a man, a black man, a musician, a scholar and generally as a person.  Oh, side bar, Mahershala Ali starred in the role of Dr. Shirley. Che! This man is fine too!  I digress. Back to the identity issue.  He was highly educated and gifted in classical piano but lonely.  His musical gifting attracted the attention of many White audiences worldwide.  However, he chose to only play music in the southern states as a means to shine light on the racism that was prevalent.  This spiraled him deeper into depression. Using alcohol to numb the pains of loneliness and residual effects of being good enough to play music but not good enough to frequent the same establishments was appalling to say the least.  This was reminiscent to a segment of my youth, growing up in a small town and surrounding towns, which were segregated by ethnic/racial lines, although we could shop, eat, live in any of them, but it was not common or preferred.

The next movie on my viewing list in the coming weeks is, If Beale Street Could Talk.  Stay tuned for the update.

Til soon,

Yvette