The Return

It’s been a wild year and a half or so. I never like complaining about insignificant things, but I’ve been missing my escape. I’ve talked plenty about how much I miss going to the movies. It was my two- to three-time-a-week inoculation against the world. Sure, I can watch movies at home but there is nothing like watching on the big screen.

Well, the time has come to return. I’m vaccinated, and films I want to see are releasing this summer. Let’s bring Mondays at the Movies back!

This week, I’m sharing my thoughts on Zola, Summer of Soul, and The Forever Purge.

Zola

Adapted from A’Ziah King’s Twitter thread and directed by Janicza Bravo, Zola tells the harrowing—and somewhat hilarious—tale of a stripper who gets ends up on the wildest Florida road trip you can imagine.

Zola is now playing.

Summer of Soul

Director Questlove and his crew lovingly unearth footage from the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and bring together attendees, historians, musicians, and more to help provide historical context to this pivotal moment in Black history which was lost in time until now.

Summer of Soul is now playing in theaters and available to stream on Hulu.

The Forever Purge

Director Everardo Gout brings our worst nightmare to life as ultra-nationalists create The Forever Purge. Who lives and who dies when the rules of the Purge are broken?

The Forever Purge is now playing.

Missed the last episode of Stay Watchin?

Listen to the last episode of Stay Watchin for my thoughts on Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Stay watchin, fam. Peace!