Sylvie's Love - Movie Review

The Movie: Sylvie's Love

The Director: Eugene Ashe

The Cast: Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Jemima Kirke, Tone Bell, Alano Miller, Erica Gimpel, Lance Reddick, Wendi McLendon Covey, Eva Longoria

The Story: A woman working at her father's record store in Harlem in the late 1950s meets an aspiring saxophone player.

Overlord - Movie Review

The Movie: Overlord

The Director: Julius Avery

The Cast: Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, Pilou Asbæk, John Magaro, Iain De Caestecker, Jacob Anderson, Dominic Applewhite, Erich Redman, Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Rissmann

The Story: During a World War II mission, American soldiers drop into enemy territory and discover that the horrors of war can be much scarier than they ever imagined.

Marshall - Movie Review

The Movie: Marshall

The Director: Reginald Hudlin

The Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, James Cromwell, Keesha Sharp, Roger Guenveur Smith , John Magaro, Ahna O'Reilly

The Story: About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

The Big Short - Movie Review

The Big Short, a movie based on things that actually happened, is directed by Adam McKay and is based off of a book written by Michael Lewis. The film features acting performances by Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Carrie Lazar, Adepero Oduye, Rafe Spall, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, Jeffry Griffin, Stanley Wong, Finn Wittrock, and Melissa Leo.

Captain Phillips - Movie Review

In 2009, the merchant ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked and Captain Richard Phillips was all that stood between Somali pirates the lives of his crew. Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi star in Captain Phillips, the retelling of this amazing story of bravery and ingenuity displayed against a team of men driven by desperation. Paul Greengrass directs the story originally written by Richard Phillips and Steven Talty and adapted for the screen by screenwriter Billy Ray.