(Akiit.com) (**) The thrill is gone. The Marvel Universe shoots a blank. A tiny one. Arguably, the itty-bitty Ant-Man and The Wasp aren’t the most impressive superheroes. So, any new adventure for the self-promoting, mildly amusing Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), aka Ant-Man, and his sidekick/lover Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), ...
(Akiit.com) (**) Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. For some reason veteran director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense) has decided to put a lot of bad juju vibes out into the world. If you’re curious, read on. It’s an unusual premise, but so what. Four strangers (Dave ...
(Akiit.com) (***1/2) Sometimes when mom and dad are away, the kids will play. But what happens when mom and dad don’t comeback. Then what? The writers and directors of this amazing, tech-savvy mystery thriller know how to cut things close. That’s because they were the editors on the cult classic Searching. Back ...
(Akiit.com) (**1/2) Bringing the ‘90s back is hard work. So hard this new House Party reboot only gets half the job done. But when it’s on, it’s on. For those who were in a drug induced comma during 1990 (you know who you are), the duo Kid ‘n Play (Christopher Reid and ...
(Akiit.com) (**1/2) It’s an illusion. When actress Naomi Ackie stands with her back to the camera, you stare at her clothes, wigs, physique and mannerisms and get tricked into thinking that’s Whitney Houston. Then she turns around, and it’s not. It’s a recurring mirage. A string of images that give Houston’s fans something ...
(Akiit.com) One of legendary comedian and social activist Dick Gregory’s off told jokes about Blacks and suicide went like this. “Whites when they want to do away with themselves jump out of a window in a tall building. Blacks when they want to do the same jump out of a ...
(Akiit.com) (**) It’s a miscalculation. This film is built around a former slave seen in a horrific photo whose back bore the scars of whippings and evil vestiges of slavery. Reimagining his life is a noble endeavor, but this is the wrong execution. Aside from a brief interview and the ...
(Akiit.com) (****) It’s more than you can possibly imagine. A fantasy world so vivid and real it commands your full attention for 3h 12m. And when it’s done, you’ll still want to linger in this heightened state of make believe. You’d think after creating The Terminator, Aliens, Titanic and the ground-breaking Avatar that writer/director James Cameron had ...
(Akiit.com) The right is positively giddy over the so-called Twitter files. House Republicans called a press conference to declare that their very top priority will be investigating Hunter Biden’s laptop. Rep. Elise Stefanik promised in July that if given the majority, Republicans would get “accountability” from the “Biden crime family.” ...
(Akiit.com) I was born under a lucky star! I had a wonderful opportunity to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar as part of an official United States delegation. The FIFA World Cup is the Ursa Major of international athletic extravaganzas worthy of the cinematic genius of Cecile ...
(Akiit.com) When it comes to video production, one of the most important aspects is the music you choose to include. The wrong music can ruin even the best video, while the right music can make an ordinary video look great. But finding the right music can be difficult, especially if ...
(Akiit.com) (***) It’s a very simple story, at first. A modest allegory that pits religious fanaticism against common sense in a test of wills that slowly becomes biblical. Ireland 1862, 13 years after the Great Famine of 1845/49 caused millions of deaths. Anna (Kíla Lord Cassidy), an 11-year-old girl living ...