Why do I write film reviews?

 

Why not? Just like you or anyone else, I have just as much right to convey my assessment of films. Plus, as validated by the number of films I've reviewed on this web site - which is a drop in the ocean to the overall number of U.S. domestic and international films I've seen, oh yes, my knowledge of films and the number of films I've seen is easily as great if not greater than most people who review films.

Notably, when I write full reviews, I write with facts to persuasively prompt the reader to make an informed decision.  I started writing film reviews because published reviews in trade publications (Variety, Hollywood Reporter, etc.), magazines, and local and national newspapers were – and remain – primarily written by White males and a few White females, and these are overwhelmingly skewed, flawed, one-sided, sexist, and racist – which remains true to this very day!  There’s very little “color” in national print and broadcast media, and the “glass ceiling” has not disappeared.

So, again, I write with facts,  pragmatic, linear assessments to persuasively prompt the reader to make an informed, an insightful decision. For example, instead of jumping on the bandwagon giving praise to “Black Panther” you need to know why the film sucked, and how it should have, could have been a much better film.   

 

 

Only as an “enlightened consumer,” can you avoid wasting your time and money watching yet another stupid entry in the “Star Wars” film franchise or all of the "Kelvin Timeline" theatrical “Star Trek” films released between 2009 and 2016. Do directors and producers actually watch their films prior to release? Many don't, because too many films appear episodic as if for broadcast television, or as nothing more than "easy money" hatchet jobs of incoherent dialogue and special effects.    

 

No, I’m not a wannabe actor, or screenwriter, or director; however, I’ve seen well over 250,000 films (domestic and foreign, all genrés), read hundreds of scripts, and books about filmmaking – so I’m not uninformed.  Consequently, when scripts are so predictable that even dogs know when to leave the room to go pee, well, that’s a problem!  I place great value on my time, and the “quality” of the film-going experience should not be compromised by lousy acting, stupid scripts, racism, pathetic remakes, terrible editing, poor production values, and crappy direction.  Great films are being made, and “we” need to recognize these films, but unfortunately, the “Hollywood” caste system often makes it extremely difficult to create, produce and distribute quality product.

Yes, over the years I’ve submitted my reviews to many local, regional and national print and broadcast media, but the veracity of my film reviews typically do not align with the commercial and political interests of the largely incestuous and self-absorbed group of elites who control everything, whether White owned-and-controlled (including BET.com) or Black-owned and controlled.  Given the aforementioned, please enjoy the independence of my self-published reviews, unabridged, and uncensored.