Bernard Boo
667 articles written by Bernard Boo
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Nick Cannon On ‘Chi-Raq,’ Spike Lee, Fake Realness In Hip-Hop
Opening this Friday, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is a modern-day retelling of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek play Lysistrata set in Chicago’s South side. Nick Cannon stars as the titular character, a drill rapper caught up in a gang war with a crew...
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The Good Dinosaur
Mother nature takes center stage in this classical friendship tale from Pixar.
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Creed
Talk about exceeding expectations. Is this the best 'Rocky' movie yet?
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Way Too Indiecast 46: Sound Conversations
It's a very special episode this week as Bernard presents Sound Conversations, a collection of interviews with directors, documentarians, actors, festival programmers and, most importantly, sound designers, about the art of sound in film. Technique, philosophy, tradition, experimentation---all angles...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
The last chapter in Katniss' saga is an ugly one.
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Democrats
Two men struggle to find common ground in order to usher Zimbabwe's shaky coalition government into a new era of democracy.
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Way Too Indiecast 45: ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Trumbo’ With Director Jay Roach
The man behind Austin Powers and Meet the Parents, Jay Roach, joins the podcast today to talk about his new film, Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston as legendary Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, whose career was cut short when he and...
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Spotlight
An electric newsroom drama sporting a stunning ensemble.
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Mavis!
A spirited tribute to a legendary singer so full of love she can't hold it in.
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Miss You Already
This platonic love story is melodrama at its best though tacky humor threatens to sour the pot.
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Catherine Hardwicke Talks Drew Barrymore, Toni Collette, ‘Miss You Already’
Catherine Hardwicke‘s new film, Miss You Already, follows Jess (Drew Barrymore) and Milly (Toni Collette), two childhood friends whose relationship becomes unexpectedly difficult when Milly is diagnosed with cancer. When Jess receives news that she and her husband (Paddy Considine)...
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The Peanuts Movie
Charles Schulz's classic combination of humor and pathos is still a winner, and Snoopy's still adorable.
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WATCH: New Trailer For Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Drops Amid Controversy
Quentin Tarantino‘s really got his hands full, huh? Following the director’s recent comments regarding police brutality—“I’m on the side of the murdered,” he said at a New York City rally on Oct. 24th—police unions across the country, including the...
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I Smile Back
A cruel character portrait that provides no meaningful insight as consolation.
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Sembene!
A tribute doc too formal and academic to get fully caught up in emotionally.