QUEENS is a National Geographic wildlife series that recently debuted on Disney+. Shot and edited by a women-led production team, QUEENS whisks viewers into the world of animal matriarchs showing the challenges and surprising victories of animals fighting to survive. The first episode ‘African Queens’ sets the tone of the series and follows a pack…
The picture book “Free to Learn” chronicles the life of Alfredo Lopez a little boy who journeys from Mexico to Texas with the desire to attend school. Alfredo often stays home and watches his friends and neighbors head to school but he asks his mother if he can go she avoids answering. Alfredo’s family are…
There’s a moment in the documentary The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping where Director Katherine Kubler cheerfully drinks a Mike’s Hard Lemonade. She savors it and says “..this drink sent me to prison for 15 months.” As crazy as it may seem, she is absolutely serious as getting caught with a Mike’s Hard Lemonade prompted…
In a nod to the 15th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ beloved film “The Princess and the Frog,” D23: The Official Disney Fan Club is hosting a spectacular event in the heart of New Orleans. The celebration, titled “D23 Down in New Orleans,” promises an enchanting experience for Disney enthusiasts. However, if you want…
Steampunk meets Frankenstein in filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos’ fairytale Poor Things. Starring Emma Stone, this movie was certainly a strange and unexpected journey. Read on for a review of the movie Poor Things releasing on DVD and Blu-ray March 12, 2024. In this Frakenstein-esque tale, a doctor ( Willem Dafoe) named Godwin or “God” as some call…
You look at the forecast for your Disneyland trip and notice *gasp* there is rain in the forecast. Completely throws off your original plans…or does it?! There is so much to do at Disneyland in the rain! Rain at Disneyland happens quite a bit during January and February. One of the common questions I see…
Disney released Wish in theaters this past year and it was recently released on Movies Anywhere. I didn’t get the chance to see Wish in theaters, so I was excited to sit down and watch, especially after hearing how much my fellow writer, Tiffany liked it (you can read her review here). Read on for…
Hallmark Media and their popular Mahogany brand have released a new film in the ‘Loveuary’ series. Created with a majority Black cast, this 2024 Sense and Sensibility remake is a sweet version of Jane Austen’s novel. Read on for a review of Hallmark’s Sense and Sensibility starring Deborah Ayorinde as Elinor Dashwood. Elinor Dashwood makes…
The space race has been covered in both documentary films, shows, and movies. Never before has an intimate telling of the Black experience been told until now with National Geographic’s “The Space Race” currently streaming on Disney+. Told through interviews, archival photos, and film footage, “The Space Race” looks at how the NASA space program…
One of the magical things to come out of Apple’s subscription service is all of the new Peanuts specials that have debuted on Apple TV+. They are all-around fantastic and comforting animated shows that depict the Peanuts gang in different and amusing situations. Each character in Peanuts is unique and this especially applies to Franklin,…
