Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Be Prepared, 'Mufasa: The Lion King' Circles Back to Its Classic Origins

Directed by Barry Jenkins

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024

From its opening tribute to the late James Earl Jones, Barry Jenkins's 'Mufasa: The Lion King' makes certain to pay care and respect to the...

'Elvis' Gives His Legacy Extra Wiggle

Directed by Baz Luhrmann

PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2022

What's so shocking about Elvis Presley anyway? His hip-waggling dance moves seem tame by contemporary standards, and his music is fairly so...

'The High Note' Should Have Always Been a VOD Movie

Directed by Nisha Ganatra

PUBLISHED May 29, 2020

Now that we're not allowed to go to the movies, studios are scrambling to reschedule their entire year. There are, of course, films that se...

'Waves' Finds Universal Truths in the Specific Details of Family Tragedy

PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2019

Speaking with writer-director Trey Edward Shults and actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. about their new movie Waves, the matter of authenticity keep...

'Waves' Is a Five-Act Tragedy Worthy of the Bard

Directed by Trey Edward Shults

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

Y'know that stress dream where you're back at school, and you realize that you completely forgot about one of your courses, and suddenly it...

'Luce' Is a Tense, Subtle Examination of Hidden Racism

Directed by Julius Onah

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2019

If Green Book's Oscar win taught us anything, it's that Hollywood loves inspiring dramas about racial reconciliation. Luce, however, is not...