Finally Friday - Finally Saw New Black Panther Movie

 Better late than never. 

Ray and I ventured out to the theater and we were in Theater 17...that's almost out the door. It seats maybe twenty five people.  Anyway - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on the Big Screen. 

Worthy date afternoon.  Movie is too long, but it's also really good. Excellent story line, super salute to Chadwick Boseman (alas, gone too soon), and the film is gorgeous. The worlds created - surface and water are fabulous. 

Very good acting. Letitia Wright as Shruri is lovely, smart, and excellent.  Angela Bassett is always so fierce as the Queen Mother. Yikes - don't cross her. 

Costumes, etc are Marvel superb. 

'Nuff said.  We were entertained. I would edit, edit, edit...but that's me. Lately, I have the attention span of a flea.  We enjoyed lunch at one of our fave local Tex-Mex places - Miguelitos. Yummy enchiladas. 

Came home for a walk (waddle) around the block. Christmas week, end of year, indulgence.  Hope you did the same. 

Cheers

Movie Review Madness: Black Nativity

Jennifer Hudson can sing. She can sing like an angel, and she's the reason to see Black Nativity. Based on a play by Langston Hughes, it's a story about family, love, forgiveness, and redemption.

Poor and getting evicted, Jennifer sends her son in Baltimore to stay with her well-to-do parents in Harlem. The Reverend (Forrest Whittaker) and his wife (Angela Bassett) welcome the young teen but immediately impose house rules. The teen rebels and wants to know why he and his mom are so poor, and his mom never contacted her parents.

It all comes together at the Christmas Eve service with confrontation, family drama, and a gospel chorus to boot. Mary J.Blige has one song and she soars. All in all, the story is predictable. But Black Nativity has an excellent cast, and Jennifer Hudson can sing. Man, she can sing.