Recently, I wrote about the need to be comforted by movies during Covid-19. It’s a sad irony that so soon I feel the need to be challenged by them, but the moment calls for it.

“From the latest addition to the Marvel universe to the highly awaited sequel to A Quiet Place, here is a list of films that have been announced for the post-lockdown season.”

“I see myself, when I wake up and realize that I’m home and I’m not alone, and that I have a voice. That’s me shouting that I am a proud, successful, light skin, Bi-Sexual, Jewish, Black Woman, and I’m going to FIGHT for my voice to be heard. That’s what growing into The Color Purple is.”

“So we’ve looked at how genre, and stepping out of genre, helped films such as Joker and Black Panther gain Oscar recognition, as well as how the 2020 Oscars affected the debate between the popular and the artistic. Now for part two.”

“A Man in Face Paint stands over a Man Who Paints Houses. Each holds a gun to the other. But who will make the killing shot? Is this the time when one-billion-dollar-making genre films finally take over from the old classics? Perhaps. Whose battle is it really? And who will win?”

“In a Covid/Post-Covid world, we need to reconsider how we conduct ourselves when we go to the movies. So here are a few additional rules for the movie theater.”

“We at OnScreen are big admirers of using movie review aggregators to help decide whether to see a movie or not. But, we’re not going to agree with the majority of critics all the time, so what is a movie fan to do?”

“Luckily, overcast clouds transformed into a spits of drizzle and downpours, leaving me feeling justified in my two day Netflix binge. With minimal movement from my couch I enveloped three shows; #blackAF, Never Have I Ever, and Hollywood. Each with quite different styles, target demographics, and storylines; I found a common thread throughout all of them; equality in entertainment.”

One of the more infamous examples of gatekeeping in recent memory is how toxic Star Wars ‘fans’ harassed and attacked the cast members of the recent Star Wars films. Passion for something you love is valid and understandable. However, the instant that anyone attempts to use that passion to attack others or to claim agency over a given work, it ceases to be a good thing.

“Here are a few of the things I’ve been diving back into recently, what I may revisit soon, and some new items I may want to give a try.”

“When it comes to movies, the best way to set the atmosphere and intention of a scene is by the use of music and a soundtrack. As an audience member, this helps gives you the tone and mood of what is happening in a scene, even before a specific moment happens.”

Podcasts are very popular nowadays. There are so many podcasts on so many different topics, but if you are a movie-making and TV show fan like me or a young filmmaker, there are podcasts that talk about everything starting from casting to editing. Here are some of them.

“Here I am to prove, once and for all, that Star Trek is a better movie franchise than Star Wars.”

“What are the greatest film trilogies of all time? Our Chief Film Critic, Ken Jones, gives us his choices.”

“What are the greatest film trilogies of all time? Our Chief Film Critic, Ken Jones, gives us his choices.”