Carmen Ejogo

Ever since standing inside a frozen moment at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis – looking across to where the bullet must have issued, taking the life of an icon of nonviolent resistance – the image of Dr. Martin Luther King has become something more intimate to me. Black and white schoolroom footage becomes flesh, the voices less distant, when you stare into the full horizon of the cultural landscape...[Read More]

The Purge: Anarchy is the follow-up to last year’s surprise hit The Purge (2013). The initial film made about twenty times its’ budget, in the US alone, so a sequel was inevitable. I must confess to not having seen The Purge until just this week, in order to prep for this latest installation, of what now appears to be a mini-franchise. The Purge: Anarchy and the original are marketed as horr...[Read More]

The movie Sparkle is enjoyable. Out of respect I want to say it’s great, remarkable, and splendid. But I honestly have to say it’s just fair, decent, and average. Above and beyond that, it is a wonderful tribute to the beloved star Whitney Houston. This film is a remake of Sparkle (1976) starring Irene Cara and was a pet project for executive producer Houston that took thirteen years to come to fr...[Read More]