Black on Black Cinema | Black Movie Reviews

In this preview episode the next movie, Pariah, is introduced. This film deals with a young girl coming to terms with her own homosexuality at age 17. Her journey of self discovery and the reaction from the black community and her immediate family in which she lives. This is a powerful independent black film that will challenge you to consider your own views. Black on Black Cinema is a long-runnin...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the guys discuss the 1985 Kung-Fu comedy classic, The Last Dragon starring Taimak, Julius Carry III, and Vanity. The film is a one of a kind off the wall kung-fu flick that takes place in Harlem, NY. On his quest to reach the final level, Leeroy Green, much battle arcade owners, bands of freaks, and of course the Shogun of Harlem himself, Sho’Nuff. Black on Black...

In this preview episode the next movie, The Last Dragon, is introduced. The guys were unanimous in their decision to cover this movie due to their fond memories of it. Produced by Barry Gordy, The Last Dragon is an over the top black martial arts film that takes place in 1980s Harlem. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations tha...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the guys discuss the 1989 Civil War film, Glory starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Matthew Broderick. The film covers the formation and use of the first all Black voluntary regiment in the Civil War. The 54th Massachusetts regiment is one of significant historical context and the work on Glory proves it. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcas...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the guys change pace from past movies and examine the newly released action western Django Unchained directed by Quentin Tarantino. Dealing with the horrifying issues of the American South two years prior to the Civil War, Django Unchained is an unflinching look at the American slave trade and revenge during that era. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podca...

In this preview episode the next movie, Glory, is introduced. The movie is currently on Youtube in its entirety. The movie deals with an all black regiment of soldiers serving in the military during the Civil War. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. We review Black films across every genr...

This week on Black on Black Cinema the guys take a look at World War 2 through the eyes of young black fighter pilots. Red Tails, a movie that examines the heroism of black fighter pilots during World War 2 takes place squarely in 1940s Italy. Through adversity and shear determination the Red Tails make their massive impact on history. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-d...

In this preview episode the next movie, Red Tails, is introduced. The movie is currently on HBO. The movie deals with the WW2 Tuskegee Airmen and their quest to be seen as equal to white fighter pilots. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. We review Black films across every genre — from Bl...

This week on Black on Black Cinema we keep the theme of drug dealing and its impact going with the 1991 hit New Jack City directed by Mario Van Peebles and starring Wesley Snipes, ICE-T, Chris Rock, and Allen Payne. A story about the rise of a violent, yet charismatic, crack cocaine drug dealer named Nino Brown in New York City in the late 1980s. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast fea...

This is a mini episode to give you a heads up as to what movie the guys will be tackling next. The guys will deal with the mad world of New York City in the late 1980s as it is overrun by the crack epidemic. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. We review Black films across every genre — fr...

The guys sit down and discuss the famed blaxploitation film, Superfly, starring Ron O'Neal as Youngblood Priest. A story of a cocaine dealer in New York during the 1970s desperately trying to leave his drug dealing lifestyle and start over. Black on Black Cinema is a long-running podcast featuring in-depth Black movie reviews and frank conversations that matter to the Black community. We review Bl...