Her first note will have you gasp with the force at which living legend Audra McDonald embodies the 44 year old, doomed Billie Holiday in this, a poignant piece of immersive musical theatre.
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He might not be a Jedi, but it seems that Han Solo has made the women of colour promised for his spin-off movie disappear!
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Catford Jesus is a claustrophobic account of the unsettling journey which unfolds that fateful night, suggesting that a ‘redeemer’ could save the soul of one potential candidate for purgatory…
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it has just been announced that Danai Gurira is reprising her role as Dora Milaje Commander Okoye in the currently filming Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War movie!!!
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If you haven’t tuned in to American Gods on Amazon Prime, you are missing an episodic fantasy thriller with honest and profound observations about the evolution of America.
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In ITV’s latest essential viewing, Fearless, Wunmi Mosaku’s DCS Olivia Greenwood, of SO15 counter-intelligence, goes head-to-head with principal character Emma Banville (Helen McCrory) over the case that made her career, as ace human rights lawyer Banville gets the original conviction overturned, but must now prepare for a re-trial.
Read MoreAs you know, we at TBB love FILM, and when we can, we make full use of our press passes to see some of the more mainstream movies on offer at film festivals. Another such film at Sundance London was Beatriz At Dinner, a complete dose of the claustrophobic reality of a woman’s descent into despair and tragedy. As with all the best dramas, it also has a smattering of dark fantasy added in. Beatriz (an astonishing Salma Hayek – 30 Rock, 2009-13, Ugly Betty, 2006-07, From Dusk Til Dawn, 1996) is a nurse who specialises in the complementary arts of healing and massage....
Read MoreMarjorie Prime is a surprising, low-key, speculative family drama, accompanied by a wonderfully haunting score by Mica Levi. With gorgeous cinematography from Sean Williams.
Read MoreFor those of us starved of seeing a darker skinned black woman play the romantic lead in a genuine, non-spoof comedy, The Incredible Jessica James will tick a lot of boxes –
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Boyega handles himself incredibly well, given that Thorne has taken a play already ahead of its time and has replaced the space the playwright gave the audience to ‘fill in the blanks’ with a great deal more psychological pressure. Büchner’s original is considered an expressionist masterpiece, but Thorne’s interpretation is drastically revised and overlaid with excessive developments and too little transition.
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