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KAM’S KAPSULES: “Creed II” might do the trick once you come out of your turkey coma

WIDE RELEASE Creed II (PG-13 for violence, profanity and sensuality) Michael B. Jordan reprises the title role in this revenge-fueled sequel which finds the contender being trained by Rocky Balboa (Sly Stallone) for a grudge match with the son (Florian Munteanu) of the boxer (Dolph...

FILM REVIEW: Sisters Square Off in Fish-Out-of-Water Comedy “Nobody’s Fool”

Danica (Tika Sumpter) and Tanya (Tiffany Haddish) may have been raised by the same mother (Whoopi Goldberg), but they're still as different as night and day. The former is a successful businesswoman who was recently promoted to Vice President of a leading, Madison Avenue advertising firm....

KAM WILLIAMS: Top Ten DVD List for week ending October 21, 2018

This Week's DVD Releases Ant-Man and the Wasp https://www.amazon.com/Ant-Man-Wasp-Blu-ray-Region-Digital/dp/B07J52FGX6/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539700698&sr=1-3&keywords=Ant-Man+and+the+Wasp Whitney https://www.amazon.com/Whitney-Blu-ray-Houston/dp/B07G19F9VR/ref=sr_1_1_twi_blu_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539700999&sr=1-1&keywords=whitney+dvd Unfriended: Dark Web https://www.amazon.com/Unfriended-Dark-Web-Colin-Woodell/dp/B07FDTF49Z/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1539701155&sr=1-2 Arizona https://www.amazon.com/Arizona-Blu-ray-Danny-McBride/dp/B07FDVCMMH/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539701394&sr=1-1&keywords=arizona+blu+ray&dpID=51B2-edixoL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch He's Out There https://www.amazon.com/Hes-Out-There-Quinn-Lasher/dp/B07G1SG2MP/ref=sr_1_1_twi_dvd_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539701680&sr=1-1&keywords=He%27s+Out+There++blu+ray Reprisal https://www.amazon.com/Reprisal-Blu-ray-Bruce-Willis/dp/B07G13NKTH/ref=sr_1_1_twi_blu_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539701898&sr=1-1&keywords=Reprisal+++blu+ray Benched https://www.amazon.com/Benched-Blu-ray-John-C-McGinley/dp/B07FSVYSG5/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539701991&sr=1-1&keywords=Benched+++blu+ray Cold Skin https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Skin-Blu-ray-Ray-Stevenson/dp/B07H5VTBCY/ref=sr_1_1_twi_blu_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539702243&sr=1-1&keywords=cold+skin+dvd Down a Dark Hall https://www.amazon.com/Down-Dark-Hall-Uma-Thurman/dp/B07G1QFFTC/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1539702488&sr=1-1 Boundaries https://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Bobby-Cannavale/dp/B07G28PHZS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1539702897&sr=1-1&keywords=Boundaries+dvd&dpID=51CkKeAN9fL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

FILM REVIEW: Amandla Stenberg Stars in Searing Adaptation of Inner City Saga”The Hate U Give”

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter (Amandla Stenberg) straddles two different worlds which never intersect, one, black and poor, the other, white and privileged. That's because she lives in the ghetto in Garden Heights, but her parents (Regina Hall and Russell Hornsby) have sent her to Williamson,...

KAM’S KAPSULES: ‘First Man’ takes another look at moon landing

WIDE RELEASES Bad Times at the El Royale (R for profanity, drug use, graphic violence and brief nudity) Suspense thriller revolving around seven strangers in search of redemption who rendezvous at a rundown hotel in Lake Tahoe. Co-starring Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth, Dakota Johnson, Jon...

FILM REVIEW: Regina Hall plays protective “den-mother” of dive sports bar in “Support The Girls”

Double Whammies is an unremarkable watering hole located along a desolate strip of highway outside Austin, Texas where truckers and regulars can slip in and out quietly without drawing much attention to themselves. The seedy sports bar, a la your typical Hooters, is known...

FILM REVIEW: Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” due out Friday

Back in the Seventies, Ron Stallworth became the first African-American to join the Colorado Springs Police Department. The ambitious, young, college grad was soon promoted to detective, and his initial undercover case involved covering a Stokely Carmichael (Corey Hawkins) rally when the incendiary Black Power...

Kam’s Kapsules: “The Darkest Minds” featuring Amandla Stenberg opens Aug. 3

WIDE RELEASES The Darkest Minds (PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and mature themes) Adaptation of Alexandra Bracken's futuristic best seller set in the U.S. in the wake of a pandemic which has killed 98% of children under 20 and where the survivors are being rounded...

FILM REVIEW: ‘Blindspotting’ shows lifelong friendship tested by police shooting in Bay Area buddy dramedy

Collin (Daveed Diggs) and Miles (Rafael Casal), who are black and white, respectively, have been best friends since they were kids. Now in their twenties, they both still live in the rough Oakland 'hood where they grew up, although they've been watching it gentrify...

FILM REVIEW: In “The Equalizer 2,” Denzel Reprises Role for First Time in Grisly Vigilante Thriller

Although Denzel Washington has made about four dozen movies over the course of his legendary career, he's never reprised a role until now. In The Equalizer 2, the two-time Oscar-winner (for Glory and Training Day) returns to play Robert McCall again, a retired CIA...