Harper's Review

Spike Lee's new "joint," BlacKkKlansman is the tale of the first African-American to join the Colorado Springs police force.  He is recruited as such, and quickly manages to secure a position as an undercover detective who is sent to investigate the activities of the local group of Black Panthers.  This very quickly leads him also into investigating and infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan at the same time. The first and most obvious question I went into the movie with is (and I suspect everyone did), "How is this black guy going to go undercover into the KKK?" I'll admit, for a brief and awesome moment at the beginning, I suspected we were about to see Spike Lee make a movie with whiteface.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Spike Lee's work, he is pretty widely known for making films that are hard hitting about the treatment of black people and other minorities in America, as well as having very pointed shots and cinematography.  When I sit d...

Deadpool 2  is the highly anticipated sequel of Marvel's most offensive movie to date!  For those of you who haven't seen  Deadpool  and are Marvel fans over the age of 17, the first  Deadpool  is cannon!  Drop your plans and make sure you're up to date on the first film, because it is everything we want in a dark hero and a great film overall.  Also, though you may not entirely need to see the first movie to follow the sequel, you should see the first movie anyway because of it's high quality and the back-story for the main character. Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool; a quick-witted asshole assassin with a penchant for unrelenting vulgarity and violence.  There has been no better type-cast choice to date.  One of the most admirable things about the Deadpool movies is their adherence to character.  Whereas with most of the Marvel movies that have been taking the box office by storm for past two decades, Deadpool actually looks a...

Since 1963, Fred Rogers has been educating the children of America.  He has brought joy, laughter and real-world issues right into our homes for about 40 years, and has indeed made himself, whether or not we wanted him to be, our neighbor.  I do not write about people in this blog however, I write about movies.  This movie is the one you'll want to see if you are looking for the details of Fred Roger's life, and the show that touched our nation. Being the first documentary I've blogged about, I'm having difficulty finding my voice in describing this film.  For those who have never experienced an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood , or seen the way Fred behaves, they will get all of that and more out of this film.  To me, Fred has always seemed off; there's an unnatural way that he smiles and speaks with such calm alacrity.  He always has what seems to be a facade in place of normal emotions.  You might see Fred and think he's fake, too nice or...