Vanessa Bell Calloway

Buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is sparse on bonus materials for the home release, but not on laughs.

By Douglas Davidson on April 1, 2025 • ( 0 )

During the featurette “Dream Team,” first-time feature director Lawrence Lamont (Rap Sh!t) describes to producer Issa Rae (Insecure; The Lovebirds) the homages within One of Them Days, referring to both Friday (1995) and Superbad (2007). Each of these comes from… Read More ›

Explore Zamunda a bit more with the home release of “Coming 2 America.”

By Douglas Davidson on March 4, 2022 • ( 0 )

When it came to film releases in 2020, the modus operandi was “make it work.” Sometimes that meant stalling until a theatrical release was possible and sometimes that meant selling to a streamer. In the case of Eddie Murphy’s Coming… Read More ›

“Coming 2 America” is a serotonin-filled blast from the past.

By Douglas Davidson on March 4, 2021 • ( 1 )

To paraphrase a line from director Craig Brewer’s (Dolemite Is My Name) Coming 2 America, Hollywood is nothing but superhero films, remakes, and sequels no one asked for. Without getting into the numerous ways that’s an oversimplification that ignores the… Read More ›

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Vanessa Bell Calloway

Buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is sparse on bonus materials for the home release, but not on laughs.

Explore Zamunda a bit more with the home release of “Coming 2 America.”

“Coming 2 America” is a serotonin-filled blast from the past.