12/24/24 O&A NYC THE MORNING FUNNIES: Friday After Next Santa Clips

Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) back in the old neighborhood where it all began.It’s Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Continue reading

12/9/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY HOLIDAY ISSUE: Merry Liddle Christmas | Starring Kelly Rowland | Lifetime

Kelly Rowland partners with Kronicle Media for Merry Liddle Christmas. Inspired by her own recent Christmas catastrophe, Kelly Rowland plays Jacquie a successful, super-together single tech entrepreneur whose messy family descends on her gleaming new dream home for the holidays.Christmas traditions collide and family drama ensues as she struggles to keep her house together in time for a glossy video shoot of The Perfect Christmas. Continue reading

10/7/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Hard Lessons 1986 Denzel Washington

George McKenna (Denzel Washington) confronts a career-defining moment when he accepts a job as principal of a tough, inner city Los Angeles high school. Facing an apathetic student body and indifferent teachers and parents, McKenna, with help from dedicated educator Bobbie Maxwell (Lynn Whitfield), transforms the school from a gang-ridden war zone into a stepping-stone for higher education, and in the process gains the hard won respect of the community and school administrators. Continue reading

9/16/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Black Film Entertainment | Bright Road With Dorothy Dandridge

Bright Road is a 1953 low-budget film adapted from the short story See How They Run by Mary Elizabeth Vronman. Directed by Gerald Mayer and featuring the film stars Dorothy Dandridge as an idealistic first-year elementary school teacher trying to communicate with a problem student.  Continue reading

9/2/24 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ NETFLIX TRAILER: The Six Triple Eight | First Look | Netflix

Netflix has delivered a first look at Tyler Perry’s upcoming wartime drama starring Kerry Washington.Titled The Six Triple Eight, the official logline of the film reads that it “is inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Given an extraordinary mission and united in their determination, these unsung heroes delivered hope and shattered barriers.” In the film, Washington plays Major Charity Adams, who is seen in the railer, leading and commanding the battalion of women soldiers. 
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9/2/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Nothing But A Man

This 1964 cinematic masterpiece presents the portrait of an imperfect man traversing the difficult terrain of his relationship with the woman who loves him, and the stiflingly primitive culture of American apartheid, all while insisting upon his own sense of self-respect. Continue reading

8/28/24 O&A NYC WITH WALESTYLEZ MOVIE TRAILER: The Waterboyz Official Trailer Quavo

To survive on the streets of Atlanta, one must hustle and navigate the fine line between financial opportunity and illegal activity.In the new inner-city drama The Waterboyz, Akili McDowell, star of the acclaimed series David Makes Man, portrays Drew, a young Black man with dreams of attending college and building a brighter future. Continue reading

8/12/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The story depicts the struggles of Black people as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman.The novel was dramatized in a TV movie in 1974, starring Cicely Tyson. Continue reading

7/29/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Fallen | English Full Movie | Action Crime Drama

In a world where angels and demons walk among us, a young woman discovers she is the key to a celestial war that threatens humanity’s existence. Haunted by visions and pursued by both heavenly and hellish forces, she must uncover the truth about her past and embrace her destiny to save the world from destruction. Continue reading

7/12/24 O&A NYC HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAH RICHARDS: As Summers Die (1986) Starring Ron O’Neal, Beah Richards, Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Davis

As Summers Die a 1986 film starring Ron O’Neal, Beah Richards, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Bette Davis. The plot centers around a large area of land owned by an old black lady, Elvira Backus ( Beah Richards). It had been given to her by her one-time employer and secret father of her two children, a southern patriarch. Continue reading