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

11/25/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Who Made The Potatoe Salad? | Thanksgiving Comedy

Who Made the Potatoe Salad? is a romantic comedy film directed by Damon Daniel and starring Jaleel White, Jennia Frederique, Clifton Powell, DeRay Davis, Eddie Griffin and Tommy Tiny Lister. Michael, a San Diego Policeman travels to  Los Angeles for Thanksgiving with his fiancée, Ashley to meet her dysfunctional family and announce their engagement.  Continue reading

11/4/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Quincy Jones – The Many Lives Of Q

Documentary which celebrates the life and career of top American jazz musician, composer, arranger, record producer and entrepreneur, Quincy Jones Continue reading

10/28/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Sweet Transvestite Scene (The Rocky Horror Picture Show-1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a  low-budget freak show/cult classic/cultural institution concerns the misadventures of Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) inside a strange mansion that they come across on a rainy night. After the wholesome pair profess their love through an opening song, their car breaks down in the woods, and they seek refuge in mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter’s (Tim Curry), towering castle nearby. 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

9/23/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: King of New York

King of New York is a Crime Film directed by Abel Ferrara and written by Nicholas St. JohnIt stars Christopher Walken, Laurence Fishburne, David Caruso, Victor Argo and Wesley Snipes with supporting roles played by Giancarlo Esposito, Steve Buscemi, Paul Calderón, Janet Hulian and Theresa Randle. 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

9/9/24 O&A NYC HOLLYWOOD MONDAY: Bullitt (1968) The Greatest Hollywood Car Chase of All Time


Bullitt, a 1968 action thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Phillip D’Antoni. The film stars Steve McQueen as the title character. He is a San Francisco police detective Frank Bullitt, who pursues a group of mobsters after they kill the witness he’s been assigned to protect. 
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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

8/12/24 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