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BAMF's February 2019 Cinejourney

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Decade: Rating: List Type:

715

7.5

8.4

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Shameik Moore
Jake Johnson
Hailee Steinfeld
Mahershala Ali
Brian Tyree Henry
Lily Tomlin
Lauren Velez
Zoe Kravitz
John Mulaney
Kimiko Glenn
Nicolas Cage
Kathryn Hahn
Liev Schreiber
Chris Pine
Natalie Morales
Oscar Isaac
Greta Lee
Stan Lee
Jorma Taccone
Joaquín Cosio
Marvin 'Krondon' Jones III
Lake Bell
Post Malone
Darcy Rose Byrnes
June Christopher
Bridget Hoffman
Rif Hutton
Scott Menville
Chris Miller
Devika Parikh
Courtney Peldon
and
Justin Shenkarow

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 9

BAMF's rating:

439

7.2

7.5

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Alec Baldwin
John David Washington
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Adam Driver
Michael Buscemi
Laura Harrier
Damaris Lewis
Corey Hawkins
Jasper Pääkkönen
Ashlie Atkinson
Topher Grace
Nicholas Turturro
Harry Belafonte
Craig Mums Grant
John Mitchell
and
Donald Trump

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 4

BAMF's rating:

7.3

6.3

Rampant (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Dong-gun Jang
and
Eui-sung Kim

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 55+

BAMF's rating:

210

6.6

7.1

Creed II (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Michael B. Jordan
Sylvester Stallone
Tessa Thompson
Phylicia Rashad
Dolph Lundgren
Russell Hornsby
Wood Harris
Milo Ventimiglia
Brigitte Nielsen
Michael Buffer
Jim Lampley
Roy Jones Jr.
Mark Falvo
John Mitchell
Jeffrey Mowery
and
Diezel Ramos

True Rating: 10/10

BAMF's rating:

7.7

6.4

Where Hands Touch

Familiar Actors:
Abbie Cornish
Amandla Stenberg
Christopher Eccleston
George MacKay
and
Tom Goodman-Hill

True Rating: 10/10

Body Count: 7

BAMF's rating:

6.7

6.4

Every Day (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Justice Smith
Jacob Batalon
Ian Alexander
Colin Ford
Owen Teague
Maria Bello
Debby Ryan
Amanda Arcuri
and
Martin Roach

True Rating: 9.3/10

BAMF's rating:

6.7

6.6

Next Gen (2018)

Familiar Actors:
John Krasinski
Charlyne Yi
Jason Sudeikis
Michael Pena
David Cross
Constance Wu
Kiana Brown
Anna Akana
Issac Ryan Brown
Betsy Sodaro
Fred Tatasciore
Kitana Turnbull
and
Matthew Wood

True Rating: 8.9/10

Body Count: At least 42(Too many more to count)

BAMF's rating:

6.5

6.6

Down

Familiar Actors:
Natalie Martinez
and
Diane Sellers

True Rating: 8.8/10

Body Count: 3

BAMF's rating:

162

5.6

5.7

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Familiar Actors:
Jake Gyllenhaal
Rene Russo
Toni Collette
Natalia Dyer
Daveed Diggs
John Malkovich
Billy Magnussen
Mark Steger
Time Winters
Pat Healy
Pisay Pao
Cass Bugge
Steven Williams
Marco Rodriguez
and
Peter Gadiot

True Rating: 8.3/10

Body Count: 8

BAMF's rating:

$Kevin Hart\'s Guide to Black History$

5.5

Kevin Hart\'s Guide to Black History

Familiar Actors:
Steve Agee
James Callis
Lonnie Chavis
Greg Germann
Tiffany Haddish
Kevin Hart
Lil Rel Howery
Tom Kenny
Alphonso McAuley
and
'Weird Al' Yankovic

True Rating: 8.3/10

Body Count: 3

BAMF's rating:

6.6

6.5

White Boy Rick

Familiar Actors:
Matthew McConaughey
Bel Powley
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Brian Tyree Henry
Rory Cochrane
RJ Cyler
Jonathan Majors
Eddie Marsan
Bruce Dern
Piper Laurie
Y.G
Joe Fishel
and
James Quinn

True Rating: 8.2/10

Body Count: 4 or so

BAMF's rating:

5.5

5.4

The Blood of Jesus

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 7.8/10

BAMF's rating:

7.3

4.8

Heaven-Bound Traveler

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 7.7/10

BAMF's rating:

6.3

Anna and the Apocalypse

Familiar Actor:
Paul Kaye

True Rating: 7.4/10

Body Count: 45+

BAMF's rating:

6.1

6.4

Support the Girls

Familiar Actors:
Regina Hall
Haley Lu Richardson
Lea DeLaria
James Le Gros
AJ Michalka
Jana Kramer
and
Brooklyn Decker

True Rating: 7.2/10

BAMF's rating:

5.3

Hot Biskits (1931)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 7.2/10

BAMF's rating:

5.8

The Breaker Upperers

Familiar Actors:
Cohen Holloway
Jermaine Clement
and
Lucy Lawless

True Rating: 7.1/10

BAMF's rating:

5.5

Breaking In (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Gabrielle Union
Billy Burke
Ajiona Alexus
Seth Carr
and
Jason George

True Rating: 6.9/10

Body Count: 6

BAMF's rating:

5.3

5.8

Monsters and Men (2018)

Familiar Actors:
John David Washington
Anthony Ramos
Kelvin Harrison
Chante Adams
Nicole Beharie
Rob Morgan
Cara Buono
Christopher Jordan Wallace
Lana Young
Daniel Stewart Sherman
Craig Mums Grant
and
Cassandra Freeman

True Rating: 6.7/10

Body Count: 1

BAMF's rating:

4.9

Malicious

Familiar Actors:
Bojana Novakovic
Josh Stewart
Delroy Lindo
Melissa Bolona
and
Yvette Yates

True Rating: 6.7/10

Body Count: 5

BAMF's rating:

Come Sunday (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Lakeith Stanfield
Jason Segel
Stacey Sargeant
Condola Rashad
Danny Glover
Martin Sheen
Ric Reitz
Tracey Bonner
and
Vondie Curtis-Hall

True Rating: 6.3/10

Body Count: 1

BAMF's rating:

5.5

Hellbound Train (1930)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.3/10

Body Count: 7

Notes: This was my first venture into the Pioneers of African American cinema.

BAMF's rating:

7.6

6.6

Salomé (1923)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.2/10

Body Count: 4

BAMF's rating:

5.8

5.7

The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6.2/10

Body Count: 3 (At least 5 others off-screen)

BAMF's rating:

6.7

6.2

High Flying Bird (2019)

Familiar Actors:
Andre Holland
Melvin Gregg
Zazie Beetz
Bill Duke
Zachary Quinto
Caleb McLaughlin
Sonja Sohn
Kyle MacLachlan
Jeryl Prescott
Michelle Ang
and
Glenn Fleshler

True Rating: 6.1/10

BAMF's rating:

6.3

Something New (1920)

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 6/10

Body Count: At least 6

BAMF's rating:

4.5

Nobody's Fool (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Tiffany Haddish
Tika Sumpter
Omari Hardwick
Mehcad Brooks
Amber Riley
Whoopi Goldberg
Missi Pyle
Michael Blackson
Chris Rock
Yaniv Schulman
Max Joseph
and
Linda Boston

True Rating: 5.8/10

BAMF's rating:

437

7.2

8.2

Green Book (2018)

Familiar Actors:
Viggo Mortensen
Mahershala Ali
Linda Cardellini
P.J. Byrne
Don Stark
Iqbal Theba
Geraldine Singer
Ted Huckabee
Tom Virtue
Dane Rhodes
Brian Stepanek
Ninja N. Devoe
and
Elton LeBlanc

True Rating: 5.7/10

Notes: The performances were great, but I don't think they were enough to warrant this the best picture win.

BAMF's rating:

4.8

Verdict Not Guilty

Familiar Actors:
None

True Rating: 5.4/10

BAMF's rating:

Awards & Other Things

Best Picture of the Month: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
Oddest Picture of the Month: Velvet Buzzsaw
Worst Picture of the Month: Verdict Not Guilty
Best New to me Actor: Richie Merritt (White Boy Rick)
Best Lead Actress: Regina Hall (Support the Girls)
Best Supporting Actress: Zazie Beetz (High Flying Bird)
Worst Actress: Amber Riley (Nobody's Fool)
Best Lead Actor: John David Washington (Blakkklansman)
Best Supporting Actor: Adam Driver (Blakkklansman)
Worst Actor: Topher Grace (Blakkklansman)
Guilty Pleasure Fun Picture: Support the Girls
Surprise Good Picture of the Month: Where Hands Touch
Most Brutal Death Scene: Velvet Buzzsaw
Best Sequel or Remake: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Worst Sequel or Remake: Every Day (Not really the worst in terms of quality just lesser in this case)
Best Twist: Next Gen
Best Visual Effects: Velvet Buzzsaw
Worst Visual Effects: Hellbound Train

Under the Radar Movies I Recommend Seeing:
Velvet Buzzsaw
Down
Next Gen
Where Hands Touch
The Blood of Jesus
Creed II
White Boy Rick
Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History
Heaven-Bound Traveler
Rampant
Every Day

Most Seen Actors This Month:
Tiffany Haddish- 2
John David Washington- 2
Craig Mums Grant- 2
John Mitchell- 2
Mahershala Ali- 2