This is a virtually all-black remake of the 2007 film directed by Frank Oz about a funeral in the English countryside that goes disastrously wrong... more
As a director representing black America, Charles Burnett is as important as Spike Lee, argues Derek Malcom as he reviews Burnett's seminal piece of cinema.... more
The script for Honeydripper is a little stagey, and the result is a loving slice of alternative Americana that finally fails to engage as a film.... more
Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobious Pip is Paul Connolly's favourite song of the year. But will commercial radio stations play a song with anti-corporate lyrics?... more
Dreamgirls is based on the Supremes story and Jennifer Hudson steals the show as the one who's dropped from the band. Nick Curtis meets the ex-American Idol contestant.... more