James' World 2

Project Power is a superhero film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, produced by Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless, and written by Mattson Tomlin. The film follows a drug dealer, a police officer, and a former soldier who team up to stop the distribution of a pill that gives the taker superpowers for five minutes. An intriguing prospect that I found quite entertaining. I enjoyed Project Power and thought the movie was well done.

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Project Power takes place in a slightly futuristic New Orleans, as a mysterious distributor offers a free supply of “Power” (a pill that grants an assortment of superpowers for five minutes), to a group of drug dealers, including one named Newt (Colson Baker) who possesses the ability of thermal regulation that allows him to generate fire from his body.  Six weeks later, Newt’s teenage cousin Robin Reilly (Dominique Fishback)…

Da 5 Bloods is a war drama directed, produced, and co-written by Spike Lee. The movie was originally written by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo in 2013, the script was re-worked by Lee and Kevin Willmott following the pair’s successful collaboration in BlacKkKlansman (2018). The film’s plot follows a group of four aging Vietnam War veterans who return to the country in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader, as well as the treasure they buried while serving there.  Da 5 Bloods is Chadwick Boseman’s last movie before his untimely demise in 2020. When I first heard of this movie, I was hell-bent on seeing it because of Chadwick Boseman, which was emotional and suspenseful.

A squad of five Black US Army soldiers during the Vietnam war, who are in the first infantry division call themselves the “Bloods”.  Their mission was to secure the site of a…

Havilah Roman on keyboard

I recently had the privilege of interviewing a family that has incorporated music in their lives the way that other families engage in Saturday morning chores.

It was so moving to see 3-year old Joshua Roman play the congas. During the interview, his parents Billy and Havilah talked about the importance of encouraging children, but refraining from directing them too much.

The conversation reminded me why A-Spot Magazine is so important to me. I realized that music is a communication, a way of expressing one’s feelings, ideas and perceptions.

As I watched Joshua, I realized that he enjoyed communicating with the congas. Maybe for a 3-year old, it’s more important. Even an adult sometimes does not have the vocabulary to express complex feelings. A child certainly does not. But if a child can use music to tell a story, then much less goes unsaid.

This phase…