But no, putting Glover in front of an over-exposed, naturally lit window just feels like a result of imaginative ineptitude since this sequence is one of the only ones that is paced well enough to be effectively moody. This creative decision would at least make sense if we weren’t supposed to know, in this moment, what Benny was feeling. At this point, it becomes comically impossible to make out the expressions on Glover’s face. At one point, Glover stands directly in front of a window during harsh day-time sunlight. Too bad it’s almost impossible to appreciate his performance during these darkly-lensed sequences. Even Glover, a formerly great leading man who has delivered too many unworthy performances recently, is at his peak in two later scenes that, on paper, are almost rather good. Najafi and his colleagues’ biggest mistake was not putting the camera down long enough to highlight Henson, and her equally talented co-lead’s performances. And taking care of Danny is at least a part-time job. Mary wants to keep her involvement with Uncle’s death a secret from Benny, but his biological son Tom (How to Get Away with Murder’s Billy Brown) wants to go to war. Unfortunately for Mary, Uncle was protected by the Russian mafia-esque rivals of her surrogate gangster dad Benny (Danny Glover). A year later, Mary rescues Danny from a life of crime by taking out his cartoonishly evil drug dealer boss Uncle (Xander Berkeley). Mary feels bad after she kills an anonymous guy, and makes an orphan out of his son Danny (Jahi Di’Allo Winston).
Then the plot kicks in, and things get a lot worse before they get marginally better. You can’t help but feel like you’re watching a parody rather than a sincere tribute to female-led blaxploitation films like Foxy Brown, Cleopatra Jones or Coffy. But the mood is ruined by sloppy direction and an offbeat rhythm. The Temptations’ Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone blares. It’s a poorly paced attempt to introduce the film with a retro bent, with no-nonsense mobster assassin Mary (Henson) dressing up and arming herself before heading out to kill an anonymous mark. I’ll be pairing this with my husband’s famous breakfast tacos.Proud Mary starts going downhill slowly during an opening credits sequence that hints at a fun time that director Babak Najafi (London Has Fallen), and the film’s three credited screenwriters almost never deliver. This makes a wonderfully spicy drink that’s perfect for a nice brunch. Then I include cucumber, dill and spices, along with tequila instead of vodka. It’s kind of like a Bloody Mary, only much, much better.įor this recipe, I use Clamato Original. This one will be served on the day after Thanksgiving for brunch. So for our next family get-together, my husband and I went ahead and came up with the perfect brunch cocktail. When our family visits, we love to create and try new cocktails for every meal. And the easiest way to try new things in our house is to make fun and interesting cocktails.
Our family is pretty small, so in addition to holding onto old traditions, we’re always looking for new traditions to help make our celebration unique, fun and creative.Įveryone in my family always likes to try new things. With the holidays quickly approaching, I’m thinking of ways we can get together and celebrate. Jump To Recipe Decem// by Angela McGowan // Cocktails
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