Reviews
Brooke Obie is an award-winning film/TV journalist and editor. While the managing editor of iconic Black film/TV site Shadow & Act, she was named to The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans of 2019 for her journalism debunking the film Green Book. Read her TV and film reviews here:
Viral TV/Film Critique
Jordan Peele’s Nope Explained (xoNecole)
The White Lotus And The Limits of White Self-Critique (Refinery 29 Unbothered)
Every Man Should Be Watching I May Destroy You (Esquire)
Everyone In Media Needs to Watch Disclosure on Netflix (Shondaland)
The Navel-Gazing Inception of Kenya Barris’ #BlackAF (The Grio)
Let’s Talk About the Ending of Queen & Slim: An Artful Would with No Medicine (Shadow & Act)
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Harriet? (Shadow & Act)
How ‘Green Book’ and the Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley Whole (Shadow & Act)
‘Green Book’ Is A Poorly Titled White Savior Film (Shadow & Act)
The Ending of Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Explained (Shadow & Act)
‘This Is Us’: Beth and Randall Show How A Good Man Can Still Gaslight You (Shadow & Act)
In Defense of Erik Killmonger and the Forgotten Children of Wakanda (Shadow & Act)
Does ‘Sex and the City’ Hate Brown People? (DistrictDiva)
all film/TV critique
1/12/2024
‘The Book of Clarence’ Can’t Hold the Weight of the Icons it Invokes
12/19/23
The latest adaptation of ‘The Color Purple’ strips away Celie’s powerful love story
9/21/23
Megan Thee Stallion Claps Back in ‘Dicks: The Musical’
9/19/23
‘Stamped From The Beginning’ Tells The Truth About Our History And Centers Black Women
9/18/23
‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero’ Puts Some Respect on His Impact
9/10/23
‘The Marvels’ retreads ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ with some Black Girl Magic
7/20/23
‘They Cloned Tyrone’: A dark comedy where the conspiracy theories are true
7/13/23
‘Survival of the Thickest’ shines when Black, fat and queer stars are at the center
6/2023
‘I’m a Virgo’ Recaps: Boots Riley wants to radicalize us
6/16/23
Horror-comedy ‘The Blackening’ shows what’s great about being Black
5/31/23
Black girls deserve Halle Bailey’s ‘The Little Mermaid’
5/2023
‘Queen Charlotte’ Recaps on The Grio
4/26/23
‘Chevalier’ explores the little-known true story of the Black composer who dazzled French society
3/10/23
‘Unprisoned’ breaks free of the Black lady therapist trope
3/3/23
‘Creed III’ lets Black men be soft
2/17/23
Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania: All Hail the Kang!
1/27/23
The Nothingburger of Netflix’s You People
1/24/23
The Most Underrated Black Films and Performances of 2022
11/12/22
‘Wakanda Forever’ Shows That Black People Can’t Win In the MCU (REVIEW)
7/23/22
7/22/22
Rap Sh!t Ep. 1& 2 Recap: Bad Bitch Renaissance
7/21/22
Issa Rae Makes Another Hit With Rap Sh!t (xoNecole)
8/20/2021
The White Lotus and the Limits of White Self-Critique (Refinery 29 Unbothered)
9/18/2020
We Need ‘Slave Movies’–Just Not The Ones We’re Getting (re: Antebellum, in ZORA Mag)
8/11/2020
Beyoncé’s Black Is King Offers a Blueprint for Decolonizing Black Masculinity (Esquire)
7/27/2020
Every Man Should Be Watching I May Destroy You (Esquire)
6/30/2020
Everyone in Media Needs to Watch ‘Disclosure‘ (Shondaland)
4/21/2020
The Navel-Gazing Inception of Kenya Barris’ #BlackAF (TheGrio)
2/11/2020
The Liberating Subversiveness of Ava DuVernay’s Cherish the Day
1/11/2020
Just Mercy Is the Black Revolution Film We Need
11/27/2019
Let’s Talk About the Ending of Queen & Slim, An Artful Wound with No Medicine
10/25/2019
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Harriet?
10/20/2019
5 Reasons You Should Be Watching Bigger on BET+
6/12/2019
‘When They See Us’: An Evening Of Black Joy With Oprah, Ava And The Exonerated Five
5/31/2019
‘When They See Us’: Don’t Miss This Scene’s Radical Message
5/29/2019
In Ma, the Thrill Is in What The Film Could’ve Been
4/23/2019
The Recipe To Decolonized Love Is In Beyonce’s Lemonade
4/17/2019
Homecoming: Beyonce Crafts a Cinematic Love Letter to Black People And HBCUs for Netflix
4/6/2019
The Best of Enemies, Worst of White Savior Movies
3/27/2019
This Is Us: Beth And Randall Show How A ‘Good’ Man Can Still Gaslight You
3/22/2019
The Ending of Jordan Peele’s Us Explained
12/14/2018
How Green Book and the Hollywood Machine Swallowed Donald Shirley Whole
11/15/2018
Green Book Is a Poorly Titled White Savior Film
4/3/2018
The Shocking On My Block Finale, And What We Owe Black and Brown Kids
03/08/2018
The Retroactive Healing Power of A Wrinkle in Time
2/17/2018
In Defense of Erik Killmonger and the Forgotten Children of Wakanda
6/1/2010
