The first scene of “SuperFly” tells you all you need to know about the protagonist, a man called Priest (Trevor Jackson). Entering a loud and crowded nightclub, Priest at first doesn’t seem to belong.
Director X, the music video visionary who counts Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, and Drake among his collaborators and who has his feature film debut with the new remake SuperFly, wasn’t shy about putting ...
Sony’s “Superfly” remake buzzed to $1.2 million at 2,200 North American locations on its opening day on Wednesday. The studio said the crime drama remains on track to take in $10 million to $12 ...
Director X’s “Superfly” transplants the 1972 Blaxploitation classic from Harlem streets to suburban Atlanta mansions, flips Curtis Mayfield’s soul score for Future’s hip-hop soundtrack and forsakes ...
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- "Superfly" isn't boring, but it fails to capture our attention as the original once did. The new movie was inspired by a down and dirty epic with the same title, shot almost ...
IndieWire spoke to the Canadian director, best known for overseeing music videos for Drake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, and more. When Sony Pictures asked Director X to remake 1972 blaxploitation classic “Super ...
Gangster movies are an incredibly useful media artifact for examining the fraught relationship between historically marginalized groups and the myth of the American dream. 1972’s super cool ...
Trevor Jackson, left, who plays a powerful drug dealer, and Jason Mitchell, his partner, in “Superfly.” (Bob Mahoney/Sony Pictures Entertainment) Review by Kristen Page-Kirby Rating: 2 stars The first ...
Director X's "Superfly" transplants the 1972 Blaxploitation classic from Harlem streets to suburban Atlanta mansions, flips Curtis Mayfield's soul score for Future's hip-hop soundtrack and forsakes ...
The first scene of “SuperFly” tells you all you need to know about the protagonist, a man called Priest (Trevor Jackson). Entering a loud and crowded nightclub, Priest at first doesn’t seem to belong.