Movie Review: ‘Candyman’

Review by Lauryn Angel Director Nia DaCosta’s Candyman has been described as a “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 film of the same name, directed by Bernard Rose. DaCosta’s film deftly skips over the sequels to the earlier film, connecting to the first film in a vein...

Movie Review: ‘Candyman’

Review by James Lindorf It has been 29 years since audiences first said his name. There have been a few lackluster sequels and a year-long pandemic delay in the nearly three decades since, but “Candyman” has finally come back to Chicago and Cabrini-Green. This time he...