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Jonita Davis

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Biography:

Jonita Davis is a freelance film and television critic who writes for various outlets, including Black Girl Nerds, The Fix, The Washington Post, Syfy Wire, and so many others. Davis holds a masters degree in English from Purdue University, where she also lectures occasionally. Those academic skills and her experience as a mother, and pop culture fan are used in studying and writing about television and film through the lens of culture, race, gender, and family. You can see some of Jonita Davis's work at www.jonitadavis.com/clips.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Zoe (2025) EDIT “Zoe continues the interrogation of the "she can do it all" mentality. Women are expected to work, be successful, raise a family, and land a hot, successful partner that she is madly in love with to do all of this with. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 19, 2026 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% EDIT “The awards snubs will continue because Sinners has to fail this awards season in order to maintain the facade of the American white supremacist capitalist patriarchy. The one that is trying desperately to hang onto power right now in the U.S.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 18, 2026 Full Review The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo (2025) EDIT “The Legend of Juan Jose Mundo offers a bit of nostalgia and a reality check for the people who were actually Julie’s age at the time. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review No Choice (2025) EDIT “The film uses cinematic techniques to give viewers a glimpse into the terror women feel when they get that plus sign on a pregnancy test.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Gazelle (2025) EDIT “However, Americans need to watch this movie to see just how broken the system is. It does not help those who need it most and only works for those who can pay their way through. That’s not democracy, and it’s not for the people.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review The Dummy Detective (2025) EDIT “The film plays with the genre in a style reminiscent of the Naked Gun films, but with an underlying darkness akin to that of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Oh, and there are actual dummies — the kind that ventriloquists use.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Junkie (2025) EDIT “Through Stevie’s eyes, we see the struggles of a life damaged by substances. With her best frenemy, Sherry (played by Jessica Lea Risco), and best friend/dealer, Kyle (Kian Morr), Stevie takes the audience on an unforgettable Southern odyssey.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 10, 2026 Full Review Our Happy Place (2024) EDIT “Our Happy Place was shot and produced with a small team. The result is a horrifying tale about the secrets that the most idyllic couples keep, even from themselves, during the holidays.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Dec 6, 2025 Full Review A Hot Summer Night (2025) EDIT “A Hot Summer Night reveals a side of lockdown life that few people truly knew about. The role of sex workers in helping people with both sexual and mental release. For many of the clients, she was the only person they had contact with all day.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Dec 6, 2025 Full Review Everyone Asked About You (2025) EDIT “If you hate movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Inception, then pass on Everybody Asked About You. The film is raw and complex, looking at the struggles of doing business in Hollywood while dealing with the trauma of childhood abuse.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Dec 5, 2025 Full Review More Than Santa Baby (2025) EDIT “'More Than Santa Baby' has a message for artists chasing their "hit" while simultaneously creating the music that defines multiple generations. Take stock and be proud of your accomplishments. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Nov 24, 2025 Full Review The Vile (2025) 100% EDIT “The Vile's storytelling gave the audience a glimpse into a visceral, untethered experience, bringing life to a process that many women undergo inside their own minds, alone. This makes it a surprisingly feminist horror film.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Good Side of Bad (2023) 100% EDIT “The Good Side of Bad gives the audience a glimpse of what Florence sees, thinks, and feels in that opening scene. That POV disappears for the rest of the film, but the effect lingers. It forces viewers to question Florence every step of the way.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Aug 4, 2025 Full Review Redux Redux (2025) 98% EDIT “Redux Redux combines dark genre elements to bend reality in a way that mimics a mother's toxic grief and rage cycle after losing a child to a violent crime. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Aug 3, 2025 Full Review The Omro Heist (2025) EDIT “Omro Heist is directed and written by the team of Jamie Bailey and Simon Phillips. They are the duo who create seriously sarcastic, thrilling films with twists you never saw coming. Omro Heist follows that same pattern.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Aug 3, 2025 Full Review The Ladies of the House (2014) EDIT “The Ladies of the House does come off as a very feminist rendition of the classic cannibalistic serial killer film. However, it is so much more. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Aug 3, 2025 Full Review Been Here Stay Here (2024) EDIT “ Been Here Stay Here is a documentary about the citizens of Tangiers Island, devout people who are sounding the alarm on climate change as their beloved home succumbs to the hazards that science warned about.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jul 17, 2025 Full Review Dogma (1999) 72% EDIT “Watching the remastered 25th anniversary edition of Dogma today (in 2025), I had to ask myself: Was Dogma echoing the concerns of millennials (in its original 1999 release) or sending a foreshadowed message to the church about the mass exodus to come?” – The Black Cape (Medium) May 29, 2025 Full Review Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day (2025) EDIT “Arcades and Love Songs offers a look into the life of a man pivoting to the career of his dreams after retiring from his “dream job.” It normalizes following your dream and also channeling heartache into the arts. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Disposable Humanity (2025) EDIT “I know that Disposable Humanity is about the hidden story of how the Nazis tortured, and killed the disabled people as a precursor to the Holocaust. Watching it from Trump’s America lends the documentary a horror edge that only comes from current events. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Mar 7, 2025 Full Review Silent Trees (2024) EDIT “Silent Trees is a “must-watch” documentary for every American. We need to be reminded that the wars in Eastern Europe are being fought with human casualties. Like 16-year Rona’s pregnant mother, who froze to death while the family waited for asylum” – The Black Cape (Medium) Mar 7, 2025 Full Review Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2024) 100% EDIT “The film takes us through Diane “Q Lazarus” Luckey’s addiction, homelessness, and even a stint as a sex worker. The writer/singer is candid about her journey, which is only enhanced by her enchanting storytelling.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Mar 7, 2025 Full Review Step Back, Doors Closing (2024) 100% EDIT “If there were a genre for Step Back, Doors Closing, a new film from writer/director Carter Ward, it would be the same genre as the Meg Ryan and Diane Keaton romance comedies of the late 80s and 90s. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Pay Dirt: The Story of Supercross (2024) EDIT “Pay Dirt strolls through the epic injuries, rivalries, and so much more that has defined the sport, using news footage, interviews, and live commentary from the racers — some of whom still carry the same animosity that they had on the dirt track.” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 12, 2025 Full Review Hazard (2025) 90% EDIT “Hazard is a love story. One that goes beyond Will and Sara. Will comes to terms with what the drugs are doing to his community and his home. ” – The Black Cape (Medium) Jan 12, 2025 Full Review
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