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AFI DOCS: Deportation of 1917 Bisbee Arizona Revisited in Riveting Documentary
News reports of thousands of immigrants being deported after their contribution to making America great again dominate on a daily basis. As annoyed or shocked as we are about these…
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Mia Wasikowska Redefines Distress in Damsel
In romantic relationships, we always assume that true love prevails and conquers all…right??!! That’s what Samuel (Robert Pattinson thought until things go terribly awry. Taking place in the Wild, Wild…
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Ellis Haizlip’s Niece Pays Tribute in Audience Winning Doc Mr SOUL!
A graduate of Howard University, Haizlip set the vibe of the times and changed the minds of what and how Americans viewed what Black American culture was really all about.…
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Paul Rudd is Perfect in The Catcher Was a Spy
I’m always down for a good tale of espionage, especially when it involves baseball. Doesn’t make sense right? Let me break it down for you. The Catcher Was A Spy…
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Filmstruck Celebrates The Best of Blaxploitation, LGBTQ and Dads in June
Funk. Soul. Ultra-hip. This month, FilmStruck is highlighting Blaxploitation cinema, a group of films made specifically for African American audiences in the 1970s just as black filmmakers were finally allowed…
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What’s it Like to Be a Superhero? Incredibles 2 Cast Spills the Beans
Today is the day!!! Incredibles 2 hits theatres and is already breaking records becoming the biggest animated film opening EVER beating Finding Dory!!!! It’s rumored to open with $170M. I…
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Childhood Games Never Looked More Fun than in TAG
Remember those kids from the neighborhood? You know the ones that you spent every waking day with over the weekends bike riding all over the city or grabbing a…
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Elastagirl and Jack Jack Steal the Show in Disney*Pixar’s Incredibles 2
Disney has done it again! Incredibles 2 surpasses the excitement of its predecessor totally entertaining the adult children like myself. When we catch up with Elastagirl, Mr. Incredible, Violet…
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Hardwick and Good Scorch The Screen in A Boy…A Girl…A Dream
There was a man I once met whose chemistry was so strong that when he held my hand, it felt like electricity shooting through my body. Our entire relationship was…
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Family, Race, Class and Triumph of Human Spirit Examined in QUEST
For his debut documentary, QUEST, director Jonathan Olshefski spent nearly a decade chronicling the daily triumphs and tragedies of the Raineys, a working class African-American family in North Philadelphia. The father, Christopher…
