Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! If you missed my posts here you can also catch them at www.OnAirWithTonySweet.com and AAFCA.com. Be on the lookout for my film review new show on BHL Online - Black Tomatoes owned by E! Bews Correspondent Maria Menounos premiering June 2017. If you like what you read please shout me out via #thecurvycritic and as always, thanks for supporting a sista' and see you on the red carpet!
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Winslet and Ronan are Exquisite Lovers in Ammonite
Directed by Francis Lee, Ammonite has many unspoken moments and it is those moments that speak volumes. Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan can do no wrong. Watching these heavyweights battle…
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Between The World and Me is Wake Up Call for Humanity & Love Letter to HU
For those white people seeking clarity on how helping them understand how I felt someone was being racist, those wanting me to educate them on being Black or explain to…
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Hillbilly Elegy Illustrates Family Survival in the Midst of Addiction
Some may screen this film and be annoyed by what they see as a cliche' about mountain folk and poor folk. The truth is nothing is a cliche' when a…
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The Croods: A New Age is The Perfect Animated Comedy Recipe for Right Now
Between the gladiator insult scene, The Thunder Sisters saving the day, The Banana Bros, punch monkeys, the vibrant 70's and 90's love tune soundtrack and the very vibrant colors of…
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Sophia Loren is Exquisitely Directed by Son in The Life Ahead
Based on Romain Gary's 1975 book The Life Before Us (adapted once before, in 1977's Madame Rosa - starring Simone Signoret), The Life Ahead results in a tour de force performance…
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Jingle Jangle Swings Into Holiday Season with Chocolate Classic
2020 has been a trip, so I say we are in for a little good news. Nothing fits the bill better than David Talbert’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. The…
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Matt Tyranauer Leaves No Page Left Unturned in The Reagans
Well, Showtime reveals a side of Nancy and Ron with their four part docu-series - The Reagans exploring many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan Administration, and how Nancy's image…
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Lesley Manville is Diabolically Delicious in Suspense Drama Let Him Go
As much as I adore Kevin Costner and Diane Lane as the Blackledges, it is Lesley Manville as Blanche Weboy who steals every scene she inhabit with pure unadulterated evil.…
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The Craft: Legacy Keeps Franchise Fresh with LGTBQ Leads and Female Unity
The Craft was easily one of my go to favorite flicks because it was creepy, thrilling and just wonderfully acted by an eclectic group of dolls Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell,…
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Devine and Omari Hardwick Invoke Chocolate Misery Voodoo in Spell
SPELL is a twisted, eery version of Stephen King's 'Misery' married to 'Hereditary' with a Black cast and witchcraft at the helm with fantabulous performances from Loretta Devine and Omari…
