Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! Host/Producer/Film Critic, Carla Renata is a member of such esteemed organizations as Critics Choice Association (Former Co-President Documentary Branch and current Board Member), African American Film Critics Association, International Documentary Association and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. My op-eds or features have been seen in Variety , RogerEbert.com, The Wrap,as well as being a frequent Guest Contributor/Culture Critic for Fox 11-LA, Good Day LA, RogerEbert.com, BBC News, CNN and NBC's Hollywood Reeltime. Catch my reviews on The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata - LIVE!!! weekly via You Tube and on the Rotten Tomatoes podcast "Critical Thinking." If you like what you read please shout me out and subscribe to The Curvy Critic on YouTube. You can chat with me across all social media platforms @TheCurvyCritic and as always, thanks for supporting a sista'
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Gina Rodriguez Scorches in Miss Bala
Having been a former beauty pageant contestant (pick your jaws up off the floor now), I was all over this film like cheap suit. Convinced I was about to screen…
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Sundance 2019: Clemency is a Raw, Emotional Look at Death Row
Chononye Chuckwu perfectly encapsulates and humanizes lawyers, criminals and prison staff in this heart stopping drama. This is by far a career best for the legendary Alfre Woodard. The list…
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Apollo 11 Relives Historic Moon Walk and Inspires Americans
“One small step for man…One giant leap for mankind” is a Neil Armstrong quote that takes us right back to that historical moment of when Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael…
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Black Dahlia Revisited through Fauna Hodel in TNT’S I AM THE NIGHT
If you are a native of Los Angeles and driven down Franklin Street, you have more than likely driven past the home of one of the city’s most famous, mysterious…
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James McAvoy is Brilliant in M. Night Shamaylan’s GLASS
Growing up as a military dependent, often times I didn’t fit in. Our family was often one of the few or sometimes the only family of color on the…
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Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston Unlikely Irrestible Duo in The Upside
What happens when you run out of options? Those moments where you feel like universe, family, friends and even you have given up on YOU. Dell (Kevin Hart) is an…
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The Favourite Dominates BAFTA Nominations
The BAFTA nominations were just dropped along with some surprise bombs including the one and only nomination for Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS for Viola Davis. Another surprise is that not one…
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Funny. Suspense. Thriller = Escape Room
Escape Rooms are all the rage for birthday parties, a girlfriend get-together or to just hang out with your favorite game partners. As someone who does not enjoy being…
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Dumplin’ Embraces Dolly and Being Uniquely You
Brilliantly adapted by Kristen Hahn and directed by Anne Fletcher, Dumplin' will inspire any woman of any age to love who they are despite what society says we should look…
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Barry Jenkins Breathes Life into Baldwin with If Beale Street Could Talk
When the line is spoken "No one should ever have to see a loved one through a pane of glass," and the film kicks off with 'There are days when…
