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AFI DOCS, Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, SXSW, TIFF 2020
76 Days Pays Homage to COVID-19 First Responders in Wuhan
It is my sincere hope that when audiences view this film, they will come the realization that this virus in not a hoax. It doesn't care if you are rich,…
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Reid Miller is Stupendously, Heartbreaking in Good Joe Bell
With a plethora of producers including Jake Gyllenhaal and Drew Brees and based on a true story, Good Joe Bell left my heart tattered and eyeswelling up into a unsuspecting ugly cry…
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Concrete Cowboys is Charming Urban Western Coming of Age Tale
Idris Elba does what he does best...be a man. A man with wrapped up in fear, love, hope and quiet integrity. Jharrel Jerome is stellar and Caleb McLaughlin proves his…
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David Oyelowo Taps into Family and Fantasy with The Water Man Debut
As a filmmaker, Oyelowo masterfully captures the emotional struggles that inhabits a family and the impending loss of a loved one through child’s view of the world and heart. Beautifully…
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Climate Change is in Good Hands As Long As Greta Thunberg Exists
But, being on the autism spectrum, ostracized in school by classmates and staff, as well as, grown middle age men putting in their two cents being equally unkind, this unique…
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Naomi Watts Warms Up a Tepid Penguin Bloom
Directed by Glendyn Ivan, Penguin Bloom tells the amazing true story of renewal of self, family and life the minute a little bird flew into all their lives transforming the minds,…
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MLK/FBI Doc Reaffirms Old Prejudices and Reignites Hypocrisy in America
At the age of 39, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assasintated. Herbert Hoover’s FBI reign lasted 48 years. In 2020, the fruits of the Civil Right movement live on in…
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Ellen Burstyn and Vanessa Kirby are Spellbounding in Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of Woman break down all the elements of a gender. Women are kind, strong, loving and thorough the miracle of childbirth are changed emotionally forever. For better or for…
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Nomadland Gives Displaced Dignity & Frances McDormand a Brilliant Role
Frances McDormand has the uncanny ability to land in role portraying women with a fired dignity wrapped in awkwardness making her characters relatable, raw and human. However, there is something…
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Coming Attractions, entertainment, Film Festivals, TIFF 2020, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Regina King Makes Herstory with One Night in Miami
One Night in Miami moved my spirit in ways, that left me speechless, honored and in a strange way...hopeful that a whole new generation will now be introduced to Black…
