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    Review: Beyond The Lights

    In honor of the 2015 BET Awards, where dozens of artists set out to prove every year how viable their music and images are to their thousands of fans… In…

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    April 21, 2022
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    Review: Grace of Monaco

    When people dream of marrying royalty, they rarely comprehend what that really means. All the while, adding a culture that is one million miles away from everything you know. Grace…

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    December 13, 2019
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    Review: What Happened, Miss Simone?

    One of the hot documentary tix for Sundance 2015 was for What Happened, Miss Simone? She was African Royalty.  How does royalty still stomp around in the mud and walk…

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  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    Review: Love and Mercy

      This is what we do know…Brian Wilson, his brothers, Dennis, Carl and cousin Mike Love revolutionized the 60’s rock scene with their distinct vocal harmonies and lyrics as The…

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  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review: Mekko

    Almost every African-American person you meet will claim to have some “indian” in their ancestral blood line.  My situation is no different and my actual bloodline includes Cherokee (Oklahoma and…

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  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review: Frank and Cindy

    Based on a true story and originally produced as a a documentary in 2007, 80’s one hit-wonder Frank Garcia married Cindy Brown.  Cindy,  convinced Frank would be go on to…

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    May 24, 2025

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    April 10, 2025
  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    TOO LATE

    TOO LATE at first glance has a very literal meaning, but in the indie film written and directed by Dennis Hauck being “too late” refers to life not time. TOO…

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  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review: What Lola Wants

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  • Film Festivals,  Film Reviews

    2015 Los Angeles Film Festival Review: MAIKO

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    March 5, 2020
  • Film Reviews

    Review: Carl(A)

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