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AFI Film Festival, Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews
Tyler Perry’s Destiny and Dreams are Woven by Being Maxine’s Baby
Bekele and Ortiz don't shy away from personal moments revealing emotional and physically challenging wounds from an abusive father, breaking that cycle with his own son, while coming to the…
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Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones Pair Up for Inspired True Story – The Burial
Director/writer Maggie Betts screenplay and direction never once tries to resolve or absolve the racism, but rather addresses it head on while making the audience lie in that truth as…
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Coming Attractions, Documentary Film Review, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF 2018
Ancestry Prevails Over Greed, Money and Power in Silver Dollar Road
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), who is not one to shy away from the atrocities experienced by people of color whether it's James Baldwin…
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Shotgun Wedding is Campy, Comedic Fun
Mark Hammer's script, although it has some really hilarious moments, is most. predictable with very few surprises, but if you are a Jlo rom com fan you get your entire…
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Forbidden Love and Forgiveness Permeate Within My Policeman
If nothing else, My Policeman effectively conveys how judgement, prejudice and cowardice is all contingent upon choices and actions. How those actions can change and enhance a life or ruin…
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Goodnight Mommy is a Low-Wattage Horror Remake
Being a fan of Naomi Watts, my hopes were that this film would be worthy of her spectacular talents. It gives me no pleasure to say this remake just doesn't…
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Coming Attractions, entertainment, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, TIFF 2022, Toronto International Film Festival
Catherine Called Birdy Brings Feminism to the 13th Century
With Catherine Called Birdy, Dunham finds a fresh angle on themes she’s explored before. This time, she confronts sexism by situating it amid the absurdly arcane customs of 13th-century Europe,…
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Thirteen Lives is Intense Reminder of Global Sacrifice and Thoughtfulness
It goes without saying that every single actor was stellar, but this isn't a film about performances. In a time, where the human beings are still struggling to get ahead…
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Emergency Turns Race Relations into Biting, Gut Wrenching Satire
Directed by Carey Williams and screenplay by K.D. Dávila, Emergency boldly and unapologetically lays out race relations, in all its ridiculousness, on the table for all to see like a…
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Triggering Tropes Explored with Haunting Thriller Master
What is most jarring the the deep commentary spoken and unspoken on race relations and how undercover is has been for decades. How some people say one thing and do…
