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ATE DAY8 of Soulfood
In honor of Black History Month, this week’s column is about soul food and other delicious offerings from several Black-owned businesses we are proud...
Lego 2: Stick to It
Except for one important element, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part has pretty much everything that the original film had. The jokes are...
Mr. Bagman
You shouldn't be surprised that Michael Clayton is currently being overrated by America's film critics. The movie practically begs for it.
It sticks out because...
LOTR: Holding Out for a Héra
When I wrote up my holiday movie preview last week, I wondered if a Japanese anime treatment of The Lord of the Rings would...
Film Shorts
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Parkland (PG-13) Peter Landesman writes and directs this drama set at Dallas’ Parkland Memorial Hospital in the immediate aftermath of president John F. Kennedy’s...
Film Shorts // July 13-19, 2022
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Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down (PG-13) The filmmaking team of Julie Cohen and Betsy West (RBG) helm this documentary about the former Arizona congresswoman...
The Best Lead Performances of 2020
There’s not that many A-list stars in 2020’s list of the best leading actors. Some of you might see that as a negative, but...
Carte Blanchett
Cate Blanchett is generally regarded as one of the great actresses of our time, and yet her actual track record is curiously spotty. She...
Film Shorts
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Distorted (R) Christina Ricci stars in this thriller as a bipolar patient who suspects her new landlord (John Cusack) of secretly conducting psychological experiments...
Fifty Shades of Strange
I wasn’t that impressed by the first Doctor Strange movie. Forget the whitewashing of the Ancient One, the title character struck me as Tony...
