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Papillon: A Man Escaped
A petty criminal convicted of murder (wrongly, he claimed), Henri “Papillon” Charrière published his story in 1970, captivating French readers with his account of...
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Alpha (PG-13) Kodi Smit-McPhee stars in this long-delayed epic about a cave-dweller during the Ice Age who must rely on a rescued wolf...
Crazy Rich Asians: Singapore Swing
Among us Asian-Americans, the anticipation for Crazy Rich Asians has been something like what African-Americans felt for Black Panther. The difference is, African-Americans have...
Considering Adam Driver
My last post in this irregular series was about an actor who is possibly too reticent for her own good in supporting roles. That’s...
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Along Came the Devil (NR) This horror film stars Sydney Sweeney as an abused teenager who becomes possessed by a demon after participating in...
BlacKkKlansman: Undercover Brother
During this decade’s great wave of African-American filmmaking, one figure has been curiously and conspicuously absent: Spike Lee. He has always been bedeviled by...
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Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days (NR) Wow, this is all over the place. This Korean movie was shot concurrently with its...
Spy Partners
A middling entry in the genre of comic spy thrillers, The Spy Who Dumped Me is enlivened considerably by its unorthodox pairing of lead...
Nothing’s Fair in Eighth Grade
While we’re all taking the temperatures of the summer blockbusters and examining their contents for possible clues as to the direction of Hollywood, this...
Blindspotting: By the Bay
They say three makes it a trend, so here we have three movies in Black Panther, Sorry to Bother You, and Blindspotting, which comes...
