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The Blackness Project
Dear White People vividly reminds us of what we already know: It’s a complicated business growing up black in America. So many stereotypes have...
Household Saint
Really, St. Vincent isn’t anything new. This working-class dramedy is a modestly budgeted independent film, but it’s the same sort of sentimental tripe that...
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St. Vincent (PG-13) Bill Murray stars in this comedy as a misanthropic war veteran who agrees to babysit an 11-year-old boy (Jaeden Lieberher) who...
Gran Libro
Hollywood doesn’t put out many movies about Latinos that are pitched toward a general audience, let alone ones that are aimed specifically at families....
Tank Busting
I rather liked David Ayer’s last film, the 2012 found-footage cop drama End of Watch. The financial success of that movie has allowed him...
Fort Worth Film Festivals Join Forces
Somewhat buried in the Lone Star International Film Festival's recent announcement of its headlining films is the tidbit that this year, the LSIFF has...
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Addicted (R) Sharon Leal stars in this drama as a woman who jeopardizes her marriage and career for a series of extramarital affairs. Also...
Webb of Truths
Through the first half of Kill the Messenger, I found myself thinking that this journalism drama would have blown me away if I’d seen...
Contempt of Court
When reviewing a movie called The Judge, there’s a temptation to use a really corny pun in the headline. “The Judge found guilty of...
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Drive Hard (NR) John Cusack takes a break from all the grim thrillers he’s been doing to co-star in this lighthearted caper comedy that...