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Jockey Review
Films about horses or horse riding are a small sub-genre of sports films. When one comes around like Jockey, it’s a rare thing. The studios have made a few movies about horses in the past, but Jockey is a little independent film from… Continue reading
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Passing Review
Passing is based on the novel by Nella Larsen. It’s the first directorial outing for actress Rebecca Hall (Christine, The Town). This has been a passion project for Hall for years. It’s a throwback to the films of the 1920s and ’30s… Continue reading
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Outside the Wire Review
A lot of actors who starred in MCU films have gotten work from their presence in those films, Anthony Mackie chief among them. Turns in Altered Carbon and The Banker in recent years have helped boost his career since the MCU roles. Netflix… Continue reading
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The Mauritanian Review
Films about the fallout from 9/11 have been fee and far between over the almost two decades since that tragic day. The country has been looking for people to blame for those tragedies ever since. The Report and Fair Game are two of the… Continue reading
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Soul Review
Soul is the latest film from animation giant Pixar. They have been known as the top of the mountain of animation for about twenty years or so now. Their films have won multiple Academy Awards. And few of them have been… Continue reading
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Promising Young Woman Review
Promising Young Woman takes the term revenge thriller to the next level. Revenge has never been done like this before. Sure, other films have had some gory scenes and a lot of blood flowing, but the story in those films was… Continue reading
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News of the World Review
News of the World is one of the only holdouts that the filmmakers decided they would still release the film on its original release date. With acclaimed director Paul Greengrass and two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks attached, this was a… Continue reading
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The Midnight Sky Review
George Clooney has been hit-or-miss over his directing and acting career. I guess you could say a lot of actors and directors have a similar problem. By his early success in his career, he has been able to keep making… Continue reading
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Review
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is the latest film based on an August Wilson play, produced by Denzel Washington, who directed Fences in 2016. Whereas Fences had multiple locations, this film was pretty much set in one location in multiple rooms of a sound studio. Most… Continue reading
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