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Media, Movies, ReviewFor an Implausible Testosterone-Driven Alpha Bro Heist Fantasy ‘Den of Thieves’ Is Pretty OK
Expectations are everything in a movie like Den of Thieves. The film’s trailer is fortunately straightforward in placing your expectations…
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Editorials, Features, Media, MoviesThe Want to Protect ‘Proud Mary,’ Critiquing The Choir and How We Judge Black Art
“I’m rooting for everybody Black.” It’s hard to articulate all the ways in which Issa Rae’s now infamous quote both…
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Media, Movies, ReviewI Love Taraji Enough to Be Honest About the Absurdity of ‘Proud Mary’
***Some small plot spoilers are in this review*** It’s hard to face the question begged by films such as Proud…
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Features, Media, Movies‘Breaking In’: Gabrielle Union vs Billy Burke is the Face-Off I Never Knew I Needed
When I clicked on the trailer for Breaking In, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. It seemed like your…
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Media, Movies, ReviewMoney Grab Reboot After Another, It’s Surprising How Freaking Great ‘Jumanji’ Is
When Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was asked how he felt about reprising such a beloved 90’s film, the charismatic action…
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Media, Movies, ReviewAmong Many Things, My Black Ass Needed to Watch ‘Molly’s Game’ to See If I Could Root for Her
From Rounders to 21, movies about high-stakes card playing have become a sub-genre all their own. Despite having a wide…
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Editorials, Features, Media, MoviesDisney Got Fox’s Corners, So Now What Comic Book Stories Do We Want?
Yes, it finally happened. Disney went checking through the couch cushions and found $52 Billion dollars lying around so that…
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Media, Movies, Review‘The Post’ Was Made For Oscar Season, and Might Succeed
From its cast of Academy Award winners to their dramatic scenes of powerful men, clustered in a room smoke-filled room,…
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Media, Movies, Review‘Downsizing’ Is An Interesting Premise, but Thematically a Master of None
It’s hard to place a finger on what Downsizing, Paramount Pictures’ new sci-fi-meets-inspirational film, means to do. It’s partly satire,…
