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TV Review - Shrill
Last year, Rebel Wilson made headlines when she proclaimed to be "the first ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy" for her film Isn't It Romantic? (2019). She said this on The Ellen...
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TV Review - Leaving Neverland
Back in January, BET aired a six-part series called Surviving R. Kelly, which detailed the alleged crimes of R. Kelly, the African-American singer and entertainer, crimes that were predominantly...
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Movie Review - Missing Link (2019)
This is the fifth film from the movie company known as Laika. It is the second of those five to be directed by Chris Butler. Butler is an English storyboard artist and designer who was nominated for an...
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Movie Review - Little
Regina Hall was such a delight in the recent Girls Trip (2017) in which she played a well-rounded, fully fleshed out person. Here, for the most part, she's playing a cartoon character, a caricature of...
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Movie Review - The Mustang
I have mixed feelings about this film. I think it's a very well made film, thanks in large part to the tremendous performance by Matthias Schoenaerts, a Belgian actor who was in some prestigious...
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Movie Review - Marilyn (2019)
The feature debut of Martín Rodríguez Redondo is an adaptation or based on true events. It's about the real-life story of Marcelo Bernasconi, an Argentinian who made a lot of headlines ten years ago....
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Movie Review - Penguins (2019)
Nearly 15 years ago, a documentary about penguins was released in theaters that won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. That film was March of the Penguins (2005). This year, Hulu released a sequel...
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TV Review - Unicorn Store
I suppose that this film is about Millennial ennui. It's for the college-age or twenty-something people who aspire to be artists who stumble, not really fail, but don't become instantly rich and...
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TV Review - Native Son (2019)
Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son was known as a social protest novel, which is a work of fiction in literature that dramatizes a social problem like poverty or prejudice through its effects on...
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TV Review - The Perfect Date
If you don't know who Noah Centineo is, then you're likely not a teenage girl or a person under the age of 30. Centineo is the teenage Latino heartthrob who sent the Internet aflame last year. He first...
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TV Review - Special (2019)
In March, Hulu released a TV series called Shrill. It was about a plus-size woman who's insecure and who has self-esteem issues regarding her body. She has issues with her mother. She has issues at her...
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TV Review - Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, aka Coachella. It was established in 1999. It's mostly known as being a huge concert in the desert just outside Los...
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Movie Review - Avengers: Endgame
This is the 22nd installment in the film series known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I suppose that a person who hasn't seen any of them could walk in cold to this one and get some enjoyment, but...
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TV Review - The Code (2019)
In 1995, a legal or courtroom drama called JAG premiered on NBC. In 1997, CBS picked it up where it ran until 2005 for a total of 10 seasons. There have been tons of courtroom dramas on television from...
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TV Review - Fosse/Verdon
Bob Fosse is an award-winning choreographer and director, born in 1927 and died in 1987 at the age 60. He was the only person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award all in one year in 1973. He's won nine...
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TV Review - Ramy
Over the past decade, we've seen a few comedians who are Muslim or come from Muslim backgrounds rise to prominence and find success in Hollywood. Through them, we've gotten a perspective from...
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DVD Review - Capernaum
This film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. It was the official selection from Lebanon to compete for that award after being nominated for 9 Lebanese Movie Awards...
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DVD Review - Mirai
This film was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards. It was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards. It was nominated at the Critics Choice Awards. It won Best Animated...
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Movie Review - The Skin of the Teeth
It's not easy to place Matthew Wollin's debut feature into one category. Is it a drama? Is it a comedy? Is it a horror? Is it a fantasy? Arguably, Wollin's feature is all of the above or it's whichever...
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Movie Review - Knock Down the House
The 2016 election saw the first woman nominated by a major party almost become President of the United States. The results of that election motivated a lot of women to enter into politics. They did so...
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