Summer of Soul is Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s (member of The Roots, filmmaker, producer, DJ) directorial debut and it is brilliant. Even during the pandemic…
Coda is an entertaining, funny, heartfelt look at a family. Ruby (Emilia Jones) is a teenager and the only hearing member of her family and she becomes torn…
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Herself is a tale of struggle and triumph that is at once commonplace and, sadly, far too rare. The movie is not just a story of abuse and breaking free, but…
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom has the style, the music, dialogue, the nuances of class and race jockeying for power, and the underlying thread of a pain that can…
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Streaming details by JustWatch While the first Wonder Woman was decent and certainly had entertaining moments, the sequel takes on too much and creates such a confusing mix that it’s impossible to feel invested in the film. The dialogue isn’t memorable, the music misplaced, and characters feel one dimensional despite attempts to make them more.
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Promising Young Woman is a feast overall, but one that leaves you questioning what part you ate that didn’t agree with you because something is off. There is…
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Streaming details by JustWatch There is no shortage of horror films, but tragically far too many get remakes that lower the quality and taint the original. Yes, we have Michael Myers, Jason Voorhies, Freddie Krueger, and their ilk. But what we need and deserve are new monsters that we can reminisce joyously about with friends.
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Streaming details by JustWatch Memories of Murder, directed by Bong Joon Ho and cowritten by Bong Joon Ho and Sung-bo Shim is adapted from a play written by Kwang-rim Kim and is loosely based on the true story of South Korean first recorded serial killer. Our lead, Detective Park Doo-man (Kang-ho Song), with the help
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Streaming details by JustWatch To be clear, there may be bias because I am both a fan of kpop and a fan of Blackpink. Ever since the minimalist intro to their freshman track “Whistle” along with an eye-catching, stylish, well-choreographed music video dropped, they have garnered attention. After “Whistle”, “Boombayah” ushered in even more fans
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Streaming details by JustWatch An arresting story about the horrors committed during the “White Terror” in Taiwan, Detention directed by John Hsu, is another example of a film that tells a story with historical truths through the horror genre. The film is gripping, a nightmare to watch—literally almost the entire movie is a nightmare—with moving
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