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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(2016)
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Constance Gibbs
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If it is a fantasy story that includes historical elements but isn't strict about accuracy then there is no reason for the casting to not reflect the diversity of modern audiences...
Posted Mar 31, 2020
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8/10
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State of Pride
(2019)
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Mel Perez
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State of Pride is a celebration of the LGBTQ community, how far they've come and where they still need to go.
Posted Sep 05, 2019
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8/10
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Mel Perez
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Not only are these girls learning how to be more inclusive, they also found a place where they are welcomed and celebrated as girls of color.
Posted Sep 05, 2019
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9/10
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Pink Wall
(2019)
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Lauren Warren
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Pink Wall is ripe with extraordinary performances, stunning direction and cinematography displaying the ... sides of Jenna and Leon's (and every) relationship.
Posted Apr 19, 2019
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8.5/10
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Captain Marvel
(2019)
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Kay-B
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... [Captain Marvel] does manage to beautifully capture the essence of the '90s and a woman coming into her own as the superhero she was always destined to be.
Posted Apr 01, 2019
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8/10
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Villains
(2019)
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Lauren Warren
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Dan Berk and Robert Olsen have crafted a compact and delightfully dark comedy/thriller about amateur criminals in love ... that packs a mighty punch in its 88-minute runtime.
Posted Apr 01, 2019
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9/10
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
(2019)
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Kay-B
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"...getting the opportunity to understand her as a multi-faceted woman, learning to juggle family, health, and career wealth ... was enlightening."
Posted Feb 25, 2019
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7/10
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Selah and the Spades
(2019)
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Kay-B
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The actors have a great dynamic, and the scenes where Selah interacts with and has strong camaraderie with Maxxie and Paloma really make the film shine.
Posted Feb 07, 2019
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7/10
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Premature
(2019)
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Joi Childs
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Premature, if nothing else, successfully treads similar waters as Love Jones and Mo Better Blues before it while keeping the story relevant to its own time.
Posted Jan 31, 2019
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8/10
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Aquaman
(2018)
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Kay-B
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[James] Wan definitely took the opportunity to lean into the campiness and Momoa's innate sense of humor, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Posted Dec 28, 2018
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5/10
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Welcome to Marwen
(2018)
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Shannon Miller
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...the love that [ Welcome to Marwen ] professes for these women and how it actually treats women are at direct odds with each other.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
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10/10
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018)
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Mel Perez
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The animation in this film is gorgeously brilliant, adding a whole new life to what could have been an old story.
Posted Dec 19, 2018
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4/10
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Life Itself
(2018)
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Shannon Miller
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There is a moment where the narrator ... says 'I'm not sure whose story I have been telling,' and that's one of the few truths that Life Itself tells.
Posted Dec 09, 2018
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7/10
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Green Book
(2018)
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Kay-B
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While the [Green Book] gives us incredible performances ... I still found myself watching a film with some of the same stereotypical tropes.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
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7/10
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Widows
(2018)
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Leonardo Faierman
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The women in [Widows]have depth. They shift and transform, ... [they] aren't singularly labeled or monolithic.
Posted Nov 17, 2018
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6/10
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In a Relationship
(2018)
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Shannon Miller
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Boyd exchanges unrelenting sweetness and conveniently pretty endings for a quiet reminder of the messy uncertainty of evolving relationships.
Posted Nov 08, 2018
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10/10
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Rafiki
(2018)
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Constance Gibbs
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It is a coming of age film that embraces the idea that sometimes love isn't enough, but there's always hope.
Posted Sep 26, 2018
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8/10
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Monsters and Men
(2018)
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Joi Childs
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While some perspectives were more valuable than others, seeing the viewpoints of tragedy from people who are typically undervalued is a gift. And we shouldn't ignore it.
Posted Sep 17, 2018
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9/10
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Sorry to Bother You
(2018)
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Leonardo Faierman
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One of the most interesting components in Sorry To Bother You is whether the film does, or doesn't, and how it goes about testing his basic humanity.
Posted Sep 06, 2018
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8/10
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The First Purge
(2018)
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Leonardo Faierman
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The First Purge might not be a nuanced political commentary or an artful polemic, but as a modernized John Carpenter-inspired debacle of urban chaos? The system works.
Posted Sep 06, 2018
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8/10
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BlacKkKlansman
(2018)
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Lauren Warren
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Washington's portrayal of Ron Stallworth is humorous and understated, but powerful.
Posted Sep 05, 2018
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5/10
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The Greatest Showman
(2017)
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Shannon Miller
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There's more than enough flash and bang [in The Greatest Showman] to spare, but not nearly enough of a concentrated effort to fully develop one single angle, from plot to participants.
Posted Aug 28, 2018
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