The Road Dance (Adams, 2021)
It is hard for me to fault The Road Dance for being about what it is about, but … I have seen so many stories over the yers about women… Continue reading "The Road Dance (Adams, 2021)"
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Bob Marley: One Love (Green, 2024)
Few critical cliches make me grind my teeth more than “I wanted to like it,” but I don’t know where else to go in a review for this film. Bob… Continue reading "Bob Marley: One Love (Green, 2024)"
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The Teachers’ Lounge (Çatak, 2023)
The Teachers’ Lounge is a nasty little mousetrap of a movie. It is one of those films where circumstances spiral from bad to worse while basically well-intentioned people get more… Continue reading "The Teachers’ Lounge (Çatak, 2023)"
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God & Country (Partland, 2024)
For nigh on ten years now, I have been telling all of my friends, most of my acquaintances, and anyone else who would listen: “This isn’t Christianity. This is not… Continue reading "God & Country (Partland, 2024)"
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Interpreters Wanted (Ham, 2024)
Interpreters Wanted puts a human face on a political issue so seemingly one-sided that it is hard not to fault the film for refusing to be angrier and failing to… Continue reading "Interpreters Wanted (Ham, 2024)"
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African Giants (Kamara, 2024)
Fantastic. I truly enjoyed African Giants and would recommend it to anyone with at least one sibling or anyone who might come from a place where a different emphasis is… Continue reading "African Giants (Kamara, 2024)"
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2023 Top 10
There was a lot of misery at the movies this year. Some of it was onscreen. A writer’s strike and actor’s strike didn’t exactly keep us devoid of new content,… Continue reading "2023 Top 10"
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Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)
William Hart shows up with enough receipts in Lead and Copper to dismay even the most hardened pessimists and persuade … who exactly? That’s not meant as an indictment of… Continue reading "Lead and Copper (Hart, 2023)"
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Scrapper (Regan, 2023)
Scrapper, although simple, holds a lot of charm between the characters, their development throughout the film, and the story. Scrapper is about a twelve-year-old girl, Georgie, who lost her mother… Continue reading "Scrapper (Regan, 2023)"
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The Thing (Carpenter, 1982)
To many horror enthusiasts, John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) is considered one of the classics due to the practical effects and ominous music used throughout the movie, however, many older… Continue reading "The Thing (Carpenter, 1982)"