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Solomon Northup has just become an iconic American hero, some fifteen and a half decades after he lived. Americans from this day forth will know his name like they know Patrick Henry’s or Harriet Tubman’s. That’s not all. The mov…
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Steve McQueen directs Chiwetel Ejiofor
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42 gives us a part of baseball history that fans and non-fans alike should see. As much as it is a decent baseball story, it is an even better story about American history. This glimpse into how Jackie Robinson made his way from a Negro league to the Brooklyn Dodgers was more complex than a simpl… |
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Aretha Franklin was never even that close to being one of my favorite singers. There, I’ve said it. That’s now changed. I…
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The most sought-after concert film? Yes!
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Denzel and Crowe at the top of their games, combined with a compelling (if familiar), interesting and assured story make this an almost perfect gangster movie, just shy of the Godfathers and Goodfellas…. |
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Barbershop: The Next Cut should be a Best Picture contender but won’t be. Not because it’s black, because it’s a comedy. Comedies get no respect from the Academy. Can I get a witness? Somebody? While LOL funny, Barbershop 3 is not your ordinary comedy. Instead, it bridges several paradoxes…
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Cube, Common, Cedric & Nicki, oh my!
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Black Panther joins Wonder Woman as the second cultural-phenomena superhero blockbuster in half a year, each a terrific specimen of the superhero genre, yet transcending it in social impact. Females saw themselves anew in Gal Gadot; The African diaspora gains a new and fantastic folklore in *…
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Very Strong Cast
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Wakanda Forever is maternal Marvel, and not just maternal but sisterly and resolutely female focused. Sisters doing it for themselves, IOW. The only men are supporting players, including the über villain, who’s not half bad but not man enough to give the movie balance. This is a serious flaw in…
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Sisters talking it out... too much.
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Black Snake Moan? More like Bad Play Miss — solid acting and really great music don’t fully rescue a race-baiting story in an overly-stylized production. One glance at the poster makes BSM’s prurient appeal undeniable: pretty little Christina Ricci in Daisy Dukes and cut-off Rebel T-Shir…
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Cheesy and over-the-top
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Spike Lee found a true American tale worthy of his talents in the exploits of detective Ron Stallworth, the black officer who led a successful takedown of the KKK in late Seventies America. It’s crazy funny. Stallworth is a true American hero, straight up, the only one unblemished in Lee’s ted…
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Real Ron Stallworth, American Hero
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Cadillac Records features truly great music, sexy antics and charismatic portrayals of legendary performers, yet it somehow leaves you blue. Unlike listening to the blues, watching its performers indulge in the proto rockstar life is vicariously wild yet unsatisfying to the soul. I suppose th…
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Muddy & The Stones - "Baby Please Don...
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