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Peter Rabbit 2 (aka Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway) movie review: carrot and shtick

Fri, Jul 30, 2021
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Cynical sequel — you know, for kids! — doubles down on the nihilistic money-grubbing of the original. Thinks that being clever and meta about its own disenchantment will win us over. It does not.

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Gringo movie review: Mexican bland-off

Fri, Mar 09, 2018
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Woefully undeveloped characters, a thin yet convoluted plot, and a lack of humor in the black comedy. This is what it looks like when a hastily scribbled first draft goes straight into production.

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curated: explaining the problem of black Brits playing African Americans onscreen

Thu, Apr 06, 2017
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Good stuff here.

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A United Kingdom movie review: a love that changed the world

Fri, Nov 25, 2016
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Insistent chemistry between David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike fuels a true story of passionate romance with an urgent message about love as radical and political.

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Captive movie review: prisoner of boredom

Tue, Jan 05, 2016
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So inept a film, so bland and monotonous, that it fails even to serve as the blatant ad for the certain Christian motivational book it would appear to be.

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Selma movie review: the march of time is slow

Fri, Feb 06, 2015
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A magnificent film, vital and alive, with the most profound sense of immediacy I think I’ve ever felt in a historical story.

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Lee Daniels’ The Butler (aka The Butler) review: civil-rights servant

Mon, Mar 10, 2014
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A deeply moving melodrama about a subtly subversive black butler at the heart of the White House. You will need Kleenex.

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