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One Night in Miami… movie review: the past, still prologue

Mon, Apr 19, 2021
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An electrifying philosophical fantasia that imagines four towering figures of 1960s America arguing over how to navigate racism as Black men. Enraging, but also thrilling, bursting with cinematic joy.

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Brian Banks movie review: calling out corruption, mildly

Thu, Aug 15, 2019
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There’s plenty injustice here to enrage the thinking, feeling citizen, but despite a passionate performance by charismatic Aldis Hodge, this docudrama is nowhere near incensed enough on his behalf.

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Logan Lucky movie review: a waste of a heist

Fri, Aug 25, 2017
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Fun enough and diverting enough while you’re in the middle of it, but hints of something much richer and more satisfying dangle just out of its reach.

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Woodlawn movie review: Jesus is an Alabama football fan, obvs

Sun, Feb 21, 2016
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A film taken with the singular American delusion that Jesus loves football… though it also throws in a new delusion: Jesus hates the U.S. Constitution.

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Concussion movie review: heads up

Mon, Dec 21, 2015
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A quietly horrifying, solidly entertaining medical procedural that makes no bones about the terrible damage American football causes to its players.

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from Facebook: why is Sony protecting the NFL?

Fri, Sep 04, 2015
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[This post is not behind the paywall.]

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London photo of the day: NBA at Turnpike Lane

Fri, Oct 11, 2013
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It’s not just the NFL getting pushed in the U.K…

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London photo of the day: British cheesehead

Fri, Oct 04, 2013
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One last image from this past Sunday’s NFL on Regent Street event.

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London photo of the day: NFL fandom, British style

Thu, Oct 03, 2013
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If kilts were involved in American football in America, I might be more interested.

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London photo of the day: classic architecture, modern marketing

Tue, Oct 01, 2013
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From this past Sunday’s NFL on Regent Street event.

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