Tag: Diverse

The Creator Delivers on Spectacle, VFX Even If Its Themes Seem Familiar

Director Gareth Edwards makes his return to multiplexes this week with his sci-fi adventure film The Creator. The year is 2065 and the world is in the midst of war as the West is engaged in conflict with…

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Outlaw Johnny Black Pontificates As Much as It Entertains

Black Dynamite has grown to become a cult classic in film circles with the blaxploitation parody spinning off into a cartoon show amidst its success. The team behind the film is back with Outlaw Johnny Black, a play…

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Barbie is the Perfect, Entertaining Blend of Camp, Humor, and Social Messaging

Barbie has fast become one of the most anticipated films of the year amidst a marketing campaign that some believe may be the best in film history. Actress/writer/director on the rise Greta Gerwig teams up with star Margot…

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Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning – High Octane Action + a Topical Villain = Summer Blockbuster Done Right

After the unexpected box office shattering performance of Top Gun: Maverick last summer, Tom Cruise has been cemented in the minds of many as the king of the box office and savior of the theatrical experience. Halfway through…

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Flamin’ Hot is a Classic Feel Good Movie, For Better or Worse

Flamin’ Hot is an autobiographical look at the story of Richard Montanez (Jesse Garcia), the son of a Mexican immigrant, who becomes a janitor at Frito-Lay after his wife Judy (Annie Gonzalez) becomes pregnant with their first child…

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Chevalier is a By-The-Numbers Biopic Saved By Its Cast

Chevalier sets out to tell the true tale of Joseph Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), the illegitimate son of an African slave named Nanon (Ronke Adekoluejo) and French plantation owner George Bologne (Jim High). After his father recognizes his…

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Air is an Old School Crowd Pleasure about Shooting for the Stars

Air retells the story of the endorsement deal that changed fashion and sports when Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon) worked within the running shoe athletic company Nike to put all their chips on the table in pursuit of incoming NBA…

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John Wick Chapter 4 Continues the Action Franchise Ascent Into Greatness, Legend

The John Wick series infamously began as a small scale movie that was the verge of being put straight to DVD/on-demand into perhaps the best action film franchise of its time. As movie franchises grow in success and number, it…

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Scream VI Leans Into Its Meta-Ness and Largely Succeeds

Following the success of last year’s reboot “re-quel” Scream (2022), our core four new generation of terrified teens is back. This time, Tara (Jenna Ortega), Sam (Melissa Barrera), Chad (Mason Gooding), and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) are all…

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Knock at the Cabin is an Engrossing Thriller That Asks Some Existential Questions

Director M. Night Shyamalan returns to the big screen with his latest film Knock at the Cabin. While couple Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff) are vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods with their young…

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