Posts Tagged ‘Viola Davis’
Film Review – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
There’s an extended monologue deep into Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) that cuts so deeply that we feel the pain sear into our hearts. Levee (Chadwick Boseman) – an ambitious, slick, and hot-tempered horn player – describes to fellow bandmembers a traumatic experience at the hands of…
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Film Review – Troop Zero
Troop Zero (2020) is so sugary sweet that it should come with a health warning. There are moments where the sentimentality is so abundant that Steven Spielberg may think to himself, “Ok, this might be too much.” But beneath the cutesy exterior lies a message…
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Top 15 Films of 2018 – Allen’s Picks
The beauty of cinema is how it works as a reflection of our society – our hopes, our fears, and our desires. Films are a timestamp of who were, who we are, and what we could possibly be. A thousand years from now, people can…
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Film Review – Widows
Director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Shame) decided to take on a film showcasing women finding their strength in Widows. With a screenplay by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects) and based on the novel of the same name by…
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Film Review – Fences (Second Take)
There are films where the mastery of craft reveals itself subtly. Other times, the brilliance kicks the door down and makes its presence known loud and clear. Fences (2016) contains such powerful acting that we recognize it moments into the story. Denzel Washington directs August…
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Film Review – Fences
Fences is a film adaptation of a play by renowned playwright August Wilson. He also wrote the screenplay, even though he died in 2005. The play originally debuted in 1983, but it took a former star of the play to bring the film version to…
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Film Review – Suicide Squad
Spencer and Greg Upton (formerly of the Backroom Comics Podcast) take a look at the latest chapter in the DC cinematic universe, Suicide Squad, from director David Ayer and starring Will Smith & Margot Robbie.
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Film Review – Lila & Eve
Even Viola Davis‘s talent isn’t enough to overcome this muddled thriller, Lila & Eve. Getting revenge is a primal thought for us; we image what we would do if we lost a loved one by someone’s hand and how we could avenge them. Watching these…
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