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Cocaine Bear

Just Bearable

February 24, 2023February 28, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklynn Prince, Christian Convery, Cocaine Bear, Elizabeth Banks, Hannah Hoekstra, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jr., Keri Russell, Kristofer Hivju, Margo Martindale, O’Shea Jackson, Ray Liotta

The 1980s called and it wants its ‘Cocaine Bear’ back

Glass Onion

‘Glass’ More Than Half Full

December 19, 2022December 21, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Glass Onion, Janelle Monae, Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Knives Out, Leslie Odom, Rian Johnson

‘Glass Onion’, a ‘Knives Out’ sequel, is a wicked, vainglorious eat-the-rich satire

MLK/FBI

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘MLK/FBI’ Skips the Money Shot

January 18, 2021January 21, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Clint Eastwood, Dr. Martin Luther King, J. Edgar Hoover, Jr., MLK/FBI

Documentary about J. Edgar Hoover spying on Martin Luther King Jr. refuses to fully go there

John Lewis

Biography NON-FICTION

John Lewis and the Power of Hope

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments George Floyd, His Truth Is Marching On, John Lewis, Jon Mecham, Jr., Martin Luther King

‘His Truth is Marching On’ affirms the promise of peaceful activism over violence

James Baldwin

NON-FICTION Politics

How James Baldwin Can Help Us ‘Begin Again’

August 20, 2020August 19, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Begin Again, Eddie Glaude, James Baldwin, Jr., The Fire Next Time

Urgent lessons from a not-distant past

‘The Hate U Give’ Gives A Lot Of Love

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amandla Sternberg, Anthony Mackie, Audrey Wells, Common, Eric Garner, George Tillman, Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Matt Taibbi, Monsters And Men, Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give, Travis Scott, Tupac

A Real Teen Hero Rises