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0/5
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The Rip
(2026)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The movie looks cheap, the script is abysmal, the characters are totally predictable, and the car chases are dull. You can tell what’s going to happen, and then the characters repeat what they are doing over and over again.
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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2/5
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Amanda Seyfried does a lot in this film. She’s on screen for the entire two hours and seventeen minutes of the film, but there’s not one moment of humor or actual charisma. Cult leaders have a charm beyond yelling and screaming.
Posted Dec 31, 2025
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3.5/5
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Sorry, Baby
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Sorry, Baby isn’t afraid of long silences, and the pure, truthful acting and storytelling are what make this comedy about deep trauma compelling.
Posted Dec 21, 2025
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0/5
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STRAW
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Straw is Tyler Perry Black trauma porn dialed up to one hundred and fifty percent. The movie is filled with Black actors who all need to make a paycheck.
Posted Dec 21, 2025
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2/5
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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. After the Fall has a lot of building tension without any satisfying resolution
Posted Dec 21, 2025
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5/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Chloé Zhao accomplishes a feat of pure emotional excellence in this outstanding work of art. Every single actor in this film is magnificent. Truly some of the best performances this year.
Posted Dec 17, 2025
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2/5
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Director Josh Safdie’s hard-handed direction is redundant, and the film feels long. The women in this film are all uninteresting tropes.
Posted Dec 17, 2025
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2/4
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Materialists
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Why does no one in this film have agency to find value in themselves without validation from someone else? Frankly, it’s weird to see the regression of the idea that marriage is the only thing that matters in a person’s life.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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3/5
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Beyond the Gaze: Jule Campbell's Swimsuit Issue
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Beyond The Gaze: Julie Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue is one of those kinds of documentaries that you never thought you’d need to know about, but then become fascinated with once you know.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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5/5
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Sentimental Value
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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instead of having sisters at war with one another, writers Vogt and Trier create safe spaces for these women.
Posted Dec 08, 2025
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5/5
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Sirāt
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Sirāt is outstanding, one of the best films I’ve seen in 2025. Like in life, you never know what is going to happen from moment to moment in this film.
Posted Dec 08, 2025
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3/5
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The Legend of Ochi
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The best aspect of The Legend of Ochi is the puppetry and animatronics used to create the Ochi.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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1/5
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Just because a female actor is in a film without makeup and hairstyling and is eating junk food on camera doesn’t mean that she’s giving a tour de force, life-changing performance worthy of an Oscar.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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0
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The more films he makes, the more you see his fetishes for light-skinned Black women, and the stories are not interesting.
Posted Dec 01, 2025
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3/5
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The Smashing Machine
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Dropping into this film is mesmerizing. I loved the documentary film style of this work, and the costumes, set, hair, and makeup really transport you back to the late 90s, early 2000s.
Posted Dec 01, 2025
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3.5/5
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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I absolutely loved the evolution of the relationship between Elphaba and Fiyero. The song they sing together is spellbinding.
Posted Nov 20, 2025
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5/5
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Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost is a beautifully crafted documentary grounded in love and laughter, and it felt like home.
Posted Oct 25, 2025
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5/5
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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A House of Dynamite is a film that no one wants to see, but everyone should watch to sober us all up about the reality of our fragile existence on this planet.
Posted Oct 24, 2025
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5/5
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Are We Good?
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Are We Good? Is the perfect documentary to watch right now.
Posted Oct 02, 2025
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3/5
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The way the Black characters are written is rotten. What the Black female Actors do with these underwritten roles is fresh, the entire cast’s acting is fresh and the filmmaking is fresh so I gotta make the film fresh.
Posted Sep 26, 2025
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5/5
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The Eyes of Ghana
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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In a time where politicians are rewriting history, it is vital for stories like this to be told and preserved for future generations. I loved how this film clearly lays out how powerful storytelling is in framing identity and controlling people
Posted Sep 17, 2025
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3.5
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My Father's Shadow
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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I enjoyed the quiet nature of this movie. Every frame of this movie is a work of art. Akinola Davies Jr. has done impressive work.
Posted Sep 12, 2025
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5/5
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Hedda
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Thompson eats up the screen in this role, making it seem as if she was born to play Hedda Gabler. She’s all at once stunning, elegant, and witty, yet is she a bully? Is she insecure? No? Yes? Perhaps it’s all of it because she is blinded by love.
Posted Sep 09, 2025
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4/5
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Rental Family
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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HIKARI has created a film that is an ode to Japan. The cinematography is stunning, crafted with love as it transports the audience to the land of the rising sun.
Posted Sep 08, 2025
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4/5
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Roofman
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Tatum’s charm is the perfect match for this character. It’s hard not to like this guy. Yes, he’s smart when it comes to figuring out how to McGuiver himself out of and into situations, but he’s got no common sense.
Posted Sep 08, 2025
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5/5
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The Christophers
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The film questions the very nature of how we value art, family, and what a legacy actually is, and who are the people who have the best capacity to preserve a legacy.
Posted Sep 08, 2025
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3.5
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The bulk of this film is a beautifully edited sharing of a bounty of archival footage mixed with viral social media posts, news clips, interviews, and animated scenes with a killer score connected by the BLKNWS network.
Posted Sep 06, 2025
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2/5
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Steve
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Steve is a film that attempts to inspire empathy, but its razor-sharp edges cut too deeply and made it hard for me to relate to these young men.
Posted Sep 06, 2025
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4/5
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Take a superhero film, mix in some romance, throw in some thrilling action sequences, add mind-bending special effects, and mix in a whole lot of love, and you’ll have The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Posted Jul 25, 2025
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5/5
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Sunday Best
(2023)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The documentary is exactly the inspiration artists need today to believe that art and culture are driving forces of subtle change in American society.
Posted Jul 18, 2025
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3.5
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Superman
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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This version of Superman bleeds when he is injured, and boy, is he pulverized in this twenty-first-century rendering of the iconic superhero.
Posted Jul 11, 2025
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3/5
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Leads
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Leads peels back the glamorous veneer of the entertainment industry, offering an honest and empathetic glimpse into the everyday realities faced by most working actors within SAG-AFTRA.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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4/5
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Lemonade Blessing
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Lemonade Blessing is an outstanding coming-of-age film that hits that dramedy sweet spot that feels earnest, and intelligent, with just the right touch of empathy thrown in at all the perfect moments.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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5/5
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Boy George & Culture Club
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Boy George & Culture Club does not disappoint. Not only does director Alison Ellwood(Laurel Canyon) do a fantastic job documenting the rise and fall of the iconic 80s band, she centers the music and the love that made the music.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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5/5
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Sinners
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The storytelling is so clear yet complex and layered. You get the backstory of all of the characters through action, not through lazy dialogue. Sinners is a masterclass in storytelling.
Posted Apr 22, 2025
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5/5
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Brother Verses Brother
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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...touches the heart in all the best ways. Identical twin brothers Ari and Ethan Gold star in this wildly creative journey into brotherhood, redemption, grief and the layers of love, dysfunction, protection, and connection that come with close family.
Posted Mar 10, 2025
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2
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(2025)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The problem of this film is the not so subtle messaging. An unwashed, mediocre blonde white lady can get whatever man she chooses whenever she wants.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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5/5
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Babygirl
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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The trope we are used to in film is that the lived experience of older people is more powerful than the power that young people possess. Babygirl throws that trope on its head
Posted Dec 25, 2024
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4/5
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A Complete Unknown
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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A Complete Unknown is a surprising commentary on the trappings of fame and an artist's determination to explore art on his own terms.
Posted Dec 25, 2024
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2/5
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The Six Triple Eight
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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There’s a scene where three of my favorite actors, and Oprah Winfrey, do some of the most obvious caricature work I’ve seen since Glenn Close’s performance in Lee Daniels’ The Deliverance.
Posted Dec 22, 2024
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1/5
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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On paper, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat should be an inspirational film that centers the Black female experience but in reality, this movie is a lazy cliche with a lot of histrionic acting, ugly costumes and horrific wigs.
Posted Dec 21, 2024
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1/4
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Damsel
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Netflix’s Damsel is an adventure that feels about as exciting as watching paint dry on a medieval castle wall. This film is a perfect example of a story that promises much but delivers little.
Posted Dec 19, 2024
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4/5
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Brats
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Brats is part documentary film part therapy project that evolves into a compelling humanization of a former movie star.
Posted Dec 18, 2024
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3/5
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The Substance
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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French filmmaker Writer-director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) has crafted an unforgettable body horror satire that takes on aging in a culture obsessed with youth.
Posted Dec 18, 2024
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5/5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Erivo’s grounded, truthful embodiment of this role is stunning because it is pure truth. I believed every single moment.
Posted Nov 21, 2024
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4/5
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Martha
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Netflix’s Martha gives a complex look at Martha Stewart’s life without sugarcoating anything.
Posted Nov 04, 2024
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5/5
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Lonely Planet
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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I don’t like fluffy rom-coms, but if they're gonna make more rom-coms like Lonely Planet. I’m all in. Lonely Planet is intelligent, sexy, and slightly cynical. The script is grounded in reality but gives the perfect taste of travel fantasy.
Posted Oct 13, 2024
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1.5
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We Live in Time
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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Director John Crowley (The Goldfinch, Brooklyn) allows the story to unfold slowly. Really slow. At a snail’s pace, slow. The film was 107 minutes long, but it seemed like I was there for three hour
Posted Sep 13, 2024
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5/5
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The Fire Inside
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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First-time director Rachel Morrison hits all the emotional notes you want to feel in an inspiring sports film but goes beyond the happy ending to the reality of life after winning gold for women in Boxing.
Posted Sep 13, 2024
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5/5
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40 Acres
(2024)
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Jeanine T. Abraham
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40 Acres is a clever, action-packed thriller worth every minute on screen. This fantastic film blends action, adventure, comedy, and suspense in a post-apocalyptic setting and centers a blended Black and Native family.
Posted Sep 13, 2024
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