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Film Review: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ (2023)

Based on journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s best-selling and award-winning non-fiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Origin is written, directed and co-produced by Ava DuVernay…

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Film Review: Reptile (2023)

Coveted as a music video extraordinaire to all the big name singers of the twenty-twenties, it seems Grant Singer has decided to spread his directorial…

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Film Review: George C. Wolfe Hat Tips Further African American Heritage with ‘Rustin’

Produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and directed by George C. Wolfe (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Rustin is a gripping insight into…

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Film Review: ‘American Fiction’ Proves An Impressive Feature Film Debut for Cord Jefferson

If Cord Jefferson had not ‘made it’ in his profession as a writer for television, it would perhaps make sense seeing him try something different….

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Alexander Payne Returns to Form with ‘The Holdovers’

When director Alexander Payne released his film Downsizing it was universally praised for its highly original premise. Unfortunately, however, it received decidedly mixed reviews for…

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Film Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

Standing outside the Sydney theatre on a red carpet, Tom Cruise was certainly in his element – smiling brightly and waving at an adoring crowd…

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Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse burst onto theatrical screens with aplomb in 2018, it was already known a sequel was potentially in development. Such was…

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Film Review: The Invisible Man (2020)

Fresh off the back of its most recent less than glorious release (we’re looking at you, Fantasy Island), the Blumhouse folk hit back with the…

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