Tag: crime
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Movie Review – The Hate U Give
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I expected this movie adaptation of Angela Thomas’ book of the same name to be exactly what it was—-racially tensed and enlightening. While many people are aware of a few victims involved in police altercations that led to their deaths by police officers such as Trayvon Martin, Botham Shem Jean, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray,…
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Movie Review – Blindspotting
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I think this movie was great. The acting and lyrical performance of Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal were excellent. I hope there are nominations in their future. The movie itself touched on the two serious topics of police shootings and gentrification. I like this movie because it discussed the dual effect that each topic has…
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Zero Percent Score – Gotti Gets a Goose Egg on Rotten Tomatoes
Gotti has been out a few weeks now, and all the reviews have trickled in (including ours)…and [pullquote]the John Travolta crime mob vehicle, written to document the rise and fall of a famous Gotti family, fails in almost every way.[/pullquote] I say almost, because Travolta really does a great job in his acting choices as…
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Movie Review — Superfly (2018)
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Superfly is a very talky movie, interspersed with people shooting each other, and lots of blood blossoming on fancy white outfits. There’s not a single character to root for — everyone is corrupt, either selling drugs or profiteering off those selling the drugs. [pullquote]There are, however, some great outfits, good hair, a fine soundtrack, and…
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Movie Review – Gotti
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This movie was a muddled mess. This biographic piece couldn’t quite pick up steam or really even figure out what it wanted to be. I was waiting for the big moment but there was none. It was just two hours of a lot of names thrown at you, never fully explaining anything. On a positive…
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Movie review: Game Night
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We have a twofer review for you for Game Night! RunPee Jilly has her review first, and RunPee Niece has her review below. Enjoy! Game Night took a satirish version of the caper standby and presented something really different. The comedic ensemble lent a sense of stylish fun to the proceedings, and nothing was as…
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Movie Review – Going in Style
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Zach Braff does an excellent job reviving the 1979 movie of the same name, starring Art Carney and George Burns. The replacement actors (Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin) brought their A game, and gave us a fresh look at an old classic. Critics will say this is a tired plot that’s been done…
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Movie Review – The Fate of the Furious – F8
I’ve been waiting on pins and needle for this movie. I know I said exactly this for the previous movie of F7. It still holds true. Let me start off with the fact that I’m probably one of the biggest fans of this franchise. I’ve seen everyone of them on opening day, and had vowed my…
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Movie Review – The Accountant
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Trigger Warning: Bright flashing lights and loud music in certain sections, which could be a trigger if you’re overly sensitive to stimuli. Guns, murder and blood, as one would expect in an assassin-type thriller. Ben Affleck, as the titular accountant, does a nice job portraying someone with high-functioning Autism. As someone with Autism myself, I’m…
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Movie Review – Gone Girl
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This isn’t exactly my favorite genre. Still, I loved 98% of this movie, but I don’t want to say which 2% of the movie I didn’t like, because that might spoil some things for you and I’d hate myself for that, because this is a really good movie — except for the part that isn’t.…
