Category: Historical
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Apple TV’s Tenzing: An Epic Homage to a Dreamer
When I started watching Apple TV’s latest original film, Tenzing, I was expecting something fairly straightforward. Following the life of famed Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay, one half of the first pair of people ever to summit Mt. Everest, I expected Jennifer Peedom’s film to be a basic biopic rooted in action scenes focused on the…
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“Line Of Control”
A masterful portrayal of a long-forgotten story that needs to be told.
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“The Social Reckoning” Fails to Reckon with Society
While this film thinks that it is diagnosing the cause, it is merely diagnosing a symptom instead.
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“By Any Means” and the Pitfalls of Entertainment
It is up to the community to decide if this film is a force for enlightenment or not.
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Jamie Foxx Brings Swagger To The Courtroom In “The Burial”
As legal dramas go, we rarely see an African-American actor in the lead role. “The Burial” has several.
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‘Concerto For Humanity’: The Eras We Live In
‘Concerto’ is esoteric at best, meant to satisfy the non-melanted’s sense of nostalgia. It is revisionist at worst, cherry-picking images that defy the true tapestry of the human condition.
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A Useful Ghost: A New Modern Classic
The classic ghosts-in-revenge story expanded into an extensive dig into the historical social system while being funny and horny.
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‘RUSTIN’: “Unsung” Is An Understatement
“Unsung” does not begin to describe the obscurity Bayard Rustin endured in the shadows of the Civil Rights Movement
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“Enola Holmes 3” Screws Up Its Main Character And The Worldbuilding
Netflix’s recent “Enola Holmes 3” is a disappointing and confusing entry in the stellar “Enola Holmes” franchise.
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“Young Washington” Is Imperialist Propaganda
Telling a story about the French and Indian Wars from the perspective of the British prioritizes the perspective of the colonizers.