Dwight Brown

FILM REVIEW: The Roads Not Taken

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The main problem for this well-intentioned project, by writer director Sally Potter (Orlando), is that it focuses…

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FILM REVIEW: Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Robbie and her zany character are the soul of this endeavor. If nothing else, she is supremely…

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FILM REVIEW: Queen & Slim

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Queen & Slim is on its own path. Groundbreaking for its rich, layered storytelling (Lena Waithe, Emmy-winner…

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FILM REVIEW: The Rhythm Section

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Two-hundred thirty-nine passengers perish during a plane crash. An investigative journalist, Keith Proctor (Raza Jaffrey, Homeland), tracks…

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FILM REVIEW: Bad Boys for Life

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Twenty-five years later, their bromance is as fresh as the day they met. Smith, as the mercurial,…

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FILM REVIEW: The Gentlemen

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Writer/director Guy Ritchie, coined a style of staccato crime/thriller moviemaking that is dense, filled with characters, laden…

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FILM REVIEW: Brian Banks

NNPA NEWSWIRE —Brian Banks’ story is a cautionary tale in an era when a false accusation can ruin a career.…

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FILM REVIEW: The Farewell

NNPA NEWSWIRE — When you walk out of the theater you may feel like you just left a family meal…

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FILM REVIEW: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When she helped school her white editors on the power of her works and viewpoints on African…

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