Tag: Audra McDonald
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Origin, another masterwork from Ava DuVernay
Origin, from writer and director Ava DuVernay, is another masterwork from one of America’s greatest directors. The movie is an adaptation of the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. The book itself is a scholarly work with copious footnotes and appendices. Ava DuVernay made the movie about Isabel Wilkerson’s journey in…
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Review: Respect with Jennifer Hudson
Respect is the second Aretha Franklin biopic I’ve seen. Although both cover many of the same events, this film is darker and grittier and stars Aretha’s own pick to play her: Jennifer Hudson. It’s available on Prime Video.
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Review: Ricki and the Flash
Lucky for me I’m not a critic. It seems to me that the main job of a critic is to watch a fun and enjoyable movie or TV show and find things wrong with it so as to make it unenjoyable for anyone else to watch. Which leads to my point: Ricki and the Flash…
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Watch This: Trailer for Ricki and The Flash
I am somewhat (okay, a whole lot) excited about Ricki and The Flash. The first excitement is the star Meryl Streep. Next, there’s the writer Diablo Cody. But wait! There’s more! Check this out: “Meryl Streep takes on a whole new gig – a hard-rocking singer/guitarist – for Oscar®-winning director Jonathan Demme and Academy Award®-winning…