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Charlize Theron, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard

Review: The Old Guard

8 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 12, 2020 / Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Greg Rucka, Harry Melling, KiKi Layne, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, Matthias Schoenaerts, The Old Guard, Women Directors

The Old Guard is an action-packed fantasy about immortal heroes starring Charlize Theron. It . . . wait. Stop. You had me at Charlize Theron. Oh, okay . . . might as well tell you more.

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Maxwell Simba in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 12, 2019 / Aïssa Maïga, Alice Walker, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lily Banda, Maxwell Simba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Chiwetel Ejiofor adapted the novel by William Kamkwamba telling this true story. He also directed and starred in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It was his first ever directing effort. There are spoilers ahead.

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Fiona Shaw and Finbar Lynch in Mind Games

Review: Mind Games

6 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 19, 2018 / Chiwetel Ejiofor, Finbar Lynch, Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve, Lynda La Plante, Mind Games, Prime Suspect, Sara Kestelman

Mind Games is a 2001 film from the UK starring Fiona Shaw as a criminal profiler. It is currently streaming on AcornTV. It’s a fun blast from the past and one of the few films I’ve seen with Fiona Shaw

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hiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman in Secret in Their Eyes

Review: Secret in Their Eyes

4 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / May 31, 2018 / Alfred Molina, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Dean Norris, Julia Roberts, Michael Kelly, Nicole Kidman, Secret in Their Eyes, Zoe Graham

Secret in their Eyes is a 2015 film that recently appeared on Netflix. It has a stellar cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, and Julia Roberts.

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Benedict Cumberbatch and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Doctor Strange

Review: Doctor Strange

Leave a Comment / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / November 16, 2016 / Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Benjamin Bratt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Doctor Strange, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Mads Mikkelsen, Marvel, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton

My reaction to Doctor Strange was mixed. It looked good in the previews, otherwise I wouldn’t have forked over enough money to pay for a whole month of Amazon Prime to go see it. I now know the origin story

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Review: Z for Zachariah

2 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / August 18, 2016 / Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Craig Zobel, Margot Robbie, Robert C. O'Brien, trailers, Z for Zachariah

Z for Zachariah is a 2015 film about the meager remains of life after a nuclear disaster that is never explained. The film stars Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine. These 3 make up the entire cast.

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Review: Dancing on the Edge

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 26, 2016 / Allan Corduner, Anthony Head, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Duke Ellington, Jacqueline Bisset, Janet Montgomery, Jenna Coleman, Joanna Vanderham, John Goodman, Matthew Goode, Stephen Poliakoff, Tom Hughes, trailers

Dancing on the Edge is a British mini-series from 2013. Set in 1930s London, the series is about a black jazz band that becomes entangled in the aristocratic world of London.

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Preview: Half of a Yellow Sun

6 Comments / Movies / By Virginia DeBolt / March 18, 2014 / Americanah, Anika Noni Rose, Biafra, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Half of a Yellow Sun, John Boyega, Joseph Mawle, Lupita Nyong'o, Nigeria, Purple Hibiscus, Thandie Newton, trailers

One of the greatest living writers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Half of a Yellow Sun, as well as Purple Hibiscus, and most recently, Americanah. If you have not read her books, I urge you to give them

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