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  • Movie Review ~ The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

    Movie Review ~ The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

    The Facts: Synopsis: Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games.Stars: Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, Viola DavisDirector: Francis LawrenceRated: PG-13Running Length: 157 minutesTMMM Score: (8/10)Review: For movie audiences, The Hunger Games concluded eight years ago with The Hunger

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  • Movie Review ~ Air

    Movie Review ~ Air

    The Facts: Synopsis: Sonny Vaccaro, a shoe salesman at Nike, works to sign rookie Michael Jordan to a deal to wear their shoes.Stars: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Julius Tennon, Matthew Maher, Viola DavisDirector: Ben AffleckRated: RRunning Length: 112 minutesTMMM Score: (8/10)Review:  As someone that watched all ten

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  • Movie Review ~ The Woman King

    Movie Review ~ The Woman King

    The Facts: Synopsis: The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen.Stars: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Adrienne Warren, Jordan BolgerDirector: Gina Prince-BythewoodRated:

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  • Movie Review ~ The Unforgivable 

    Movie Review ~ The Unforgivable 

    The Facts:   Synopsis: Released from prison into a society that won’t forgive her past, a woman seeks redemption by searching for the sister she left behind.  Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas, Linda Emond, Aisling Franciosi, Tom Guiry, Rob Morgan, W. Earl Brown  Director: Nora Fingscheidt  Rated: R  Running Length: 112 minutes  TMMM

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  • Movie Review ~ The Suicide Squad

    The Facts: Synopsis: Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese. Stars: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi,

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  • Movie Review ~ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    The Facts: Synopsis: Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927. Stars: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Jeremy Shamos, Dusan Brown Director: George C. Wolfe Rated: R Running Length: 94 minutes TMMM Score: (6/10)

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  • Movie Review ~ Widows

    The Facts: Synopsis: Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Kaluuya, Liam

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Widows

    Synopsis: Set in contemporary Chicago amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except debts left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. Release Date: November 16, 2018 Thoughts: Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a

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  • The Silver Bullet ~ Fences

    Synopsis: An African American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life. Release Date: December 25, 2016 Thoughts: Fences, August Wilson’s modern classic, comes to the big screen courtesy of director/star Denzel Washington with a

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  • Movie Review ~ Suicide Squad

    The Facts: Synopsis: A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. Stars: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Adam Beach, Karen Fukuhara Director: David Ayer Rated: PG-13 Running Length: 123

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