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Reviews of a Former Film Critic: BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
REVIEWS OF A FORMER FILM CRITIC – A long time ago I was a film critic. This is a collection of my best reviews, movies I loved, and some that I hated. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and Squalor Porn: Examining Cinema’s Preferred View of the Black Existence in America (originally published December 2012) It’s…
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Reviews of a Former Film Critic – THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET
REVIEWS OF A FORMER FILM CRITIC – A long time ago I was a film critic. This is a collection of my best reviews, movies I loved, and some that I hated. THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (originally reviewed February 2004) Blaxploitation earned popular attention in 1970 and 1971 with films like COTTON COMES TO…
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BadAzz MoFo’s Film Review Archive – THE 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN
REVIEWS OF A FORMER FILM CRITIC – A long time ago I was a film critic. This is a collection of my best reviews, movies I loved, and some that I hated. 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN If you are a true fan of martial arts flicks, then you no-doubt have seen this film in at…
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Reviews of a Former Film Critic – ACE IN THE HOLE
REVIEWS OF A FORMER FILM CRITIC – A long time ago I was a film critic. This is a collection of my best reviews, movies I loved, and some that I hated. ACE IN THE HOLE (original reviewed July 2007) By the time he made 1951’s Ace in the Hole director Billy Wilder had already…
Read MoreQuarantine Life: Depression, Anxiety, and Pandemic Madness
I suffer from depression and anxiety. If you have to deal with either (or both), you know how difficult it can be just to interact with the world. The current global health crisis related to COVID-19 (Corona Virus) is pretty scary, and it is certain to trigger both anxiety and depression in a lot of…
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Reviews of a Former Film Critic – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
REVIEWS OF A FORMER FILM CRITIC – A long time ago I was a film critic. This is a collection of my best reviews, movies I loved, and some that I hated. 12 YEARS A SLAVE (originally reviewed December 2013) Watching director Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, it was impossible to keep my mind…
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