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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…
Read MoreReviews 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…
Read MoreReviews 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 MoreReviews 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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