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Black Panther (2018)::rating::4

[su_dropcap size="5"]B[/su_dropcap]lack Panther connects with a rare one-two punch by featuring one of the friggin' coolest comic book characters of all time, while also building a lively, intelligent, and socially-aware superhero movie around him.    Ryan Coogler's film proves that a story can be important without being preachy, and fast-paced without chucking logic out the…

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BlacKkKlansman (2018)::rating::4

[su_dropcap size="5"]"T[/su_dropcap]here is no present or future–only the past, happening over and over again–now.”  Eugene O’Neill’s words perfectly apply to BlacKklansman, a broiling, billowing, blisteringly funny film that marks Spike Lee’s best work in over two decades.  Lee bookends his story with the acidic hiss of hate speech from two different eras:   At the…

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Sputnik (2020)::rating::3.5

[su_dropcap size="5"]S[/su_dropcap]putnik will feel familiar to anybody who's even casually acquainted with the works of John Carpenter, Ridley Scott, George Romero and many others.  What's truly impressive is how the filmmakers use these references to create something altogether new.  An intelligent, quietly audacious little film, Sputnik will keep you thoroughly compelled from start to finish.  And yet,…

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