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‘Green Book’ Delivers Its Message About Racism with a Spoon Full of Sugar
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‘Green Book’ Delivers Its Message About Racism with a Spoon Full of Sugar

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 / 21 November 2018

Peter Farrelly's first foray into drama, Green Book, is simplistic in its message for examining racism, but maybe that simplicity serves as the sugar coating the pill that many current Americans need to swallow.

‘Tag’ Is Not It
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‘Tag’ Is Not It

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 / 15 June 2018

Jeff Tomsic's Tag is a missed opportunity to show that not all masculinity is toxic, even if it refuses to leave the playground.

‘Lone Survivor’ Is a Formidable Piece of Storytelling
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‘Lone Survivor’ Is a Formidable Piece of Storytelling

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 / 19 June 2014
Both a visceral and heartbreaking experience, Lone Survivor honors truth through fiction in a way that is both rare and haunting.
‘Blue Caprice’ Is Not a Movie About Killing
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‘Blue Caprice’ Is Not a Movie About Killing

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 / 29 January 2014
Tequan Richmond gives a chilling and authentic performance, with all the tenderness of youth, and all the brutality that resides in the darkest corners of the mind.
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True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa by Michael Finkel

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 / 15 September 2005