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Heartless America: BLUE BAYOU
Linda Ronstadt's version of the Roy Orbison classic "Blue Bayou" is still a song I don't mind hearing despite its over familiarity. Alicia Vikander singing it at a Vietnamese picnic, however, was completely unexpected, but enjoyable, never knew she sang...
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And Then They Were OLD
The owner of the hotel suggests to Prisca & Guy that their first day's activity be a trip out to a private beach. He intimates, they are the only ones being offered this opportunity, but once in the resort van (featuring M. Night's cameo) they are joined by a rich couple, Charles (Rufus Sewell) and his trophy wife Chrystal (Abbey Lee Lovecraft Country) their 6 year-old daughter Kara and Charles' mother. Once on the beach they find a famous rapper, Mid-Size Sedan [love this moniker]...
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HALF BROTHERS
The backstory involving their father’s journey and reasons for not having returned to Mexico is notable. It speaks to the tensions of the US/Mexico relationship and the dignity of immigrants. In many ways Half Brothers also celebrates and acknowledges the importance of telling stories of all races, not in as grand a manner, but in the perspective of Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians.
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The Invisible Man
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Yes! This is a GO SEE IT!!!! Writer/Director Leigh Whannell has presented us with a fine thriller starting scene 1 – You become immediately invested in the escape without having seen who, why, where an escape is even needed. The movie would be very good with another actress in the main role, but of course, my girl crush, Elisabeth Moss kicks it into great! She’s so good at making you feel her pain and share in her victories. I’m not gonna say much more cause I don’t want to give anything away. But I will say, I have read H.G. Well‘s book “The Invisible Man”…
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THE PHOTOGRAPH
Mae Morton (Issa Rae) is a museum curator grappling with the death of her estranged mother, a famed photographer who leaves her daughter a letter explaining her journey. The letter leaves Mae unsure of how to proceed, until she connects with journalist Michael Block (Lakeith Stanfield), who is working on his own story about Mae’s mom. The story travels back and forth from present to past in a languorous mode, this is a film, not a movie. The film’s coloring takes on rich neutral tones, which allow the viewer to settle into a touching tale of love – between mother and daughter, romantic love, new love and being in love…
