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carmen ejogo

reviews 3 stars, alien: covenant, amy seimetz, billy crudup, callie hernandez, carmen ejogo, danny mcbride, demián bichir, guy pearce, james franco, katherine waterston, michael fassbender, reviews, ridley scott, sci-fi

ALIEN: COVENANT

June 25, 2017

The Alien franchise already went looking for God; five years on, it’s time to play God.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, carmen ejogo, christopher abbott, it comes at night, joel edgerton, kelvin harrison, reviews, riley keough, trey edward shults

IT COMES AT NIGHT

June 11, 2017

How fragile is man’s humanity to man when the plague is knocking at the door

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alessandro nivola, ava duvernay, bio-pic, carmen ejogo, common, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, directors of colour, dylan baker, giovanni ribisi, lorraine toussaint, martin sheen, oprah winfrey, reviews, selma, stephan james, tessa thompson, tim roth, tom wilkinson, wendell pierce, women in film, women of colour

SELMA

December 28, 2014

A sign of the times in a portrayal of times gone by.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers alessandro nivola, ava duvernay, carmen ejogo, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, giovanni ribisi, oprah winfrey, selma, tim roth, tom wilkinson, trailers

Sound of Change: SELMA Trailer

November 12, 2014

New contender, or new pretender?

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Ryan McNeil
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