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cuba gooding jr

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
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Sound of Change: SELMA Trailer

November 12, 2014

New contender, or new pretender?

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Ryan McNeil
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LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER

January 5, 2014

What to do when something moving and nuanced is counterweighted with heavy-handedness and caricature?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, american gangster, armand assante, carla gugino, chiwetel ejiofor, common, crime, cuba gooding jr, denzel washington, drama, dvd, idris elba, joe morton, john hawkes, josh brolin, norman reedus, ridley scott, ruby dee, russel crowe, rza, steve zaillian, ted levine

AMERICAN GANGSTER

November 3, 2007

The American Dream gets a Rude Awakening.

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Ryan McNeil
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