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sherri shepherd

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF directors of colour, erica ash, francois arnaud, gloria reuben, jean of the jonses, mamoudou athie, sherri shepherd, taylour paige, tiff, tiff 2016, women in film, women of colour

JEAN OF THE JONSES plays TIFF 2016

September 16, 2016

Welcome to Jones’ family dinner. Grab a plate, and get comfy…shit’s about to get real.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, adam sandler, ben vereen, chris rock, comedy, gabrielle union, j.b. smoove, jay pharoah, jerry seinfeld, kevin hart, leslie jones, rosario dawson, sherri shepherd, top five, tracey morgan, whoopi goldberg

TOP FIVE

December 12, 2014

What’s on your top five list? For me, this film certainly makes the cut.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF ben vereen, chris rock, gabrielle union, j.b. smoove, kevin hart, rosario dawson, sherri shepherd, TIFF 2014, top five, tracy morgan

TOP FIVE plays TIFF 2014

September 14, 2014

Chris Rock has been responsible for some of the most cutting and edgy comedy of this century. At TIFF, he takes his game to a whole other level.

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Ryan McNeil
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