Comics And Film
Review: Second Attempt No Better With DARK PHOENIX
Fox takes another swing at adapting the seminal X-MEN story, “The Dark Phoenix Saga,” to film… and misses.
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BOOKSMART Is Familiar But Still Fresh And Funny
Two high school seniors who sacrificed their social lives for their studies decide to reclaim what they lost in one crazy night before graduation.
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GENERAL MAGIC Almost Changed The World A Decade Early
The story of the company that created the smart phone more than a decade before Apple debuted the iPhone.
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BRIGHTBURN Fizzles
What could have been a dark riff on the classic Superman origin story sacrifices opportunity for cheap thrills.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: THE APOLLO An Ode To A Cultural Touchstone
Director Roger Ross Williams charts the nearly nine-decades-long history of the famed Harlem theater.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: PLUS ONE An Indie Rom Com With Real Laughs, Heart
Two singles who team up to survive “wedding season” find themselves falling for each other in this rom-com that relies more on character than pratfalls for its laughs.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: SLAY THE DRAGON Draws Line In Sand Over Gerrymandering
A citizen’s group in Michigan fights against entrenched politicians to insure fair elections for their state.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: ASK DR RUTH Answers Questions About Noted Sex Therapist’s Life
A look at the life of the therarpist who helped society reshape how it talks about sex.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: Four Emotional Tales In FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO
Four emotional journeys as a quartet of LGBTQ youths come out to their religiously conservative families.
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Jordan Peele’s US – A Disturbing Mirror View, A Radical Warning
We peel back the first few layers of Jordan Peele’s latest multilayered horror film.