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Five Cent Cine (At Home): Hacksaw Ridge
The cult of the ordinary hero has long been a central ingredient of American culture. In the Ronald Reagan years, the political right used it […]
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“Judas and the Black Messiah” brings to the screen a horrific event in FBI history, one that reveals law enforcement’s racial and political bias and […]
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Five Cent Cine (At Home): Crip Camp
The title alone—“crip” is of course short for “cripples,” the latter not an acceptable adjective these days, though it is used here by the 1970s […]
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Five Cent Cine (At Home): The Father
“The Father” opens with two strikes against it. It’s based on a play, and filmed plays usually have a stagey, confined quality that frustrates and […]
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Cassie (short for Cassandra, no subtlety here) is a magnificent machine of vengeance, acted to steely perfection by Oscar-nominated Carey Mulligan. “Promising Young Woman” is […]
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“News of the World” has all the trappings of the on-the-road adventure genre, with hints of the Western and the buddy film—a mix of “True […]
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Five Cent Cine (At Home): Darkest Hour
It’s one of the great movie lines. It’s May 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill (a masterful Gary Oldman) has just whipped the British Parliament into […]