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Movie Review: Benda Bilili!
In 2004 French filmmakers Renard Barret and Florent de la Tullaye travelled to the dangerous and impoverished sub-Saharan African streets of Kinshasa, the war-ravaged capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to film a TV do...
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Movie Review: The Thing
As a long time fan of John Carpenter’s The Thing (at least, long enough to know I was way too young to see that movie for the first time), I approached the new version of The Thing with some trepidation. Sure, Carpenter’s The T...
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Movie Review: The Big Year
Based on the book by the same name, The Big Year follows three avid birders as they look to complete the ultimate (informal) competition for North American birders. The Big Year is a competition between birders to see who can s...