Articles tagged "larenz tate"

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Hollywood, race and the Age of Obama

by Christopher Kelly [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[26.Dec.08] :. Gook. Dragon lady. Swamp rats. These are but a few of the cringe-inducing racial epithets spewed by Clint Eastwood’s Walt Kowalski in “Gran Torino,” the cringe-inducing new drama...

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Film Review

Waist Deep (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jun.06] :. "Save our streets! Save our streets!" So pronounce the earnest demonstrators who appear at the start of Waist Deep, their placards raised high, their faces showing frustration.

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TV Review

Love Monkey

by Stephen Kelly

[24.Jan.06] :. A hip, sophisticated look at the music business and the love lives of four 30-something New York guys is not what you expect from CBS.

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Film Review

Crash (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.May.05] :. The lesson seems geared toward those viewers who were surprised by the Rodney King video, that is, people who don't regularly deal with cultural collisions.

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Film Review

Ray (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Oct.04] :. Repeatedly, Ray collapses lore and desire into metaphorical, emotional, and narrative economy, occasioned by a groundbreaking song.

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Film Review

A Man Apart (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[3.Apr.03] :. It's sad that the wife is dead, of course. More painful is the death scene per se, as Vin Diesel has to play something approximating tragedy.

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Biker Boyz (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[31.Jan.03] :. Amid all the conventional movie dazzle, Biker Boyz's most important idea is the bike.