REVIEW: CODA [2021]

Do you have something to say? It’s a coming-of-age film like any other. Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) is a bullied senior in high school ready to choose her elective when the boy she has a crush on (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo‘s Miles) is overheard picking choir. On a whim—and to her best friend’s (Amy Forsyth‘s Gertie) shock—Ruby states the same. It’s not as though singing is something she dislikes. She loves to sing. The problem, as her choirmaster (Eugenio Derbez‘s Mr. V.) is about to discover, stems from her lack of confidence…

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REVIEW: Brimstone [2017]

“Retribution is coming” At a time when many supposedly God-fearing Christians in America blindly fear the idea of a Muslim insurgence implementing Sharia law (itself often warped by supposed Allah-fearing men to retain patriarchal control much like their Republican counterparts dictating what a woman can and can’t do with her body), it’s crucial to remember the Bible isn’t necessarily so different as far as fanatical readings go. When the word of God can be bent to the whims of man, anything is possible. Perverts can marry daughters to render covetous…

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