Note: Spoilers abound throughout this review. You have been warned. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Wright, the new HBO film “Native Son” tells the story of a Black Chicagoan as ...
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“Native Son” Doesn’t Quite Find Its Place
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7 Shots, Scenes and Moments from “Roma” That Reveal Its Cinematic Genius
Tonight at the Oscars, the record-breaking “Roma” shone bright, winning three Oscars for writer, director, and DP Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron won for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography. Its lead actress, Yalitza Aparicio, ...
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Netflix’s “Bird Box” Flies Onto The Memernet
“Bird Box,” a Netflix original film based on a 2014 Josh Malerman novel of the same name, has taken this holiday season and the memernet™ by storm. The movie, directed by Susanne Bier, opens with Malorie ...
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Getting Ripped With Kids: A “Santa With Muscles” Christmas Exchangecore
Have you ever wanted to see a Santa movie with low-end production values and a super-mega-jacked St. Nick? Well look no further, because Filmcore scribes Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum dove deep into the dregs of 1996 to view ...
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8 Things I Learned from Watching “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” in 2018
31 years ago, John Hughes released a movie that, in 2018, seems quaint, dated, and newly necessary all at once. Think of how many movies you know — particularly family movies from the 1980s-2000s — ...
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The Ultimate Holiday Movie: “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
“Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” ranks as perhaps the ultimate holiday movie. Brilliant Danny Elfman music augments gorgeous stop-motion animation photography spearheaded by director Henry Selick that depicts the lyrical tale of Jack Skellington ...
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Critical Exchangecore: “Atlanta” Season 2: “Robbin’ Season”
Black America has had a tough year. Well, really a tough existence, but with a KKK sympathizer in the White House, the loss of Kanye West to the sunken place, and Blue Lives Matter being ...
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Armani’s Top 13 Of ’17
Editor’s Note: For 2017 Best-of lists, Filmcore contributors must have seen at least 35 movies in 2017. 2017 was a year packed with both pleasant franchise surprises and unique original content. I wouldn’t claim some ...
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“Altered Carbon” Critical Exchangecore: All Gloss, Little Substance
We’re back with another Filmcore Critical Exchangecore. This time it’s for Netflix’s original series “Altered Carbon.” I went into this series pretty unaware of its backstory, but it’s based on the novel of the same ...
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Why “The Walking Dead” Dies With Carl Grimes
If you’re like a lot of fans, you’ve developed a strained relationship with AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” Based on a graphic novel of the same name created by Robert Kirkman, the show was ...