Drama Rated R
“Despite the way it functions as flashy entertainment, the weight of slavery can still be felt in Django Unchained.”
Drama Rated NR
Beasts, Khaki Scouts and moors…
Drama Rated PG-13
"…always aware of how this traumatic experience would be filtered through this particular family."
"…the movie’s on-the-nose vision of the man makes for an unsurprising narrative."
Black Caesar – the blaxploitation era’s response to The Godfather, as well as an heir to the likes of ’30s gangster pictures The Public Enemy and Little Caesar – is bookended by two savage beatings, both endured by the movie’s title antihero. “Paid the cost to be the boss,” declares James Brown on the soundtrack,
"…a clever-enough idea – ratty criminal enterprise as the American economy in miniature – but the movie hammers its theme home, repeatedly."
Comedy Rated PG
“balances youthful optimism and adult reality.”
"…almost unbearably sensual – and not only in a sexual way."
Action/Adventure Rated R
"…much of Zero Dark Thirty works to subvert the gender expectations we might have as an audience."
"(Murray) erases any trace of his own comically morose persona and gives us a kind old uncle figure. Hardly a fair trade in my opinion."
