Moana Review
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Moana Review

 Since Frozen, Disney used individuality to bring out character traits in their female leads which are strengthened even further with this new princess. Moana is the strongest female character Disney has created to have a film named after since Mulan.

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Loving Review
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Loving Review

Recently there has been a good amount of film with a similar theme of social injustice. From The Birth of a Nation to even Zootopia these films brought out strong messages of discrimination and racism people face in communities today. But none of these films are as powerful as Jeff Nichols’ Loving.

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Lion Review
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Lion Review

The film features a largely known cast who has been in other Award nominated films, but the film truly held by Sunny Pawer who plays Young Saroo. For the first hour, this is HIS movie. It is Patel, Mara, and Kidman that the film markets but Pawar’s performance is truly outstanding. 

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Moonlight Review
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Moonlight Review

This is one of those films I've gone into blind without seeing a trailer similar to what I did with Sing Street earlier this year. It was a movie I just thought as a film for the LGBT community, but as watching it I realize it is much more than that.

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Jackie Review
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Jackie Review

You could tell Portman had to do a plenty of research for this role because she embodies both the look and voice of Kennedy herself. If you listen to recordings of Kennedy's voice it's exactly alike to the voice Portman puts on and it is flawless.

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The Birth of A Nation Review
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The Birth of A Nation Review

What I love about slavery films nowadays, [which is a puzzling sentence to start a review with] is that the directors that make you feel bad about slavery are mostly directors of African descent. With a film that sparked so much controversy since its debut at Sundance, everyone should know about the empowerment of Birth of a Nation.

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