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  • Set It Off
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  • As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

    ★★★½

  • Mean Girls

    ★★½

  • Upgraded

    ★★

  • The Watermelon Woman

    ★★★★★

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  • As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

    As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

    ★★★½

    Documentary for the times - so this release has its perfect moment considering Thug’s trial. Rap, a form of poetry, self-expression, and storytelling, being used against those who this country, and world, will always be against. This is just a new way to further demonize Black people, whether true or not. As a research nerd, I was fascinated by the study done in regard to lyrics!

  • Mean Girls

    Mean Girls

    ★★½

    Every  time I checked how much time was left I feel like it was getting longer

    Anyways love u always Renee Rapp

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  • Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

    ★★★★

    Despite it being set hundreds of years after War, it still felt like a seamless transition to what the new world is. Seeing history not quite repeat itself, but mirror similar aspects to Rise, has me interested in how this story is going to progress further.

    I also really enjoyed seeing the progression of oral history. Having seen the conception and progression through Rise, Dawn, and War, we know the history that has brought the story to this place. So…

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★★

    This was extremely hot, had my heart racing, and my ass on the edge of my seat for a 2 hour long match point. 

    This was a sport film infused with telenovela style dramatization in some moments, particularly with the camerawork. A taste of Cruel Intentions in the selfish nature of the three leads, in their own particular way, while using sex as a way to drive their own desires and ambitions forward. I don’t say this lightly when I…