March 11, 2025

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Movie Review: Chi-Raq

Rina Risper07 mins

  Studio: Amazon Studios (127 Minutes)

Plot: A group of women organize a campaign to tackle the on-going violence in Chicago’s Southside.
Cast: Teyonah Parris, Nick Cannon, Angela Bassett, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson and John Cusack
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ****
 

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Movie Review: Steve Jobs

Rina Risper09 mins

  Studio: Universal Pictures (2 hr. 2 min)

Plot: Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Seth Rogen, Katherine Waterston, Kate Winslet, Sarah Snook, Jeff Daniels
Rating: R
Bottom Line: ***
 

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Movie Review: The Martian

Rina Risper04 mins

 

Studio:     20th Century Fox (2 hr. 14 min.)

Plot:     An astronaut presumed dead on Mars struggles to survive as he finds a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Cast:     Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig Donald Glover 
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     **1/2

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Blackflix.com: Talking Peanuts – Charlie Brown Makes His Big Screen Debut

Rina Risper06 mins

  By Samantha Ofole-Prince

 
In just a few months, Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang will make their big-screen debut like they’ve never been seen before — in 3D animation.
 

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Movie: Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Rina Risper04 mins

 This movie is based on the American television series “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” in the 1960’s.

Cast:     Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Debicki, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris

Rating:     PG-13

Bottom Line:     ***

 

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Movie: Fantastic Four

Rina Risper04 mins

A re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team.

 

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Movie: Amy

Rina Risper05 mins

 Studio:   A24 Films (1 hr. 30 min.)

Plot:     A portrait on the life of Amy Winehouse, one of the biggest music icons in British history.
Cast:    Yasiin Bey, Tony Bennett, Juliette Ashby, Lauren Gilbert, Nick Shymansky
Rating:    R
Bottom Line:     ****
 

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Movie: Insidious Chapter 3′ Offers More Jolts and Jeers

Rina Risper05 mins

 

Studio:     Focus (97 min.)
Plot:     A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family
Cast:     Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ***
 

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Movie: San Andreas

Rina Risper05 mins

 

Studio:     Warner Bros. Pictures (1 hr. 54 min.)

Plot:     In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

 

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