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'Them' taps another vein of horror in the Black experience of the 1950s

5 years 6 months ago
"Them" inadvertently serves as a reminder of how deftly Jordan Peele threaded the needle of social commentary and horror with "Get Out," and how elusive that target can be. Comparisons are inevitable to Peele's films and HBO's "Lovecraft Country," but this 10-part Amazon anthology series proves provocative and bingeable while taking some questionable detours en route to its ultimate destination.

'Exterminate All the Brutes' offers a searing second take on US history

5 years 6 months ago
Near the end of "Exterminate All the Brutes," director Raoul Peck's searing four-part historical hybrid about the sordid history of colonialism, he says, "The very existence of this film is a miracle." He's right, less because of its existence, but rather seeing such a sweeping indictment of US history, and the way it has traditionally been taught, in a broad commercial venue like HBO.

'Kung Fu' just borrows the old show's name to kick off a CW-style drama

5 years 6 months ago
The latest batch of TV reboots haven't had much in common with the source beyond the name, and so it is with "Kung Fu," which -- like the recent "Walker" -- CW-izes a familiar TV property in a mostly unrecognizable way. In this case, a modern-day female lead learns mad martial-arts skills, in an uninspired series whose action and key narrative device owe at least as much to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as its half-century-old namesake.
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