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Is America Ready for ‘Dear White People?’
Lee’s 1989 classic made us confront race in ways that couldn’t be avoided. “Dear White People” should repeat that film’s…
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HiT Blu-ray Review: ‘Life After Beth’
“Life After Beth” says so. It also reminds us that “Shaun of the Dead” cracked the zombie-comedy code in ways…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Scream’ (1996)
The 1996 film’s opening sequence did more than scare us silly. It shook up the horror genre by roasting its hoariest…
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HiT Rewind: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ (2009)
Oscar winner Diablo Cody wisely deflates much of the pressure associated with her first post-”Juno” project. “Jennifer’s Body” shows her…
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HiT Movie Review: ‘Fury’
“Fury,” from the creator of “End of Watch” and “Sabotage,” strays from that sensibility. Yes, the U.S. soldiers battling the…
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HiT Movie Review: ‘Camp X-Ray’
The protagonist’s introduction to a Guantanamo Bay detainee ends when he throws his feces at her. Things can only get better…
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Tom Smithyman
Tom Smithyman is a newspaperman turned marketing executive. A comic book enthusiast since the 70s, he tries to keep up…
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HiT Movie Review: ‘Highway to Dhampus’
The story of three very different souls who meet in Nepal falls back on old-school storytelling with a 21st century…
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Four Reasons Why Fact Checkers Spare Celebrities
It’s false. Not only does the National Institutes of Health have enough money to study origami-themed condoms, the sexual patterns of…
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