Tag: Ava DuVernay

FlixChatter Review: ORIGIN – Heart-wrenching & defiant, Ava DuVernay brings Isabel Wilkerson’s fascinating life + literary journey to life

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Thanks to NEON’s FYC DVD box I received sometime in December, I was able to watch a few films that aren’t even in theaters yet. One of them I saw recently was ORIGIN, written and directed by Ava DuVernay. Billed as a biographical drama, it’s actually more of an origin story (pun intended) of how …

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2015 Oscar Nominations: The Good, the Bad and the WTF

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Some movie bloggers (myself included) must be masochists in some ways. I mean, I haven't quite recovered from some of the disappointments of the Golden Globes and now we're subjecting ourselves to another disgruntlement of Oscars nominations! 😛 Same like last year, I didn't make a post of my nomination predictions this year, I only …

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