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Viola Davis as Ma Rainey Viola Davis’s astonishing transformation into 20’s blues singer Ma Rainey is an act of pure thespian skill that may well earn Davis a second Oscar. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom directed by George C. Wolfe and based on August Wilson’s long running Broadway hit stars Davis and …
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Viola Davis in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Netflix Strong Oscar buzz for Netflix' Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, based on August Wilson's play and starring Viola Davis as the legendary 20's singer, the "Mother of the Blues". Rainey records a studio song over the course of a sweltering hot day, as band …
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Christopher Abbott, Aubrey Plaza and Sarah Gadon in Black Bear Sarah Gadon, one of Canada's most sought after actors, seeks out complexity in her work and its clear she got what she wanted in Lawrence Michael in Black Bear. Gadon, Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott challenge the audience within …
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By Anne Brodie Two orders of Meryl, please. The extraordinarily talented Ms. Streep id dramatic then comic in two wildly divergent films this weekend. First Meryl joins Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest and Lucas Hedges in Steven Soderbergh’s Let Them All Talk an edgy, intimate wonder …
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A group of girls flies to a tropical healing retreat when their plane crashes. They don't know where they are, they've lost all their belongings, food, water, phones and warm clothing, and are alone. Desperation and paranoia escalates as strange things happen and what meagre supplies they have …
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