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'Descendant' and 'Rosa Parks' provide new windows into chapters in Black history

3 years 11 months ago
Two powerful documentaries explore different aspects of Black history this week, in each case shedding light on misrepresented or under-covered chapters. Presented by Barack Obama's company under its Netflix deal, "Descendant" examines the discovery of a long-sunk ship that brought enslaved Africans to Alabama, while "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" reclaims a figure whose legacy was too often characterized as the product of tired feet.

'The School for Good and Evil' doesn't pass the test for franchise building

3 years 11 months ago
Although immersed in fantasy, "The School for Good and Evil" gets lost in a nether realm somewhere between Disney Channel fare like "Descendants" and more epic theatricals like Harry Potter. The latest attempt to rewrite fairy tales thus squanders plenty of big-name assets, a popular book series and Netflix's loot on what plays like a remedial course in franchise building.

'Black Adam' tries to launch Dwayne Johnson's antihero into the DC Universe

3 years 11 months ago
"Black Adam" features a protagonist of almost unlimited power, which only makes its puny script more conspicuous. Dwayne Johnson is saddled by a very limited range of expression as the ancient mystical being featured in DC's latest superhero epic, a film that isn't nearly as cool as its poster, while highlighting the inherent challenge of building stories around antiheroes.
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