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Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood – Review
“An engaging snapshot of not merely a time and place, but a mindset.”
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by Ken Bakely
These are my reviews of all five entries in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe, a five-part anthology about the West Indian community in London during the 1970s and ’80s. The series is available in the United States through Amazon Prime, and in the United Kingdom through the BBC iPlayer service.
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Chappaquiddick — Review
“Bracing [early] images are gradually replaced by fuzzier scope-broadening.”
The Post — Review
“Even its most splayed-out moments play their part in the strangely thrilling value of watching professionals do what they need to do.”
Darkest Hour — Review
“The film […] roughs itself up at the edges, as if running it across the finish line should be a dare.”
Jackie — Review
“A tone poem masquerading as a biopic, it’s neither a really good tone poem nor a really bad biopic. Rather, it winds up in an eerie middle ground, flawed yet fascinating.”
Denial — Review
“The story itself is fascinating, but Denial falters in making its dramatization equally as interesting.”
Anthropoid — Review
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