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Zootopia
By Howard McQuitter II ***** (PG) “Zootopia” is a Walt Disney Studios creation that”'s colorful, imaginative and full of life that adults as well as children can enjoy immensely. The three directors Bryon Howard (“Tangled”,”Bolt”), Rich Moore (“Wreck-It Ralph”, “The Simpsons”) and Jared Bush (“Part-Time Hero”, “Big Hero 6”) created terrific storytelling starting with the heroine Judy Hopps (voice by Ginnifer Goodwin), a bunny from a rustic community who is determined to hit the big city called Zootopia and become a cop. When she arrives to the place where all types of animals cross paths, she”'s relegated (“covert” sexism) to being just a ticket maid by her chief of police. There”'s never been a bunny cop which is made clear by her boss who”'s a lion and he”'s been the head over hippopotami, lions, tigers, etc. While she”'s giving tickets [...]
TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2015
#1 “Revenant” (R) Adventure/Drama/Thriller Director: Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu. Principal Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio (Hugh Glass), Tom Hardy (John Fitzgerald), Domhall Gleeson (Captain Andrew Henry), Forrest Goodluck (Hawk). Running time:156 minutes. #2 “Spotlight” (R) Drama/Biography Director: Tom McCarthy. Principal Cast: Mark Ruffalo (Mike Rezendes), Michael Keaton (Walter ”˜Robby”' Robinson), Rachel McAdams (Sacha Pfeiffer), Liev Schreiber (Marty Bacon), Stanley Tucci (Mitchell Garabedian) John Slattery (Ben Bradlee Jr.). Running time:128 minutes. #3.”Beasts of No Nation” Drama/War (Not Rated) Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga. Principal Cast: Idris Elba (Commandant), Abraham Attah (Dike). Running time: 128 minutes. #4 “The Martian” (PG-13) Sci-Fi Director: Ridley Scott Principal Cast: Matt Damon (Mark Watney), Jessica Chastain (Melissa Lewis), Jeff Daniels (Teddy Sanders), Kristen Wiig (Annie Montrose), Michael Pena [...]
“Chi Raq”: Fails! Should have succeeded
BY HOWARD MCQUITTER II On the one hand, Spike Lee puts a spotlight on the serious problem in Black America: staggering murders among African Americans, particularly the young, mainly with young black males being both perpetrator and victim the bulk of the time. On the other hand, “Chi Raq,” the title of his most recent film, too often swings wildly into farce. Lee”'s film is too schizophrenic to be a good movie which obscures what could have been good maybe if he had stuck to keeping “Chi Raq” a drama. Samuel L. Jackson”'s role as Dolmedes, the “comic” relief, is wasted in farce appearing periodically in the movie at times when the movie should have taken its seriousness in those areas that desperately requires it. Jackson, impeccably dressed in various colored three-piece suits, near the beginning of the movie, in rather sardonic tone, tells the audience: “Welcome to ”˜Chi Raq”', land of pain, misery, and [...]
