Movie Review: “Judas and the Black Messiah”
There is a moment in 2018’s “Widows” in which Daniel Kaluuya, playing a lieutenant in…
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Rob Dean is a film critic and pop culture writer who has written for The A.V. Club, The Wrap, TinyMixTapes, Daily Grindhouse, Neon Splatter, and more. While he lived in Austin, TX he was a member of the Austin Film Critics Association. He currently resides in New England and can be found as neuroticmonkey on X, Bluesky, and Instagram.
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