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09 Sep

Small Engine Repair

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Frankie (John Pollono), Swaino (Jon Bernthal) and Packie (Shea Wigham) are lifelong friends who share a love of the Red Sox, rowdy bars and Frankie’s teenaged daughter Crystal (Ciara Bravo). But when Frankie invites his pals to a whiskey-fueled evening and asks them to do a favor on behalf of the brash young woman they all adore, events spin wildly out of control. Based on Pollono’s award-winning play, Small Engine Repair is a pitch-black comedic drama with a wicked twist and a powerful exploration of brotherhood, class struggle and toxic masculinity.Rated: RRelease Date: Sep 10, 2021

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11 Jan

How All Creatures Great and Small Epitomizes Cottagecore

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Note: This ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL article contains references to the first two episodes, but does not contain major plot spoilers.  Masterpiece on PBS begins it’s 50th season with the US airing of All Creatures Great and Small, UK Channel 5’s  fresh take on the published memoirs of famous UK veterinarian James Herriott during the 1930’s. His work on the farms of Yorkshire capture rural life as well as advances in animal husbandry. Most of the current advertising for the series revolves around re-sparking the magic for Boomer and Gen X Masterpiece viewers who read the books and remember…

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14 Dec

Small Axe: Education

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Education is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley (Kenyah Sandy), who has a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is pulled to the headmaster's office for being disruptive in class, he discovers he's being sent to a school for those with "special needs." Distracted by working two jobs, his parents (Sharlene Whyte, Daniel Francis) are unaware of the unofficial segregation policy at play, preventing many Black children from receiving the education they deserve, until a group of West Indian women take matters into their own hands.Release Date: Dec 18, 2020

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07 Dec

Small Axe: Alex Wheatle

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Alex Wheatle follows the true story of award-winning writer, Alex Wheatle (Sheyi Cole), from a young boy through his early adult years. Having spent his childhood in a mostly white institutional care home with no love or family, he finally finds not only a sense of community for the first time in Brixton, but his identity and ability to grow his passion for music and DJ'ing. When he is thrown in prison during the Brixton Uprising of 1981, he confronts his past and sees a path to healing.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Dec 11, 2020

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04 Dec

Small Axe: Mangrove

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Mangrove tells the story of a restaurant and its owner in London’s Notting Hill; repeated police harassment leads to a protest march where nine arrests are made and result in a show trial at the Old Bailey in 1971, making legal history.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Nov 20, 2020

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01 Dec

Small Axe: Lovers Rock

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A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance and music.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Nov 27, 2020

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30 Nov

Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

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(Part of the Small Axe anthology.) John Boyega stars as Leroy Logan, a young man who strives to become a cop and change law enforcement from within after he witnesses his father assaulted by two policemen, in this based on a true story drama.Release Date: Dec 04, 2020

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12 Nov

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe: ‘I Wanted These Stories to Go Through the Bloodstream of the Country’

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If there’s a sense of planetary alignment in the timing of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe – five films about London’s West Indian community airing weekly from this Sunday on BBC One – it’s not by design. Over a decade in the making, the creators couldn’t have known that these stories would land in a year marked by both the global Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, and the disproportionately devastating impact of Covid-19 on black communities in the UK.  The collision of 2020’s events with five stories celebrating black British history feels fortuitous to the cast. “The…

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10 Nov

Small Axe Cast, True Stories, Air Dates, Where to Watch: A Guide to the 5 Steve McQueen Films

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‘If you are the big tree, we are the small axe’ Made famous by Bob Marley and the Wailers’ 1973 song ‘Small Axe’, that’s the traditional proverb behind the title for a five-film series by Oscar-winning British director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave, Shame, Hunger). Two of McQueen’s Small Axe films were selected for this year’s Cannes Film Festival and in October, one opened the 64th London Film Festival. Now, all five are coming straight to BBC One and iPlayer in the UK, and Amazon Prime Video around the world. The home release has nothing to do with the…

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08 Oct

Star Trek: Lower Decks Episode 10 Review: No Small Parts

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This Star Trek: Lower Decks review contains spoilers. Since it debuted, Star Trek: Lower Decks has made no bones about being a quirky sequel to The Next Generation. Yes, there are Easter eggs from Deep Space Nine to Enterprise, but the tone and spirit of the show is firmly TNG. And, in the finale episode of its first season, Lower Decks brings back a tradition that TNG arguably perfected: The season finale that makes you love the show ten times more than you already did. The season finale of Lower Decks — “No Small Parts” — is not the best…

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02 Jul

The Twilight Zone Season 2 Episode 8 Review: A Small Town

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This THE TWILIGHT ZONE review contains spoilers. The Twilight Zone Season 2 Episode 8 In my spoiler-free review of Season 2 of the new Twilight Zone, I touched upon how the new iteration of the show struggles with delivering lessons. The original Twilight Zone stories were frequently morality plays, with deep themes that commented on current or evergreen societal issues, often in unexpected ways that packed a punch. The 2020 version of the series still attempts to warn viewers against the evils of being shallow or being careful what you wish for, but it never quite says anything deeper about our current…

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18 Jan

All These Small Moments

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A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jan 17, 2019

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29 Oct

How Stephen King’s IT gripped the small screen

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How Stephen King's IT gripped the small screen “Swear to me. Swear to me that if it isn’t dead, we’ll all come back.” Sponsored Oct 29, 2018 From https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/61466/how-stephen-kings-it-gripped-the-small-screen

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18 Jan

Small Town Crime

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Ex-cop Mike Kendall (John Hawkes) discovers the body of a young woman and, in an act of self- redemption, becomes hell bent on finding the killer. While his un-couth and quirky detective style helps break open the case, his dogged determination unwittingly puts his sister (Octavia Spencer) and best friend (Anthony Anderson) in danger. Rated: RRelease Date: Jan 19, 2018

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