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Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel Ejiofor—
12 Years a Slave
—10/12/2013
The point of change, I think, for Solomon that makes him very distinctive and distinct from a lot of people and a lot of us...is that he recognizes that he is actually in a fight for his mind.
Dirty Pretty Things (2003)
At its best delineating the absurdities of immigrant life lost in the London rat race.
Melinda and Melinda (2005)
For all its failings...[has] enough thoughtfulness, creative energy, and comedic idiosyncracy to outpace any
five
modern comedies, much less two.
Kinky Boots (2006)
Rigged for your pleasure...everything is played up for schmaltz value or dopey laughs.
Children of Men (2006)
In Cuarón's highly-skilled hands,
Children of Men
continuously threatens to develop into something more fascinating than it is.
Talk to Me (2007)
Could stand to focus more on scrupulous sociocultural history and less on compulsively entertaining the audience...has enough untold story and acting chops to make it worthwhile.
Redbelt (2008)
An allegory of what's wrong with our country...Mamet has spent the last decade layering popular entertainments with subversive ideas about social politics.
Salt (2010)
Momentarily exciting but utter nonsense, a Burmese Tiger Pit built over a gaping plot hole.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The film succeeds by simply, plainly placing audiences in the emotional crucible of pre-abolition America and firing their imaginations.
The Martian (2015)
Perhaps the purest ode to science mainstream cinema has ever produced, a love letter to NASA and STEM education.
Triple 9 (2016)
A dark crime drama the rough-and-tumble Samuel Fuller no doubt would have loved.
Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange
looks at urban architecture through a twisting digital kaleidoscope, next-stepping from
Inception
to an M.C. Escher-esque action aesthetic that amounts to three-dimensional chess.
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Audiences can’t be blamed for turning off their brains and focusing on the aesthetic trappings...in this film featuring a flying protagonist, nothing really lands.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
A legit comeback for Raimi...He meets the moment with the good ol' Raimi dynamism and winking movie-love savvy.
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