Chauncey K. Robinson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson
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‘There’s Someone Inside Your House:’ A mid-tier cancel culture slasher flick
October 8, 2021The plot of this story is probably one you’ve heard hundreds of times. Yet, it isn’t the overarching set-up that makes this movie worth watching, but rather the details added within.
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‘Fauci’ film goes beyond the doctor to showcase vicious cycle of deadly outbreaks
October 6, 2021The new documentary Fauci showcases the relationship between science, politics, and public discourse—and what can happen when it all goes off the rails.
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‘No One Gets Out Alive’: A slow-burn immigration horror story
September 29, 2021No One Gets Out Alive uses the perils undocumented immigrant women face in pursuit of the so-called American Dream to showcase the things of nightmares.
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‘Midnight Mass:’ Horrific tale shows complex relationship of class and religion
September 24, 2021Is Heaven appealing because our reality has been made so brutal?
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‘Y: The Last Man’ is dystopian television for a post-Trump world
September 21, 2021The real meat of the story isn’t to be found in the catastrophic event that wipes out nearly all the men on the planet, but rather in the challenges involved in rebuilding an imperfect world.
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‘Fearing the Black Body’ uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality
September 2, 2021Strings does a fine job of collecting all of this material for the reader to take in, but her voice gets lost in all the facts and data. At times, 'Fearing the Black Body' reads like...
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‘Reminiscence’: A forgettable film about memory and climate change
August 26, 2021Perhaps one day soon we’ll get a new major science fiction movie that tackles the very real threat of climate change and wealth distribution. Reminiscence isn’t it.
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Netflix anime ‘Yasuke’ puts spectacle over substance for the Black samurai
June 18, 2021There’s more spectacle than substance even with a quality voice cast.
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