“The Way Back”: Sobriety Is Its Own Reward
A man struggling with the death of his son agrees to coach his former high school basketball team.

During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.
A man struggling with the death of his son agrees to coach his former high school basketball team.
Overall, “Dark Fate” is a run-of-the-mill flick. Together, Reyes and Davis have excellent chemistry, but their characters’ story is nothing new, lacking surprise and deep emotion. During the middle points, the film drags considerably, and when the action hits, it feels consistently tight, eliminating the rhythm and fluidity of conflicts.
Movies also have the ability to make the audience think deeper about an issue that plagues society. "Blindspotting" does that without shying away from the intense reality of police brutality and racial discrimination.
The human experience is described through the eyes of a marginalized outsider, neither judgmental nor invested, just an observant donkey.
While it is more than established that Halston’s life is far from a fairytale, the narrative suffers as a result of the decision to revolve more around sex and drugs than his artistry, it likely does a disservice to his cultural impact by pulling focus from his achievements.
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.