Fun is front and center in this Universe Realizing their mistake in passing up the opportunity to license toys for a little movie named Star Wars, the suits at Mattel charged their head designer, Roger Sweet, with coming up with something to rival George Lucas’ universe. Released in 1982, the result was Masters of the […]
Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Slave an unflinching look at America’s shame
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch and Paul Dano in 12 Years a Slave. PHOTO COURTESY FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES Perhaps it was inevitable that an outsider would be the one who would make the film that would portray America’s Peculiar Institution for the truly horrific practice that it was. We are too far removed to properly understand […]
