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Eric Deggans

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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) 100% EDIT “This documentary kicks off with the best opening minutes I have ever seen in a music film. ” – NPR Jun 7, 2025 Full Review Sorry/Not Sorry (2023) 82% EDIT “If you want proof that some in Hollywood and the pop culture mainstream are itching to forget the lessons of the #MeToo movement, look no further than the excellent documentary Sorry/Not Sorry.” – NPR Jul 16, 2024 Full Review Brats (2024) 85% EDIT “A journey brimming with nostalgia, pop culture potency and a bittersweet look back at youthful times.” – NPR Jun 14, 2024 Full Review Stamped From the Beginning (2023) 100% EDIT “Won't necessarily surprise those who already know this history, but may still be tough to watch for those sensitive to stories about the exploitation of marginalized people.” – NPR Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023) 82% EDIT “Offers important context about her talent and lots of great performance footage. But like the artist herself, the film can also be maddeningly enigmatic, just when you want to know more.” – NPR May 18, 2023 Full Review Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023) 46% EDIT “Because Rock is a comedy pro, a lot of the special was entertaining and some of it was poignant...” – NPR Mar 5, 2023 Full Review Salem's Lot (2004) 69% EDIT “I call it King's Disease: the consistent inability of TV and movie projects to capture the creepy grandeur of horror novelist Stephen King's best work. ” – Tampa Bay Times Oct 14, 2022 Full Review Sidney (2022) 90% EDIT “"Sidney" is mostly a loving look, aimed at reminding audiences how the arc of one talented artist's career pioneered the modern vision of racial equality in Hollywood.” – NPR Sep 24, 2022 Full Review Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021) EDIT “The best moments of the night came when stars broke character briefly or found a way to bring new interpretations to old material.” – NPR Dec 8, 2021 Full Review Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) 99% EDIT “Summer of Soul is a breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.” – NPR Jul 1, 2021 Full Review Tina (2021) 92% EDIT “Tina is, in many ways, a triumph: a compelling exploration of one of rock's most important performers, crafted in a way that, finally, might allow her to stop talking about a history that remains damaging to revisit.” – NPR Mar 30, 2021 Full Review Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) 71% EDIT “It actually succeeds. In more ways than I ever expected.” – NPR Mar 18, 2021 Full Review Mosul (2019) 83% EDIT “"Mosul" isn't the kind of easy, sentimental TV viewing often provided during the holidays, but it is a potent reminder of the deadly struggles and sacrifices some people have endured to earn their freedom.” – NPR Dec 17, 2020 Full Review You Don't Know Jack (2010) 83% EDIT “Even as stars Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon and Brenda Vaccaro dim their wattage with clumsy Michigan accents, bad wigs and dowdy clothes, a compelling story about Kevorkian's advocacy for euthanasia emerges.” – Tampa Bay Times Aug 10, 2020 Full Review Black Is King (2020) 94% EDIT “It's obvious that she has been very deliberate about who she works with, what she says, what it looks like. And it makes a powerful statement when you bring it all together.” – NPR Aug 4, 2020 Full Review The Weight of Gold (2020) 94% EDIT “There are two non-white athletes, Jones and Ohno. But the lack of darker-skinned competitors leads to concerns about colorism and seems a serious lapse in an otherwise well-crafted film.” – NPR Jul 31, 2020 Full Review On the Record (2020) 99% EDIT “"On The Record" makes a powerful case. But left unanswered is a question for all of us. Once the silence is broken, what comes next?” – NPR May 27, 2020 Full Review Becoming (2020) 93% EDIT “Even with its flaws, Becoming is a compelling documentary, offering a carefully revealing look at a whip smart, ferociously practical woman trying to understand how her historic time in the White House changed herself, her family and the nation.” – NPR May 6, 2020 Full Review Purple Rain (1984) 74% EDIT “Purple Rain became a generational manifesto, while providing the largest megaphone yet for one of the greatest geniuses in pop music.” – NPR Nov 28, 2019 Full Review Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) 61% EDIT “The perfect marriage of outlandish concept, amateurish acting and middling production values.” – NPR Nov 27, 2019 Full Review Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) 100% EDIT “Mr. Dynamite is a fitting reminder of the singer's power and influence; the story of an artist whose rise mirrored the journey of black America from segregation to success.” – NPR Nov 27, 2019 Full Review A Very Murray Christmas (2015) 68% EDIT “It doesn't make for the most entertaining holiday special, but as a quirky Christmas card from the patron saint of down-to-earth stardom, it's not half bad.” – NPR Nov 26, 2019 Full Review Confirmation (2016) 84% EDIT “"Confirmation" soars when it shows how badly a group of middle-aged white male senators fumbled the race and gender issues raised by Hill's allegations.” – NPR Nov 26, 2019 Full Review Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017) 87% EDIT “Whitney. "Can I Be Me provides a compelling portrait of a supreme talent isolated by fame, dysfunctional relationships and a crushing drug habit, slowly diminished by the same qualities that originally made her a superstar.” – NPR Nov 25, 2019 Full Review Fahrenheit 451 (2018) 31% EDIT “When fake news can affect real elections, there is no better time to consider the lessons of this modernized "Fahrenheit 451."” – NPR Nov 25, 2019 Full Review
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