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SUNDANCE 2020: ‘COME AWAY’ Scrambles Its Fantasy Fiction, Fails to Appeal to Both Adults and Kids

Escapism is at its best when it allows audiences to step away from the troubles of their lives. To make away to a magical land where fairy dust extends the power of flight, kids stay kids forever and crocodiles do away with malevolent hook-handed nemeses. Come Away is no such escapism. Scrambling up the mythology of Sir James Matthew Barrie and Lewis Carroll, the film geared predominantly towards children attempts to tell a magical realism-inspired, wait for it, meditation on grief and losing a child…intended for children.  Read More

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David Oyelowo of ‘DON’T LET GO’ Talks Which Phone Call He Would Place to the Past

Sometimes a good performance comes in a, well, not so great package. Such is the story of Don’t Let Go, a hacky police procedural with loose sci-fi trappings. Leave it to David Oyelowo of Selma and Rise of the Planet of the Apes acclaim to leave a positive stain on an otherwise floundering film, his dedicated performance the only interesting thing of note. I spoke with the Nigerian-British-American actor about his career, which phone call he would place to the past to prevent some future tragedy, finding the emotionality of time travel, his favorite time travel movies, a long-awaited directorial debut and what’s next for the rising star. Read More