Allen Moldonado is a writer, performer, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, currently co-writing and co-starring in The Last OG, playing Cousin Bobby opposite Tracy Morgan. I interviewed him for The Credits and he talked about his “Netflix for short films,” Everybody Digital, creating the character of Cousin Bobby as actor and writer, and surviving the “actor’s Olympics” …

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First, see “RBG,” the terrific documentary about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Then you’ll be ready for this “inspired by” story.

The Belladona wonders what the ending of romantic comedies would be if the heroines just got some therapy. For example, take the Katherine Heigl/James Marsden film “27 Dresses.” After telling her therapist the story of how she met Kevin, Jane comes to the understanding that he may be right about the mindless consumerism of the …

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My friend Kristen Lopez is also one of my favorite critics, knowledgeable, forthright, passionate, and always willing to engage on issues of representation. Recently, she stared down a bunch of rabid fanboys who were upset (“Hey, it’s a MOVIE!”) on Twitter because she called out “Ant-Man and the Wasp” for the tired trope of the …

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Sara Benincasa wrote on Longreads about great reviews of movies she hasn’t seen. I was delighted to see that she included my recommendation of the hilarious, NSFW, and stunningly accurate review of Fences by Dustin Rowles. It’s a great review, as are all the others on her list.