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‘Zola,’ a movie based on a tweetstorm, is squirmy, sordid, stylized, sexy – and smart

In 2015, a 19-year-old Detroit dancer named A’Ziah Wells (now A’Ziah King) took to social media to process the trauma of a frightening trip she had recently taken to Florida. Her alternately horrifying and hilarious tweetstorm went viral, capturing the attention of such luminaries as Solange Knowles and Ava DuVernay. After Rolling Stone reported out […]

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‘Boss Baby’ sequel offers decent return on investment, with savvy casting and pointed social satire

For a family flick ostensibly in the business of cheap laughs, 2017’s “The Boss Baby” worked overtime to diversify its appeal. The hook – toss a superintelligent infant in a three-piece suit and give him Alec Baldwin’s raspy timbre – was ludicrous. The humor was hit-and-miss. And the world-building behind the movie’s infantile corporate culture […]