Rhodé Marshall
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Biography:
Rhodé Marshall is the Managing Editor of City Press and has worked in the media industry for over a decade. As an award-winning journalist, she has consistently covered topics through the lens of social justice, be it race or pop culture, and uses her platform to inform, educate and help create a safe space for women.
Becoming (2020)
93%
4/5
“If you're looking for something to watch to make you feel like the world will get better and that there's hope, watch Becoming.” –
City Press (South Africa)
May 28, 2020
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Creed II (2018)
83%
4/5
“Scripted by Stallone and Juel Taylor, Creed II deserves a cheer.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Tess (2016)
“Tess is Rickards' first big-screen feature film after previously working in documentaries. It's a hard-hitting drama that's based on Farren's award-winning novel...” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Brothers Hypnotic (2013)
100%
“Now grown, they make music that is at once joyful, unremittingly exciting and undeniably wonderful as they raise eight brass horns to the sky. This is a great coming-of-age story.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Fences (2016)
92%
“This Oscar-nominated film about a black working class family in the 50s is uneven in its delivery, but features powerful performances by Viola Davis and Denzel Washington.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Atomic Blonde (2017)
79%
2.5/5
“It all rests on Theron being a kind of female James Bond. But it's not even a good Bond-type film - the plot is too flimsy for it to work.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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All Eyez on Me (2017)
17%
“All Eyez on Me is a sad contrast to the power of Tupac's words that have captivated fans over the years.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Get Out (2017)
98%
“Jordan Peele takes us on a frustrating yet ultimately victorious ride with his race-based mystery horror movie. Get Out combines genuine thrills with a no-holds-barred critique of black-white relations.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story (2017)
40%
“Can't Stop, Won't Stop will leave you with a great sense of the life and times of Diddy, even at times portraying him as just another guy next door.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Kidnap (2017)
35%
“There's nothing unique about Kidnap - not even the title. Kidnap is Taken, except with a divorced mother instead of a retired CIA operative.” –
Channel24 (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Baby Driver (2017)
92%
“The film is sweet and funny, if that's what you'd like in an action film.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
43%
“While A Wrinkle in Time is visually dazzling, big-hearted and intermittently moving, it's also wildly ambitious - to a fault. The film is a missed opportunity and, instead of the family classic I expected, it is a somewhat cheesy children's movie.” –
Channel24 (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Hampstead (2017)
43%
“At best, you'll find this to be a corny comedy-drama that you wish you'd never seen. The acting isn't terrible, but not even that can save this from being uninspired.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Vaya (2016)
100%
“The story line of Vaya is packed, but Omotoso manages to make every minute as thrilling as the next.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
47%
“You can expect some violence and disturbing imagery, though nothing that will have you on the edge of your seat. But you won't have any tear-jerking moments in this somewhat disappointing film.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Green Book (2018)
77%
“It would have been far more profound if the film interrogated whether there is change and forgiveness for racists.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 15, 2020
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Proud Mary (2018)
25%
“What was cool was to see the 70s blaxploitation genre reimagined in a modern film, but unfortunately director Babak Najafi fails to connect the dots with the script and the emotions of the characters.” –
City Press (South Africa)
Apr 14, 2020
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