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Georgia Just Lost First Movie Over Voting Law

Will Smith pulls 'Emancipation'

(Newser) - Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua are pulling their movie Emancipation out of Georgia over the state’s new voting law . The slave drama is the first major movie to leave the state and forego its rich tax incentives over the law, per the Hollywood Reporter . The pair, both producers,...

Magnificent Seven ? More Like Mediocre
Magnificent Seven?
More Like Mediocre

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Magnificent Seven? More Like Mediocre

Film is 'enjoyable' but 'forgettable,' say critics

(Newser) - Saddle up for The Magnificent Seven , Antoine Fuqua's remake of the 1960 classic about a mismatched group of seven in search of justice. This version has been updated with a more diverse cast and a bit more humor, but otherwise it's pretty much the same. Here's what...

Brooklyn's Finest a Clichéd Mess
 Brooklyn's Finest 
 a Clichéd Mess 
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Brooklyn's Finest a Clichéd Mess

Good acting, directing can't rescue ridiculous script

(Newser) - Brooklyn’s Finest, the latest from Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, is “a billy-club sandwich: three cop dramas piled one on top of the other, separated by layers of dramatic cheese," writes Ty Burr of the Boston Globe . About an hour in, “you hit gristle.” Sound...

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