Andre Joseph

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When Michael Bay stepped away from the Bad Boys series in the years after the release of 2003’s Bad Boys II, it was going to be difficult shoes for any filmmaker to replicate the Bayhem style of action entertainment. Fortunately, the Belgian directing team of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah managed to mesh Bay's style with their colorful approach to personal storytelling in the long-awaited third installment, Bad Boys for Life.

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Out of any movie in Spike Lee’s 40-plus years in filmmaking, Do the Right Thing continues to withstand the test of time by being the most relevant picture in tackling race relations in America. It marked the culmination of the then-32-year-old director’s humble beginnings as a student filmmaker to a cinematic rebel pushing back against an industry that largely marginalized black performers.

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Audiences fully embraced the underdog aspects of Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo in First Blood. The film adaptation of David Morrell’s 1972 novel had dramatically changed from the tale of a Vietnam War veteran on a murderous rampage to a discarded hero’s lone survival journey running from the law. As Stallone’s second-biggest box office success outside the Rocky franchise, the sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II was only inevitable. Rambo was in many ways the ultimate loner in cinema history.

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Bradley Cooper’s 2018 remake of A Star Is Born brought the classic doomed romantic tale to a grounded human level that previous interpretations never had before. It peeled away the glamour and the melodrama for a truly transformative depiction of how fame can ruin authenticity. The relatable spark between Cooper and co-star Lady Gaga may not have been possible had the legendary Clint Eastwood directed A Star Is Born with a different on-screen pairing.

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For decades, the music of Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and his band, The Roots, has defied the conventions of hip-hop and soul by recording songs that echo a long-lost time. As a music documentary filmmaker, Questlove brought modern audiences a front-row seat to the legendary artists in their prime with the Oscar-winning Summer of Soul.