Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Eyerolls about "another slavery movie" made the rounds on Twitter, and even Smith said his daughter Willow was skeptical. "My daughter asked me ...

What makes a good slave movie? The very question can feel too light considering the two-ton subject matter, but it’s top of mind this week with the release of “Antebellum,” a thriller by the ...

It’s not unfair to fear that this is exactly what the movie is, however. Because it’s about slavery. More pointedly, it’s a movie (very) loosely based on the fate of an enslaved man named ...

However, in the blog, titled “Disney’s the Little Mermaid, Caribbean Slavery, and Telling the Truth to Children,” Ryder points out that the movie appears to take place in the Caribbean in ...

Maybe I’m a masochist, but I’ve seen a lot of movies about slavery. Harriet, Emancipation (pre-Bad Boys: Ride or Die Will Smith), Beloved, and of course, the Academy Award-winning 12 Years a ...

Tarantino is showing that the world slaves inhabited was nothing like conventional drama, nothing like the consoling movies we've all seen before. It was more like a spaghetti Western, an amoral ...

and his wish that audiences will instead focus on the searing narrative at the heart of the movie, namely the historic struggle against slavery in America. “The film to me is bigger than that ...

More: 'Emancipation' review: A powerhouse Will Smith lifts the wobbly Apple TV+ action thriller Eyerolls about "another slavery movie" made the rounds on Twitter, and even Smith said his daughter ...

Here’s how it works. Maybe I’m a masochist, but I’ve seen a lot of movies about slavery. Don’t get me wrong. I’m well aware of the importance of slave dramas. Similar to stories about ...