MOVIES
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
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ticking together is no easy task. Film always seems to throw
protagonists into hairy situations and if they go in with a partner,
sometimes they don’t always come out with one. But for the following
movies and TV shows, they stuck it out.
Whether romantic, platonic or familial
the characters in the following list step up
when they need to or are there in one way
or another.
This is also the fourth and final week of
Black History Month meaning this week’s
list focuses specifically on stories highlight-
ing Black characters.
”A Wrinkle in Time” (2018) — I actually
enjoyed this fantastical story based on Mad-
eleine L’Engle’s 1962 young adult book more
than a lot of people did (though I fully ad-
mit it’s not altogether great and I have not
rewatched it since it was released). It’s wild,
gorgeous, big and broad and focuses on the
story of Meg Murry (Storm Reid) and her
little brother Charles Wallace (Oz Kalvan) as
they enter an alternate dimension in order
to save their father Dr. Alex Murry (Chris
Pine) who is stuck there. Their journey tests
them every step of the way and forces Meg
to be both her little brother’s protector and
the only one who can save their dad. Direc-
tor Ava DuVernay takes the source mate-
rial and gives it a bold world for the screen.
It definitely is a kids movie though and at
times it seems too broad, but it’s a nice fa-
ther-daughter/sister-brother/friendship
story. Stream it on Disney+ or rent it from
Amazon Prime, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu
or YouTube
”Black-ish” (2014-present) — The ABC
single-camera sitcom has for seven seasons
followed the upper-middle-class Johnson
family headed by ad exec Dre (Anthony An-
derson) and surgeon Rainbow (Tracee El-
lis Ross) along with their five children and
Dre’s parents who also live with them. The
multi-generational family comedy follows
most of the sitcom stylings of similar shows,
but this one manages to throw in a few more
serious episodes that discuss social justice,
voting, and more recently COVID. Through
all the antics and occasional seriousness,
Dre and Bo always manage to work things
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