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Imagine being in a relationship and meeting your significant other’s family for the first time.  Imagine being a black man meeting your white girlfriend’s parents for the first time.  Now, imagine that you are spending the weekend at their secluded estate in upstate New York, and your girlfriend neglected to tell her parents that she is dating a black man. Talk about uncomfortable and awkward! Chris, (Daniel Kaluuya) an aspiring photographer and his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) are off for the weekend to her parents’ home so they can meet the amazing man she has come to adore and love.  When they arrive, Chris sees red flags at every turn but ignores them because he is there to meet the folks and make a good impression. However, he just cannot seem to ignore all the flags; the gardener who gives him the blank stare; the maid who seems to be a little off her rocker; Rose’s father, Dean (Bradley Whitford) who comes off as being really liberal and makes a point to say “
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The Great Wall Review: What can be said about The Great Wall? Let’s see: It’s pretty, it’s colorful, full of action, familiar monsters, familiar faces, familiar director. That’s about it. William and Pero (Damon and Pascal) are mercenaries who are on a quest to find the black powder – the substance that turns air into fire - to bring back to the West. What they find is unbelievable. William and Pero are attacked while camping by something they cannot explain. The next morning, while being chased by bandits, they stumble upon the Wall and are captured and questioned by a secret military faction called the Nameless Order. The Nameless Order is a division of the Imperial Army whose sole purpose is to protect the Great Wall from the Taotie - alien monsters who rise every 60 years to keep man’s greed in check.   Suspicious of the real reason why William and Pero are there, the Order decides to place them in the dungeon, but before they are detained, the wall is attacked b