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ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE Hammers In With Initial Key Poster Art For RZA’s Latest

The Man With The Iron Fists helmer RZA is set to make his next landing at the 24th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival with action crime drama, One Spoon Of Chocolate. RZA writes and directs a cast led by Shameik Moore who’s had some terrific outings in films like Dope and Netflix’s “The Get Down,” and as the lead voice talent for Sony’s animated Spider-Man franchise. Moore, or at least his shape as of this week, is making the rounds on the film’s inaugural keyart ahead of its Tribeca World Premiere in June. Moore is joined on screen by RJ Cyler, Blair Underwood, and Paris Jackson, as well as Emyri Crutchfield, Michael Harney, and Harry Goodwins. Tribeca programmer Matt Barone has more in the notes below: After serving his country in the Army, Unique (Shameik Moore) was falsely accused of assault and sent to prison. Now that his sentence […]

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TACFEST III Review: In GUNMAN (GATILLERO), Gripping, Absorbing, Breathless.

Pablo “El Galgo” Correa (Sergio Podeley) is a hitman recently released from prison who finds himself embroiled in a series of misfortunes after accepting a minor job for his boss, unwittingly falling into a web of betrayals that will make him the prey of all the neighborhood’s thugs. This small Argentine production surprises with its excellent staging, taking the viewer through the streets of the oppressed Isla Maciel neighborhood, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, under a relentless hail of bullets and betrayals that keep the audience on edge throughout the whole film. Cristian Tapian Marchiori creates an intense film through a single continuous shot in which we follow an anti-hero, as reprehensible as the thugs hunting him, around a relentless buildup of tension and emotions that culminates in a violent outcome that leaves the viewer completely breathless. Gunman (Gatillero in its original language) is a very remarkable work, a […]

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TACFEST III Review: Shane Kosugi’s SEEK Brings The Ninja Fever Back In a Notable Directorial Debut

Having inherited a name as Kosugi, always associated to Ninja badassery, thanks to the immortality of celluloid. It was inevitable that the sons of one of the big responsables of the Ninja fever that infected the world during the 80’s, were going to follow his steps and try to keep the ninja legacy still alive. We all know that Ninjas make everything cooler. “Seek” marks the directorial debut of Shane Kosugi, after a whole life in front of the camera on film and television, to bring us a story with old-fashioned flavor, that follows a Ninja agent from a ninja secret organization called Seek, who’s requested by his superior to save a fellow agent that’s been kidnapped by a rival organization and in the meantime, recover a new highly explosive liquid called “RDX@” to stop a ruthless Yakuza leader. But things won’t go as planned. Shane shakes a good cocktail […]

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