Cinema of the United States

Tulsa King is an undercooked fish-out-of-water mob story

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Tulsa King is an undercooked fish-out-of-water mob story

Sylvester Stallone as Dwight “The General” Manfredi Photo: Brian Douglas/Paramount+ When the trailer for Tulsa King premiered during the NFL’s week six broadcast of the Buffalo Bills vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, the league’s early season heavyweight title bout, it seemed more than apt: The show promised a punchy, swaggering, sporting choice of violence, featuring … Read more

A Review of Jo Koy’s Easter Sunday

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A Review of Jo Koy's Easter Sunday

Jo Koy as Joe Valencia in easter sunday.Photo: Universal Pictures It’s a rare thing these days for a studio comedy to get a theatrical release without a blockbuster intellectual property to back them up. That makes easter sunday feel like an event in some respects—certainly as a landmark of Filipino representation in mainstream American culture, … Read more