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  • The Secret Life Of Bees (2008)
    Review preview for The Secret Life Of Bees

    It’s all very Oprah chick flick, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a real soul.

    Mike Davies · 3 out of 5
    A young girl, escaping from her tyrannical father in Civil Rights era South Carolina, finds a very different surrogate family.
  • The Woman King (2022)
    Review preview for The Woman King

    Its the emotional sparring between the women - as fierce as anything on the battle ground - that really holds the attention

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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