“Unstoppable”: A Man’s Character is His Fate
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“Unstoppable”: A Man’s Character is His Fate

Unstoppable streaming on Amazon is a film based on the true story of Anthony Robles, a wrestler born with one leg. I wanted to watch it because it was a movie about a Latino that starred Jharrel Jerome from When They See Us and Moonlight as Anthony, and the iconic Jennifer Lopez as his mom Judy. Michael Peña also stars as his high school coach Bobby Williams. Unstoppable is an inspiring story but what surprised me most was Anthony’s character.

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Where Did the Laughs Go?: A Defense of Comedy
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Where Did the Laughs Go?: A Defense of Comedy

“You’ve never seen Friday?!” my boyfriend, Albert, exclaimed. I blinked unabashedly, shrugging my shoulders at his incredulity, and shaking my head, no. “You have to watch this movie, it’s one of my favorites. I know every line by heart, that’s how much I’ve seen it. I can’t believe you’ve never seen it. It’s really funny.” Well funny I know, I thought, assuaging my bruised ego. It was early in our relationship, and considering myself something of a connoisseur of films, I was hurt that Albert was already calling me out for not watching one of the best comedies ever made. I prided myself in having watched all the classic films that cinema had to offer, albeit I could count on one hand the number of comedies I owned: Sixteen Candles and The Mask.

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