{"id":26287,"date":"2019-03-22T10:26:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T09:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/?p=26287"},"modified":"2019-03-22T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T09:26:56","slug":"us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eqmusicblog.com\/us\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW Boys On Film Review: Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><strong>Boys On Film<\/strong> review <strong>Us<\/strong>, the latest film written and directed by <strong>Jordan Peele<\/strong>, his follow-up to his critically acclaimed and Oscar nominated horror film <strong>Get Out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve just returned from <strong>SXSW <\/strong>and was thrilled to be at opening night of the film festival to see the world premiere of <strong>Us<\/strong> by <strong>Jordan Peele<\/strong>. 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