Posted inMovies Social Media TikTok (ByteDance) On TikTok, Movie Critics Go By Any Other Name On MovieTok, reviewers can reach an audience of millions and earn tens of thousands of dollars per post. “Critics,” they say, are old news. Posted by By Reggie Ugwu
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