Written & Directed By: Stella Meghie Cinematography: Mark Schwartzbard Editor: Shannon Baker Davis
Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chante Adams, Y’Lan Noel, Kelvin Harrison jr., Lil Rel Howery, Teyonah Parris, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Rob Morgan, Courtney B. Vance, Chelsea Peretti
A series of intertwining love stories set in the past and in the present.
Directed By: Michael Showalter Written by: Brendan Gall & Aaron Abrams Story By: Brendan Gall, Aaron Abrams & Martin Geri Cinematography: Brian Burgoyne Editor: Vince Filippone & Robert Nassau
Cast: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Kyle Bornheimer, Catherine Cohen, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Barry Rothbart
A couple experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery. As their journey to clear their names takes them from one extreme - and hilarious - circumstance to the next, they must figure out how they, and their relationship, can survive the night.
Written & Directed By: Stella Meghie Cinematography: Kris Belchevski Editor: Shannon Baker Davis
Cast: Sasheer Zamata, Tone Bell, Dewanda Wise, Kym Whitley, Y’Lan Noel, Josefina Landeros
A comedian goes away for the weekend with an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend.
The list includes more entertainment. Based books than usual. Where as usually I try to two two lists. This year I tried to stick to upbeat books and books that made me happy or at least Subjects I am interested in
Here we go...
Inspirational, Shocking tale of triumph after triumph. Didn’t expect what I read. As I thought it would be atypical autobiography. His early Life was hardcore and a miracle he survived the way he did. Seeing. His great triumphs though it doesn’t end there as he still has many obstacles to face of a different kind.
Written & Directed By: John Lee Hancock Cinematography: John Schwartzman Editor: Robert Frazen
Cast: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Terry Kinney, Chris Bauer, Natalie Morales, Judith Scott, Michael Hyatt, Isabel Arraiza, Jason James Richter, Frederick Koehler, Maya Kazan
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter, impressed with Deke's cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
Story & Directed By: Steve McQueen Written By: Steve McQueen & Courttia Newland Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner Editor: Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen
Cast: Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn, Michael Ward, Shaniqua Okwok, Kedar Williams Stirling, Ellis George, Francis Lovehall, Daniel Francis-Swaby, Kadeem Ramsey
A single evening at a house party in 1980s West London sets the scene, developing intertwined relationships against a background of violence, romance, and music.
Written & Directed By: Spike Lee Cinematography: Ellen Kuras & Malik Hassan Sayeed Editor: Barry Alexander Brown
Cast: Ray Allen, Denzel Washington, Milla Jovovich, Bill Nunn, Rosario Dawson, Ned Beatty, Hill Harper, Rick Fox, John Turturro, Zelda Harris, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Roger Guenveir Smith, Lonette McKee, Arthur J. Nescarella, Jim Brown, Jennifer Esposito, Saul Stein, Ron Cephas Jones, Jamie Hector, Kim Director, Heather Hunter, Jill Kelly
Jake Shuttlesworth is in prison serving time for killing his wife in a violent family feud. He is released on parole, but with one condition - he must persuade his son, genius basketball player Jesus to sign with the governor's alma mater university, Big State. And Jake only has a week to do it.
