But looking over the Drudge Report while at an extra job this morning, I saw this great news on what movies Hollywood is pushing out for the rest of the summer.
Class, Acceptance and the KKK: These Movies Have Something to Say
Hollywood tends to pack summer with escapist flicks — popcorn movies that have little to do with the real world, unless you consider rampaging dinosaurs a pressing societal problem.
But these five socially-conscious films are sneaking into cinemas, and each has something compelling to say.
Sorry To Bother You
This surrealistic comedy starring Lakeith Stanfield (Get Out) and Tessa Thompson (Creed) is earning rave reviews for wicked social satire that touches on race, class and capitalism.
Stanfield plays Cassius Green, a telemarketer in Oakland whose career takes off once he adopts a “white” telephone voice with customers...
Blindspotting
The dramedy is likewise set in Oakland and takes on similarly timely themes, but with a more dramatic tone. Real-life childhood friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal co-wrote, co-produced and co-star in the film, with a gentrifying Bay Area serving as the backdrop to the action.
Diggs plays a man on probation who desperately tries to steer clear of trouble, but finds his future jeopardized when he witnesses a white cop shoot a fleeing black man.
That all-too-realistic scenario gives Blindspotting its bite. The film, set to open July 20, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where it received an enthusiastic reception. It picked up a Directors to Watch award at this year’s Palm Springs International Film Festival...
Far From the Tree
Also opening July 20, is the documentary Far From the Tree. Directed by Rachel Dretzin, it explores families where “the apple fell far from the tree” — in other words, situations where children differ significantly from their parents because of autism, Down Syndrome, dwarfism, transgenderism or other characteristics.
Night Comes On
Jordana Spiro makes her feature directorial debut with the critically-acclaimed Night Comes On, opening on August 3.
Described as a “female revenge drama,” the film revolves around Angel LaMere (played by Dominique Fishback), who after her release from juvenile hall goes on a mission to settle scores with her father. Along for the journey is Angel’s younger sister, Abby (newcomer Tatum Marilyn Hall)...
BlacKkKlansman
Questions of racism and entrenched white supremacy pervade Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman.
The director’s latest joint is based on the true story of an African-American detective in the 1970s who infiltrated a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado.
“This film to me is a wake-up call,” Lee said at the Cannes Film Festival in May, where the movie made its world premiere. “I know in my heart — I don’t care what the critics say or anybody else — we are on the right side of history with this film.”
BlacKkKlansman was awarded the Grand Prize at Cannes....
Of course it did.
I have to say the trailer for BlacKkKlansman is interesting, but Mr. Lee's projection of a hand full of idiots are representing America is getting tiresome. And the same for Hollywood in general.
You would think after seeing the NFL loose almost 20% of it's audience on unfounded leftist lectures to the audience that Hollywood would get a clue. But no, they want to be popular in their own circles as opposed to making a buck. They just don't seem to get that people pay money to escape their daily routine. But that's not good enough. And the liberals who've taken over their institutions go on their merry way, destroying everything they touch.
I see my Netflix and AmazonPrime being used more now. Not many films I'm gonna pay fifteen bucks a ticket for.
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