Chrissy Davis is the talk of the town following a very public mental breakdown and first-degree murder charge. She's quickly alienated by her high society friends and left alone to suffer in silence as she plots her revenge. An insanity plea grants Chrissy her freedom and she gets to work on her deviant revenge plan - whipping up a batch of mind-altering diet bars tailor made to bring out the worst in her backstabbing friends.
In all actuality, “Just Mercy” should be labeled a “wall punching narrative.” Constantly, the flick throws high forms of adversity our way, amping up our most inner levels of discomfort. Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton wonderfully paces the film in such a way that replicates the slow-burn nature of justice.
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.
These confines won’t really encourage you to read the film as a metaphor for the nerve-inducing experience we’ve all been through over the last year, however — and in the interest of maintaining your dignity, you probably shouldn’t. While the sociopolitical commentary may have worked for the similarly-themed Buried (2010), in which we find Ryan Reynolds on his own buried alive in the Middle East, but this futuristic take on the premise is best left as a piece of distracting entertainment. Nevertheless, the atmosphere is no less suffocating, literally and dramatically.
This Nickelodeon live-action TV series features strong Black representation.
'The Worst Person In The World' follows a part of life I don't see often portrayed on-screen: extended adolescence.
Behind all the action, 'Space Sweepers' is a surprisingly heartfelt and progressive story about building community.
