Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.
T.J. Scott
Director
Aidan Quinn
John Berry
Dean Cain
Commander James Slan
Gail O'Grady
Anne Metz
Charles S. Dutton
Admiral Randolf Hennings
Tamara Hope
Linda Farley
Michael Murphy
Captain Randall Williams
Victoria Pratt
Simms
Kelly Hu
Sharon Crandall
Sasha Roiz
Wayne Johnson
Richard Fitzpatrick
Jack Miller
Ron Lea
Harold Stein
I can say without question, that this is the first movie I’ve ever seen where art imitates life so much that I could 100% identify with it on a personal level. The predominately Black cast of characters are people with hopes, dreams, fears, and ambitions.
Hokum is an enjoyable horror film that will probably get a little under your skin, but it isn’t the tour de force that you might be expecting.
The film's storylines read as allegories for the queer experience and that's a source of solace for LGBTQIA+ fans!
In the film adaptation, director Jon M. Chu turns each musical number into a massive show stopper, with grand set pieces and a wealth of diverse dancers. Yet, in this attempt to show reverence for the people of the Washington Heights barrio, Chu, or maybe more specifically those in charge of casting, left out a crucial part of the community, Afro-Latinos.
I first saw Dear Evan Hansen on the Broadway stage. Apparently, I was so blown away by the magic of theater that I didn’t pick up on the questionable dynamics. The story's clumsy handling in the movie brought those issues to light.