
After witnessing the downtown theater explode, Rose Baugher, a struggling comic-book reviewer and bartender, wakes up the next morning to find herself stuck in a time loop, reliving the day of the explosion. Armed with nothing more than a decorative keychain and her eccentric, drunken friend, she sets out to stop the attack that threatens a washed-up comedy legend’s final performance.
Two movies that do a fantastic job in conveying the ongoing struggle for racial justice are Selma (2014) and Just Mercy (2019).
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
An unlikely friendship changes the hearts of men, and helps a young boy come into his own.
Not only does the system prevent upward mobility, but it makes it incredibly easy to slide from comfortably middle class to unhoused.
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.