Film student Jay is currently planning his graduation film, which follows a simple premise: he films himself and his friends, who are hiding something from him, on a boat trip. He wants the truth to come out and the camera to capture it all. The trip leads the group into a tunnel shrouded in mystery, from which there is suddenly no escape and where things are clearly not right. And it soon becomes clear that anyone who speaks the untruth will feel the tunnel's fury.
Even with its straightforward premise, “Richard Jewell” is ramped up by exceptional drama. In all honesty, the performances are out of this world. As Jewell, Paul Walter Hauser becomes a walking representation of gullibility. His bumbling antics create the perfect hero, and very quickly, we feel the societal heat that surrounds our protagonists.
Everyone needs a BFF and a "wing person" like Yumi (Chloris Li). Li brings the "straight person" persona, literally and figuratively balancing James Aaron Oh's perfectly timed comedic delivery as the unlucky-in-love.
A trouble-making teenager spends the summer working at a Southern California beach learning about responsibility.
One Christmas Eve, after a sudden snowstorm, a group of teenagers will discover how their lives will change forever.
The film seems like an extreme interpretation of the conspiracy theorists that exist in real life. And then, there’s the twist.
Passing is a visually stunning portrayal of Larsen's story with an inclusive cast, and the performances of Thompson and Negga are sensational.
