PREVIEW: Monster (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls), Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce), Jennifer Ehle (Saint Maud), Jeffrey Wright (Syriana), John David Washington (Malcolm & Marie), Mikey Madison (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood), Tim Blake Nelson (The Ballad of Buster Scruggs), Paul Ben-Victor (The Irishman), Jonny Coyne (Gangster Squad), Rakim Mayers (Dope), Lovie Simone (Selah and the Spades)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Anthony Mandler (film debut), director; Janece Shaffer (film debut) and Colen C. Wiley (film debut), writers; Aaron L. Gilbert (Tully), Mike Jackson (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey), Tonya Lewis Lee (film debut), Edward Tyler Nahem (Incorruptible) and Nikki Silver (The Giver), producers; David Devlin (Brothers in Arms), cinematographer; Joe Klotz (The Butler), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Steve Harmon (Harrison Jr.) is a smart and likeable young film student from Harlem, whose life is turned upside down when he is charged with murder and put on trial…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Music video director Anthony Mandler makes his feature narrative debut with a tense and emotional legal drama, featuring a star-studded cast including Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson and rising stars Kelvin Harrison Jr. and John David Washington.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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