THE LAUNDROMAT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory), Sharon Stone (Casino), David Schwimmer (Kissing A Fool), Will Forte (Nebraska), Matthias Schoenaerts (The Mustang), Jeffrey Wright (Syriana), Chris Parnell (Battle of the Sexes), James Cromwell (Babe), Melissa Rauch (The Bronze), Larry Wilmore (Dinner for Schmucks), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2: Judgement Day), Rosalind Chao (What Dreams May Come), Nikki Amuka-Bird (A Private War), Nonso Anozie (Cass), Amy Pemberton (Storage 24), Cristela Alonzo (Cars 3), Jay Paulson (Imaginary Heroes), Charles Halford (Bad Times at the El Royale), Shoshana Bush (Palo Alto), Norbert Weisser (Pollock), Marsha Stephanie Blake (Nasty Baby)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Steven Soderbergh (Traffic), director, producer, cinematographer, editor; Scott Z. Burns (Contagion), writer, producer; Lawrence Grey (Lights Out), Gregory Jacobs (Behind The Candelabra) and Michael Sugar (Spotlight), producers; David Holmes (Ocean’s Eleven), composer

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Ellen (Streep), a widow, investigates an insurance fraud case, which leads her to Panama City law partners Jürgen (Oldman) and Ramón (Banderas) who have found a way to exploit the world’s financial system…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Steven Soderbergh is back with another new Netflix exclusive, this time with serious star-power including Oscar-winners Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman, all on his side to tell this strange satirical story.

SO, TO SUM UP…

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