Showing posts with label Kiki Layne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kiki Layne. Show all posts

Thursday, December 17, 2020

THE OLD GUARD (2020)




Directed By:  Gina Prince-Bythewood

Written By: Greg Rucka (Based on the graphic novel series created by him)

Cinematographer: Barry Ackroyd & Tami Reiker

Editor: Terilyn A. Shropshire


Cast: Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne, Chiwetel Ejofer, Matthias Schoenaerts, Harry Melling, Marwan Kenzari, Lucia Marinelli, Ana Maria Marinea, Veronica NGO, Natcha Karan, Shala Nyx 


Led by a warrior named Andy, a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it's up to Andy and Nile, the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary.

Friday, June 5, 2020

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018)



Written & Directed By: Barry Jenkins 
Based on the Novel By: James Baldwin 
Cinematography: James Laxton 
Editor: Joi McMillon & Nat Sanders 
Music By: Nicholas Britell 


Cast: Stephen James, KiKi Layne, Regina King, Michael Beach, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Aunjaune Ellis, Diego Luna, Dave Franco, Brian Tyree Henry, Ed Skrein, Emily Rios, Finn Wittrock, Ebony Obsidian 


African-American teen sweethearts Fonny and Tish are ripped apart when Fonny is wrongly arrested for the rape of a Puerto Rican woman because of the machinations of a racist cop. While seeking justice for Fonny, a pregnant Tish relies on her Harlem community, including her sister, mother Sharon and future mother-in-law.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

NATIVE SON (2019)



Directed By: Rashid Johnson 
Written By: Suzan Lori-Parks 
Based on the Novel By: Richard Wright 
Cinematography: Matthew Libatique 
Editor: Brad Turner 

Cast: Ashton Sanders, Kiki Layne, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Bill Camp, Elizabeth Marvel, David Alan Grier, Sanaa Lathan, Lamar Johnson 


A young African-American living in Chicago enters into a seductive new world of money and power after he is hired as a chauffeur for an affluent businessman.