AIR dramatizes a fascinating story with light touch
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Michael Jordan was inevitable, but what Air does is give an inside view of how improbable the Nike side of this deal actually was.
Widows
Directed by Steve McQueen
Written by Steve McQueen and Gillian Flynn (screenplay), Lynda La Plante (creator)
Starring Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez, and Cynthia Erivo
Running time 2 hours 9 minutes
MPAA rating: R
by Jaime Davis, The Fixer
I’ve seen all the (Danny) Ocean movies, even reviewed the lady Ocean movie for MJ. I’ve watched and rewatched a lot of heist pics, mostly contemporary ones, like the remake of The Italian Job, Inception, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, and the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. None of these films are particularly great? Or grounded in realism, preferring to bask in all the slick cool you’d expect from the genre. But none of them, not even The Great Cate’s Eight, made me feel more alive, more proud and in awe of all my power as a woman, than Steve McQueen’s Widows.
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