Photo via Lionsgate Carlos Lopez Estrada makes his feature film debut with Blindspotting , a timely drama starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. The film, which was co-written by Diggs and Casal, is perhaps one of the most important films that anyone can see given today’s social climate. The story follows Collin (Diggs) in the months following his release from prison. With three days remaining on his probation, all he has to do is stay out of trouble in order to be a free man. That proves to be easier said than done with his troublemaking best friend, Miles (Casal), hanging around him all the time. After witnessing a police officer fatally shooting an African-American man, Collin’s world gets flipped upside-down and he finds himself re-evaluating his relationship with Miles. For a film that is 95 minutes long, Blindspotting has a lot of moving pieces, all of which are excellently developed. At its most basic, this is a film about friendship. The events that unf
Peyton Reed is back to direct Ant-Man and the Wasp , the sequel to his 2015 surprise hit, Ant-Man . The film takes place roughly two years after the events of Captain America: Civil War , which saw Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) get arrested for helping Captain America during the airport battle in Germany. Lang, who has been under house arrest since Civil War , now finds himself focusing on being a better father instead of being a superhero. When Hank (Michael Douglas) and Hope (Evangeline Lily) come to Scott with an urgent new mission, however, Scott must once again work outside the law and risk losing everything. In a year that has already seen two heavy and dramatic films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant-Man and the Wasp provides a much-needed breath of fresh air. One of the things I really appreciate about the Ant-Man films is how small they are in scale. They are a reminder that not every superhero film needs to have serious global stakes. What Ant-Man and the Wasp is