WIDOWS: A Seamless Combination of Popcorn Entertainment and Gritty Drama

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Produced by: Emile Sherman, Arnon Milchan, Iain Canning, Steve McQueen

Directed by: Steve McQueen

Written by: Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen

Production Company: 20th Century Fox

Starring: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson 

Runtime: 128 minutes                                

SYNOPSIS: 

 

After a heist gone wrong culminated in the death of their husbands (Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Coburn Goss), it is now up to their wives (Viola Davis, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo) to clean up the mess they’ve left behind. 

CREED II: A Predictable, But Eventually Satisfying Entry (Possibly Conclusion) to the Rocky and Creed Franchise

Genre: Drama, Sport

Produced by: Charles Winkler, Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, William Cha

Directed by:  Steven Caple Jr.

Written by: Cheo Hodari Coker, Sylvester Stallone

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Wood Harris, Russell Hornsby, Phylicia Rashad, Dolph Lundgren    

Runtime: 130 minutes           

                    

SYNOPSIS: 

Thirty three years after Apollo Creed’s (Carl Weathers) death in the hands of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), Apollo’s son Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) finally gets the chance to exact his revenge when Ivan’s son Viktor (Florian Munteanu) challenges him to a fight. As the second chapter to the fight of the century looms ever closer, Creed begins to realize that what’s at stake is taking its toll on him as both an athlete and human being.