Movie Talk: Native Son, Peterloo, The Highwaymen, and Vice

Native Son

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

Director: Rashid Johnson

Produced by: Michael Sherman, Matthew Perniciaro

Cast: Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, KiKi Layne, Bill Camp, Sanaa Lathan

Distributor: HBO Films

Release Date: January 24, 2019, (Premieres on HBO 4/6)

Runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes

Genre: Drama

Peterloo

In 1819, British forces charge on a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter's Field in Manchester, England, which results in the Peterloo Massacre.

Director: Mike Leigh

Produced by: Georgina Lowe

Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley

Distributor: Entertainment One Films

Release Date: April 5, 2019 (Select Theaters)

Runtime: 2 hour 34 minutes

Genre: Drama, History

The Highwaymen

Former Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault join forces to try and capture notorious outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Director: John Lee Hancock

Produced by: Casey Silver

Cast: Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Kim Dickens, Thomas Mann, William Sadler

Distributor: Netflix

Release Date: March 10, 2019 (SXSW), March 15, 2019 (United States)

Runtime: 2 hour 12 minutes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Vice

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.

Director: Adam McKay

Produced by: Adam McKay, Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Kevin J. Messick

Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons

Distributor: Annapurna Pictures

Release Date: December 25, 2018

Runtime: 2 hour 12 minutes

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama

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