Sundance flicks to stream this week from the comfort of your home
‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield reunite after 鈥淕et Out鈥� for Shaka King’s 鈥淛udas and the Black Messiah,” which chronicles the life of Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, who was betrayed (“Donnie Brasco”-style) by FBI informant William O’Neal. Expect it to be an instant Oscar contender in April, having already been named one of the American Film Institute’s Top 10 Movies of the Year.
The virtual premiere will be held Monday at 9 p.m. Eastern.
The 24-hour streaming window begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
‘Mass’
Jason Isaacs has starred as delicious villains in “The Patriot” and “Harry Potter,” but he calls “Mass” the most powerful experience he’s ever had. He stars with Martha Plimpton (“The Goonies”) and Ann Dowd (“The Leftovers”) in the story of a church shooting directed by Fran Kranz.
The 24-hour streaming window begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
‘Marvelous & The Black Hole’
Rhea Pearlman (“Cheers”) plays a surly party magician helping a聽teenage delinquent (Miya Cech) navigate her dysfunctional family and inner demons in the new comedy 鈥淢arvelous and the Black Hole.鈥澛燭he film also co-stars聽Lucy DeVito, the daughter of Pearlman and Danny DeVito.
The 24-hour streaming window begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
‘Passing’
Based on a 1929 Harlem Renaissnace novel by Nella Larsen, 鈥淧assing鈥� stars Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson as two fair-skinned Black Americans who debate the issue of 鈥減assing as white鈥� in 1920s New York.
The 24-hour streaming window began Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
‘Prisoners of the Ghostland’
Nicolas Cage and Nick Cassavettes star in the action horror flick 鈥淧risoners of the Ghostland” about a聽notorious criminal who must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
The 24-hour streaming window begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
‘Together Together’
Ed Helms plays a 40-year-old app designer who attempts to become a single father by hiring a surrogate in the romantic comedy 鈥淭ogether Together,” a relationship that changes their perceptions of love.
The 24-hour streaming window begins Tuesday at 10 a.m. Eastern.
海角精品黑料's Jason Fraley previews Sundance (Part 2)
Jason Fraley
Hailed by The Washington Post for 鈥渉is savantlike ability to name every Best Picture winner in history," Jason Fraley began at 海角精品黑料 as Morning Drive Writer in 2008, film critic in 2011 and Entertainment Editor in 2014, providing daily arts coverage on-air and online.
