Vice (2018)

Vice (2018)

After a quick shot of a very young Dick Cheney (Christian Bale) getting pulled over for driving drunk, we see the day of 9/11 – in an underground White House bunker, Cheney gives the authorization to shoot down any aircraft deemed a threat… on “presidential authority.” A narrator (voice of Jesse Plemons) explains that most people have no idea how one man came to so much power, changing history and affecting millions of lives.

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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

While the film is presented in a non-linear structure, this plot summary is written in a linear fashion. Clementine “Tish” Rivers and Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt have been friends their whole lives, and begin a romantic relationship when they are older. They struggle to find a place to live as most landlords refuse to rent apartments to black people. They eventually find a place in a warehouse in the process of being converted to an apartment building. Levy, the Jewish landlord, agrees to rent it to them at a reasonable rate because he enjoys seeing couples in love, regardless of their race.

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Death Wish (2018)

Death Wish (2018)

Dr. Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of his city’s violence as it’s rushed into his ER -until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and college-age daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their suburban home. With the police overloaded with crimes, Paul, burning for revenge, hunts for his family’s assailants to deliver justice.

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