Movie Review The 355

The 355 

Directed by Simon Kinberg 

Written by Theresa Rebeck, Simon Kinberg

Starring Jessica Chastain, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong'o 

Release Date January 7th, 2022 

The 355 stars Jessica Chastain as Mace, a contractor for the CIA. When Mace is betrayed during a mission to recover the ultimate, all in one, world ending MacGuffin, she goes out on her own and outside the law to find out who betrayed her. Joining Mace, eventually, on this mission is Marie Schmidt (Diane Kruger), a German operative with the same mission of getting the ultimate, all in one, world ending MacGuffin but claiming it for Germany and not letting it go to the United States intelligence apparatus. 

Also, eventually helping Mace is Khadija (Lupita Nyongo), a hacker turned MI6 Operative who specializes in technology. Finally, there is Graciela (Penelope Cruz), a member of the Colombian intelligence service though not as an agent. Graciela is a mental health counselor who is sent to Paris to bring back an agent who has gone rogue after acquiring the ultimate, all in one, world ending MacGuffin. Graciela winds up in the middle of all of the action surrounding the MacGuffin despite her lack of combat experience.

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here. 

Movie Review Us

Us 

Directed by Jordan Peele 

Written by Jordan Peele 

Starring Lupita Nyong'o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker

Release Date March 22nd, 2019 

Us was a horror movie event when it was released in 2019. Jordan Peele has turned his every work into something everyone needs to see, something confirmed by his recent film Nope. Following the breakout success of his Academy Award winning Get Out, Peele busted through some very high expectations and created another masterful horror movie. Us is a chilling, gripping, watch-it-through-your-fingers, entertaining creepfest. That it is also masterfully acted and directed is an example of how too many filmmakers allow genre to hold them back. The best filmmakers, like Peele elevate the genre rather than lower themselves to it. 

Us stars Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a suburban mother of two. Adelaide is happily married to Gabe (Winston Duke) and the two of them have a daughter, Zora (Shahadi Wright), and a son, Jason (Evan Alex). As we meet them, the family is on their way to Adelaide’s mother’s former home where they will spend the weekend and go to the nearby beach to spend time with their friends, party boy, Josh (Tim Heidecker) and wine-mom Kitty (Elizabeth Moss).

Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.