The Week Of Genre: Comedy Directed by: Robert Smirgel Starring: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Roland Buck III, Allison Strong, Rob Morgan, Noah Robbins, Melanie Nicholls-King, Scott Cohen, Joel Marsh Garland Release Date: April 27, 2018
Mudbound Genre: Drama Directed by: Dee Rees Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund Release Date: TBA 2017
Plot synopsis: “Set in the post-WWII South, Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad. The film is about friendship, unacknowledged heritage and the unending struggle for and against the land. Newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis, the McAllan family is underprepared and overly hopeful for Henry’s (Jason Clarke) grandiose farming dreams. Laura (Carey Mulligan) struggles to keep the faith in her husband’s losing venture, meanwhile, for Hap (Rob Morgan) and Florence Jackson (Mary J. Blige), whose families have worked the land for generations, every day is a losing venture as they struggle bravely to build some small dream of their own. The war upends both families’ plans as their returning loved ones, Jamie (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel (Jason Mitchell) forge a fast, uneasy friendship that challenges them all.”