NO SUDDEN MOVE
I watched Steven Soderbergh’s new crime thriller NO SUDDEN MOVE (trailer here) last weekend with a couple friends and one of my friend’s parents. (Side note: it’s a perfect parent watch.) Fast-paced and stylish, the movie is propelled by the deceit and back stabbings expected from a good heist-gone-wrong movie. For the parents, it has 1950s Detroit period setting and costumes as well as historical background in the “smog conspiracy” litigated by the US DOJ in 1969. I had no idea what this conspiracy was before watching, but my friend’s dad was very excited to recognize the events. If you want to brush up, Vox has a detailed explainer (in short, the Detroit automakers colluded to prevent the implementation of emissions-reducing technology, and it’s just as corrupt and horrific as you think it is). Every role features your favorite actor, too – Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro are supported by Brendan Fraser, Julia Fox, Ray Liotta…the list goes on.
—Nolan Russell, Executive Assistant
