Trailer Roundup is back with the latest trailer releases of the week… First up is Netflix’s gripping new film See You Yesterday which is produced by Spike Lee, a political documentary centering the one and only AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated new series When They See Us, A24’s new intense film about a former neo-nazi, a fashionable documentary, a phoenix rising from the cosmos, and the return of a maniacal and homicidal doll.
See You Yesterday
Netflix has just dropped a new release trailer See You Yesterday which is directed by Spike Lee protégé Stefon Bristol. The film revisits the sci-fi genre à la Back to the Future and follows two high school friends/science wunderkinds (Eden Duncan-Smith and Dante Crichlow) who have tirelessly created time machines in the form of backpacks. Bristol gives more insight, speaking to EW “Escapism is great, but too much of escapism only leaves our people stagnant. There’s no more growth. What I hope to do is figure out how to take a strong message and somehow make it digestible for everybody, not just for a black audience but everybody. This is still a conflict that’s happening. Right now, understandably so, the lens of police brutality is going down a little bit in the media because we have so many other problems that we have to deal with. I still have something to say about it. It’s still here.” See You Yesterday is out May 17th.
When They See Us
Ava DuVernay is bringing the story of five men who were wrongly accused of a crime they did not commit to a new audience.
Netflix has released the first full-length trailer from the Wrinkle in Time director’s new series, When They See Us, based on a true story that gripped the country. The project was originally titled Central Park Five and chronicles the notorious case of five teenagers of color, labeled the Central Park Five, who were convicted of a rape they did not commit however the title aims to break the men free from that moniker.
Knock Down the House
Another gem from Netflix in the form of a documentary revolving around four women running for Congress. Plenty of personal hardships and national angst were turned into progressive, grassroots Congressional campaigns during the 2018 midterms. Although Amy Vilela (Nevada), Cori Bush (Missouri), and Paula Jean Swearengin (West Virginia) defied the odds with their congressional runs in the months leading up to their elections. Unfortunately, not all were as lucky as first-time candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) who (as we, hopefully, know) won.
Whether you love her like we do or love to hate her Ocasio-Cortez became a nationwide sensation and garnered plenty of attention while holding her own, “Americans aren’t asking for a lot, they’re just asking for politicians to help them get by.” Knock Down the House Premieres via Netflix on May 1st.
Skin
A24’s newest film Skin is based on a true story. It features a bulked up and tatted Jamie Bell as Bryon Widner, a former neo-nazi skinhead nationalist soldier who sees the error in his ways of being in a white supremacist army. The nationalist army is led by an older racist hatemonger, Bill Camp, and his wife played by the always brilliant Vera Farmiga. The film is set to show Byron remove his tattoos and the inner workings of the white-power group, which has a real-life documentary focused on their chapter called Erasing Hate. Skin will be released July 26th.
Halston
Frédéric Tcheng newest documentary hopes to (re)introduce the iconic Halston into the world. Tcheng previously worked on portraits of Christian Dior, Valentino, and Diana Vreeland.
From Jackie O’s pillbox hat to Liza Minnelli’s white suit to Lauren Hutton’s Oscar dress to committing fashion suicide by selling the label’s wares to J.C. Penny’s, “from class to mass”. The documentary drops May 24.
Dark Phoenix
The final trailer for sees the X-Men in Jean Grey’s, played by Sophie Turner, Phoenix origin story.
If you’re familiar with the comic, Grey is an Omega-level mutant and one of Grey’s alias is Dark Phoenix that was telepathically repressed by professor Xavier (X-Me: The Last Stand previously revolved around the arc). Nevertheless, there’s been a rumor circulating that there will be plenty of character deaths in this installment which leaves room for Disney/Marvel Inc. to introduce a revamp or the introduction of new but equally important X-Men characters. Dark Phoenix is in theaters June 7th.
Child’s Play
Chucky has captivated horror and cult movie fans for years, he is the first homicidal doll after all. Now, the good guy with a butcher knife franchise is back with an updated look just for this generation. Voiced by Mark Hamill, the new Chucky gets a new Andy and Andy’s mom played by Gabriel Bateman along with Aubrey Plaza. Brian Tyree Henry is also featured as a police officer. Child’s Play hits theaters June 21st.
