CHRIS ROCK

SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (2021)
Starring Stevie Wonder, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jesse Jackson, Chris Rock, Tony Lawrence, Nina Simone, B.b. King, Abbey Lincoln, Mavis Staples and Moms Mabley. Directed by Ahmir-Khalib Thompson.

A powerful and transporting documentary - part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Marcus Garvey Park. The footage was never seen and largely forgotten–until now. Summer of Soul shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present. The feature includes never-before-seen concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Ray Baretto, Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach and more.

REVIEWS Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Would Not Be Televised) - History reveals itself

SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW (2021)
Starring Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Morgan David Jones, Frank Licari, John Tokatlidis, Zoie Palmer, Dan Petronijevic and Nazneen Contractor. Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.

A sadistic mastermind unleashes a twisted form of justice. Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the centre of the killer’s morbid game.

REVIEWS Spiral: From the Book of Saw - slasher series receives satisfactory spin off

THE WITCHES (2020)
Starring Anne Hathaway, Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, Philippe Spall, Charles Edwards, Simon Manyonda and Jonathan Livingstone. Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

The darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world’s Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe - undercover - to carry out her nefarious plans.

REVIEWS The Witches - Horrifying for all the wrong reasons

12-12-12 (2014)
Starring Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Billy Joel, Alicia Keys, David Grohl, Chris Martin, Bruce Springsteen and Chris Rock. Directed by Amir Bar-Lev.

A mix of live performances and behind-the-scenes footage from the televised benefit concert to raise relief funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

GROWN UPS 2 (2013)
Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello and Taylor Lautner. Directed by Dennis Dugan.

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises: the last day of school.

REVIEWS Grown Ups 2 - Same old tricks