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Ant-Man and The Wasp
Blindspotting
Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada
Rated: R • July 20
Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs
(Hamilton) and Rafael Casal co-wrote and
star in this timely story of race and class
set against the backdrop of a rapidly gen-
trifying Oakland, CA. Miles (Casal) and
Collin (Diggs) work as movers in the Bay
Area and are forced to watch as their old
neighborhood becomes trendy. Collin gets
in some trouble and gets probation, but
when a life-altering event causes him to
miss his mandatory curfew, the two
friends struggle to maintain their friend-
ship and deal with the changing social
landscape that exposes their differences.
The comedy-drama also stars Janina
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Gavanka, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ethan
Embry, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Casey Adams,
Tisha Campbell-Martin and Rolanda D.
Bell.
The Equalizer 2
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Rated: N/A• July 20
In his first career sequel, Denzel
Washington reprises one of his signature
roles as Robert McCall, a retired CIA Black
Ops operative who now serves up
“unflinching justice for the exploited and
oppressed” - but how far will he go when
someone he loves is the victim? The cast
includes Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders,
Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo.
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