Sinners is a rarity: a non-IP studio film that breaks through to a mass general audience, resulting in broad appeal and social media frenzy. Everyone is swarming theaters to see the R-rated phantasmagoria helmed by the accomplished Ryan Coogler, who many may recognize as the director of Marvel Studios’ first Black superhero film, Black Panther (and its sequel, Wakanda: Forever). The cast is stacked with new and familiar talent: Michael B. Jordan as the Smoke/Stack twins, Miles Caton (in his first film role) as Sammie, Hailee Steinfeld as Mary, Wunmi Mosaku as Annie, Jack O’Connell as Remmick, Li Jun Li as Grace Chow, and more wonderful names. Coogler’s longtime collaborator, Ludwig Göransson, produces and composes the score for the film. Costume designer Ruth E. Carter and production designer Hannah Beachler also return to work with Coogler (all three previously won an Academy Award for their contribution to Black Panther). Don’t wash your sins away just yet; dance with the devil one more time this weekend with Sinners.
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