

“Fatal Attraction” and “Flashdance” double feature. It’s also the rare studio film at the time to center around a Black woman. Starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur as Justice and Lucky, a beautician with a knack for poetry and the charming postal worker who courts her, the film is Singleton’s only movie with a female protagonist and was written specifically for Jackson. On Wednesday, May 11, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will screen John Singleton’s sophomore feature, “Poetic Justice” (1993), with the late director’s son, writer Justice Singleton, actor Roger Guenveur Smith and location manager Kokayi Ampah in recognition of the 30th anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising. The film grossed an impressive $36 million in Thursday previews and is projected to clear more than $175 million before the weekend is over.

You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.įans go mad for “Doctor Strange.” Marvel’s hotly anticipated “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” opens in wide release this weekend, expounding upon the multiversal themes first hinted at in the first post-”Endgame” feature, “ Spider-Man: Far From Home,” and the Disney+ series “ Loki” and taken to record-setting heights in the box office smash “ Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The film lays heavy on the fan service, introducing new characters as well as familiar faces in unfamiliar roles.
