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Video Review – Us (2019)

March 20, 2019 by EJ Moreno

Us, 2019

Written and Directed by Jordan Peele
Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Kara Hayward, Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon, Madison Curry, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

The latest film from Jordan Peele is here, and our critic EJ Moreno has a spoiler-free review. Check out EJ’s thoughts on what will be one of the year’s biggest horror movies in the video here or head on over to our YouTube channel to watch and subscribe…

A mother (Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o from Black Panther, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and 12 Years a Slave) and a father (Winston Duke from Black Panther) take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends (including Emmy winner Elizabeth Moss from TV series The Handmaid’s Tale). But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Us is directed by Jordan Peele (Us) and stars Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther), Winston Duke (Black Panther), Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Get Down), Anna Diop (24: Legacy), Shahadi Wright Joseph (The Lion King), Evan Alex (Kidding), Cali Sheldon (Friends), Noelle Sheldon (Friends) and newcomer Madison Curry.

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Anna Diop, Cali Sheldon, Elisabeth Moss, Evan Alex, Jordan Peele, Kara Hayward, Lupita Nyong'o, Madison Curry, Noelle Sheldon, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Tim Heidecker, Us, Winston Duke, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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