Double Feature

Devil In A Blue Dress

Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town. Denzel Washington stars in writer-director Carl Franklin’s mood-drenched adaptation of the Walter Mosley mystery set in post-WWII Los Angeles. Tasked with the seemingly simple mission to find a missing white woman who may be hiding out in the black juke joints along Central Avenue, he’ll soon be trapped in a quicksand of corruption and violence. Exquisite period detail, stunning cinematography by Tak Fujimoto, and a stellar supporting cast (Don Cheadle, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals) highlight this shadowy, serpentine neo-noir.

“A fluid, persuasive piece of movie-making graced with the considerable visual sophistication.” – Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

“An engrossingly atmospheric dip into the dark waters of postwar urban intrigue, Devil in a Blue Dress ushers in the welcome subgenre of black noir.” – Todd McCarthy, Variety

“First-rate American pulp – fast, absorbing, and substantive… confirms Franklin as an efficient, tough-minded screenwriter with a compelling moral vision… Washington is more grounded and charismatic than he has ever been.” – Hal Hinson, Washington Post

One False Move

They did it for money. For power. And for fun. Two ruthless drug dealers commit a brutal mass murder in Los Angeles and are forced to flee the state. And when Fantasia, their beautiful accomplice, begs to go home to Arkansas, she unwittingly leads them into the eye of the hurricane. Waiting for them in Arkansas is an unlikely arsenal of law enforcers that includes two cynical L.A. cops and one eager, small-town sheriff. Sheriff Dale “Hurricane” Dixon has waited all his life for a major bust, and he’s ready to meet these big city killers with his own brand of small-town justice. But when Fantasia arrives ahead of the gunmen, she brings with her a shattering secret from Hurricane’s own past. All it takes to bring him down now is one woman… one bullet… or One False Move. (Sony Pictures)