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This is a movie that’s been sitting around for a while, having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. Since then, several of its key stars have gone onto great things. Harrison has shown impressive range between “Luce” and “Waves.” Jerome won universal acclaim for his crucial role in the Ava DuVernay miniseries “When They See Us.” And Washington has starred in a couple of little movies called “BlacKkKlansman” and “Tenet.” Watching them here, in a time capsule of sorts as they were all on the verge of exploding into the culture, is one of the film’s few pleasu...

‘Monster’ gets a belated Netflix showcase, but the cast is better than the movie “Monster” represents a minor coup for Netflix, not as much due to the movie’s merits as who’s in it. More than three years after its festival run in 2018, the film arrives with a timely theme and a cast whose stock has soared in the intervening time — including Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jharrel Jerome and John David Washington — making this one for the time capsule if nothing else. Adapted from the 1999 book by Walter Dean Myers, the film marks the feature debut of music video director Anthony Mandler,...

Monster cast buoys Netflix crime drama that doesn't quite meet moment Monster. Photo by Anna Kooris/Netflix The reckoning over how Black people, and especially Black men, are too often regarded as threats by police and the public at large has been a long time coming. While there are examples of films confronting the issue going back decades, recent years have seen a notable uptick of filmmakers trying to illuminate something that has remained in the dark for much too long. The latest film to do so is Monster, which centers on Steve Harmon (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.), a clean-cut kid with a pass...

“Monster” is an effective, affecting film that is at odds with itself. The heartfelt, authentic performances, especially from Kelvin Harrison Jr., are measured and controlled. The direction, by Anthony Mandler in his feature debut, is anything but. He pulls out all the stops — quirky angles, security camera footage, grainy black-and-white photos and cellphone footage, among other things. This is a movie with something to say but it isn't quite sure how to say it. It ends up making less of a statement on race and justice and more on how precision performances can make a movie better tha...

Photo: DAVID DEVLIN/NETFLIX © 2021 It’s finally May. The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, and the full brunt of the Summer movie season is primed to descend upon us like a mighty avalanche of cinema. There are a ton of new films premiering exclusively in theaters this month, including this weekend’s Wrath of Man (which won’t be on demand), as the country continues to vaccinate and multiplexes reopen with varying safety standards. Still, there are plenty of great new movies premiering via streaming and day-one premiere services, too. This week, there’s Monster, based on Walter...