Four people have been arrested and are now facing federal drug charges related to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams last September in New York City.
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who died in September at age 54, is the best part of the new movie “892” — the “Wire” actor’s final film role.The edgy Williams is perfection as a crisis negotiator during a dangerous standoff. As his character Eli attempts to diffuse a hostage situation, he is measured, conversational and, most vitally, believable.
Everything he says on the phone to the captor, whether true or not, the man believes — and so do we. Otherwise “892,” which had its world premiere in the Sundance Film Festival, is a predictable movie we’ve all seen many times before: a hostage thriller in which the robber is sympathetic. Hardly shocking the guy’s likable considering he’s the main character.What sets the drama apart is that it’s based on the true story of Brian Brown-Easley (John Boyega), a 33-year-old Iraq War veteran who walked into a Georgia Wells Fargo one day in 2017 with a bomb and a demand that the VA give him some money he’s owed.
As Brown-Easley was black and a financially struggling vet, there is naturally more social relevance here than in “Hostage” starring Bruce Willis. Even so, all hostage flicks are kissing cousins.The tried and true tactics used by the two women stuck with Brian in the bank — Estel (Nicole Beharie) and Rosa (Selenis Leyva) — to survive are obvious: repeat their names and the names of their kids over and over again, say they are on his side, tell personal stories, etc.A more unique part of the movie comes when Brian gives an interview to Lisa Larson (Connie Britton), a producer at a cable news network, to tell his side of the story. He says he is owed money, which he wants to use to support his ex-wife and daughter.
Four people have been arrested and are now facing federal drug charges related to the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams last September in New York City.
The Wire actor Michael K Williams.Williams died suddenly in Brooklyn, New York on September 6. The actor was best known for his role as Omar Little in HBO series The Wire, which he first played in 2002 until 2008.
There is an update on the death of Michael K. Williams.
Michael K. Williams, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.According to the U.S.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams. The actor was found dead at the age of 54 in his New York apartment in September 2021.
Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterFour people have been arrested on federal charges stemming from the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams last September, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New York announced on Wednesday.Irvin Cartagena, 39, is accused of selling heroin laced with fentanyl to Williams in Manhattan on Sept.
Just under five months after Michael K. Williams was discovered dead in his Brooklyn home, four men have been arrested and charged with narcotics conspiracy in The Wire star’s death.
NEW YORK -- Four men believed to be members of a drug distribution crew have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams five months ago, authorities said Wednesday.All four were arrested Tuesday and were in custody based on criminal complaints in Manhattan federal court, including one defendant who was arrested in Puerto Rico, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Damian Williams and New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.Three defendants were scheduled to make initial appearances in Manhattan federal court to face narcotics conspiracy charges alleging the distribution of fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of Williams, who gained fame playing Omar Little on “The Wire.”New York City's medical examiner earlier ruled that Williams, 54, died of acute drug intoxication Sept.
Four men have been charged in the overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday.
Angelique Jackson Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to Abi Damaris Corbin’s “892,” starring John Boyega and the late Michael K.
Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. rights to “892,” a thriller starring John Boyega and Michael K. Williams that made its premiere in competition at Sundance.
picked up by AppleTV+ for $15 million and like 2020’s big Sundance seller “Palm Springs,” in a few months everybody will be watching — and adoring — it. Raiff plays Andrew, a 22-year-old recent college grad who lives with his mom (Leslie Mann) and stepdad (Brad Garrett) and still shares a bedroom with his little brother David (Evan Assante). A regular New Jersey Peter Pan. Charismatic Andrew has no life prospects and is working at a fast food joint called Meat Sticks when some local mothers realize he’d be great at livening up bar mitzvahs — getting kids on the dance floor, telling jokes and, on occasion, flirting with the parents.At one party he’s running, Andrew convinces an autistic girl named Lola (Vanessa Burghardt) to dance with him and then starts chatting up her mom, Domino (Dakota Johnson).
Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead go way down the rabbit hole in their new film, “Something In The Dirt,” one of the big standout films from the Sundance Film Festival. A pandemic brainchild of necessity—what can we shoot during the pandemic which is relatively inexpensive but still doable, so we don’t lose our marbles and can stay artistic—“Something In The Dirt” is a trippy, DIY, sci-fi-ish film about a pair of loser (played by the two filmmakers themselves) dudes in dystopic Los Angeles who stumble upon the unexplainable.