"Newscaster: Last week’s murders marked a grim escalation in the already deeply divided nation. Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley has denied any responsibility for the violence leading up to last year’s election and instead blames opposition leader Edward Seaga for fueling the flames that led to the murders. The perpetrators are now held in detention camps known as Gun Courts. Among those taken into custody are Claudie Massop and Bucky Marshall, rival gang leaders suspected of fomenting the violence."

"Andrae Simpson as Donald Kinsey"

"Jeff Crossley as Clement "Coxsone" Dodd"

"Michael Gandolfini as Howard Bloom"

"Sevana as Judy Mowatt"

"Nadine Marshall as Cedella Malcolm"

"Abijah "Naki Wailer" Livingston as Bunny Wailer"

"Alexx A-Game as Peter Tosh"

"Stefan A.D Wade as Seeco Patterson"

"Umi Myers as Cindy Breakspeare"

"Aston Barrett Jr. as Aston "Family Man" Barrett"

"Tosin Cole as Tyrone Downie"

"Anthony Welsh as Don Taylor"

"Hector Roots Lewis as Carlton Carly Barrett"

"James Norton as Chris Blackwell"

"Gawaine "J-Summa" Campbell as Antonio "Gillie" Gilbert"

"Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley"

"Naomi Cowan as Marcia Griffiths"

"David Kerr as Junior Marvin"

"Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley"

"Sheldon Sheperd as Neville Garrick"

"High school football star Dakota Riley (Jake Holley, adroitly handling a difficult role) lashes out at anyone who suggests or even jokes about his being gay. Truth is, he is buried deep in the closet in a macho world and it’s not only eating him up alive but destroying relationships. Writer/director Benjamin Howard’s debut feels like you’re watching a lived experience, and that’s because it is based partly on his life. It is that rawness and realness that gives “Riley” its extra edge, making it a more formidable queer drama about how repression in a hyper-masculine setting can strangle and suffocate someone until they come up for air."

"Dakota Riley (Jake Holley, looking like a hot hybrid between Jim Carrey and Tig Notaro) rides his bike to a Grindr hookup but panics when the hookup wants to go faster and further than he planned in Benjamin Howard’s coming-of-age feature film, “Riley.” His Hookup (J. B. Waterman, credited as Obi-Wan Hookup) either doesn’t suspect his “date” is in high school or doesn’t care. But Riley is in his high school, and he’s crushing it. He’s on the football team and hopes to follow in his father’s cleats and go pro. His father, Carson (Rib Hillis), who is also the high school football coach (Go Eagles!), is living vicariously through his son. The dad is a former athlete who sustained a career-ending injury during his pro years. Carson claims he has no regrets, but he carries the regrets in his eyes."

"There is plenty of eye candy in “Riley,” Holley and McCalla are shirtless in the locker room, the hot tub, and Riley’s bedroom. Howard lets the camera linger over their taut physiques, and the film teeters on the edge of softcore (not that there’s anything wrong with that). There is magnificent cinematography by Michael Elias Thomas, replete with tangerine sunsets, sepia-toned close-ups, and the muted indigo of a football game at dusk. Not to mention those long, loving shots of tight torsos, perky pectorals, and succulent six packs. With football at the film’s center, however, very few pigskins are thrown. The movie is full of tropes, but it’s interesting seeing the story from the POV of the jock and not the nerd who typically falls for him. It’s a grimmer and grittier “Heartstoppers.” The dialogue is simple everyday language with a few French words peppered in from Madame Dupont (Caroline Amiguet) and Storrie’s Liam. This is a drama, and sometimes it takes itself too seriously. Storrie’s character adds a few moments of levity, but Howard’s script is grounded and realistic, reminding us that each person’s Coming Out story is different."

"Listen up, gentlemen. This one isn't gonna be any easier. We have a tough opponent out there tonight. Now we know this team's gonna play tough, and we know we're gonna face some adversity. You get pushed around, you get back up. You brush yourself off and say "What's next?" Tonight, you do that, and I promise you we're gonna have a good game. Now, I'm not saying it's gonna be easy. But it's gonna be good."

"Throughout our lives, we all face many different decisions. During those moments, we hope to find a path to guide us toward a much brighter, happier, and more fulfilling direction. The most important one is, without a doubt, choosing between the life you want and the one that society constructed for you. It’s already hard enough for straight people (“Your biological clock is ticking”, “When are we going to hear those wedding bells”), but for LGBTQ+ people, it’s even more complicated. If they finally dare to step into the spotlight and reject the heteronormative society, they’re met with a lot of prejudice, fear, shame and uncertainty. And so probably also Dakota Riley, “Riley” for the friends, in Riley, the latest movie by writer/director Benjamin Howard (Deviant)."

"Carl Lumbly as Sam Yarborough"

"Mark Hamill as Albie Krantz"

"Mia Sara as Sarah Krantz"

"Chiwetel Ejiofor as Marty Anderson"

"Karen Gillan as Felicia Gordon"

"David Dastmalchian asJosh"

"Cody Flanagan as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz"

"Tom Hiddleston as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz"

"Jacob Tremblay as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz"

"Benjamin Pajak as Charles 'Chuck' Krantz"

"We contain multitudes."

"Who is Chuck?"

"Everything goes down the drain, and all we can say is, "That sucks.""

"The Mystery of a Lifetime"

"Later, he'll lose his grip on the difference between waking and sleeping, and enter a land of pain so great he will wonder why God made the world. What he will remember, occasionally, is how he stopped and dropped his briefcase and began to move his hips to the beat of the drums. And he will think, that is why God made the world."