InNeedle In a Timestack , time travel is a part of routine life . It ’s very expensive , so not everyone can do it — but when those who can use their power to change something in the yesteryear , everyone eff about it . And everyone isscared of the import .
Written and lead by Oscar winner John Ridley ( 12 year a Slave ) , Needle in a Timestackis based on the short storyof the same name by Robert Silverberg . It star Hamilton ’s Leslie Odom Jr. and Harriet ’s Cynthia Erivo as a duo whose felicity is overshadowed by what turns out to be a lawful fright : that Erivo ’s ex , played byLegolas himself , Orlando Bloom , will travel back in clip and bankrupt their spousal relationship to win her back . io9 is mad to debut an exclusive cartridge clip from the film , in which you ’ll see how Ridley visualizes what hap when something changes in the past times .
That wave means someone has traveled through sentence and change something , but no one know what . That ’s why the hirer tells everyone to call home and make certain everything is OK . coddler warning signal — it ’s not and that ’s where the film really picks up .
Leslie Odom Jr. in the time-travel romance Needle in a Timestack.Image: Lionsgate
Slumdog Millionarie ’s Freida Pinto also conjoin Bloom , Odom Jr. , and Erivo in the amorous whodunit with a sci - fi whirl , and , as you might expect from that prominent cast , the picture is actually rather estimable . It ’s got just enough time traveling jargon to keep the sci - fi nerds appeased , but it ’s all packed into a much more measured , grounded story about the nature of friendship , love , and marriage . Odom Jr. in special turns in an dynamic , striking performance as the leash who find himself fighting against fourth dimension to be capable to keep the woman he sleep together .
Needle in a Timestack will be release in select theaters , digital , and on demand October 15 . It ’ll then attain Blu - shaft of light and DVD on October 19 . It ’s definitely deserving checking out .
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