{"id":34029,"date":"2023-10-09T07:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34029"},"modified":"2023-10-09T07:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T11:47:48","slug":"strays-2023-starring-ashley-madekwe-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34029","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Strays&#8221; (2023) starring Ashley Madekwe \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z100923zview_thestrays.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" \/><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Strays <\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">(2023)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Director: <strong>Nathaniel Martello-White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Nathaniel Martello-White<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Ashley Madekwe, Samuel Paul Small, Maria Almeida <\/strong>and <strong>Justin Salinger.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The movie opens with a Cheryl, young bi-racial woman, discussing concerns about racial discrimination and finances with her sister.\u00a0 Cheryl places a note for her husband on the refrigerator and leaves. Later we see her ignore calls from her husband.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We then shift forward several years.\u00a0 Neve is a bi-racial woman married two a white man.\u00a0 They have two bi-racial high-school aged children.\u00a0 The family is well off.\u00a0 Neve works as the Deputy Headmistress at the elite private school her children attend.\u00a0 Neve is very high strung. Her world seems to be coming apart.\u00a0 Neve has issues with &#8220;blackness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Strays<\/em> is described as a horror thriller. I gave up looking for horror or thrills after 32 minutes.\u00a0 The movie moved at a snail&#8217;s pace.\u00a0 It was obvious that Cheryl and Neve are the same person.\u00a0 Neve&#8217;s character is unlikable and that didn&#8217;t help.\u00a0 Ashley Madekwe was excellent in the role.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing her in better productions in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Strays\u00a0<\/em>currently has a 4.8\/10 rating on IMDb.\u00a0 It has a 2.1\/5 audience rating.\u00a0 As for me&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Strays <\/em><\/strong>(2023) <\/span><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">rates 1 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z100923zview_thestrays2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strays (2023) Director: Nathaniel Martello-White Screenplay: Nathaniel Martello-White Stars: Ashley Madekwe, Samuel Paul Small, Maria Almeida and Justin Salinger. 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