REELS

Title: The Public

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Christian Slater

Studio: Universal Pictures

Director: Emilio Estevez

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 122 Minutes

Year: 2018

Description: A librarian helps a group of homeless people take refuge from a brutal winter night by staging a sit-in at the free public library. A misunderstanding causes his noble act to wrongly escalate into a hostage situation with a political candidate and a TV reporter stoking the drama for their own agendas.