7 Ways to Resist This Week

Directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Ernest Cline's 2011 novel, Ready Player One is a science fiction adventure film that resonates with issues in the real world. In 2045, the earth has been ravaged by climate change, overpopulation, pollution, and corruption, forcing citizens to retreat to virtual reality for work and pleasure. This alternate world, called OASIS (Ontologically Anthropocentric Immersive Simulation) has a hidden game, which promises its winner ownership of the system. Ultimately, this game becomes a competition between the avatars of corporate greed and individual freedom. Ready Player One stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn,T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance as well as Lena Waithe, the Emmy-winning lesbian creator of Showtime's The Chi. Watch the film in theaters this weekend.