“I Love Boosters” Teaser Shows Off Eye-Popping Colors and Fashion Satire

By Kip Mooney • On February 1, 2026 • In Featured, Trailer Featured, Trailer Comments Off

It's been eight long years since Sorry to Bother You premiered at Sundance. Boots Riley's debut was a wild and vicious satire that didn't always work, but took massive swings in every scene. In the interim he directed all eight episodes of the surreal comedy I'm a Virgo, which starred Emmy winner Jharrel Jerome as a literal giant.

Now Riley's back with a new film, and it's getting a prime summer release. It stars Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige as a team of well-organized fashion thieves, who rob (or "boost") some of the most high-end clothing boutiques in the Bay Area. Their operation comes under a new threat when they boost from designer Christie Smith (Demi Moore, in her first feature since The Substance).

The cast also includes Will Poulter, LaKeith Stanfield, Eiza González, Poppy Liu, and a completely unrecognizable Don Cheadle. While the film appears to have an extremely colorful palette and wicked sense of humor, don't be surprised if things take a very weird left turn at some point. I certainly won't forget the dark sci-fi twist in Sorry to Bother You.

I Love Boosters will have its world premiere at SXSW on March 12. Neon will give the film a wide release on May 22.

About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.