The story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a couple whose arrest for interracial marriage in 1960s Virginia began a legal battle that would end with the Supreme Court's historic 1967 decision.
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Director:
Jeff Nichols
Stars:
Michael Shannon,
Douglas Ligon,
Barlow Jacobs
In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever.
Director:
Andrew Patterson
Stars:
Sierra McCormick,
Jake Horowitz,
Gail Cronauer
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Director:
Nacho Vigalondo
Stars:
Anne Hathaway,
Jason Sudeikis,
Austin Stowell
A recently unemployed single father struggles to get back his foreclosed home by working for the real estate broker who is the source of his frustration.
Director:
Ramin Bahrani
Stars:
Andrew Garfield,
Michael Shannon,
Laura Dern
A young married couple's lives are thrown into a harrowing tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light after more than 20 years.
Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abilities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything.Written by
Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Historic New Orleans area (Gretna) supermarket "Casey Jones", which was recently closed, made a brief cameo late in the movie. See more »
Goofs
Towards the end, when the aliens are walking towards the structure, for a split second over Sarah's (Kirsten Dunst) right shoulder, you can see an actor with lights over his/her eyes (the lighting apparatus) See more »
Quotes
Roy:
Do you miss it? Living on the ranch?
Elden:
Yeah. Very much.
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and I can say with some certainty that Jeff Nichols has a heck of a career ahead of him.
To be frank, after your first 1000 or so IMDb reviews, you get a bit cynical. You start to understand that, in spite of the hype, movies are not as good as they used to be -- more like production-line white-bread, all mapped out and pre-sold into the appropriate distribution channels before the first viewer ever even gets a look -- and that in the same time period, TV has come to surpass film in terms of quality and entertainment value.
And then every now and then you get a film like Midnight Special and for a brief moment you start to think this medium might someday recapture its glory days.
I am not going to tell the story or do anything which will diminish your experience, should you choose to see this film.
I will simply say that, if you believe the primary goal of a movie is to hold your interest and entertain, this one does the job from the first frame to the closing credits.
Boy is that refreshing!
The actors -- not name actors -- were excellent.
The special effects were mind-boggling, especially for an indie.
The script breaks (or bends) some rules of conventional narrative but otherwise is so tight you could use it for a drum solo.
Highly recommended.
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and I can say with some certainty that Jeff Nichols has a heck of a career ahead of him.
To be frank, after your first 1000 or so IMDb reviews, you get a bit cynical. You start to understand that, in spite of the hype, movies are not as good as they used to be -- more like production-line white-bread, all mapped out and pre-sold into the appropriate distribution channels before the first viewer ever even gets a look -- and that in the same time period, TV has come to surpass film in terms of quality and entertainment value.
And then every now and then you get a film like Midnight Special and for a brief moment you start to think this medium might someday recapture its glory days.
I am not going to tell the story or do anything which will diminish your experience, should you choose to see this film.
I will simply say that, if you believe the primary goal of a movie is to hold your interest and entertain, this one does the job from the first frame to the closing credits.
Boy is that refreshing!
The actors -- not name actors -- were excellent.
The special effects were mind-boggling, especially for an indie.
The script breaks (or bends) some rules of conventional narrative but otherwise is so tight you could use it for a drum solo.
Highly recommended.