For a good portion of Jeff Nichols’?Midnight Special, we don’t know exactly?what?is going on but we can tell?something?is going on. In the writer/director’s fourth film, he takes us on a spellbinding journey, traveling along on a progressive chase with Ray (Michael Shannon, 99 Houses, Take Shelter) and his young son, Alton (Jaeden Libeher,?St. Vincent, Aloha)….
In?Midnight Special, Ray (Michael Shannon) takes his son,?Alton (Jaeden Liberher), on the run. Pursued by the FBI, NSA, and a mysterious group known as the Third Heaven Ranch, the film unfolds like a throwback to science fiction films like?Close Encounters of the Third Kind?or?Firestarter. As the film’s release grew wider and wider, I was offered…
Long ago, in our galaxy here on Earth, George Lucas created a world that has spawned other worlds and inspired our imaginations, challenged us to think, and, for some, encouraged our faith. In 1977, that film (and this author) came into existence, changing what we know about movies, special effects, and science fiction. Last year,…
I’m not a huge fan of remakes. I know I was in the minority, but we didn’t need a secondary version of?True Grit, and quite frankly, I never needed Andrew Garfield to reprise the role of Peter Parker. But I literally laughed out loud when I saw the news that?Point Break?(1991) was being remade. “Seriously?!”…
And, at last, Katniss Aberdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) closes the final chapter of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian series about teenagers forced to battle it out,?The Running Man-style. After a decade of holding the nation’s attention, from the first novel in 2008 to this fourth and final film in 2016 on Blu-ray/DVD, Katniss has had a nice “run.”…
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?has been hyped as the battle between the alien, godlike Superman and the human vigilante Batman. Chronologically, it serves as the second film in writer/director Zack Snyder’s reboot of Superman’s film history,?which attempted to erase the Superman-has-a-kid mistake that was Brandon Routh’s?Superman Returns. But while?Dawn of Justice?failed to deliver an…
Parenting doesn’t come with Cliff’s Notes or a serious instruction manual (with apologies to?The Bible?or the?What to Expect series). But what happens when the children you’re raising aren’t yours to begin with? What if you’re the?stepfather? In?Daddy’s Home, Will Ferrell’s Brad Whitaker lives a good life, as the second husband to Sara (Linda Cardellini) and…
Here at ScreenFish, we spend quite a bit of time critiquing, evaluating, and unpacking the work of others. Some might say that we are movie critics; others might call us movie enthusiasts. (Hopefully, a few of you call us theologians!) In his latest book,?How to Be Here,?Rob Bell unpacks what it means to be fully…
Boog the Bear and Elliott the Moose are up to their usual hijinks in the fourth (and final) film in the?Open Season?series of animated adventures about forrest animals. Five years after?Open Season 3 debuted, Sony unveiled a comedy/ghost story in the vein of a?Scooby Doo episode. Just like its canine companion,?Scared Silly?will make you laugh,…
George R.R. Martin isn’t terribly sentimental when it comes to his characters. We all (unless you live under a rock without HBO… or friends) know that Lord Stark was whacked at the end of the first novel – and the first season – of?Game of Thrones, stripping?the biggest name (Sean Bean) from the show. We…
