Countdown Is a Mediocre Time-Killer
Plus, Black and Blue feels half-baked, The Current War: Director's Cut is solid but a little flat, and The Lighthouse is Certified Fresh.
This week at the movies, we’ve got a killer app (Countdown, starring Elizabeth Lail and Jordan Calloway), corrupt cops (Black and Blue, starring Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson), a corporate feud (The Current War: Director’s Cut, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon), and kooky keepers (The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe). What are the critics saying?
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , a documentary about the work of sound designers in cinema, is at 100%.
- , the latest feature film based on the popular manga and anime series, is at 100%.
- , a concert film of Bruce Springsteen’s eponymous album, is at 88%.
- , a drama-comedy about an Israeli ex-pat attempting to put down roots in Paris, is at 85%.
- , a semi-autobiographical portrait of director Phillip Youmans‘ upbringing in rural Louisiana, is at 85%.
- , a supernatural thriller about a man fixing up an old house who comes face to face with secrets from the house’s past, is at 78%.
- , starring Nat Wolff and Alexander Skarsgård in a military drama about a young marine struggling with his commanding officer’s morally dubious orders, is at 77%.
- , starring Emma Roberts and Milla Jovovich in a sci-fi mystery about an isolated high-end boarding facility for young women that hides a sinister secret, is at 70%.
- , starring Isabelle Huppert and Marisa Tomei in a drama about a large family who gather in Portugal at the request of its aging matriarch, is at 60%.
- , Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje‘s autobiographical drama about a Nigerian boy living with white foster parents in 1980s England who joins up with a skinhead gang, is at 52%.
