Money Monster Is A Tense Real-Time Thriller
Plus, The Lobster and Sunset Song are Certified Fresh.
This week at the movies, we’ve got a financial crisis (Money Monster, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts) and a supernatural souvenir (The Darkness, starring Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell). What do the critics have to say?
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , an action thriller about a desperate man trying to scrounge up $25,000 in cash to ransom his kidnapped daughter, is at 100 percent.
- , starring Tony Jaa in a martial arts film about a prison guard teaming up with a jailed undercover cop to take down a corrupt warden, is at 100 percent.
- , starring Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny in Whit Stillman‘s adaptation of a Jane Austen novel about a widow who attracts the attention of three suitors, is at 100 percent.
- , starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz in a Certified Fresh sci-fi dramedy about a man who must choose a mate or risk turning into a lobster, is at 91 percent.
- , a dramatic thriller about a woman willing to go to extreme lengths to find her husband the cancer treatment he needs, is at 84 percent.
- , Terence Davies‘ Certified Fresh drama about a young farm girl who finds independence and romance at the outset of World War I, is at 83 percent.
- , starring Ewan McGregor in a spiritual drama following Jesus Christ, who finds himself tested by the devil during his 40 days in the wilderness, is at 75 percent.
- , starring Tom Hiddleston and Jeremy Irons in an adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel about a luxury skyscraper whose tenants gradually descend into anarchy, is at 64 percent.
- , starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood in a thriller about a pair of crooked cops who plot to rob a heroin dealer’s stash, is at 50 percent.
- , a biopic about the soccer legend’s early years, is at 11 percent.
- , starring Thomas Middleditch and T.J. Miller in a road comedy about three friends trying to reunite one of them with his jilted fiancee, is at zero percent.
- , a comedy about a pair of high school seniors who run into trouble on spring break in Puerto Vallarta, is at zero percent.



