Get the latest movie times, trailers and celebrity interviews. Jeff nichols midnight special is a throwback to smarter scifi in another directors hands this could be formulaic movie mush. From acclaimed filmmaker jeff nichols take shelter, mud comes a scifi thriller starring longtime collaborator michael shannon take shelter, 99 homes. In the scifi thriller midnight special, writerdirector jeff nichols proves again that he is one of the most compelling storytellers of our time, as a father, he goes on the run to protect his young son. Midnight special director jeff nichols talks about inspiration. Information about the movie midnight special, including the midnight special trailer and. There follows a chase movie as roy and lucas spirit alton to the site of his rendezvous with destiny while. Midnight special, while superbly acted and paced at just the right speed, has a bold message to deliver for humanity, however, most of the journey through the two hours of run time is watered down.
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Their films together include blackbird 2007, the missing person 2009, return 2011, mud 2012 and midnight special 2016. A texas senator named ralph hall proposed a dirty movie tax of 50 cents be levied on midnight cowboy and other xrated movies, as a penalty for. Find out whats playing at your local movie theatre at canadas. Midnight special 2016 where to stream and watch decider. Cinema locations and movie times in the toronto area. So by the time we got to set, he just read the scenes, he read the. Find out which movie theatres in toronto are playing midnight special.
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