'Midnight Special," from writer-director Jeff Nichols, evinces the same knack for melding realism and fantasy that the filmmaker brought to his breakout 2011 film "Take Shelter."In that film ...

The strangest thing about Midnight Special is that it reminds me of at least 10 other movies I’ve seen and yet still feels unique. Usually when we say a director “plays by his own rules” it ...

“The Midnight Special” ended in 1981, but the producer, who went on to earn an Oscar nomination for making “Children of a Lesser God,” kept the rights to the show, ...

“Midnight Special” is a sincere movie, but sometimes sincerity is half the problem. Aside from a couple of gently sprinkled bursts of violence, this is a slow movie — full of portentous ...

Midnight Special 4 out of 5 Stars Director: Jeff Nichols Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama Rated: PG-13 for ...

“Midnight Special” is an old-school, sci-fi thriller, its special effects doled out sparingly in the story of a young boy with inexplicable powers and the adults who are, ...

“Midnight Special”C-Rated PG-13. At AMC Loews Boston Common, Kendall Square Cinema and Coolidge Corner Theatre. Writer-director Jeff Nichols’ “Midnight Special” is like writer-director ...

“The Midnight Special” ended in 1981, but the producer, who went on to earn an Oscar nomination for making "Children of a Lesser God," kept the rights to the show, ...

This weekend, Midnight Special grossed $185K or a hearty $37K theater average off of five locations in New York, Los Angeles and Austin — the second best PTA of the year after Deadpool’s $37,222.

South of Midnight's bottle trees follow a very similar premise. In my preview, Hazel used a bottle to quite literally bottle up the painful memories which were trapped within the area, and as she ...

“Midnight Special” announces the arrival of a filmmaker in total control of his technique as well as our emotions. A bravura science-fiction thriller that explores emotional areas like ...