Ultimately, “Midnight Special” degenerates into a situation in which three people (Shannon, along with Kirsten Dunst as the mother, and Joel Edgerton as the best friend) are driving around ...

“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, variously, trying to ...

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

One deal point on Midnight Special that Nichols stood firm in his negotiations with Warner Bros. was final cut. “I don’t talk publicly about this as a way to beat my chest.

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