The box-office is gearing up for yet another highly competitive weekend, with two more high profile flicks set to battle for the top spot. The first is the new DC Comics movie "Shazam!", which has earned stellar reviews from critics and a very positive response from moviegoers. The seventh DC Extended Universe installment has already grossed $5.9 million from Thursday night previews and is expected to finish the weekend with around $50 million from 4,217 theaters.
The second big release is the Stephen King adaptation "Pet Sematary". While the film has received a generally mixed reception from both critics and moviegoers, its box-office prospects are still decent, with $2.3 million from Thursday previews and expectations for a $30 million opening weekend from 3,585 theaters.
The third wide release this week is the civil rights drama "The Best of Enemies" starring Sam Rockwell and Taraji P. Henson. The film is expected to score around $5 million from 1,705 theaters.
In limited release it might be worth checking out the supernatural western horror film "The Wind" starring Caitlin Gerard.
The second big release is the Stephen King adaptation "Pet Sematary". While the film has received a generally mixed reception from both critics and moviegoers, its box-office prospects are still decent, with $2.3 million from Thursday previews and expectations for a $30 million opening weekend from 3,585 theaters.
The third wide release this week is the civil rights drama "The Best of Enemies" starring Sam Rockwell and Taraji P. Henson. The film is expected to score around $5 million from 1,705 theaters.
In limited release it might be worth checking out the supernatural western horror film "The Wind" starring Caitlin Gerard.
Synopses, details, critical/audience reception, trailers, and more after the jump.
SHAZAM!
Official Synopsis
We all have a superhero inside us, it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In Billy Batson's (Asher Angel) case, by shouting out one word--SHAZAM!--this streetwise 14-year-old foster kid can turn into the adult Super Hero Shazam (Zachary Levi), courtesy of an ancient wizard. Still a kid at heart--inside a ripped, godlike body--Shazam revels in this adult version of himself by doing what any teen would do with superpowers: have fun with them! Can he fly? Does he have X-ray vision? Can he shoot lightning out of his hands? Can he skip his social studies test? Shazam sets out to test the limits of his abilities with the joyful recklessness of a child. But he'll need to master these powers quickly in order to fight the deadly forces of evil controlled by Dr. Thaddeus Sivana (Strong).
Film Details
- Director: David F. Sandberg
- Starring: Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Running Time: 132 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action, language, and suggestive material
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 91% (233 fresh, 23 rotten, score: 7.2/10)
- Metacritic: 72 out of 100 (43 positive, 5 mixed, 2 negative).
Audience Reception
- Rotten Tomatoes: 90% (average score: 4.5/5 from 2,240 user ratings)
- Metacritic: 7.9/10 (96 positive, 9 mixed, 10 negative).
- IMDb: 7.9/10 (19,778 votes)
PET SEMATARY
Official Synopsis
Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family's new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.
Film Details
- Director: Kevin Kölsch, Dennis Widmyer
- Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow, Jete Laurence
- Genre: Horror, Thriller
- Running Time: 101 min.
- Rating: R for horror violence, bloody images, and some language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 62% (100 fresh, 62 rotten, score: 6.1/10)
- Metacritic: 58 out of 100 (19 positive, 16 mixed, 4 negative).
Audience Reception
- Rotten Tomatoes: 48% (average score: X/5 from 321 user ratings)
- Metacritic: 7.2/10 (16 positive, 7 mixed, 2 negative).
- IMDb: 6.5/10 (5,007 votes)
THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Official Synopsis
Based on a true story, THE BEST OF ENEMIES centers on the unlikely relationship between Ann Atwater (Henson), an outspoken civil rights activist, and C.P. Ellis (Rockwell), a local Ku Klux Klan leader who reluctantly co-chaired a community summit, battling over the desegregation of schools in Durham, North Carolina during the racially-charged summer of 1971. The incredible events that unfolded would change Durham and the lives of Atwater and Ellis forever.
Film Details
- Director: Robin Bissell
- Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Sam Rockwell, Babou Ceesay, Anne Heche, Wes Bentley, Nick Searcy
- Genre: Biography, Drama, History
- Running Time: 133 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, racial epithets, some violence and a suggestive reference
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 49% (21 fresh, 22 rotten, score: 5.7/10)
- Metacritic: 51 out of 100 (10 positive, 6 mixed, 4 negative).
Audience Reception
- Rotten Tomatoes: 78% (average score: 3.9/5 from 40 user ratings)
- Metacritic: 4.3/10 (1 positive, 1 mixed, 2 negative).
- IMDb: 7.1/10 (122 votes)
THE WIND
Official Synopsis
An unseen evil haunts the homestead in this chilling, folkloric tale of madness, paranoia, and otherworldly terror. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself, an overwhelming dread that her husband (Ashley Zukerman) dismisses as superstition. When a newlywed couple arrives on a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy's fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events. Masterfully blending haunting visuals with pulse-pounding sound design, director Emma Tammi evokes a godforsaken world in which the forces of nature come alive with quivering menace.
Film Details
- Director: Emma Tammi
- Starring: Miles Anderson, Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles
- Genre: Horror, Western
- Running Time: 86 min.
- Rating: R for violence/disturbing images and some sexuality
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 72% (28 fresh, 11 rotten, score: 6.1/10)
- Metacritic: 67 out of 100 (8 positive, 5 mixed, 0 negative).
Audience Reception
- Rotten Tomatoes: 63% (average score: 3.3/5 from 8 user ratings)
- Metacritic: N/A
- IMDb: 6.1/10 (351 votes)
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