Looking to catch a new movie this weekend? Here’s what’s new in theaters today:
The Foreigner (R):London businessman Quan’s daughter is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official, whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers. Starring:Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan
Happy Death Day (PG-13):
A college student is living the day she dies over and over again until she can figure out who killed her. Starring:Jessica Rothe, Ruby Modine
Marshall (PG-13): Long before he sat on the United States Supreme Court or claimed victory in Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall was a young rabble-rousing attorney for the NAACP. One of the cases he took on was of black chauffeur Joseph Spell, who was accused by his white employer, Eleanor Strubing, of sexual assault and attempted murder. Starring:Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (R):
What inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940’s? While Marston’s feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her “sexual perversity,” he was keeping a secret that could have destroyed him. Marston’s muses for Wonder Woman were his wife Elizabeth Marston and their lover Olive Byrne, two empowered women who defied convention. Starring:Luke Evans, Connie Britton
