As summer comes to a close, make sure to enjoy its last days by checking out some of the new releases headed to theaters this Labor Day Weekend.
The supernatural-psychological thriller, “Don’t Let Go,” highlights a time-bending journey, starring David Oyelowo as a no-nonsense detective who races against time to prevent the murder of his beloved teenage niece (Storm Reid).
Meanwhile, the Katharine Gun biopic comes to life on the big screen in “Official Secrets,” starring Keira Knightley as the famed British translator charged with a treasonous offense after she leaked classified information about the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Here’s what to see and what to skip this weekend:
Movies Out This Weekend
“Don’t Let Go” — David Oyelowo, Storm Reid; directed by Jacob Estes
Writer-director Jacob Estes’s psychological thriller is a tale about two kindred spirits separated in time and space yet determined to piece together their past and present lives.
David Oyelowo plays Jack Radcliff, a tough-minded LAPD detective who holds his teenage niece Ashley (Storm Reid) very dear to his heart, so much so that when she and her parents get brutally murdered, his entire world suddenly gets upended.
Days after the funeral, he receives a mysterious phone call. Jack picks it up, and shockingly, it’s Ashley sounding alive and chatty as usual. Understandably, Jack doesn’t believe it at first, but he soon discovers that the young girl is ringing from a mysterious place two weeks before the gruesome incident occurred. Suddenly, Jack feels a renewed sense of hope. Will he find a way to save his only niece from her untimely death?
See it. The excellent chemistry between Oyelowo and Reid saves the day for a time-bending trip that’s too confusing to understand yet totally spellbinding to relish.
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“Official Secrets” — Keira Knightley, Matt Smith; directed by Gavin Hood
Based on Marcia Mitchell and Thomas Mitchell’s non-fiction book, “The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War,” Gavin Hood’s biopic is the true story of Katharine Gun, the British whistleblower who leaked to the press top-secret information pertaining to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
The movie opens in 2004 with Gun (Keira Knightley) being charged with violating the Official Secrets Acts of 1989, a treasonous offense with dire consequences.
Then, the film flashes back to 2003, and we learn that Katharine is employed as a British translator at the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In her role, she receives a secret e-mail communication from the National Security Agency (NSA) asking GCHQ agents to dig up dirt on U.N. diplomats with the intent of blackmailing them into sanctioning an Iraq invasion.
Convinced that the imminent war is rather immoral and illegal, Katharine is now faced with making a life-altering decision as to whether she should expose the covert eavesdropping operation to the press. A few days later, she finally makes a fateful choice to send a copy of the e-mail to a friend who’s well-connected in the newspaper industry.
It’s only a matter of time before The Observer publishes the story as a front-page exclusive. In the process, Katharine soon finds herself at the center of a global controversy, being labelled either a traitor or a hero.
Will she plead guilty as charged?
See it. Knightley delivers her most electrifying performance to date, though the movie feels somewhat slow and flat at times.
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