Friday’s openings: More than one eye in the sky
From military philosophizing to Hollywood satirizing, the week offers a bit of something for every kind of movie fan. The week's movie openings are as follows:
"Eye in the Sky": A U.S. military drone attack is disrupted when a small girl wanders into the kill zone. What results is a kind of cost-benefit analysis.
"I Saw the Light": Tom Hiddleston stars in this biopic of the late country singing star Hank Williams. Perfect that the guy best known for playing Loki in the "Thor" movies should star a the guy famous from the song "Your Cheatin' Heart."
"God's Not Dead 2": This sequel to the 2014 original explores what happens when a teacher tries to discuss Jesus in her classroom. Perhaps she goes in search of three wise men?
"Meet the Blacks": This satire on the "Purge" films centers on a newly rich African-American family that forsakes Chicago for the wealthy L.A. suburb of Beverly Hills. And, no, the patriarch is not named Jethro.
And at the Magic Lantern:
"Embrace of the Serpent": A clash of cultures occurs when two scientists, decades apart, encounter the same South American shaman while searching for a medicinal plant. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar.