Friday’s openings: Jackie Chan and other stuff

I usually use a lot of words to describe the coming week’s movies. But this time I’m going to use only two: Jackie Chan . The Hong Kong action star plays one of his serious roles, that of a father hunting down those responsible for … well, I’ll add more below.

The openings on this week’s national schedule:

“The Foreigner” : Chan wants revenge, and he turns out to have the expertise needed to get it. His Irish targets don’t stand a chance.

“Happy Death Day” : A college undergraduate is murdered, again and again, until she figures out who her killer is. Think “Final Destination” meets “Groundhog Day.”

“Marshall” : Long before he was a U.S. Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall was an attorney in a number of racial cases. This bio-pic details one of them.

“Professor Marston & the Wonder Women” : It turns out the man who dreamed up the character of Wonder Woman had his own ideas on the institution of marriage — as did the two women he was interested in.

And at the Magic Lantern:

“Dolores” : A documentary about Dolores Huerta, one of the founders (along with Cesar Chavez) of the organization that become United Farm Workers.

I’ll update when the local listings become available.