The biggest weekend of the year arrived on Friday, and it did not disappoint. Below are my takes on all the week’s new releases I saw.

Oppenheimer (Theaters)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey, Jr., Florence Pugh, and Emily Blunt
Synopsis: The other half of the Barbenheimer weekend was this epic biopic from Christopher Nolan. It focuses on the life and career of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Murphy), the physicist who helped create the atomic bomb. It was a crowning achievement and one that would haunt him for the rest of his life. In this biopic, which was shot for IMAX and runs three hours, we see his life play out. In a parallel story, we see the confirmation hearings for Lewis Strauss (Downey), the man who butted heads with Oppenheimer. Nolan uses color to differentiate, offering the narrative from the perspective of Oppenheimer in color and the narrative from Strauss in black-and-white. All of it is intense and quite stirring. I won’t belabor a plot for a film that’s telling a factual story. Instead, I want to focus on the craft. There aren’t any directors like Nolan, and he brings the sheer weight of his talent and vision as a director to this project. The performances are also strong. Murphy is great in the lead, while Downey, Damon, Josh Hartnett and Alden Ehrenreich stood out among a talented and diverse supporting cast. This film isn’t perfect and there will be those that are rightly disappointed by some of the people in Oppenheimer’s sphere who get short shrift in this film, such as Jean Tatlock. But this is a film about Oppenheimer and remains focused on telling the story of the world through his eyes. It’s an epic and stunning achievement for Nolan, one that should be on nearly everyone’s best of the year list. And it’s a film that demands to be seen in theaters. So, get out and give it a watch.
Rating: Rated R for some sexuality, nudity and language.

Stephen Curry: Underrated
Synopsis: Apple TV+ is home to some incredible and incredibly diverse content. That ranges from TV series to movies, like this new documentary on Stephen Curry. It follows his record-setting achievements in the NBA, chronicles his life as a son, husband and father, and goes back to chronicle his beginning, including his time at Davidson. A good sports biopic draws you into the world of its subject while informing and inspiring. I certainly got that from this film, which tells Curry’s story in an engaging and compelling way. For fans of sports or just fans of good stories, this documentary is worth checking out.
Rating: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix)
Starring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, and Kiefer Sutherland
Synopsis: On a busy weekend for new theatrical releases, Netflix joined the party, too, with a science fiction film from writers Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier. In it, a small-time hustler named Fontaine (Boyega) finds himself caught in something he never expected. After seemingly dying the day before, he wakes up and resumes his routine. When a pimp (Foxx) and a working girl (Parris) point out the conflict, the trio go on a journey of discovery that takes them to some unexpected places. This is a film unlike anything I’ve seen. There’s a strong sense of style and writing, while the film offers the interesting twists of stories and creates an unexpected world for this type of genre. The performances are solid, particularly from Boyega in the lead role. I quibble some with the overall execution and it was a bit dry at times for me. The twists were engaging enough but it didn’t quite deliver everything I would have wanted. Still, it’s a solid watch and an interesting addition to the Netflix catalog.
Rating: Rated R for pervasive language, violence, some sexual material and drug use.

Matthew Fox is a graduate of the Radio, Television and Film program at Biola University, and a giant nerd. He spends his free time watching movies, TV, and obsessing about football. He is a member of the FSWA. You can find him @knighthawk7734 on Twitter and as co-host of the Fantasy Football Roundtable Podcast.