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“The Current War: Director’s Cut” (101 Studios)

By: The Catholic Post   -   October 25, 2019   -   Movie Review Benedict Cumberbatch, George Westinghouse, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in a scene from the movie "The Current War: Director's Cut." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. (CNS/101 Studios)

By Catholic News Service Intriguing historical drama recounting the bitter contest between inventor Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and industrialist George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) as they raced to spread electricity across the United States in the last decades of the 19th century, with Serbian-American tech whiz Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) supporting first one then the other. […]