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Band biography of veteran psych rockers still committed to the road deep into middle age will delight fans and try the patience of the rest of us

If you’re a fan of the American punk-tinged psychedelic garage revival rock band the Fuzztones, then your cup will floweth over with lysergic-spiked joy with this deep dive into the band’s 50-odd year history. If you’re not a fan, it’s a bit of a slog as rock docs go. It’s not that the music isn’t interesting, albeit somewhat numbing in its adherence to a distinctive sound and beat that lead guitarist and general frontman Rudi Protrudi has been noodling with for years. An undoubtedly accomplished musician but a hard party-er par excellence, Protrudi’s commitment to penning tunes about drugs, sex and death has been unswerving.

But this film isn’t really about the music as such...

Disney’s “A Complete Unknown” held its spot at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, earning £1.6 million ($2 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The cumulative total of the Bob Dylan biopic, starring Timothée Chalamet, now stands at $7.3 million.

In second place, Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” added $1.7 million in its sixth weekend, raising its total to $34.7 million. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” from Paramount remained steady in third, collecting $1.09 million during its fifth weekend and pushing its total to $29 million.

Lionsgate U.K.’s “Flight Risk,” directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, debuted in fourth place with a solid $1.01 million. Universal’s awards season favorite “The Brutalist” debuted in fifth, earning $938,452 in its opening weekend.

Universal’s “Nosferatu” dropped to sixth with $666,526 in its fourth weekend. The gothic horror reboot has reached $15.1 million overall and continues to attract genre enthusiasts.