It was a busy week and in my haste to record and edit new episodes of Bad Movies We Love, I let this slip through the cracks. I have even started drafts of several reviews that I just haven’t had time to circle back to and it makes me sad. However, the podcast is going really well and I want to try to do all of it. That said, since I’m already behind, I’m not going to blurb every movie but I wanted to make the list convenient and actually remember to publish it.
New In Theaters
The Marsh King’s Daughter
Director(s): Neil Burger | Writer(s): Elle Smith, Mark L. Smith, Karen Dionne
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooklyn Prince
Priscilla
Director(s): Sofia Coppola | Writer(s): Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Sofia Coppola
Stars: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen
What Happens Later
Director(s): Meg Ryan | Writer(s): Steven Dietz, Kirk Lynn, Meg Ryan
Stars: Meg Ryan, David Duchovny, Hal Ligget
Glisten and the Merry Mission
Director(s): Cory Morrison | Writer(s): Temple Matthews, Sharon Price John
Stars (voice): Michael Rapaport, Freddie Prinze Jr., Chevy Chase
Limited Release
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Written & Directed by: Raven Jackson
Stars: Kaylee Nicole Johnson, Chris Chalk, Jayah Henry
Radical
Director(s): Christopher Zalla | Writer(s): Christopher Zalla, Joshua Davis
Stars: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad, Jennifer Trejo
Rumble Through the Dark
Director(s): Graham & Parker Phillips | Writer(s): Michael Farris Smith
Stars: Bella Thorne, Aaron Eckhart, Ritchie Coster
Rustin
Director(s): George C. Wolfe | Writer(s): Julian Breece, Dustin Lance Black
Stars: Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman
The Holdovers
Director(s): Alexander Payne | Writer(s): David Hemingson
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
Agitated and aggravated Paul Giamatti is the best Giamatti. He’s teaming up with Alexander Payne (Sideways) again and focusing on just a couple of interesting characters lends itself to the kind of storytelling that Payne does so well. This one was very limited but, in its expansion, I will go for this while Priscilla and Marsh King draw most of the attention.
At The Gates
Written & Directed by: Augustus Meleo Bernstein
Stars: Ezekiel Pacheco, Sadie Stanley, Christopher Alvarenga
Hands the Bind
Written & Directed by: Kyle Armstrong
Stars: Bruce Dern, Paul Sparks, Nicholas Campbell
Touch the Water
Director(s): Travis Holt Hamilton | Writer(s): Pershlie Ami, Seneca Peters, Travis Holt Hamilton
Stars: Pershlie Ami, Emeka Ukaga, Jan Sandwich
Deadland
Director(s): Lance Larson | Writer(s): David Elliot, Lance Larson, Jas Shelton
Stars: Chris Mulkey, Julio Cesar Cedillo, Luis Chávez
Helen’s Dead
Director(s): K. Asher Levin | Writer(s): Amy Brown Carver, K. Asher Levin
Stars: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Emile Hirsch
Streaming & Digital
The Kill Room
Director(s): Nicol Paone | Writer(s): Jonathan Jacobson
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman
Squealer
Director(s): Andy Armstrong | Writer(s): Andy Armstrong, Danielle Burgio
Stars: Wes Chatham, Theo Rossi, Tyrese Gibson
Project Z
Written & Directed by: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Stars: Eili Harboe, Regina Tucker, Vebjørn Enger
Locked In (Netflix Nov. 1st)
Director(s): Nour Wazzi | Writer(s): Rowan Joffe
Stars: Finn Cole, Anna Friel, Alex Hassell, Famke Janssen
Hurricane Season (Netflix Nov. 1st)
Director(s): Elisa Miller | Writer(s): Daniela Gómez, Fernanda Melchor, Elisa Miller
Stars: Paloma Alvamar, Andrés Cordova, Conchi León
Wingwomen (Netflix)
Director(s): Mélanie Laurent | Writer(s): Cédric Anger, Christophe Deslandes, Jérôme Mulot
Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Mélanie Laurent, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Fingernails (Theaters + AppleTV+)
Director(s): Christos Nikou | Writer(s): Christos Nikou, Stavros Raptis, Sam Steiner
Stars: Jeremey Allen White, Riz Ahmed, Jessie Buckley, Annie Murphy
This has been a wonderful year for…let’s call it…lo-fi Sci-Fi. Stories where the science fiction element is at the core but the films are character-driven. I’ll watch whatever Jessie Buckley does but this cast is excellent with Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy, Luke Wilson, and Riz Ahmed helping bridge the gap between rom-com and sci-fi drama. I saw it prior to the AppleTV+ release and enjoyed the performances and the questions the film raises.
Nyad (Netflix)
Director(s): Jimmy Chen, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Writer(s): Julia Cox, Diana Nyad
Stars: Jodie Foster, Annette Bening, Rhys Ifans
The Oscar-winning directing team of Jimmy Chen and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi behind Free Solo is a great fit for another story of extreme sports achievement. It sure doesn’t hurt to have Jodie Foster and Annette Bening positioned for powerhouse performances either. It’s going to have a two-week theatrical run before hitting Netflix in November, so I am going to try to see this one in theaters. *I didn’t get to it in theaters, but it’s on streaming now.
Quiz Lady (Hulu)
Director(s): Jessica Yu | Writer(s): Jen D’Angelo
Stars: Awkwafina, Sandra Oh, Will Ferrell
Sly (Netflix)
Director(s): Thom Zimny
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino
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