24 September
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ENOLA HOLMES Director: Harry BradbeerStarring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour Millie Bobby Brown is making her leap from the quiet Eleven in Stranger Things to being the kid sister to Sherlock Holmes in Enola Holmes. Enola Holmes is the younger sister to Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes and now finds herself following in her brother’s footsteps. It’s the morning of her 16th birthday, and their mother (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing. Enola hasn’t seen her brothers in years, but their mother’s disappearance doesn’t provide for a warm family reunion either. Enola slips out from underRead More →

24 September
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KAJILLIONAIRE Writer/Director: Miranda JulyStarring: Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins, Gina Rodriguez Dark comedies and oddball characters can be hard to come by these days. If you’re looking for a unique story, give Kajillionaire a shot. It stars Evan Rachel Wood as Old Dolio, yes that’s the character’s name. She’s the daughter of two con artists played by Debra Winger and Richard Jenkins. Their cons aren’t robbing banks or casinos. They are small petty thefts that barely keep them afloat. One exchange leaves them with a gift certificate for a massage. This is the only life Old Dolio knows as she doesn’t have friendsRead More →

17 September
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BLACKBIRD Director: Roger MichellStarring: Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska, Rainn Wilson, Sam Neill, Lindsay Duncan, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Anson Boon Susan Sarandon gives another moving performance with the emotional film Blackbird. Her character, Lily, has been living with ALS. Knowing it’s a terminal diagnosis, she has decided to carry out her final days with dignity on her own terms instead of letting the disease take control of the rest of her life. Her family arrives at their countryside estate for one final family gathering, but Lily’s decision doesn’t sit well with her daughters, Jennifer (Winslet) and Anna (Wasikowska). Their sibling rivalry comes to head ignoringRead More →

15 September
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THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME Director: Antonio CamposStarring: Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Bill Skarsgård, Eliza Scanlen, Sebastian Stan, Jason Clarke, Riley Keough, Mia Wasikowska, Haley Bennett One of the best aspects of having a new movie streaming on Netflix is the ability to rewatch a head-scratcher and dissect it whenever you want. You may feel a need to do that with The Devil All the Time. It’s a multi-generational ensemble film featuring Tom Holland at its center. He stars as Arvin Russell who grew up an orphan after the tragic deaths of his parents. His dad (Bill Skarsgaard) was a WWII vet whose PTSD and reformedRead More →

13 September
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ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY Director: Lisa Cortes, Liz GarbusStarring: Stacey Abrams, Debo Adegbile, Jayla Allen, Carol Anderson, Eric Foner, Marcia Fudge  If someone asked you about voter suppression, would you be able to talk about it and the effects it has on elections? Would you be able to give an oral history on voting rights in this country? That’s what’s at stake in All In: The Fight For Democracy. Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has also served on the Georgia House of Representatives, uses the lessons she learned in her campaign against Brian Kemp as an outline to bring the issues of voting suppressionRead More →

10 September
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I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS Writer/Director: Charlie KaufmanStarring: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Guy Boyd  Charlie Kaufman seems to confound moviegoers with each of his movies making us question what’s real, what’s fictional, and what it all means in the end. These Kaufmanisms are on full display in his latest, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. The phrase “I’m thinking of ending things” is mentioned multiple times in voiceover from Jessie’s Buckley’s character. She’s credited as Young Woman but is also referred to as Lucy and Louisa. She’s on a road trip to meet her boyfriend’s parents despite the fact she’s thinking of ending thisRead More →

10 September
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BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC Director: Dean ParisotStarring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Holland Taylor, William Sadler, Jayma Mays, Erinn Hayes In this era of reboots, revivals, and remakes, it only makes sense to have the two righteous dudes known as Bill & Ted back to save the world in Bill & Ted Face the Music. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are back as Ted Theodore Logan and Bill S Preston Esquire, respectively. Decades have passed since they last stepped into a time-travelling phone booth. They’re both dads now and have passed on their love of music to theirRead More →

03 September
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MULAN Director: Niki CaroStarring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong, Jason Scott Lee, Tzi Ma, Yoson An The latest Disney animated classic getting the live action reboot is Mulan. As a young girl Mulan was always a rambunctious child whose eye for adventure knew no boundaries. She was not the girly girl that her mother wanted her to be under traditional Chinese culture. Now as a young woman, played by Yifei Liu, she finds her calling when her kingdom comes under attack. The Emperor of China, played by Jet Li, calls upon one man of every household to fight in the army. With her father in failingRead More →

01 September
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TENET Director: Christopher NolanStarring: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine The first big film to test movie audiences as to whether they will head back into movie theaters is Tenet, the latest from writer/director Christopher Nolan. John David Washington is at the center of this story and is referred to as “The Protagonist” He’s pulled out of a medically induced coma after a failed mission only to continue on his mission. It’s one that’s hard for him to conceive and understand as it involves the inversion of time. Simply put, he’s trying to prevent World War III which would beRead More →

26 August
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UNHINGED Director: Derrick BorteStarring: Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Jimmi Simpson, Gabriel Bateman, Anne Leighton We’ve seen Russell Crowe in a variety of standout films taking on rich complex characters. I wish the same could be said for his new film, Unhinged. The film opens with his character, who’s referred to as The Man, torching someone’s house and then driving away from the scene of the crime. It’s one way to start a film to let us know up front that our main character is capable of such heinous behavior. His wrath has only just begun and a young hairdresser named Rachel becomes his next victim. She’s playedRead More →