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Saw X

September 24, 2023

Saw X is a 2023 horror film directed by Kevin Greutert, from a screenplay by Peter Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg. It is the tenth installment in the Saw franchise, and are the events take place between the original Saw and Saw II.

Hoping for a miraculous cure, John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer uses deranged and ingenious traps to turn the tables on the con artists.

The cast includes Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Michael Beach, and Renata Vaca.

Saw X is set to debut in theaters September 29th, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

September 24, 2023

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a 2023 fantasy short film written, co-produced and directed by Wes Anderson, based on the 1977 short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" by Roald Dahl. It is the second film adaptation of a Dahl work directed by Anderson, the first being the Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).

The film premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 1st, 2023. It is the first of a four-part series of shorts adapted from Dahl's short stories, including "The Swan", "The Ratcatcher" and "Poison". Principal photography took place in London in January 2022. Robert Yeoman, who worked with Anderson on several previous projects including the recently released Asteroid City (our full review here), serves as cinematographer.

A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes, then sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.

The cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch as Henry Sugar, and also stars Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Rupert Friend, and Richard Ayoade.

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is set to debut in limited theaters on September 20th, before a streaming release on Netflix September 27th. Watch the official trailer below.

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PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

September 24, 2023

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie is a 2023 computer-animated superhero comedy film directed by Cal Brunker, who co-wrote the screenplay with Bob Barlen from a story by Brunker, Barlen, and Shane Morris. Based on the television series PAW Patrol created by Keith Chapman, it is the sequel to PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021). The film features elements from the Mighty Pups sub-theme of the series.

When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The MIGHTY PUPS! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups' arch-rival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with a mad scientist to steal the superpowers for the two villains. With the fate of Adventure City hanging in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it's too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference.

The voice cast includes Mckenna Grace, Taraji P. Henson, Marsai Martin, Christian Convery, Kim Kardashian, North West, Saint West, James Marsden, Kristen Bell, and Finn Lee-Epp.

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie is set to debut in theaters on September 29th, courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Kill Room

September 24, 2023

The Kill Room is a 2023 dark comedy action thriller directed by Nicol Paone, from a screenplay by Jonathan Jacobson.

An art dealer (Uma Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Joe Manganiello) and his boss (Samuel L. Jackson) for a money laundering scheme that accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight Avant-Garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.

The cast includes Uma Thurman, Joe Manganiello, Maya Hawke, Debi Mazar, Dree Hemingway, and Samuel L. Jackson.

The Kill Room is set to debut in select theaters on September 29th, courtesy of Shout! Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

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Flora and Son

September 24, 2023

Flora and Son is a 2023 coming-of-age music comedy drama film written and directed by John Carney (Begin Again). The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2023. Irish actress Eve Lawson, the daughter of renowned U2 front man Bono, stars and performs music in the film. Star Joseph Gordon-Levitt also talked about this being his first opportunity to play guitar in an acting role, something he said has always been a passion of his. Original songs for the film come from Carney and Gary Clark, with Clark also writing the score.Clark and Carney had previously collaborated on music for film, stage and television.

Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a hobby, Flora tries to occupy him with a beat-up acoustic guitar. With the help of a washed-up LA musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Flora and Max discover the transformative power of music.

The cast includes Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, Orén Kinlan, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Flora and Son is set to debut in select theaters September 22nd and on Apple TV+ September 29th. Watch the official trailer below. 

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Reptile

September 24, 2023

Reptile is a 2023 crime thriller film directed by Grant Singer in his directorial debut, who co-wrote the screenplay with Benjamin Brewer and Benicio Del Toro. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 8th/

Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and, by doing so, dismantles the illusions in his own life.

The cast includes Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Silverstone, Ato Essandoh, Michael Pitt, Francis Fisher, and Sky Ferreira.

Reptile is set to debut September 29th, only on Netflix. Watch the official trailer below.

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Gen V

September 24, 2023

Gen V is an upcoming American superhero television series, developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke, serving as a spin-off of The Boys by Kripke, and based on The Boys comic book story arc "We Gotta Go Now" by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

The series follows young adult superheroes, or "supes", who are tested in battle royal challenges at the Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, run by none other than Vought International.

The series, set concurrently with the fourth season of The Boys, is expected to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 29, 2023. Watch the official teaser trailer below.

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Expend4bles

September 17, 2023

Expend4bles (also known as The Expendables 4) is a 2023 action film directed by Scott Waugh, with a script co-written by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart and Max Adams, from an original story by Spenser Cohen, Wimmer and Daggerhart. It is the fourth installment in The Expendables franchise and the sequel to The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014).

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give "new blood" a whole new meaning.

Starring Jason Statham, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran, with Andy Garcia, and Sylvester Stallone.

Expend4bles is set to debut in theaters September 22nd, courtesy of Lionsgate. Watch the official trailers below.

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It Lives Inside

September 17, 2023

It Lives Inside is a 2023 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri (Never Have I Ever).

Sam is an Indian American high school student who rejects her Indian heritage to be like everyone else. When a demonic spirit known as a Pishach latches onto her former best friend, she has to come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.

The film debuted at the 2023 South by Southwest film festival and is set for release on September 22, 2023, by Neon. Watch the official trailer below.

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No One Will Save You

September 17, 2023

No One Will Save is a 2023 sci-fi horror thriller written and directed by Brian Duffield, who previously wrote and directed the 2020 coming-of-age comedy drama Spontaneous. The film features music by composer Joseph Trapanese (8-Bit Christmas, Spiderhead). Tim White, Trevor White, Allan Mandelbaum, and Duffield serve as producers on the film.

An action-packed face-off between an anxiety-ridden young woman named Brynn Adams (Kaitlyn Dever) and a host of extraterrestrial beings who force their way into her home and threaten her future while forcing her to deal with her past.

No One Will Save You is set to debut September 22nd only on Hulu, courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

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A Haunting in Venice

September 10, 2023

A Haunting in Venice is a 2023 unsettling supernatural thriller based upon the novel “Hallowe’en Party” by Agatha Christie and directed by and starring Oscar® winner Kenneth Branagh as famed detective Hercule Poirot.

The film is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, and is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

Reuniting the team of filmmakers behind 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express” and 2022’s “Death on the Nile,” the film is directed by Kenneth Branagh with a screenplay by Oscar® nominee Michael Green (“Logan”) based upon Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party. The producers are Kenneth Branagh, Judy Hofflund, Ridley Scott, and Simon Kinberg, with Louise Killin, James Prichard, and Mark Gordon serving as executive producers. A brilliant acting ensemble portrays a cast of unforgettable characters, including Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen (“Rosaline”), Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent”), Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”), Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), Jude Hill (“Belfast”), Ali Khan (“6 Underground”), Emma Laird (“Mayor of Kingstown”), Kelly Reilly (“Yellowstone”), Riccardo Scamarcio (“Caravaggio’s Shadow”), and recent Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”).

A Haunting in Venice is set to debut in theaters September 15th, courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Watch the official trailer below.

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A Million Miles Away

September 10, 2023

A Million Miles Away is a 2023 drama film from director Márquez Abella, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the incredible true story of José Hernández, the first ever migrant farm worker to become an astronaut and go to space.

The film tells the story of Hernandez’s refusal to give up on his lifelong dream of going to space no matter the obstacles that stand in his way. “A Million Miles Away” tracks his journey from a rural village in Michoacán, Mexico to the San Joaquin Valley to the International Space Station. Despite being rejected year after year from the ultra-competitive space program, he gears up and applies again and again. While doing everything he can to achieve this goal, he must also navigate challenges in his interpersonal relationships.

The cast includes Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar, Sarayu Blue, Veronica Falcon, Julio Cesar Cadillo, and Garret Dillahunt.

A Million Miles Away is set to debut on Prime Video September 15th. Watch the official trailer below.

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Love at First Sight

September 10, 2023

Love at First Sight is an upcoming American romance film, directed by Vanessa Caswill, from a screenplay by Katie Lovejoy, based upon the 2011 novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. It stars Haley Lu Richardson (Edge of Seventeen, The White Lotus), Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody, 6 Underground), Dexter Fletcher (The Elephant Man, Kick-Ass), Rob Delaney (Catastrophe, Deadpool 2), Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones franchise) and Jameela Jamil (The Good Place).

Hadley (Richardson) and Oliver (Hardy) begin falling in love on a flight from New York to London, but when they lose each other at customs, can they defy all odds to reunite?

Love at First Sight is scheduled to premiere only on Netflix on September 15, 2023. Watch the official trailer below.

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El Conde

September 10, 2023

El Conde (lit. 'The Count') is an upcoming Chilean black comedy horror film directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie, Spencer) and written by Larraín and Guillermo Calderón. It is a satire that portrays Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire seeking death. The film stars Jaime Vadell, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro and Paula Luchsinger.

El Conde is set to premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2023. It will be released on Netflix on September 15, 2023, four days after the 50th anniversary of the 1973 coup d'etat, in which Pinochet seized power. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Retirement Plan

September 10, 2023

The Retirement Plan is a 2023 action comedy crime film written and directed by Tim Brown. It stars Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Ashley Greene, Jackie Earle Haley, Joel David Moore, Ernie Hudson, Grace Byers, Rick Fox, Lynn Whitfield, and Dax Ravina.

When Ashley (Greene) and her young daughter Sarah get caught up in a criminal enterprise that puts their lives at risk, she turns to the only person who can help: her estranged father Matt (Cage), currently living the life of a retired beach bum in the Cayman Islands. Their reunion is fleeting as they are soon tracked down on the island by crime boss Donnie (Haley) and his lieutenant Bobo (Perlman). As Ashley, Sarah, and Matt become entangled in an increasingly dangerous web, Ashley quickly learns her father had a secret past that she knew nothing about and that there is more to her father than meets the eye.

The Retirement Plan is set to debut in theaters September 15th, courtesy of Madman Films. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Nun II

September 3, 2023

The Nun II is a 2023 horror thriller from director Michael Chaves (The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It), from a screenplay by Akela Cooper (M3GAN), Ian Goldberg, and Richard Naing, who worked on Fear the Walking Dead together. It is the 9th film in the Conjuring universe, and is the follow-up to the 2018 film The Nun.

In 1956 France, a priest is murdered, and it seems an evil is spreading. Sister Irene once again comes face to face with a demonic force.

Taissa Famiga returns alongside Bonnie Aarons and Jonas Bloquet, who all starred in the previous film. New additions to the film and to the franchise include Katelyn Rose Downey, Anna Popplewell, and Storm Reid.

The Nun II is set to debut in theaters September 8th, courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Watch the official trailer below.

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

September 3, 2023

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is a 2023 romantic comedy film written and directed by Nia Vardalos. The third installment in the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise, It is the first entry not to star Michael Constantine, who died in 2021. Filming took place in Athens, Greece, from June 22 to August 10, 2022.

Members of the Portokalos family reunite in Greece for a hilarious and heartwarming trip full of love, twists and turns.

The cast includes Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Lainie Kazan, and Andrea Martin.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 is set to debut in theaters September 8th, courtesy of Focus Features. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Changeling

September 3, 2023

The Changeling is an upcoming horror-fantasy television series created by Kelly Marcel (writing credits include Saving Mr. Banks and Fifty Shades of Grey) and directed by Melina Matsoukas (directed the 2019 romantic road crime drama Queen & Slim) based on the novel of the same name by Victor LaValle for Apple TV+.

The plot follows a man, Apollo Kagwa (Lakeith Stanfield), who goes on a search for his wife (Clark Backo) after she does something horrific in the aftermath of the birth of their first child.

The series is expected to premiere only on Apple TV+ on September 8, 2023, with the first three episodes. Watch the official trailer below.

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The Equalizer 3

August 27, 2023

Equalizer 3 is a 2023 action crime drama directed by Antoine Fuqua, from a screenplay by Richard Wenk, based on the television series created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim. It is the direct sequel to The Equalizer 2, and said to be the third and final film in the trilogy. Fuqua showed interest in the film having an international setting, and filming began in October of 2022 on the Amalfi Coast in Italy.

Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.

The cast includes Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman, Gaia Scodellaro, Remo Girone, and Andrea Scarduzio.

Equalizer 3 is set to debut in theaters September 1st, courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Watch the official UNRATED trailer below.

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All Fun and Games

August 27, 2023

All Fun and Games is a 2023 horror thriller film directed by Ari Costa and Eren Celeboglu in their directorial debut, from a screenplay they co-wrote with and JJ Braider. The film is produced by AGBO, the production company founded by The Russo Brothers.

A group of Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.

The cast includes Asa Butterfield, Natalia Dyer, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Laurel Marsden, and Annabeth Gish.

All Fun and Games is set to debut in select theaters September 1st, courtesy of Vertical Entertainment. Watch the official trailer below.

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