OCTOBER FILM PREVIEW
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ctober is prime time for scary movies. Darker nights and crisp weather set the scene for a Halloween fright-fest— spanning classic creature features, psychological thrillers, supervillains, and acclaimed festival darlings. Plus, don ' t miss Tom Cruise like you ' ve never seen before. Here’ s what’ s hitting theaters this month.
Digger
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu Rated R • October 2-In Theaters
Tom Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, an eccentric and wealthy billionaire oil executive and the
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world ' s most powerful man. After an explosion on one of his rigs causes massive water displacement and shifts a glacier in Greenland, triggering a catastrophic global crisis, he embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’ s savior before the disaster he unleashed destroys everything. This dark comedy satirizes corporate greed, climate change denial, and modern political chaos. Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons round out the cast.
Verity
Directed by Michael Showalter Rated R • October2-InTheaters
Adapted from Colleen Hoover ' s best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford( Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh( Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity. After Lowen uncovers what appear to be Verity ' s chilling autobiographical notes, she wrestles with disturbing, twisted confessions about Verity’ s husband, Jeremy( Josh Hartnett). She struggles to separate fiction from reality, manipulation from attraction, and opportunity from obsession.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Directed by Bassam Tariq Rated R • October2-InTheaters
Mahershala Ali stars as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith, and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him- and the beliefs threatening to unravel within.
Other Mommy
Directed by Rob Savage Rated R • October9-InTheaters
From James Wan and Rob Savage comes a terrifying trip into the darkening world of a young girl, Bela( Arabella Olivia Clark), who forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home who looks uncannily like her own mother. Jessica Chastain plays a dual role as Bela’ s mother and the entity ' s manifestation. Jay Duplass, Dichen
Lachman, Arian Moayed and Karen Allen appear.
The Social Reckoning
Directed by Aaron Sorkin Rated R • October 9- In Theaters
Aaron Sorkin ' s companion piece to the hit film The Social Network is a true David-and-Goliath story. Frances Haugen( Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz( Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’ s most guarded secrets. Co-stars Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr, and Jeremy Strong.
Fjord
Directed by Cristian Mungiu Rated NA • October 9- In Theaters
From Neon and two-time Cannes Palme d’ Or winner Cristian Mungiu, a Pentecostal Norwegian woman( Renate Reinsve) and her devout Romanian husband( Sebastian Stan) relocate with their five children to a remote, close-knit, coastal town. Their teenage children quickly bond with a neighboring family as unease simmers around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgment that blurs the line between concern and prejudice.
Musk
Directed by Alex Gibney Rated R • October 16- In Theaters An incisive, unvarnished look at Elon Musk, the world’ s most heralded“ inventor-entrepreneur,” who has enormous influence globally and in
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