CLOCKWIS FROM Top: The Smashing Machine, The Lost Bus, Abbott elementaryand Interview with the vampire season 2.
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Theongning of a new month, the Movies fantasy league unveiling this season’s first leaderboard, and another Taylor swift album: All three of the eilicit a sense of fear on someone level, who is very on the brand for the Halloween Season. We’ve got a handful of selection for the season, including vampires, dogs investigating the paranormal, and Ryan Murphy. There’s Also a Taylor Swift album-Release Event Duking It Out with Benny Safdie The Smashing Machine in movie theaters this weeend. The Smashing Machine Aka Taylor Swift’s Album-Release Strategy. Okay, Moving on…
Directed by One Half of the Safdie Brothers, The Smashing Machine Stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Wrestler Mark Kerr. Set in the late ’90s, this drama follows Kerr’s transition into Mma Fighting while balancing an opioid addition and a tumultuous related with his girlfriend, dawn (Emily blunt, the rock’s Jungle cruise co-star).
AFTER the HUGE CELEBRATION THAT WAS ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY, Saturday Night Live Returns with a new lineup and bad bunny on hosting duties with the CAT Performing. Now Who Will Give Bad Bunny Monologue Advice This Time?
Daniel Day-Lewis, One of the Greatest Actors of All Time, Came Out of Retirement to Star in This Psychological Drama from A Rookie Filmaker Named (Notes Checks) Ronan Day-Lewis, His Son. Complain About nepotism all you want-SEEing day-lewis in a movie again is warr, and is not like the Younger day-Lewis doesn’t know his stuff. —James Grebey
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School’s back in session – a Little late than in reality, but Still. In its fifth season, the series is creeping Ever Closer Toward Elder-Statatsman Territory. What’s Next is Certainly More Episodic High Jinks Plus, HOPELLY, AN UPDATE ON THE FORMERLY FIREED AVA AND THE FINE O’SHON. —Rexana Hadadi
If you were wondering WHY Glen Powell’s Face Was Looking Like thatwell, here’s your Answer. Powell Plays russ Holiday, a Football Player Who Blew his Chance at A National Championship. In order to redeem Himself he deguises Himself as chad Power to get a chance to play College Ball Again.
Paul Greengrass’s Intense Wildfire Thriller Presents the Shocking, Most Tale of A School-Bus Driver (Matthew McConaughey) Who Winds Up Having to Drive A Group of Elementary-Schoolers Through the Hellish Flams of the 2018 Camp Fire, the Deadliest in California History. —Bilge Ebiri
If there is one Thing Thing Taylor Swift Will Do, IT’S PUT ON A SHOW. To celebrate her new album, swift is releasing an hour-and-30-minute event (?) In theaters. It’ll Include the Music Video to “The Fate of Ophelia,” Lyric Videos, and Swift Talking You Through The Life of a Showgirl. SO, not exciting as Eras TourBut it’s Nononheless Swift. (In Theaters Now.)
➽ Normally an album was Included in a “What to Watch” Newsletter, but Taylor’s New Record Sues, UH, Paint a Picture, Whether we were to or not.
Amc has licensed out Interview with the vampire‘s Better Second Season to Netflix, Which Means People Might Actually Watch this Great Show. With Louis and Claudia (Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles) Journeying to Europe in Search of Other Vampires, This Season of Interview is phenomenal, rounded out with an incredible cast of seductive vampps from the théâtre des vampires. IT’s Worth Diving Into This Fantastic Series Before The Vampire Lestat kicks it up a notch Next year.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s behemoth Series has been shockingly popular. But COULD A SEASON ABOUT The infamously disgusting ed gein be a bridge too? Charlie hunnam is practically unrecognizable after shedding pounds and adopting a Breaty, High-Pitched Accent to play the part. This is a gross story that is the could veer into transphobia, though, and it might away casual viewers. Whether Murphy’s Branding is Strong Enough to Keep People Enthralled Is The Big Question. —Rh
➽ plus Bone lake and Good boy are out in theaters.
Before Fire and ashWhy Not Take Another Dip In The Way of Water, WHICH IS BACK IN THEATERS THIS Weekend? Streaming the first Avatar Sequel on Disney+ JUST DOESN’T Compare to Watching Payakan Leap Out of the Ocean and Annihilate the Bad Guys’ Boat (That One Dude’s ARM) in Glorious 3-D on a gigantic Screen. —Jg
Denver, Let’s See What’s Going on With Your Singles Pool. (Hint: it’s… interesting.)
One of the best Things About the Liam Neeson -Led Naked gun sequel was the All-toio-Rare Opportunity to laugh at a gloriously Silly comedy in a movie theater with a bunch of other people. But, now that it is out of theater and streaming on paramount+, Fear not: The brilliantly dumb jokes still at home. —Jg
Honey will! … Watch the Second Installment of Ethan Coen’s “Lesbian B-Movie Trilogy,” Which Stars Margaret AS A private investigator who gets tangled up with Aubrey Plaza’s Cop Character as she’s working chris Evans’ Cult Leader. —Jg
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