At the grocery store today I saw Halloween candy. That means the following: the nights are getting longer and soon the heat will break. Hopefully. Most importantly it is almost fall!!!! It’s my favorite time of the year for many reasons but a big one is the Oscar movies. There’s a lot of releases, big and small, I want to see.
First there’s a pair of horror flicks I really want to see: The Conjuring spinoff The Nun and Halloween, the rebooted sequel. In the horror companion vein sci-fi The Predator is also being released. That looks awesome.
A handful of sequels will grace the screens as well. The Girl in the Spider’s Web, Wreck it Ralph 2, Fantastic Beasts 2, Creed II, and Goosebumps 2 are all films I am really looking forward to seeing.
I’m intrigued by the plots of A Simple Favor and White Boy Rick. Plus The Sisters Brothers is coming out and it’s a western. I really like westerns.
The cartoon Smallfoot looks like a lot of fun. The holiday cartoon remake of The Grinch looks so so to me but odds are I’ll end up seeing it. Same with the live action The Nutcracker.
First Man is a top of my list of films to see this fall. I love the premise and I may just have to forgive the director for La La Land, if First Man lives up to expectations.
I’m intrigued by Can You Ever Forgive Me? I really want to see Melissa McCarthy in a dramatic role.
If Beale Street Could Talk I am also super excited for. It’s a James Baldwin adaptation. Also it’s from the director of Moonlight, which is an incredible piece of cinema.
The true story, On the Basis of Sex, I’m looking forward to as well. I loved the documentary RBG, and am a fan of Justice Ginsberg.
Aquaman, Bumblebee, and Mary Poppins Returns (why???) all don’t appeal to me. I can be pressured into seeing them, if it means I get to hang out with people.
I’ll see you at the movies.
