Your moviegoing options this weekend ~ Pick one!

It's Friday which means NEW STUFF. There's quite a lot arriving today in US theaters so are you moviegoing this weekend? Here's what's playing. If there's a link we've reviewed it. 

NEW ON IMAX SCREENS 

• Moonage Daydream - Glenn calls this David Bowie experiential doc "exhilarating" and we have our tickets in hand for tonight (albeit at one of those fake IMAX screens...sigh. The real ones are so few and hard to get good seats for.) 

NEW IN WIDE RELEASE...

• Pearl - A prequel to the horror film "X" starring Mia Goth
• Running the Bases - one of those faith-based movies, this one a baseball drama obviously
• See How They Run - Saiorse Ronan and Sam Rockwell headline this comic mystery
• The Woman King - This action drama starring Viola Davis, John Boyega, and a who's who of rising black actresses is expected to top the box office this weekend. Baby Clyde calls it "a fantastic historical action drama the likes of which you’ve never seen before".

To make room for these the following pictures lost lots of screens today: The Invitation, Spider-Man No Way Home  (re-release), Jaws  (re-release), Thor: Love and Thunder, Nope, Elvis, Orphan First Kill, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Gigi & Nate, Breaking, and Beast so consider it "last call" for all of those if you've been meaning to go.

NEW IN LIMITED RELEASE

• Blonde -(extremely limited) This controversial Marilyn Monroe bio starring Ana de Armas will hit Netflix on September 28th but first it gets one of those tiny Oscar qualifying runs in theaters. Elisa didn't care for it at Venice.
• Confess Fletch -(hundreds of theaters) Rebooting the Fletch comedy franchise with Jon Hamm taking over the Chevy Chase role
• God's Country -(hundreds of theaters)  Thandiwe Newton is threatened by new neighbors in this slow-burn thriller which Matt called "remarkable" at Sundance.
• Riotsville USA -(extremely limited) A doc about a fake town built as training ground for law enforcement officers. 
• The Silent Twins -(hundreds of theaters) Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence star in this true story about sisters who abruptly stopped speaking (except for to each other) in the UK. Elisa called it "truly emotionally vivid" in her Cannes review

Comments

[thevoid99]

I WANT TO SEE MOONAGE DAYDREAM BUT I DON'T HAVE AN IMAX THEATER NEAR ME *SOBS*

[eurocheese]

So excited for See How They Run, which seems to have solid reviews! I've been wanting more murder mystery films all my life, and this year is delivering. :)

Also hope to catch up on The Woman King soon.

[Ryan T.]

Since I have plans this weekend, my movie-going ended up yesterday and today when I saw MOONAGE DAYDREAM and THE WOMAN KING respectively. Both great cinematic experience! The "fall" movie season is starting out great for me so far.

[McGill]

I saw See How They Run on the first day it opened.

One reviewer said “Saoirse Ronan channels her inner Carole Lombard” and really, what film lover could ask for more?

I remain awed by the prescience of the person who cast Saoirse as a young Vanessa Redgrave in 2007. Like Redgrave, she is luminous, and moves between genres as if genres have no barriers.

Everyone wants to see more of her Constable Stalker, including me. (Inspector Stoppard is not so necessary).

I also like David Oyelowo more each time I see him.
We know he can anchor a serious dramatic important film; he can also be the foundation in a warm thoughtful humane film (eg. Queen of Katwe); but his comic turns are also quick witted and sharp edged.