Vol. 31
No. 45
Pick Hits
At The Movies
Heretic
Two Mormon missionaries, Paxton and Barnes, are lured into the home of polite
and knowledgeable Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). He is eager to discuss
their convictions and hear the good news. Too eager. When the theology
discussion takes a dark turn, the sisters are equally enthusiastic about
leaving. If they can. Heretic is an intense, chilling, and frighteningly sincere
discussion about the horror of ideas. It is thrilling to see where each topic
and turn leads the characters.
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Don't Move (Netflix)
Iris (Kelsey Asbille) is a young woman
mourning the death of her young son. Waking up early and
without telling her husband, Iris makes her way to her
son's memorial in the park intent on jumping off the
same cliff only to be stopped by an engagement with a
seemingly well intentioned stranger named Richard (Finn
Wittrock) who tells her his own experience of
loss. However Richard reveals himself to be a serial
killer and kidnaps Iris knocking her unconscious. Thanks
to a Swiss Army knife Iris manages to make Richard crash
the car and escape only to be informed by Richard he's
injected her with a paralytic agent that will work its
way through her system over the next 20 minutes
rendering her completely immobile. Don't Move is the new
Netflix thriller produced by Sam Raimi and
directed by Adam Schindler and Brian
Netto.
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Canary Black (Prime Video)
It follows Avery Graves as she is blackmailed by
terrorists into betraying her own country to save her
kidnapped husband. CIA agent Avery Graves (Kate
Beckinsale) is blackmailed by terrorists when
they kidnap her husband and threaten to kill him if she
doesn't do what they ask of her. Avery has to steal the
digital program Canary Black, but has to turn against
her own agency to do so. This puts her in direct
conflict with the terrorists and her own and other
secret agent agencies. Canary Black is an action drama
directed by Pierre Morel, director of
Taken and Peppermint.
The Buzz...
Tom Cruise is eyeing the possibility of
doing a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR racing film
Days of Thunder, according to media
reports. The project is currently out to writers.
Demi Moore, whose performance in
Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance
as been praised as Oscar-worthy, will receive a
career tribute at the French Cinematheque
in Paris on Nov. 5, ahead of the movie’s local release.
HBO has greenlit the limited series Dtf
St. Louis with David Harbour and
Jason Bateman set for two of the lead roles,
Variety has learned. HBO has given the
series a seven-episode order. The show was originally
announced as being in development back in 2022 with
Harbour and Pedro Pascal attached to star
and executive produce.
Amazon MGM Studios has landed
American Speed, a package that will see
Tom Holland and Austin Butler
star as racecar driving brothers. Academy
Award winning producer Charles Roven (Oppenheimer)
is attached to produce via his Atlas
Entertainment banner, alongside Rd
Whittington and Douglas Banker. Atlas
Entertainment’s Ryan Sanak will executive
produce.
Director Bill Condon has signed on to
direct Amazon MGM Studios’ untitled
George Clinton biopic, which will star
Eddie Murphy as the Parliament
Funkadelic leader.
Barry Keoghan is officially part of the
Peaky Blinders gang. Netflix revealed
a first look at the Saltburn actor in the
upcoming movie spinoff on social media on Friday. In the
shot, he’s driving a truck while sporting a cap, leather
jacket and a fresh cut on his face.
Teddi Mellencamp and Edwin
Arroyave are calling it quits. The 43 year old
former Real Housewives of
Beverly Hills star announced on Instagram
that she and Edwin, 47, were divorcing after 13 years of
marriage.
A new Godzilla movie is in development with
Godzilla Minus One writer director
visual effects supervisor Takashi Yamazaki
set to return.
The Lego Group under its deal with
Universal Pictures is making three
live-action movies with directors Jake Kasdan,
Patty Jenkins and Attack the
Block filmmaker Joe Cornish.
Legendary has closed a deal for Jim
Mickle to write and direct a live action adaptation
of Gundam, co-developed between Legendary and
Bandai Namco Filmworks.
Gen V has added seven new cast members to the
popular The Boys spinoff series, which
returns for Season 2 in 2025.
Days of Our Lives has been
renewed for its 61st season. The newest outing will mark
the iconic soap opera’s third season of streaming
exclusively on Peacock.