Fall movie

And how about Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rami Malek, Robert De Niro and -- wait for it -- Taylor Swift ...

Damien Chazelle won a directing Oscar (he was the youngest ever to win the category) for guiding Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling through modern Hollywood in "La La Land." Sam Mendes, the Oscar winning director of "American Beauty," "Skyfall" and "1917," mines the movie love that formed his own childhood. The challenge for Ackie and director Kasi Lemmons ("Harriet") will be to capture the soaring spirit that made Houston a legend gone too soon. "Avatar," with its startling 3D visuals of blue-skinned creatures on an alien planet, left "King of the World" Cameron's own "Titanic" in the dust. Now, Zeller follows up with "The Son," this time starring Hugh Jackman as a father coping with a teenage son (Zen McGrath) who wants to move out on his bitter mother (Laura Dern) and in with dad, who's preoccupied with a new love (Vanessa Kirby) and a new baby. And Iñárritu, who won directing Oscars for his last two films, "Birdman" and "The Revenant," has that gift. "Tár" is the first film from writer-director Todd Field in 16 years, following "In the Bedroom" and "Little Children." French writer-director Florian Zeller won an Oscar for adapting his play "The Father" to the screen. Daniel Radcliffe has never done anything as, OK, weird to separate himself from the shadow of Harry Potter as portraying "Weird Al" Yankovic, the singer known for his song parodies and for playing polka medleys on his accordion in a Hawaiian shirt. Russell has a reputation for being a tyrant on the set, but a theater seat is a no-bullying zone for audiences who need only revel in the Oscar sparkle of his output, including "The Fighter," Silver Linings Playbook" and "American Hustle." It took major prosthetics, makeup and wardrobe to prepare the star of "The Mummy" trilogy for "The Whale" in which he plays a 600-pound recluse trying to reconcile with his teen daughter ("Stranger Things" breakout Sadie Sink). But with Thuso Mbedu and Lashana Lynch joining Davis in a team effort directed by the gifted Gina Prince-Bythewood ("Love & Basketball," "The Old Guard), "The Woman King" sounds like a historical epic with a tale to tell for right now.

“Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” (theaters and Peacock): The pastor and first lady of a formerly successful megachurch must rebuild their congregation following ...

Directed by Michael Showalter and starring Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field and Bill Irwin. “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” (theaters): Naomi Ackie stars as Whitney Houston in this musical biopic about the late R&B and pop legend’s life and career. “Devotion” (theaters): This adaptation of Adam Makos’ novel “Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship and Sacrifice” chronicles the exploits of celebrated Navy pilots and wingmen Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner during the Korean War. “She Said” (theaters): New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor work on the story that would eventually expose Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual misconduct and help inspire the #MeToo movement. Directed by Michael Grandage and starring Harry Styles, Emma Corrin and Rupert Everett. Palacio’s 2019 graphic novel of the same name, this prequel to the 2017 film “Wonder” flashes back to Julian’s grandmother’s experiences growing up in World War II-era France. Russell returns to the big screen for his first feature since 2015’s “Joy.” His latest directorial effort follows three friends as they become the prime suspects in a 1930s murder mystery. “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” (Amazon Prime Video): Best friends Abby and Gretchen are tested when Gretchen is possessed by a demon. Directed by Parker Finn and starring Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. “Barbarian” (theaters): A young woman rents an Airbnb and soon realizes there’s even more to be nervous about than the mysterious man also staying there. Directed by Adamma Ebo and starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Please keep in mind that although the movie-release calendar seems to have been mostly stabilized at this point, these dates remain fluid and may change over the course of the next few months.

But as always, there is hope. This fall sees perhaps the biggest moviemaker of all time, Steven Spielberg, looking back at his own youth; a horror movie icon ...

(Sept. (Nov. (Oct. 4 in theaters, Nov. - Alejandro González Iñárritu ("Birdman," "The Revenant") returns with his latest, "Bardo," a comedy about a Mexican journalist and documentarian. 23 in theaters, Oct. The origin story of the internationally renowned song parodist follows Yankovic (played by Daniel Radcliffe) from his early years playing the accordion to becoming a pop star in his own right. Ralph Fiennes is a renowned chef cooking up a special meal for a young couple (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult) in this black comedy horror film. Writer-director James Gray ("Ad Astra," "The Yards") looks back at his own upbringing in Queens, New York in the 1980s, while also casting an eye on a neighboring family, the Trumps. 16 in theaters) Ana de Armas stars as Marilyn Monroe in the latest from director Andrew Dominik ("The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," "Killing Them Softly"), one of his generation's most uncompromising filmmakers. Florence Pugh and Harry Styles star as a couple living in an idyllic 1950s suburb in director Olivia Wilde's psychological thriller, which has nearly been upended by all its backstage drama (Styles replaced Shia LaBeouf, and then started dating director Wilde while filming).

This fall brings new work from Steven Spielberg, Ryan Coogler and David O. Russell.

“The Menu” (Nov. “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Nov. “North by Northwest” (Nov. “Till” (Oct. “Black Adam” (Oct. “The Fabelmans” (Nov. “Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities” (Oct. “Amsterdam” (Oct. Anything new from “The Babadook” director Jennifer Kent is everything fine with me. “Bros” (Sept. 30 in theaters): Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane star in the latest from director Nicholas Stoller (”Forgetting Sarah Marshall”). “The Woman King” (Sept.

DUBAI: George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite for a rom-com, Netflix gives us an inspiring Syrian refugee story, and we return to Wakanda as Arab ...

When young couple Margot and Tyler visit Hawthorne, however, they quickly begin to realize that something is very wrong with their host and his food. “A lot of this actually happened,” the film’s trailer claims. Styles makes his debut as a leading man in this psychological thriller about a young couple — Alice and Jack Chambers — living in a surface-perfect company town in California called Victory. This historical epic focuses on the Agojie — an all-female unit of warriors who were protectors of the former West African kingdom Dahoney in the 1800s. Much will depend on the chemistry between the film’s central double-act — jaded veteran cop Inspector Stoppard (Rockwell) and idealistic rookie Constable Stalker (Ronan) — as they investigate the seedy glamor of London’s theatrical district. Due out: Sept.

Some movies, too, are trying to recapture a before-times spirit. At the Toronto Film Festival in September, Rian Johnson's “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” ...

That’s also part of the nature of “She Said” (Nov. James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of the Water” will debut 13 years after 2009’s “Avatar” (still the highest grossing film ever), a follow-up originally scheduled for release in 2014. The film, starring and co-written by “Billy on the Street” comedian Billy Eichner, is the first gay rom-com by a major studio (Universal). “Bros” and “Woman King” are productions meant to challenge the status quo of Hollywood. 28); and the Cannes Palme d’Or winner “The Triangle of Sadness” (Oct. Superhero films (“Black Adam,” Oct. 14); Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Oct. 11), Florian Zeller’s follow-up to “The Father”; Chinonye Chukwu’s Emmett Till saga “Till” (Oct. 9); “The Son” (Nov. “Wakanda Forever” (Nov. 11) and “The Way of the Water” (Dec. “We had 70% of the supply of wide-release movies in the first seven months and we did 71% of the business we did in the same period in 2019.