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Happy Halloween, readers! I’d encourage you to spend your Halloweekend out and about, but almost everyone needs some downtime, so that’s where our treats in the form of recommendations come in. For spookier fare, we’ve got a new Yorgos Lanthimos film that’ll certainly make you feel icky, a rerelease of two vampire favorites, a “Golden” singalong, and a bunch of New Age dinos.
The reason for Emma Stone’s bald head, Bugonia stars Stone as a pharmaceutical CEO who is abducted by conspiracy-theorist cousins Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis). And that’s about all I can tee up for you right now, but since it’s a Yorgos Lanthimos film, expect some grimness and something absurd.
➽ Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos have made how many movies together?
Director Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson reunite for Heddaan adaptation of the 19th-century play Hedda Gabler. Thompson stars as the eponymous woman, an ambitious wife who throws a party for her academic husband (Tom Bateman) and crosses paths with her ex-lover Eileen Lovborg (Nina Hoss). Now that’s how you make a dinner party interesting.
The long-foretold rise of comedian Rachel Sennott finally brings her to prestige-TV shores. Across the country, columnists crack their knuckles and buckle down to start thinking pieces about how the next big generational comedy is set in Los Angeles rather than New York. —Kathryn VanArendonk
The trenches of World War I, the innermost chambers of the Vatican, and now a casino in Macau. All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave director Edward Berger is exploring another chill, very normal setting with a somewhat surreal thriller starring Colin Farrell as a degenerate gambler who is making a last-ditch effort to get out of the mountain of debt he’s made for himself. —James Grebey
➽ I know what you’re thinking. Is Colin Farrell better in this movie or the Ben Affleck Daredevil? We’ve got you covered.
Big week for hot vampires. Not only is it Halloween, but in theaters there’ll be rereleases of Sinners and the Twilight franchise. The former will be hitting Imax, so you can see its euphoric musical scene on the biggest screen possible. Then if you’re looking for more moody and hormonal vamps, all five Twilight films will be playing this week, and man, those also have incredible soundtracks.
➽ Plus, KPop Demon Hunters will be in AMC theaters if you and your kids need something to do while eating your candy hauls..
Liam Hemsworth steps into the role of the silver-haired monster hunter, taking over from the winning nerd-himbo Henry Cavill. He’s joined by Laurence Fishburne alongside returning cast members Freya Allan and Anya Chalotra, all scattered to the winds after last season’s finale. —Nicholas Quah
Possibly the best debut film of the year, Sorry, Baby is a darkly funny, deeply poignant drama about life going on even after a bad thing happens. Writer-director Eva Victor plays Agnes, a liberal-arts professor who was sexually assaulted by a mentor, and the movie follows her through the years after as she deals with the fallout, complex feelings, and depression — along with some good things, too, like an adorable kitten, great sandwich, and a scene-stealing supporting turn from John Carroll Lynch. —JG
Universal didn’t wait long to re-excavate the Jurassic franchise post Dominion. Gone are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard and instead Rebirth follows Scarlett Johansson’s Zora Bennett who’s offered an exorbitant amount of money to go collect some dino blood. She enlists an old co-worker, Duncan Kincaid (Mahershala Ali), and paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey).
Want more? Read our recommendations from the weekend of October 24.
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