From a Marilyn biopic to a Bowie doc to a Billy Eichner rom-com, here are all the movies you need to know for September 2022
Plus, Kevin Smith returns to Clerks, Hocus Pocus 2 tries to cast a new spell, and Harry Styles and Florence Pugh aim to thrill
Film News September
If there’s a theme to September’s slate of feature films, it’s familiarity. From X precursor Pearl and a Pinocchio adaptation to long-awaited sequels Clerks III and Hocus Pocus 2, this month’s list may give some credence to those who argue today’s cinema is lacking in original ideas. But they’d be ignoring Billy Eichner’s Bros, the first gay rom-com from a major studio, as well as Olivia Wilde and Katie Silberman’s thriller Don’t Worry Darling and Tom George and Mark Chappell’s murder mystery See How They Run, fun Hollywood fare relying on familiar faces in unfamiliar stories.
And if you’re wanting to see a star like you’ve never seen them before, don’t miss Allison Janney as a “female Dirty Harry,” Viola Davis in action-star mode, and Brett Morgen’s immersive Moonage Daydream, a David Bowie documentary that deserves to be experienced on the biggest possible screen. Read on for The A.V. Club’s recommendations for September moviegoing.
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All I’m seeing here are perfect reasons to stay home and stop paying exorbitant prices for movie tickets.
Dear AV Club, I would like to be ungreyed. Please. Someone else asked and maybe it worked, I don’t know. But it would be nice to contribute without hoping someone stars my comments to make them visible. Why lose the reader engagement when you don’t have to?All my love,Meat Sweats
I would, too, like to be de-grayed, like I am on Kotaku!
Yeah! I wonder which writers read the comments under their own articles. They all must. How else would you receive valuable feedback?
There used to be one guy who did constantly, but he was a total cock to everybody
I mean, it’s not a Marilyn biopic. It’s an adaption of some fiction.
If we’re getting fiction can we have one where she kills her CIA would be assassin , and then goes on takes out her enemies John Wick style , culminating in using her ninja skills to save Kennedy in Dallas ,before ..I dunno , bitch slapping him for nearly getting her killed and running off with Jacqui ?I mean its better than the sad biopics we normally get .
I went into that Honk For Jesus trailer thinking it was just Black Righteous Gemstones , but it looks really really good . Will definitely check it out.
I thought Pinocchio was coming out during the holidays. It’s in a couple of weeks? I’ve seen very little marketing for it. How bad is it?
The Woman King looks badass. Right up my alley. Pearl, God’s Country, also look interesting. Good month for thrillers.
FYI Hocus Pocus did not release in ‘83, it released in ‘93
I wonder if Moonage Daydream will explore Bowie’s alleged noncing and definite fascism or if the film maker’s will ignore it like everyone else seems to.