A brilliant mix of big blockbusters and Oscar potentials.
The weather is turning, the nights are getting longer and colder, so we all need more stuff to watch and be entertained by.
Thankfully, your local big screen is about to be JAMMED with new arrivals over the course of the 31 days of October, including loads of creepy new stuff to enjoy around Halloween…
The Addams Family 2 (8 October)
2019’s The Addams Family was a bit of a minor hit ($204 million off a $24 million budget), so a sequel was inevitable. The impressive voice cast, including Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac, Chloe-Grace Moretz and Bette Midler, return for part two of their shenanigans.
Arracht (15 October)
The movie that Ireland put forward to be shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at last year’s Oscars was so successful that it caught the eye of Hollywood producers for a big budget remake. The movie tells the story of a farmer in 1845 right as the Great Famine descends upon Ireland.
Halloween Kills (15 October)
The middle entry in the new Halloween Trilogy that will be capped off with 2022’s Halloween Ends, this time Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her family continue to attempt to both survive and destroy Michael Myers.
The Last Duel (15 October)
Ridley Scott’s latest epic is the reason why Matt Damon was in Ireland for so much of our lockdown last year.
Co-starring Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck, it pits best friends against each other when the a married woman (Comer) claims that her husband’s (Damon) best friend (Driver) assaulted her.
Ron’s Gone Wrong (15 October)
Ron (voiced by Zack Galifianakis) is a device that is part mobile phone, part big Tamagotchi, a must-own companionship toy for every young boy and girl in the world. But when his owner (Jack Dylan Grazer) notices that Ron is acting peculiar, he must decide if he wants a broken toy, or embrace his friend’s differences.
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (15 October)
It cannot be overstated how surprisingly big a hit the first Venom movie was; over $850 million at the global box office when it was released back in 2018. The sequel pits Tom Hardy’s symbiotic antihero against Woody Harrelson’s absolute manic villain, Carnage.
Dune (22 October)
Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, Sicario) directs the adaptation of this HUGE sci-fi epic, with an all-star cast including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem.
The French Dispatch (22 October)
We can’t decide if Wes Anderson’s love letter to journalism has an even better cast that Dune or not… they certainly have some of the same actors!
Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Liev Schreiber, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman, and Anjelica Huston all feature in his new comedy.
Antlers (29 October)
A teacher (Keri Russell) and the sheriff (Jesse Plemons) in a small town try to help a young boy who they think is from a troubled home, not realising they’re about to unleash a vicious creature upon the townsfolk…
Last Night in Soho (29 October)
Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) writes and directs this old-school horror movie about a young woman (Thomasin McKenzie) who finds herself being haunted by the presence of an actress (Anya Taylor-Joy) who used to live in her apartment decades earlier.
Clips via Universal, Fox, Warner Bros., Sony & Breakout Pictures
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