September

 

1st

The Equalizer 3 (2023)

Skilled fixer and vigilante with an operative past Robert McCall’s peaceful retirement in Southern Italy soon turns into his most dangerous endeavour yet when his local friends come under the thumb of organised crime, and he decides to single-handedly take on the mob in this latest and final instalment of the popular franchise.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning and Gaia Scodellaro among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 1st of September   US Release: 1st of September

 

 

 

Cobweb (2023)

When his parents dismiss his concerns over a constant tapping coming from inside his bedroom walls, an eight year old boy takes matters into his own hands and begins to investigate the terrifying mystery whilst growing increasingly paranoid about his home and his parents in this psychological horror/thriller from the makers of ‘Barbarian’.

Directed by Samuel Bodin and starring Lizzy Caplan, Woody Norman and Antony Starr among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 1st of September   US Release: 21st of July

 

 

 

Sound of Freedom (2023)

After making a promise to a young boy about his missing sister, a US agent goes rogue and embarks on a mission to Colombia to infiltrate a child sex trafficking ring and rescue her along with hundreds of other children, exposing a major black market industry in the process in this crime drama based on a sobering true story.

Directed by Alejandro Monteverde and starring Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino and Cristal Aparicio among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 1st of September   US Release: 4th of July

 

 

 

Passages (2023)

The complex relationship between two young gay men—one steady and the other impulsive—is thrown into turmoil when one of them falls for a beautiful young woman and turns their partnership into an unwelcome love triangle in this modern European relationship drama of desire from the director of ‘Keep the Lights On’ and ‘Little Men’.

Directed by Ira Sachs and starring Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 1st of September   US Release: 4th of August

 

 

 

8th

The Nun II (2023)

Four years after her terrifying encounter with the dark force Valak in 1950s Romania, sister Irene is once again placed on a collision course with the demon nun when she follows her to a Christian boarding school in France, as she teams up with the faculty and her young students to stop the evil from spreading in this sequel to the 2018 horror hit and latest instalment of the ‘Conjuring’ universe.

Directed by Michael Chaves and starring Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons and Anna Popplewell among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 8th of September   US Release: 8th of September

 

 

 

Past Lives (2023)

A Korean immigrant woman’s carefully cultivated marriage and life in America is complicated when her childhood best friend from South Korea shows up to visit her in New York twenty years after their separation, as notions of love, loss and destiny begin to colour their perceptions of each other and the separate lives they’ve built.

Directed by Celine Song and starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 8th of September   US Release: 23rd of June

 

 

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (2023)

The Portokalos family are back and the Hellenic party returns, as the entire clan head back to Greece to reconnect with their roots and fulfil a patriarch’s last wish, headed for a vacation where hilarity and chaos ensues as the clash-of-cultures comedy series becomes a trilogy.

Directed by Nia Vardalos and starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett and Andrea Martin among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 8th of September   US Release: 8th of September

 

 

 

15th

A Haunting in Venice (2023)

A lavish Venetian a séance on All Hallows’ Eve turns into a murder mystery when one of the guests is murdered and everyone is a suspect, luckily retired legendary sleuth Hercule Poirot is on hand to unravel the case, only to uncover a web of power and sinister secrets as Kenneth Branagh returns with an another ensemble cast to adapt Agatha Christie’s work once again.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Dornan among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 15th of September   US Release: 15th of September

 

 

 

El Conde (2023)

The nightmare which haunts Chilean dreams endures as notorious dictator Augusto Pinochet turns out to be alive and an immortal but aged vampire living with his coven of family and followers, but when the tyrant has an existential crisis he decides to finally end it all after 250 years, in this black supernatural satire from the writer/director of ‘Neruda’ and ‘Jackie’.

Directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Jaime Vadell, Antonia Zegers and Alfredo Castro among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Crime, Horror

UK Release: 15th of September (Netflix)   US Release: 15th of September (Netflix)

 

 

 

Cassandro (2023)

A young gay Mexican-American with wrestling dreams returns to his roots to become a Luchador, facing down prejudices and breaking barriers to create a flamboyant ”exotico” ring character who would be come a legend in this biographical drama on the life of Saúl Armendáriz.

Directed by Roger Ross Williams and starring Gael García Bernal, Roberta Colindrez and Raúl Castillo among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Sport

UK Release: 15th of September   US Release: 15th of September

 

 

 

Bolan’s Shoes (2023)

A middle-aged woman with scars of the past but an enduring love of 1970s glam rock reunites with an old friend and fellow Marc Bolan devotee, only to be plunged into the memories of her past which range from the joys of the classic Liverpool rock music scene to the pain of of the trauma she’s unsuccessfully tried to bury for so long.

Directed by Ian Puleston-Davies and starring Leanne Best, Timothy Spall and Mark Lewis Jones among others.

Genre: Drama, Music

UK Release: 15th of September   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

A Million Miles Away (2023)

An ambitious Mexican-American man from humble origins has a dream that can’t be quelled, becoming a US astronaut, as he struggles up a societal hill studying hard and becoming an engineer while tenaciously chasing a shot at the space programme, until his dreams become a reality in this dramatisation of the real life of Jose Hernandez.

Directed by Alejandra Márquez Abella and starring Michael Peña, Rosa Salazar and Garret Dillahunt among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 15th of September (Amazon Prime Video)   US Release: 15th of September (Amazon Prime Video)

 

 

 

22nd

The Expendables 4 (2023)

Sly’s rag-tag crew of mercs are back and with new recruits, on a bloody and explosive new mission stop a dangerous arms dealer and his private army in this latest instalment of the ensemble action throwback series.

Directed by Scott Waugh and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Megan Fox among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 22nd of September   US Release: 22nd of September

 

 

 

Dumb Money (2023)

Wall Street gets its lunch eaten when a group of average Redditors create a short squeeze, jacking up a video game retailer’s stock and making themselves a fortune temporarily turning it into one of the hottest companies in the market, threatening the whole rigged system David vs Goliath style as the GameStop story gets the big screen treatment from the director of ‘I, Tonya’ and ‘Pam & Tommy’.

Directed by Craig Gillespie and starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogen among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 22nd of September   US Release: 22nd of September

 

 

 

Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)

Two young kids discover that their mom and dad are international secret agents and are unwittingly drawn into the family business when their parents’ latest mission goes awry, as they team up to stop a dangerous game developer from taking over the world with his technology as Robert Rodriguez reboots his own family action series.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Connor Esterson, Everly Carganilla and Gina Rodriguez among others.

Genre: Family, Action, Adventure, Comedy

UK Release: 22nd of September (Netflix)   US Release: 22nd of September (Netflix)

 

 

 

The Lesson (2023)

An aspiring young writer becomes a tutor for the young son of his idol and celebrated author at their lavish estate, only to become drawn into the family’s secrets and neuroses and entangled in the grief that threatens to sink that family . . . and him with them.

Directed by Alice Troughton and starring Daryl McCormack, Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 22nd of September   US Release: 7th of July

 

 

 

29th

The Creator (2023)

In a dystopian post-apocalyptic near future, humanity squares off against its creation in a fight for survival against technology where the key is a special artificial child, but the mission to retrieve it becomes complicated when the soldier tasked with it develops a bond which blurs the lines between humanity and AI.

Directed by Gareth Edwards and starring John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Gemma Chan among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 29th of September   US Release: 29th of September

 

 

 

Saw X (2023)

Jigsaw is back and goes back in time, fresh from the events of 2004’s ‘Saw’ John Kramer flees to Mexico for an experimental treatment to cure his terminal cancer, only to find out he’s a victim of a scam, as the fires of revenge and sadistic games are renewed when he turns his murderous plans towards the scammers in this sequel/prequel and 10th instalment of the controversial “torture porn” horror series.

Directed by Kevin Greutert and starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith and Steven Brand among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 29th of September   US Release: 29th of September

 

 

 

The Old Oak (2023)

A pub in a once thriving Northern mining town now in permanent decline is the centre of a local community and the last local hanging on by a thread, as the village is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of Syrian refugees with little hope themselves who inadvertently inflame tensions and divisions, only for two communities to unexpectedly find common human ground though the pub’s landlord and a young aspiring refugee photographer in this latest meditation on modern Britain and a cinematic call for compassion from the director of ‘Kes’ and ‘I, Daniel Blake’.

Directed by Ken Loach and starring Ebla Mari, TJ Ballantyne and Debbie Honeywood among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 29th of September   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Flora and Son (2023)

Struggling to connect with her troubled son, a young Irish single mum finds hope in a dumpster and YouTube when she rescues an old guitar and learns how to play online, forging a musical bond with her boy with the help of an American tutor in this latest musical feelgood drama from the writer/director ‘Once’ and ‘Sing Street’.

Directed by John Carney and starring Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Orén Kinlan among others.

Genre: Drama, Music

UK Release: 29th of September (Netflix)   US Release: 29th of September (Netflix)

 

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