The afterlife’s leading “bio-exorcist” is back and ready for a new haunting when the Deetz family returns home after a tragic loss, as three generations help to set loose the juice and unleash a chaotic new party time on the living and the dead as Tim Burton’s iconic concoction is resurrected 36 years later.
Directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Jenna Ortega among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-fi
UK Release: 6th of September US Release: 6th of September
Firebrand (2024)
Stuck dangerously between the whims of her tyrannical husband and rising religious radicals in Tudor England, Katherine Parr proves to be a survivor and revolutionary, and more than just the 6th and final wife of King Henry VIII in this new historical big screen re-imagining of the wife that survived.
Directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law and Sam Riley among others.
Genre: Fact-based, Drama, History
UK Release: 6th of September US Release: 14th of June
Starve Acre (2023)
A young British couple relocate to the husband’s isolated family estate and are torn apart by events involving their young son, as they turn to questionable figures for help and delve into the dark history of their rural home for answers, in this creepy folk horror study on the divisive effects of loss and grief adapted from the Andrew Michael Hurley novel.
Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and starring Matt Smith, Morfydd Clark and Erin Richards among others.
Genre: Drama, Horror
UK Release: 6th of September US Release: 26th of July
Rebel Ridge (2024)
A US Marine veteran gets caught up in a web of small town crime and corruption when he tries to post bail for his cousin only to clash with the local police chief, plunging him into a fight he didn’t start . . . but will finish.
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier and starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson and AnnaSophia Robb among others.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
UK Release: 6th of September (Netflix) US Release: 6th of September (Netflix)
12th
Speak No Evil (2024)
After meeting a British family on a European vacation and being invited to their picturesque country home, a young American family are plunged into a nightmare when they discover that their hosts and are not what they seem, leaving them in a struggle for survival when they unravel the disturbing history of the man and children of the house.
Directed by James Watkins and starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy among others.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 12th of September US Release: 13th of September
13th
Lee (2024)
An early 20th century New York art student and model is transformed into a Vogue photojournalist and war correspondent when she heads to the European front lines to bear witness to the horrors of World War II, in this biographical drama based on the life and times of Lee Miller.
Directed by Ellen Kuras and starring Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and Josh O’Connor among others.
Genre: Fact-based, Drama, War
UK Release: 13th of September US Release: 27th of September
The Critic (2024)
An influential and notorious London theatre critic plunges himself into a conspiracy when he butts heads with his newspaper’s hierarchy and the government, as he sets his sights on a powerful viscount and recruits one of the objects of his art critiques to bring down the pillars of power.
Directed by Anand Tucker and starring Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong among others.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
UK Release: 13th of September US Release: 13th of September
Uglies (2024)
In a distant dystopian future where government provides and controls all, including cosmetic surgery to make everyone pretty and enjoy the easy life of compliance when they turn 16, a teenager rebels when she leaves her society to track down a friend who left their mindless bubble, as she’s sent to track down an unbowed underworld only to have her entire perspective on life turned upside down by who and what she finds there.
Directed by McG and starring Joey King, Chase Stokes and Laverne Cox among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi
UK Release: 13th of September (Netflix) US Release: 13th of September (Netflix)
The Queen of My Dreams (2024)
A Canadian-Pakistani woman develops a bond with her grieving mother when she travels to Pakistan and is unexpectedly transported through intermittent flashbacks to her mother’s youth in 1960s Karachi and her own 1990s upbringing in Canada, forming a link between the two eras and experiences which helps to mend their strained relationship through a new understanding.
Directed by Fawzia Mirza and starring Amrit Kaur, Hamza Haq and Nimra Bucha among others.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
UK Release: 13th of September US Release: N/A
20th
Wolfs (2024)
Two self-styled lone wolf underworld fixers with opposing styles and clashing personalities are forced to work together when they’re given the same assignment . . . with deadly and hilarious consequences in this comedy crime/thriller from the director from the writer/director ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’.
Directed by Ellen Kuras and starring Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and Josh O’Connor among others.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
UK Release: 20th of September US Release: 27th of September (Apple TV+)
Strange Darling (2024)
A risky romantic American one-night stand between a young woman and a stranger turns into a deadly game of cat & mouse when his brutal and sinister hidden nature is revealed, but her will to survive rises to match . . . and things take an unexpected turn.
Directed by JT Mollner and starring Willa Fitzgerald, Willa Fitzgerald and Barbara Hershey among others.
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
UK Release: 20th of September US Release: 23rd of August
The Substance (2024)
A warning parable about the search for eternal youth and perfection, set in a near future where a new product offers a fading celebrity the chance to generate a younger version of herself superior in every way, the only caveat is that you must divide your time between the two and live your life in perfect balance between both—what could possible go wrong?
Directed by Coralie Fargeat and starring Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley among others.
Genre: Drama, Horror
UK Release: 20th of September US Release: 20th of September
His Three Daughters (2024)
A trio of disparate and estranged New York sisters come together to care for their ailing father, resulting in a stressful, comical but ultimately healing experience for their modern family in this comedy/drama from the writer director of ‘The Lovers’.
Directed by Azazel Jacobs and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Natasha Lyonne and Carrie Coon among others.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
UK Release: 20th of September (Netflix) US Release: 20th of September (Netflix)
27th
Megalopolis (2024)
A modern American version of a classic historical Roman fable set in the futuristic city of “New Rome”, where an idealist artist/architect who dreams of transforming the city into a utopia clashes with the powerful mayor who wants to maintain the existing corrupt and divisive state of affairs, while his daughter develops a relationship with his rival and is caught in the middle.
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel and Giancarlo Esposito among others.
Genre: Drama, Sci-fi
UK Release: 27th of September US Release: 27th of September
Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2024)
A rookie agent at the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense recruits the mighty red half-Demon hero on a mission in 1950s rural Appalachia to take on the notorious Crooked Man—a malevolent force intent on harvesting souls for the devil—in this new and darker adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book series.
Directed by Brian Taylor and starring Jack Kesy, Adeline Rudolph and Martin Bassindale among others.
Genre: Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Horror
UK Release: 27th of September US Release: N/A
The Outrun (2024)
After living fast and stressfully around the streets of London, a young Scottish woman returns home to the isolated beauty of the Orkney Islands, as she discovers the inner peace to confront the demons of a troubled past and re-connect with her family whilst finally finding her true self.
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt and starring Saoirse Ronan, Saskia Reeves and Stephen Dillane among others.
Genre: Drama
UK Release: 27th of September US Release: 4th of October
Never Let Go (2024)
With the world around them fallen to evil forces and hunted by dark spirits themselves, a mother and her twin sons survive in their isolated forest cabin tethered together, only for their world to be turned upside down and plunged into a new struggle for survival when one of her sons begin to question the very existence of the evil they hide from.
Directed by Alexandre Aja and starring Halle Berry, Percy Daggs IV and Anthony B. Jenkins among others.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 27th of September US Release: 20th of September
My Old Ass (2024)
Looking for a fresh experience for her 18th birthday, carefree Elliott’s mushroom trip on a camping getaway unexpectedly unites her with her future 39-year-old self, as her “old ass” gives her advice on the pitfalls and possibilities of her life to come and helps her navigate young adulthood . . . while she provides her own pearls of wisdom in this in this new take on the classic coming-of-age dramedy.
Directed by Megan Park and starring Aubrey Plaza, Maisy Stella and Maria Dizzia among others.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
UK Release: 27th of September US Release: 13th of September
#TriviaTuesday: A cost-cutting insect-like suit was the early design for the alien hunter in 1987's 'Predator'—unsuccessfully worn by the character's first actor Jean-Claude Van Damme—but it was ditched for a now iconic Stan Winston design at twice the price. Money well spent. pic.twitter.com/pvbTmpgUIB
#TriviaTuesday: ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ is most certainly the fictional fast food of choice in the Tarantinoverse, appearing or referenced in 'Reservoir Dogs', 'From Dusk Till Dawn', 'Death Proof', 'Four Rooms', as well as its starring turn in 1994’s 'Pulp Fiction' of course. pic.twitter.com/k3xVsbDuA6