Wednesday, September 1, 2021

A Reel Preview: The Year in Film 2021 - Episode III




It’s September. The Summer Movie Season (what we had of it), is over, and the cooler winds bring in the annual Oscar hopefuls. But there is still a fair amount of fun to be had in the ninth month of the year.  Here are the notables headed for the big screen as Fall arrives: 

 

 

 

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS – The 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) brings us the tale of Shang-Chi; a master of kung-fu who finds himself pulled into the secret Ten Rings Organization. Simu Lu and Awkwafina star. 

 

MALIGNANT – James Wan, co-creator of the horror franchises SAW and INSIDIOUS, directs this thriller about a woman who dreams of grisly murders, only to see them come to fruition. Annabelle Wallis stars. 

 

QUEENPINS – Kristen Bell stars in this comedy about two housewives who come up with a $40 million coupon scam. Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser (RICHARD JEWELL), co-star. 

 

THE CARD COUNTER – Long-time Scorsese writer Paul Schrader directs this drama about a ex-military interrogator turned gambler. The cast includes Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, and Willem Dafoe. 

 

CRY MACHO – Clint Eastwood, at the spry age of 91, directs and stars in this neo-Western about an ex-Rodeo star who is recruited to smuggle a child across the border. 

 

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE – Jessica Chastain (ZERO DARK THIRTY), plays controversial televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in this biopic. She is joined by Andrew Garfield and Cherry Jones. 

 

DEAR EVAN HANSEN – The big-screen adaptation of the 2015 stage musical of the same name. Broadway star Ben Platt reprises his stage role about a high school student with social anxiety disorder. 

 

THE GUILTY – Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) steps back into the crime genre with this thriller about an emergency dispatcher who receives a disturbing call. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, Peter Sarsgaard, Riley Keough, Paul Dano, and Bill Burr. 

 

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Next month, Reel Speak previews the packed month of October. 

 

 

 

 

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