Wednesday, November 3, 2021

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




The temperature outside may be dropping, but the big screen will be heating up this month with a wide-range of releases. Here’s what’s coming in the month of November: 

 

 

ETERNALS – The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) continues with this cosmic, generation-spanning superhero film, dealing with a race of beings living in secret on Earth for over 7,000 years. The ensemble cast includes Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek and TV’S GAME OF THRONES alums Kit Harrington and Richard Madden. It is directed by Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao (NOMADLAND). 

 

SPENCER – Kristen Stewart plays the late Diana, Princess of Wales in this drama. It is directed by Pablo Larrain, who brought us the Oscar-nominated, First Lady drama JACKIE in 2016. 

 

CLLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG – The big screen adventure based on the beloved children’s book which has also spanned a long-running TV series. 

 

ROCKY IV: ROCKY VS. DRAGO – Sylvester Stallone delivers a director’s cut of ROCKY IV from 1985 which will run in a one-night-only live event on November 11th. The new cut promises never-before-seen footage. 

 

BELFAST – Kenneth Branagh directs this black-and-white coming-of-age drama centering around a young boy during the tumult of Belfast in the 1960’s. It stars Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dorman, and Ciaran Hinds. 

 

TICK, TICK…BOOM! – Lin Manuel Miranda of Broadway’s Hamilton directs this adaptation of the musical of the same name, telling the story of an aspiring theatre composer. Andrew Garfield and Alexandra Shipp carry the tunes. 

 

GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE – The beloved GHOSTBUSTERS franchise gets a legacy sequel, directed by Jason Reitman, son of Ivan…director of the original film. This time around, the grandkids of the late great Egon discover his  legacy just as a new spectral threat rises. Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Paul Rudd star. 

 

KING RICHARD – Will Smith plays the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in this biopic. 

 

C’MON C’MON – Joaquin Phoenix plays a radio journalist stuck with his young nephew on a cross-country trip. 

 

ENCANTO – Walt Disney Animation Studios brings us this fantasy about a family living in an enchanted realm, who discovers that their powers and existence may be under threat. 

 

HOUSE OF GUCCI – Sir Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR, ALIEN), releases his second film of the year, with this one spanning the decades before and after the murder of Maurizio Gucci; head of the fashion empire Gucci. The all-star cast includes Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino. 

 

RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY – This reboot of the RESIDENT EVIL film series serves as the seventh film of the franchise…based on the popular survival-horror video games. 

 

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Next month, Reel Speak previews the final month of 2021. 

 

 



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