November is about to arrive, and the 11th month of the year is one for tradition: where the first serving of holiday films and Oscar hopefuls are offered for the gorging. This month’s menu offers just that, along with some of the most anticipated films of the year. Here’s what’s coming out hot in this packed month:
ABSOLUTION – Liam Neeson continues his second (or third), career in action flicks, this time playing a modern gangster. Ron Perlman co-stars.
HERE – Robert Zemeckis (BACK TO THE FUTURE), reunites with his FORREST GUMP team of Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in this drama that unfolds in a single, fixed location.
JUROR #2 – Legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood, at 94 years young, directs this legal thriller about a juror struggling with a moral decision. The cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Zoey Dutch, Kiefer Sutherland, and J.K. Simmons.
BLITZ – Acclaimed director Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE), is back with this historical war drama about a young mother (Saoirse Ronan), who goes searching for her lost boy during a WWII bombing raid.
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER – Based on the book of the same name, a group of juvenile delinquents find themselves in their town’s Christmas pageant.
HERETIC – Hugh Grant plays a creep who pulls two missionary students into his home in this horror-thriller.
RED ONE – In this holiday comedy, Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons), is kidnapped and his head of security (Dwayne Johnson), hires a bounty hunter (Chris Evans), to find him. Lucy Liu and Bonnie Hunt co-star.
GLADIATOR II – Ridley Scott returns to the world of strength and honor in this legacy sequel to his Best Picture-winning epic from 2000. The cast includes Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, Denzel Washington, Joseph Quinn, and Derek Jacobi.
WICKED (PART 1) – One of the most anticipated films of the year; the long-awaited big-screen treatment of the Broadway smash hit. Based on the 1995 novel of the same name, this musical covers the events of the show’s first act, following the friendship between the eventual Wicked Witch (Cynthia Erivo), and Glinda (Ariana Grade). The rest of the cast includes Michelle Yeoh, Peter Dinklage, and Jeff Goldblum. It is directed by Jon M. Chu (CRAZY RICH ASIANS).
MOANA 2 – Walt Disney Animation Studios delivers the sequel to their 2016 classic. Set three years after the events of the first film, Moana (reprised by Auli’i Cravalho) reunites with the demigod Maui (reprised by Dwayne Johnson), to answer a distress call from far across the sea.
QUEER – Acclaimed director Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME), directs this historical romance drama with an American (Daniel Craig), becoming infatuated with a younger man (Drew Starkey). Jason Schwartzman co-stars.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the final month of the year.
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