The Batman
Robert Pattinson goes very dark, as does the film
Plan 9 author & Oscar snubs (podcast)
Meet the book’s author and hear Oscar snubs with a guest reviewer.
Huda’s Salon
A political thriller from Palestine
The Tourist
Fargo with an Aussie accent and Jamie Dornan
After Yang
Colin Farrell & family cope with the loss of their technosapien
The Weekend Away
Leighton Meester embroiled in a murder in Croatia
Our Flag Means Death
Rhys Darby as a gentleman pirate
Somebody Somewhere
Bridget Everett comes home to Kansas
Mending Walls: The Documentary (podcast)
Hamilton Glass, Matt Lively & Pam Hervey discuss creating the doc
Studio 666
Foo Fighters in a horror comedy
The Worst Person in the World
Norway’s Oscar entry for Best International Film
Two (or 3) women in peril
No Exit (Hulu) & the Girl Before (HBOMax)
Abbott Elementary
The season’s funny new hit TV comedy
Cyrano
Peter Dinklage stars in this musical version
Uncharted
Tom Holland & Mark Wahlberg go for a new action franchise
New News Show & LA Production Designer (podcast)
VPM’s Focal Point & Michael Perry, designer of 2 new movies
Dog
Channing Tatum with a canine co-star
Big Bug
From the French director of AMALIE and THE DELICATESSEN
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Leatherface returns with his lethal tool
Old Henry
Tim Blake Nelson in a quiet action Western
Inventing Anna
Shonda Rhimes tells the incredible story of a real con artist
Death on the Nile
Kenneth Branagh stars & directs this Agatha Christie mystery
Shoniqua Shandai (podcast)
A delightful interview with my favorite star of HARLEM, who was raised in Richmond
2 new rom-coms
Marry Me & I Want You Back
Love at First Sight
Could have been called “Love at First Flight”
Robots
Humans get in trouble with their twin robots
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
The whole family goes to Greece
He slips his brass duck in the shows he works
Dennis Madigan in the Art Department
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Two teen boys become close
Hypnotic
Ben Affleck’s sci-fi search for his daughter
97 Minutes
Yet another airplane hijacking (is it as good as Idris Elba’s?)
The Equalizer 3
Denzel takes on the Mafia in Italy
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Not as quirky as the title suggests
Stories from Succession to Keno Pool
Filmmakers Rick Wallace & Justin Geldzahler
Special Ops: Lioness
Taylor Sheridan’s version of a spy thriller
Who is Erin Carter?
A school teacher with a secret explosive past
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Jacob Elordi suffers in a POW camp
The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter
Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy
They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love
Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”
Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”
Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series
Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?
Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors
Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it
Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it
Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens
Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years
Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher
Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny
Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown
Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run
Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad
Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs
Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel
Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars