2 new rom-coms
Marry Me & I Want You Back
2 very diff approaches to crime & comedy
Murderville & We Need to Talk about Cosby
Munich: The Edge of War
Brits and Germans try to stop Hitler
Kimi
A home smart device ramps up the paranoia
Jackass Forever
The gang returns for more reckless fun
Dancing in the mountains & paddling on the James (podcast)
The Real Dirty Dancing & RVA Environmental Film Festival
Moonfall
The Moon threatens to destroy the Earth
Reacher
The physically imposing crime solver from Lee Child’s novels
Drive My Car
The 3-hour Japanese import that’s already getting lots of awards
Pam and Tommy
Behind the notorious sex tape of Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee
Parallel Mothers
Penélope Cruz stars in the latest from Pedro Almodóvar
The Mountain
Jeff Goldblum plays a famous lobotomy surgeon
Tye Cooper, Graham Barbour, Phineas Alexander (podcast)
AMANDA at Movieland & the LOOK CLOSER FESTIVAL at the Byrd
Clean
Adrien Brody goes dark as a garbage collector with a past
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Another thriller about a women who witnesses murder
The Afterparty
A murder mystery with each suspect’s story in a different style
The Fallout
Teens cope with the aftermath of a school shooting
As We See It
Autism dramedy starring actors on the spectrum
The Tiger Rising
A children’s fantasy fable about a boy and a tiger
Jim Duncan & Mike Jones (podcast)
Jim before/after retirement & Mike on the James River Short Film Showcase
The King’s Daughter
Pierce Brosnan as Louis XIV captures a mermaid
Breaking News in Yuba County
A dark comedy with a killer cast, many of whom get killed
Georgetown
Christoph Waltz directed & stars with Vanessa Redgrave & Annette Bening
American Dreamer
Jim Gaffigan goes dark in the Virginia-made film
Who is Erin Carter?
A school teacher with a secret explosive past
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Sigourney Weaver stars in the deep, dreary melodrama
Bottoms
Lesbians start a fight club to bed cheerleaders
Retribution
Liam Neeson’s latest action flick takes place in a car
Investing in THE KILL ROOM & THE WIZ
BK Fulton, CEO of Soulidifly Productions
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story
A game player ends up a real driver
Full Circle
A complex and confusing drama from Steven Soderberg
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
A teen comedy with Adam Sandler’s real family
Golda
Helen Mirren as the Israeli Prime Minister
Accomplished actor & awesome animator
Joel Haberli & Adam Rosenberg
Strays
Trash talking dogs
Passages
A gay couple faces infidelity with a woman
The Phoenician Scheme
The latest from Wes Anderson
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