It’s the week before Halloween, and if you still haven’t had your fill of scary movies, there’s still one more due out this week about an app that purportedly predicts when you will die. Also out this week are a number of international films, a director’s cut of The Current War, a live performance by Bruce Springsteen of his latest album, and more!
Black and Blue (R)
A rookie police officer in New Orleans has to balance her identity as a black woman with her role as a police officer when she witnesses other police officers committing murder.
Directed by Deon Taylor
Starring: Naomie Harris, Mike Colter, Frank Grillo, Reid Scott, Tyrese Gibson
Release date: October 25
Countdown (PG-13)
When a nurse downloads an app that claims to predict the moment a person will die, it tells her she only has three days to live. With the clock ticking and a figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Directed by Justin Dec
Starring: Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman, Peter Facinelli, Dillon Lane
Release date: October 25
The Current War: Director’s Cut (PG-13)
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Starring: Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tuppence Middleton, Katherine Waterston
Release date: October 25
Frankie (PG-13)
Three generations grappling with a life-changing experience during one day of a vacation in Sintra, Portugal, a historic town known for its dense gardens and fairy-tale villas and palaces.
Directed by Ira Sachs
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Sennia Nanua, Ariyon Bakare, Vinette Robinson, Jérémie Renier
Release date: October 25
Housefull 4
In 1419 Sitamgarh, 3 couples are parted away due to an evil conspiracy. 600 hundred years later in 2019 in London, the couples’s reincarnations meet again but this time each one of them is marrying the wrong person. How they come to realize about their true love is what forms the crux of the story.
Directed by Farhad Samji
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Pooja Hegde, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Release date: October 25
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.
Directed by Midge Costin
Starring: Erik Aadahl, Ioan Allen, Richard L. Anderson, Karen Baker Landers, Bobbi Banks
Release date: October 26
Synonyms
A young Israeli man absconds to Paris to flee his nationality, aided by his trusty Franco-Israeli dictionary.
Directed by Nadav Lapid
Starring: Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte, Uria Hayik, Olivier Loustau
Release date: October 25
Western Stars (PG)
Live concert performance of Bruce Springsteen singing songs from his album ‘Western Stars’.
Directed by Bruce Springsteen, Thom Zimny
Starring: Bruce Springsteen
Release date: October 25
