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Is this the future of big-budget films?

Its hard to say.

(And by fall, we mean September through the end of the year.)

Toni Collette and David Thewlis play the unsettling aspiring in-laws.On Netflix September 4.

Still, it could be really special.

Enola Holmes

Did you know Sherlock Holmes had a brilliant younger sister?

Well, neither did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

(Its now opening in September, supposedly, but Europes already gotten it.)

But this one looks to capitalize on his actual acting ability, which bodes well.

I think.In theaters September 25.

This second entry has Diana traveling to 1984, with all the stylistic extravagance that implies.In theaters October 2.

Time

Garrett Bradleys documentary might have been the best film at this years Sundance.

(Remember Sundance?)

But its also possible that well get the raucous, raunchy, deliriously unhinged De Niro ofDirty Grandpa.

To be clear, this would be a good thing.

To be extra-clear, we are being serious.In theaters October 9.

Is Aaron Sorkin really the best person to bring this story to the screen?

Sorkin can be sanctimonious, to be sure, but hear us out.

Giving Keane the chance to make his first feature film is certainly a statement.On Netflix October 23.

Ammonite

Director Francis Lee proved himself a master of the queer pastoral with 2017sGods Own Country.

Heres hoping.In theaters November 13.

Its a great film about love, jealousy, pain, toxicity, and forgiveness.In theaters November 13.

Soul

Pixars suburban fantasyOnwardhad its release cut short by the pandemic in March.

(See, for example, the grand musical sequences in1941andIndiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.)

So, at long last, hes made a musical.

And not just any musical.

Of course, well have to wait and see if it actually opens.In theaters December 18.

Or it could be … well, the opposite.

Greengrass likes topical material, and his track record with it has veered between ham-handed didacticism and artful resonance.

Lets remain optimistic.In theaters December 25.

Could Howard get his mojo back after several high-profile flops?

Unless its really good, in which case theyll probably lose again.On Netflix this fall.