September 2022 Movies to See

August was another fun month at the movies. Bullet Train was awesome although I haven’t had a chance to do a write up about it yet. But I did have a chance to share thoughts on Jordan Peele’s NOPE movie that we were delayed in seeing due to illness. Even though we weren’t able to see Nope when it first released, we were able to enjoy it because the story line hadn’t been spoiled for us.

I’m not sure which movies we will head to in September, but there are a few that look like real winners. Check out the various options!

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

Release Date: September 2, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown
Studio: Focus Features
Official Website: Honk For Jesus
Follow on Social: #HonkForJesus

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. is a satirical comedy starring Regina Hall as Trinitie Childs – the proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, who together with her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown), once served a congregation in the tens of thousands. But after a scandal forces their church to temporarily close, Trinitie and Lee-Curtis must reopen their church and rebuild their congregation to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.

Gigi & Nate

Release Date: September 2, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Family, Drama
Cast: Charlie Rowe, Josephine Langford, Marcia Gay Harden, Jim Belushi and Diane Ladd
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Official Website: Gigi and Nate
Follow on Social: GigiandNate

Gigi & Nate is the story of Nate Gibson, a young man whose life is turned upside down after he suffers a near-fatal illness and is left a quadriplegic. Moving forward seems near impossible until he meets his unlikely service animal, Gigi – a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey. Although she is trained to assist Nate with his basic needs, Gigi helps Nate find what he needs most of all: hope.

Barbarian

Release Date: September 9, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Cast: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis, Richard Brake, Jaymes Butler and Kurt Braunohler
Studio: 20th Century Studios
Follow on Social: #Barbarian

A young woman traveling to Detroit for a job interview books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked, and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgment, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there’s a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.

Clerks III

Release Date: September 13, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Brian O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman, Austin Zajur, Jason Mewes, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Rosario Dawson, and Kevin Smith
Studio: Lionsgate
Official Website: Clerks 3 movie
Follow on Social: #Clerks3

Following a massive heart attack, Randal enlists his friends and fellow clerks Dante, Elias, Jay, and Silent Bob to make a movie immortalizing his life at the convenience store that started it all.

Pearl

Release Date: September 16, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Horror
Cast: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland and Emma Jenkins-Purro
Studio: A24
Follow on Social: #Pearl

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story of X’s iconic villain.

The Woman King

Release Date: September 16, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Cast: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, and John Boyega
Studio: Sony Pictures
Official Website: The Woman King movie
Follow on Social: #TheWomanKing

The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca (Oscar®-winner Viola Davis) as she inspires the King to take on the enemies determined to violate their honor and destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for…

Riotsville U.S.A.

Release Date: September 16, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Archival footage
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Official Website: Riotsville USA

Welcome to RIOTSVILLE, USA, a turning point in American history where the protest movements of the late 1960s came into conflict with increasingly militarized police departments. Focusing on military training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles,” where military and police were trained to respond to civil disorder in the aftermath of the Kerner Commission created by President Lyndon B. Johnson, director Sierra Pettengill’s kaleidoscopic all-archival documentary reconstructs the formation of a national consciousness obsessed with maintaining law and order by any means necessary. Drawing insight from a time similar to our own, RIOTSVILLE, USA pulls focus on American institutional control and offers a compelling case that if the history of race in America rhymes, it is by design.

See How They Run

Release Date: September 16, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, David Oyelowo, Adrien Brody, and Ruth Wilson
Studio: Searchlight Pictures
Follow on Social: #SeeHowTheyRun

In the West End of 1950s London, plans for a movie version of a smash-hit play come to an abrupt halt after a pivotal member of the crew is murdered. When world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) take on the case, the two find themselves thrown into a puzzling whodunit within the glamorously sordid theater underground, investigating the mysterious homicide at their own peril.

Don’t Worry Darling

Release Date: September 23, 2022
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine
Studio: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures
Official Website: Don’t Worry Darling
Follow on Social: #DontWorryDarling

Alice (Pugh) and Jack (Styles) are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. The 1950’s societal optimism espoused by their CEO, Frank (Pine)—equal parts corporate visionary and motivational life coach—anchors every aspect of daily life in the tight-knit desert utopia. While the husbands spend every day inside the Victory Project Headquarters, working on the “development of progressive materials,” their wives—including Frank’s elegant partner, Shelley (Chan)—get to spend their time enjoying the beauty, luxury and debauchery of their community. Life is perfect, with every resident’s needs met by the company. All they ask in return is discretion and unquestioning commitment to the Victory cause. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

Bros

Release Date: September 30, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: RomCom
Cast: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum and Amanda Bearse
Studio: Universal Pictures
Official Website: Bros the movie
Follow on Social: #BrosMovie

Universal Pictures proudly presents the first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They’re both very busy.

The Good House

Release Date: September 30, 2022
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin and Rob Delaney
Studio: Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions, Dreamworks
Official Website: Good House movie
Follow on Social: #TheGoodHouse

The Good House follows Hildy Good (Sigourney Weaver), a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches, who loves her wine and her secrets. Her compartmentalized life begins to unravel as she rekindles a romance with her old high-school flame, Frank Getchell (Kevin Kline), and becomes dangerously entwined in one person’s reckless behavior. Igniting long-buried emotions and family secrets, Hildy is propelled toward a reckoning with the one person she’s been avoiding for decades: herself.

Smile

Release Date: September 30, 2022 (Get Tickets)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Cast: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, Caitlin Stasey with Kal Penn and Rob Morgan
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Official Website: Smile movie
Follow on Social: #SmileMovie

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.

If you happened to watch all the trailers, you might have noticed a recurring theme for this month: thrillers, suspense and next-month-is-Halloween horror movies! There are a few movies that will be at the top of our viewing list, but we’ll see which we end up at first!

Which September movie releases are on the top of your list?