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Not that the fall-movie calendar is devoid of popcorn pleasures this year or any other.

Its just that these studio attractions will play down the hall from smaller, tougher, weirder films.

In the meantime, enjoy the last gasp of beach season.

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Summer will be over as quickly as you’re able to say, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.

Like his characters, Burton is courting disaster by saying the spirits name again.

If nothing else, were dying to know how Betelgeuse got his shrunken head back to a normal size.

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(In theaters September 6.)

What ifMichael Claytonwere a buddy comedy?

is a pretty good premise good enough, in fact, to compensate for that lousy title.

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Plus, well take anything that gets Clooney back in front of the camera instead of behind it.

(In theaters September 20;on Apple TV+ September 27.)

(In theaters September 20.)

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(In theaters September 20.)

(In theaters September 27.)

.Also premiering in September

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But that bad-guy origin story in Scorsese drag made $1 billion, so a sequel was inevitable.

(In theaters October 4.)

It is somehow not written by Aaron Sorkin.

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(In theaters October 11.)

We Live in Time

Brooklyndirector John Crowley is in the mood for a tearjerker now.

(In theaters October 11.)

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Anora

For the first time sinceThe Tree of Lifein 2011, the Palme dOr (a.k.a.

the top prize at Cannes) went to an American movie.

(In theaters October 18.)

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(In theaters October 25.)

Lets just hope his latest cutting-edge experiment is moreRoger Rabbitdazzling thanPolar Expressunsettling.

(In theaters November 1.)

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Emilia Perez

The discourse isnt ready forEmilia Perez.

There seems to be no middle ground between love and hate here.

Arent you curious where youll land?

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(On Netflix November 13.)

Heretic

Hugh Grant is … scary?

(In theaters November 15.)

Gladiator II

The Gladiator is dead, long live the Gladiator.

Russell Crowe obviously doesnt star in Ridley Scotts new sequel to his Y2K sword-and-sandal Best Picture winner.

Are you not entertained?

We probably will be, though pour one out for theunmadeGladiatorsequel Nick Cave pitched in the 2000s.

It had time travel!

(In theaters November 22.)

Of course you dont!

), and splitting this behemoth into two movies with Act Two scheduled for next Thanksgiving feels rather presumptuous.

And, hey, a movie ticket is much cheaper than a seat in the rear mezzanine.

(In theaters November 22.)

(In theaters November 27.)

ButNightbitchhas, ahem, pedigree.

The source material is a well-received novel by Rachel Yoder.

Fearless is how the programmers at the Toronto International Film Festival have described her turn as the title character.

Regardless, she could pee on a fire hydrant and it would be less embarrassing than starring inHillbilly Elegy.

(In theaters December 6.)

(In theaters December 20.)

Antonio Banderas, no stranger to movies where Thanatos tangos with Eros, plays her jilted hubby.

(In theaters December 25.)

Here, nonetheless, is a Bob Dylan biopic from James Mangold.

If nothing else, its guaranteed to boast a killer soundtrack.

(In theaters December 25.)

Nosferatu

Howsthisfor holiday counterprogramming: a Christmas Day remake of F.W.

Murnaus unauthorized, silent-era gloss onDracula.

Is he setting himself up for failure tracing over such a classic of the genre?

That worked out pretty well forWerner Herzog.

(In theaters December 25.)

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