Hello HSX Community!
Here’s some movies coming to streaming this month that I liked and hope you do too!
COMING TO VOD
POSSESSOR (11/6) - One of my favorite films this year. It’s Brendan Cronenberg’s (yeah, he is David’s son) second feature and it plays around with the idea of being an imposter in your own body. In this film, identity theft takes on a new meaning as corporate assassins can virtually take over other people to carry out their kills. It’s got an extreme amount...
Election Day is finally upon us here in the United States of America. After four years of Donald Trump as the 45th President, Americans are exercising their right to choose who gets to lead the country for the next four years. Voters are mailing in ballots and heading to the polls in a record turnout for the 2020 Election. HSX entered the political theater with the launch of Presidential Options for Trump and his challenger Joe Biden more than two months ago on August 20th. Options...
As the only new wide release over Halloween weekend, Come Play [LARRY] easily topped the box office with an estimated $3.15 million. The horror film increased 18% from Friday to Saturday.
Honest Thief [HNSTF] was dethroned to second place with $1.35 million. The actioner has earned $9.53 million after 3 weekends.
The War with Grandpa [WARGP] finished third with $1.08 million, bringing its total to $11.28 million.
The Empty Man [EMPTY] evaporated 57% in its second weekend to $561K. The...
Halloween is typically dead at movie theaters as people go trick-or-treating and costume-partying. This year won't be any better even as the COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed most of the festivities. Focus Features hopes some moviegoers will check out a horror film instead. Come Play [LARRY] centers on an autistic boy who is haunted by a monster through electronic devices. The PG-13 rated film targets teenagers, a demographic that has not return en masse to theaters. Showing in 2183...
Blumhouse has revealed new footage from the horror sequel Halloween Kills [HALW4], which won't arrive in theaters until October 15, 2021.
STX Films has unleashed the first trailer for the dystopian thriller Songbird [SNGBD] set four years into the current pandemic. KJ Apa [KJAPA] and Sofia Carson star in the film, which was the first made during COVID-19 in Los Angeles. Songbird currently doesn't have a release date.
In the terrifying thriller SONGBIRD, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Infected Americans are ripped from their homes and forced into quarantine camps known as...
The domestic box office remains moribund as Honest Thief [HNSTF] repeated as the top draw with an estimated $2.35 million. The actioner declined 35% in its second weekend to bring its total to $7.5 million.
The War with Grandpa [WARGP] held on to second place with $1.88 million. The family film has earned $9.7 million after 3 weekends.
Tenet [TENET.BW] finished third with $1.30 million, declining just 15% in its eighth weekend with the help of newly opened theaters in New York.
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New York is finally allowing theaters to reopen in the state, except for New York City. However, studios are still not putting their best films forward to bring back moviegoers. With little competition, Honest Thief [HNSTF] could hold 60% in its second weekend and take in another $2.2 million, which may be enough to retain the top of the box office.
The Empty Man [EMPTY] is one of the Fox acqusition titles Disney is contractually obligated to release in theaters. Apparently, marketing...
Sony has re-released the official trailer for the drama The Last Vermeer [LYREB], which was previously under their arthouse label Sony Pictures Classics. Guy Pearce [GPEAR], Claes Bang [CBANG] and Vicky Krieps [VKRIE] star. The Last Vermeer will now get a moderate wide theatrical release on November 20th.
While Joseph Piller (Bang), a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the witty, debonair aesthete, Han van Meegeren (Pearce) was hosting hedonistic soir...
Universal has released the official trailer for the western News of the World [NEWSW] starring Tom Hanks [THANK]. Written and directed by Paul Greengrass [PGREE], News of the World opens in theaters on Christmas.
ive years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Hanks), a widower and veteran of three wars, now moves from town to town as a non-fiction storyteller, sharing the news of presidents and queens, glorious feuds, devastating catastrophes, and gripping...
