Can 'Justice League,' 'Blade Runner' deliver a daring fall for film?
Summer 2017 has already gone down as one of Hollywood's worst in recent memory, notwithstanding such standouts as “Wonder Woman,” “Dunkirk” and the little-rom-com-that-could, “The Big Sick.”
Filmgoers of discerning taste know Hollywood typically holds back the good stuff for turtleneck weather, and this year is no exception.
Here's a look at what the fall season (through Nov. 17) holds for film buffs:
Oct. 6
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“Blade Runner 2049” -</b> Thirty years have passed, and a new blade runner (Ryan Gosling) comes to ask his predecessor (Harrison Ford) for some needed advice.
<b>“Lucky” - </b>The spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist (Harry Dean Stanton) and the characters who inhabit his desert town.
<b>“Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House” -</b> A portrait of the FBI leader called “Deep Throat” for his work in helping journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal.
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“My Little Pony: The Movie” - </b>A dark force threatens Ponyville, and Rainbow Dash and her friends must save their home.
<b>“The Mountain Between Us” - </b>Stranded after a plane crash, two strangers survive hundreds of miles of wilderness.
Oct. 13
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“Goodbye Christopher Robin” - </b>An intimate look at the relationship between beloved children's author A.A. Milne (Domhnall Gleeson) and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired “Winnie the Pooh.”
<b>“Happy Death Day” - </b>A college student relives the day of her murder until she discovers her killer's identity.
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“The Florida Project” - </b>Moonee, a precocious 6-year-old, and her mother live week to week in a budget motel managed by a stern owner (Willem Dafoe).
<b>“The Foreigner” -</b> Jackie Chan stars as a restaurant owner hunting the Irish radicals who killed his daughter. With Pierce Brosnan.
<b>“Loving Vincent” - </b>More than 65,000 frames of hand-painted oil paintings piece together the story of Vincent van Gogh's life.
<b>“Marshall” - </b>The true story of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) as a young NAACP attorney.
<b>“Professor Marston & the Wonder Women” - </b>The true, kinky story of how Harvard psychologist William Moulton Marston created the Wonder Woman character.
Oct. 20
<b>“Geostorm” - </b>The world's leaders gather to create a network of satellites to control the global climate, but the system goes awry.
<b>“Only the Brave” - </b>The story of the “Granite Mountain Hotshots,” elite Arizona firefighters who fought one of the deadliest wildfires in history.
<b>“The Snowman” - </b>A detective (Michael Fassbender) and his team investigate the disappearance of a victim during a first snowfall.
<b>“Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” - </b>Madea and the gang return for a romp at a haunted campground with monsters and goblins.
Oct. 27
<b>“Jigsaw” - </b>Law enforcement officers chase the ghost of a dead man in this horror film by the Spierig brothers.
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“Suburbicon” - </b>An idyllic suburban community masks an underbelly of deceit and violence. With Matt Damon.
<b>“Thank You for Your Service” - </b>U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate into civilian life. Based on the book by David Finkel.
Nov. 3
<b>“A Bad Moms Christmas” - </b>Three women band together as they rebel against the challenges and expectations of hosting and entertaining for Christmas. With Mila Kunis.
<b>“The Killing of a Sacred Deer” - </b>Yorgos Lanthimos' psychological thriller about a surgeon (Colin Farrell) who forms a dangerous bond with a sinister young boy. Nicole Kidman co-stars.
<b>“Novitiate” - </b>In the early 1960s, a young woman struggles with issues of faith and sexuality to be a nun.
<b>“Thor: Ragnarok” - </b>Thor (Chris Hemsworth) races to Asgard to stop its destruction at the hands of Hela.
Nov. 10
<b>“Daddy's Home 2” - </b>Father and stepfather Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) and Brad (Will Ferrell) join forces for Christmas, while their own dads (Mel Gibson, John Lithgow) also arrive for more chaos.
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“Last Flag Flying” - </b>Richard Linklater directs this comedy-drama starring Bryan Cranston and Steve Carell.
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“Murder on the Orient Express” - </b>A passenger on a European train must solve a murder before the killer strikes again.
<b>“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” - </b>A woman (Frances McDormand) ignites a town controversy when she paints public signs directed at the revered sheriff (Woody Harrelson).
Nov. 17
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“Justice League” - </b>Wonder Woman, Batman and other superheroes assemble to face the threat of the villain Steppenwolf and his army.
<b>“Lady Bird” - </b>Saoirse Ronan stars as a teenager seeking to escape her small town to attend college in New York.
<b>“The Star” - </b>A small donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond the village mill and gathers the courage to break free.
<b>“Wonder” -</b> Based on the best-selling novel, August Pullman navigates school life with facial differences that his family and classmates struggle to accept.