Killers of the Flower Moon to Khufiya: The 9 Greatest Films in October

What are among the greatest films releasing in October 2023? Akshay Kumar headlines essentially the most outstanding Bollywood launch this month with Mission Raniganj: The Nice Bharat Rescue, a biopic that sees him try to rescue a bunch of 65 miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine. The movie reunites him with Rustom director Tinu Suresh Desai and is slated to launch October 6 in cinemas. A day earlier than that, prime your self for an exhilarating story of espionage, as Tabu is assigned a top-secret mission to trace down an company mole in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Khufiya. Starring Ali Fazal (Mirzapur) as her reverse, the spy-thriller will likely be accessible to stream October 5 on Netflix.

Coming to Hollywood fare, Martin Scorsese’s twenty-eighth function movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, releases in Indian theatres on October 27. Based mostly on David Grann’s eponymous ebook, the Western crime drama tells a sprawling story of American greed and the ensuing sequence of murders within the Twenties that shook the foundations of the nation. The movie is later anticipated to reach to Apple TV+. Paul Dano (The Batman) and a bunch of normal folks ship the billionaires at Wall Road right into a frenzy by betting on GameStop inventory on this David v Goliath dramedy primarily based on the real-life YouTuber Keith Gill. Keep in mind when everybody was putting in the Robinhood app on their cellphone in early 2021? Yep, that is the seismic occasion being chronicled in Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Cash, out October 6 in theatres.

The Greatest Horror Films to Stream Proper Now: Hereditary, The Witch, and Extra

Different notable releases this month embody 5 Nights at Freddy’s, an adaptation of the eponymous horror online game franchise that stored ‘Let’s Play’ YouTubers related for longer than it ought to have. Produced by veterans within the style, Blumhouse, the movie drops October 27 in theatres. On your comfort, we now have curated the largest October 2023 releases coming to theatres, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix, which you’ll be able to take a look at under. Additionally, be happy to browse our Leisure hub to maintain observe of every other releases which may curiosity you.

Khufiya

When: October 5
The place: Netflix

Krishna Mehra (Tabu), a hard-nosed R&AW operative, is thrust into an espionage mission when the company will get a hunch that there is a mole inside its ranks. The prime suspect is Ravi Mohan (Ali Fazal), an officer who’s been discovered photocopying India’s defence secrets and techniques and different paperwork — not pertaining to his work — and taking them again dwelling, presumably to feed intel to enemy nations to make some further money. Consequently, his home is put into 24/7 surveillance, with brokers stepping in day and night time to pay attention to his household’s conversations and take a peek into their day-to-day lives, which exhibits that Ravi has been shopping for some costly items for his spouse Mohini (Wamiqa Gabbi), unexpectedly.

His masked cockiness typically shines by means of conversations, but it surely’s laborious for the company to pin down whether or not he is being critical or not. Panic units in as Ravi’s cowl begins to blow, forcing his spouse to query his intentions and name him a traitor to the nation — an accusation he outright rejects, claiming that he is merely pondering forward. Grappling along with her twin id as a spy and a lover, Agent KM should now observe him down, hopping throughout nations whereas guaranteeing that Ravi’s spouse and little one — who acquired forcefully tugged round — stay secure. Based mostly on Amar Bhushan’s 2012 novel ‘Escape to Nowhere,’ Khufiya marks Tabu’s third collaboration with filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj. The movie additionally stars Ashish Vidyarthi (Kuttey) as senior officer Viraj Surve and Azmeri Haque Badhon as a ghost from Mehra’s previous.

Watch the Trailer for Tabu-Led Khufiya, Starring Tabu as an R&AW Operative

Ali Fazal and Wamiqa Gabbi in a nonetheless from Khufiya
Photograph Credit score: Netflix

Dumb Cash

When: October 6
The place: Theatres

After his stint because the Riddler, Paul Dano is as soon as once more rallying folks on social media to topple the elites of the society in Dumb Cash. In it, he performs Keith Gill aka RoaringKitty, a YouTuber who used his monetary information to wager on brick-and-mortar retailer GameStop inventory and encourage his viewers to do the identical, as a way to spice up the worth of the corporate and disrupt the system. Wall Road is the first power working in opposition to them, betting that the enterprise would fail, and in flip, make tens of millions of revenue for a bunch of hedge-fund managers. We give attention to three such shorters right here: Gabe Plotkin (Seth Rogen), Ken Griffin (Nick Offerman), and Steve Cohen (Vincent D’Onofrio), all of whom begin seeing losses of their funding, whereas common folks begin making large financial institution.

Keith and his spouse Caroline (Shailene Woodley) begin dwelling the wealthy life, his brother Kevin (Pete Davidson) splurges on a Ferrari, and each morning in his entrance yard, he is cheerfully greeted by grateful civilians who’ve managed to show their lives upside-down. The whole lot goes positive till Wall Road decides to battle again and regain management over its monetary empire, with Vlad Tenev (Sebastian Stan), CEO of buying and selling app Robinhood stopping customers from shopping for any extra GameStop shares. The actual-life market manipulation was the topic of widespread criticism, which is one thing I am anticipating Dumb Cash to the touch upon, because the act merely helps wealthy folks keep wealthy.

Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) directs the movie, roping in an ensemble solid together with Anthony Ramos (Within the Heights) as a GameStop clerk, America Ferrera (Barbie) as a viewer of Keith Gill, and Dane DeHaan (The Superb Spider-Man 2).

Watch the Trailer for Dumb Cash, the Reddit v GameStop Biopic

Paul Dano in a nonetheless from Dumb Cash
Photograph Credit score: Sony Footage

Mission Raniganj: The Nice Bharat Rescue

When: October 6
The place: Theatres

Within the 12 months 1989, the partitions of the Raniganj coal mines in West Bengal cracked below stress and gave out, immediately flooding the caverns with water and trapping 65 miners down below. With water ranges regularly rising and depleting the oxygen provide, saving the unlucky survivors appeared like an unattainable job to the dismay of the villagers. Enter, Jaswant Singh Gill (Akshay Kumar), a former extra chief mining engineer, who kickstarted a rescue operation regardless of his co-workers’ insistence that the miners would possibly’ve gotten swept away and died. Bearing by means of the cries and anger from onlookers, the workforce dedicates the following 48 hours to devising distinctive methods to drag out the survivors, whereas guaranteeing the partitions do not collapse because of the vibrations of heavy equipment.

The Mission Raniganj: The Nice Bharat Rescue trailer would not absolutely clarify the rescue plan, but it surely seems as if the workforce descended a life-size tube by means of a slender gap and extracted the survivors one after the other. Just one drawback, although: how are they presupposed to know the place the opening is? And so, Jaswant heads proper in with barely any protecting gear and helps them navigate by means of the darkish and hopefully save all of them. And it is not like he hasn’t acquired a lot at stake right here, contemplating his spouse Nirdosh Gill (Parineeti Chopra) additionally makes it to the positioning, with the utmost religion that her husband, who’s a miner at coronary heart, will persevere. Frequent Kumar collaborator Tinu Suresh Desai helms this biopic, which additionally enlists Kumud Mishra (Mission Majnu), Dibyendu Bhattacharya (Rocket Boys), and Rajesh Sharma (Darlings).

The Exorcist: Believer

When: October 6
The place: Theatres

With Halloween season comes a justifiable share of horror films, and this 12 months, it is being led by The Exorcist: Believer, a sequel to the boundary-pushing 1973 movie from William Friedkin. Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom Jr.) is a religious single father who’s managed to lift his daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) following his pregnant spouse’s loss of life 12 years in the past. However someday, she disappears into the wilderness along with her pal Katherine (Olivia Marcum), solely to return three days later, bearing scars, an total dishevelled look, and no reminiscence of what occurred. As each households resume their on a regular basis lives, some surprising occasions come to the floor, starting from flickering lights to a possessed and bloodied Catherine marching into the native church.

Determined to save lots of the children, Victor seeks out assist from a well-known face who as soon as confronted an identical spirit first-hand — Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), who needed to take care of her daughter’s exorcism within the authentic The Exorcist film. Nonetheless, the spirit in query is stronger than ever earlier than, forcing our heroes to carry out each type of ritual identified to mankind, no matter tradition or faith. What’s weirder is that each ladies appear to have been possessed by the identical demon, with their heartbeats syncing up and an unsightly, yellow tint on their eyeballs. David Gordon Inexperienced, finest identified for Stronger directs The Exorcist: Believer, bringing Ann Dowd (Hereditary) into the combo because the household physician.

The Burial

When: October 13
The place: Amazon Prime Video

Academy Award-winner Jamie Foxx stars on this courtroom drama because the real-life Willie E. Gary, an unconventional however charming lawyer with a formidable observe file — typically hailed as a legend, of types, among the many black authorized neighborhood. However in 1995, he is thrown into one of many riskiest circumstances of his profession when a funeral dwelling proprietor Jerry O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) on the verge of going bankrupt, reaches out for assist. Seems, he signed off on a mistaken take care of Raymond Loewen (Invoice Camp) of the notorious Loewen Group, a mortgage dealer firm that started placing an finish to Jerry’s funeral companies.

The latter has by no means set foot in courtroom earlier than and is just trying to sue for $8 million. However his quirky lawyer calls for him to dream larger and purpose for $100 million in compensation. Whereas the stakes are extremely critical, The Burial easily ties in Foxx’s comedic experience to create a hilarious and fascinating back-and-forth together with his opposing lawyer Mame Downes (Jurnee Smollett), whereas concurrently forming an unlikely bond together with his shopper. Within the path of exposing company corruption, he should take care of themes of racial injustice, pre-courtroom superstitious rituals, household drama, and a prejudiced however goofy lawyer performed by Alan Ruck of Succession fame.

Tejas

When: October 20
The place: Theatres

Kangana Ranaut (Queen) is thrown into aerial fight on this upcoming movie from debutant Sarvesh Mewara, which chronicles the life and journey of the Indian Air Drive (IAF) pilot Tejas Gill. That is under no circumstances a biopic however is considerably impressed by the nation’s historic choice to enlist its first feminine fighter pilot in 2016 and thru that, represents the valiant efforts put ahead by the defenders of the nation. There is no Tejas trailer to collect extra info from, however the movie reportedly sees Varun Mitra (Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo) play Tejas’ love curiosity and a musician.

 

Killers of the Flower Moon

When: October 27
The place: Theatres

Acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese is tackling the Western style for the primary time in his profession, exploring the grim murders of the oil-wealthy Osage tribe in Oklahoma within the early Twenties. We largely observe the story by means of the eyes of the warfare hero Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio), who returns to a lifetime of peace and reconciles together with his uncle William Hale (Robert De Niro), the villainous cattle rancher who introduced a military of caucasian settlers to ‘help’ the natives with controlling the oil’s gross sales and distribution. As greed takes over the ‘nice white father,’ he even coaxes Ernest into marrying an area Osage lady Mollie (Lily Gladstone) as a way to additional his declare on the land.

However when lifeless our bodies of Osage natives begin showing in random places, it kickstarts a large-scale homicide investigation, led by FBI agent Tom White (Jesse Plemons), who believes there is a conspiracy at play — suspecting William of issuing these contract hits. If you have not caught on by now, Killers of the Flower Moon is basically a story about some grasping wolves who used their powers of manipulation to conduct merciless, racially motivated genocide, and revenue from big oil deposits beneath the land. All of the whereas, Ernest struggles with conflicting loyalties on whether or not to aspect together with his loving spouse or to cower and conceal in concern behind his uncle’s killing rampage.

Killers of the Flower Moon additionally appears to be half courtroom drama, with lawyer W. S. Hamilton (Brendan Fraser) representing the crafty William, and John Lithgow (Interstellar) because the prosecutor Leaward, on a mission to convict him of the killings. Scorsese additionally co-wrote the script with Eric Roth (Dune), which itself relies on David Grann’s eponymous 2017 non-fiction novel. Following its theatrical run — because of Paramount Footage — the movie is anticipated to later find yourself on Apple TV+ for streaming.

Watch the Trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in a nonetheless from Killers of the Flower Moon
Photograph Credit score: Apple TV

Ache Hustlers

When: October 27
The place: Netflix

Single mom Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) goes by means of a tricky time, from dropping her job to watching her daughter Phoebe’s (Chloe Coleman) medical situation regularly worsen. However luck appears to have discovered its method when she stumbles right into a skeezy pharmaceutical gross sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans), who gives her a job at a failing drug start-up. Subsequent factor , Liza is assembly with among the slimiest docs within the nation, together with one performed by Brian d’Arcy James (Highlight), hoping to promote painkillers for most cancers sufferers. However with in a single day success comes greed, and the corporate begins recommending these medication for functions which can be far meek.

Underneath her unhinged boss Jack Neel’s (Andy García) management that goals for revenue, Liza begins to see the problem with their advertising and marketing technique and the devastation it is inflicting to the clueless sufferers consuming these medication — finally, forcing her to take a stand in opposition to the monstrous empire she helped create. BAFTA-winner David Yates, who rose to prominence with the later Harry Potter movies, directs Ache Hustlers, which was acquired by Netflix for a sum of roughly $50 million (about Rs. 416 crore). It additionally stars Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) as Liza’s mom and Jay Duplass (The Mindy Undertaking).

5 Nights at Freddy’s

When: October 27
The place: Theatres

Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), who just lately acquired fired from his job, desperately accepts the place of a nighttime safety guard on the deserted Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria, an eatery adjoining to an indoor amusement park. As he settles into his first shift, with 10-year-old sister Abby (Piper Rubio) by his aspect, he realises that there are some darker forces at play as soon as the clock strikes midnight. By continually observing safety feeds and with some historical past classes from the native police officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail), he discovers that the group of creepy animatronic mascots — Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, and Cunning — are all actually alive and prepared to kill something that strikes.

Identical to the video video games, Mike’s acquired restricted sources and 6 lengthy, horrifying hours till the break of daybreak to outlive and reunite together with his misplaced sister, all of the whereas coping with some interior demons from his previous. A 5 Nights at Freddy’s film has been in improvement since 2015, leaping between main producers till Jason Blum picked it up and labored with sport creator Scott Cawthon to match the latter’s imaginative and prescient. As a part of it, he employed Emma Tammi (Into the Darkish) to direct the difference and Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to handcraft the animatronics. I would not be stunned in the event that they had been later utilized in some precise theme park that immortalises Blumhouse Productions’ most iconic work.

5 Nights at Freddy’s is out October 27, concurrently in each theatres and the Peacock streaming service within the US. At present, it is unclear whether or not the movie will likely be accessible to stream on JioCinema in India.

---