16 best new films of October 2021, in cinemas, Netflix and HBO Max No Time to Die and Dune, star

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No Time to Die

His name is Bond, James Bond, and Daniel Craig has said this will be his final outing as 007, although it was never his intent to stretch out his farewell this long. How can we say goodbye if we never actually part ways? With Rami Malek, Ana de Armas and Naomie Harris. (October 8 in theatres.)

Dune

After tackling Blade Runner 2049, director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) takes on another behemoth. The film, which just premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2021, is an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel about a post-apocalyptic future populated by giant sandworms. Hopefully he fares better than David Lynch did with his 1984 attempt at the material. (October 22 in theatres and on HBO Max.)

Red Notice

Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson star as a con artist, an art thief and a tracker respectively in this action thriller from director Rawson Marshall Thurber, who previously worked with Johnson on Central Intelligence and Skyscraper. (November 12 on Netflix.)

The French Dispatch

More preciousness from director Wes Anderson, with a cast that includes – deep breath – Benicio del Toro, Timothée Chalamet, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe and Edward Norton. And more. (October 22 in theatres.)

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Last Night in Soho

The second film of 2021 from director Edgar Wright, following the wonderful documentary The Sparks Brothers, is a psychological thriller with time travelling and body-swapping elements, starring Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit). (October 29 in theatres.)

Halloween Kills

Michael Myers is back, of course, in this direct sequel to 2018’s Halloween, in which the masked killer was definitely killed, but that has never kept him down before, so why should it now? Jamie Lee Curtis returns once again as Laurie Strode, who just can’t seem to shake Mr. Myers. (October 15 in theatres.)

The Last Duel

14th-century France is a far cry from 20th century Boston, but that is the setting of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first screenplay since the pair won Oscars for penning Good Will Hunting. Here, Nicole Holofcener co-writes the story of France’s last legally sanctioned duel. The immortal Ridley Scott directs. (October 15 in theatres.)

The Many Saints of Newark

A teenage Tony Soprano (the late James Gandolfini’s son, Michael Gandolfini) comes of age on the mean streets of New Jersey in this Sopranos prequel with Ray Liotta, Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Vera Farmiga and, hopefully, plenty of “gabagool”. (October 1 in theatres and on HBO Max.)

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Venom: Let There be Carnage

Tom Hardy returns in the sequel to the 2018 hit, where he plays a journalist who hosts an alien symbiote who turns him into a vigilante warrior. Woody Harrelson, teased in the credits of the first film, plays host to a symbiote of his own. It’s fair to assume the two don’t play nice together. (October 15 in theatres.)

Ron’s Gone Wrong

In this computer-animated comedy, Zach Galifianakis voices Ron, a friendly robot who befriends middle schooler Barney (Jack Dylan Grazer), despite the fact that he’s, well, malfunctioning. With the voices of Ed Helms, Olivia Colman and Rob Delaney. (October 22 in theatres.)

The Guilty

In this remake of a 2018 Danish crime thriller, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a phone operator who gets to the bottom of a crime. With Ethan Hawke and Riley Keough, and directed by Antoine Fuqua from a script by Nic Pizzolatto. (October 1 on Netflix.)

Army of Thieves

A prequel to this summer’s Army of the Dead, Zack Snyder’s Las Vegas-set zombie heist film, which takes place six years before that gory romp. Directed by and starring Matthias Schweighofer. (October 29 on Netflix.)

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Titane

The Palme d’Or winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is about a woman who gets pregnant after having sex with a car, so mainstream appeal is already out the window. Art house lovers may swoon. (October 1 in theatres.)

Mass

That’s mass, as in mass shooting, and this drama centers on a meeting between the parents of a victim of a school shooting and the parents of the shooter. Said to be one of the year’s most powerful films. With Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton and more. (October 8 in theatres.)

The Addams Family 2

The sequel to 2019’s computer animated hit about everyone’s favourite kooky, spooky-season loving family. (October 1 in theatres.)

Julia

Look at it this way: without Julia Child, there’s no Guy Fieri. This documentary looks at the very first TV food personality, who became a star in the 1960s and remains beloved today, 17 years after her death. (October 15 in theatres.)

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