September 1, 2025 • 24 mins
Darker, broodier, scarier films dominate the release slate this September, as we edge closer to Halloween. From big, bold. beautiful journeys, big time spooks to heavyweight auteur filmmaking, we've got them all covered on this month's Front Row.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Yes, I know, I'm in a suit of launching a
film festival is not easy. In the amount of times
this is had to be brought out, We've got to
pay for itself, hasn't it all jokes? Aside about the suit,
(00:20):
We've had film festivals, summer holidays, heat waves, lionesses bringing
football home and so much more over the last two months.
In a properly I would say outstanding summer of cinema,
even if the box office says otherwise. But as you're
about to see, as the Kings are now back firmly
(00:41):
in education until October half term, the slate is looking darker,
more broodier as we start to see the first of
the horror films make their way into cinemas ahead of Halloween.
So let's not waste any more time. Welcome to Lee
Jacksmith dot COM's front Row. You're once stop shop, your
(01:01):
little preview window into the future that gives you a
rough idea as to what's about to open over the
next four weeks in cinemas around the UK and Ireland.
This month's front Row is particularly special as for the
very first time we welcome podcast listeners to the show
because you can now listen to front Row on Apple Podcasts,
(01:25):
Spotify and all Good and Evil podcast providers. Now we
know Gobin some release dates we've got a bit wrong.
In the first two front Rows. We are working to
the UK Cinema Association's slay at time of filming, so
if films do move, we can't do anything about it.
(01:46):
Let's get cracking with a knacking ha. Why's a private
investigator looking into our traffic fetale? What can you tell
me about? Do you drink heavily? It's a point of pride.
Should you and I discuss this? Or adrenk Tuesday is
Andre out to be his Wednesday? Today is Tuesday actually
kicking things off On September fifth is Ethan Cohen's brand
(02:09):
new film Honey Don't now Lists, a dark comedy about
a girl god Honey O'donahue, a small down private investigator
who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to
a mysterious church. This is the second part of a
little trilogy that's being born with Driveaway Dolls in twenty
twenty one, acting as the first part of this thematic trilogy.
(02:31):
Now this could be really fantastic or it could bomb.
It's even Cohen on his own. But you've got two
incredibly likable leads who, by all accounts, have become really
close off the back of making a film. You have
Margaret Wadey and every gig's favorite geek or Bree Plaza.
(02:52):
So dare I say maybe some LGBTQ plus themes would
not be right at home? It's anywhire dark comedy is
for having a bit more of a place in cinema
these days. You've just got to look at Badshe's of
Innish sharing a couple of years back. Labasty McDonough film
films like this find her audience. It's probably going to
be very limited release on September fifth, because well it's
an Ethan Coen film. It screams view Manchester pro Works
(03:14):
all over it rather than view Pressed. But I would
imagine depending on how it plays in the States, it
might go wider the week after. You just you never
know with the cinema industry these days, what's going to
land and what's not going to land. I'll say something
that is probably going to land really well of cinema guys,
but not here at the Jacksmith dot com. It's conjuring
(03:35):
Last night eight people live in this house. Eight people
have experienced this. Eight people are not crazy. Yep, they've
made another one, but allegedly this final one. Paranormal investigators
Ed and Mraine Warren take on one last terrifying case,
(03:57):
once again involving mysterious empties. Game must confront. Now I've
delved a little bit into the horror realm judging the
Sinewy Film Festival of late and making a good horror
film is easy, he said, and done. And talking to
my fellow judge Michael Farrell about this, who's written a
couple horror films himself in a short film, well, guess
(04:17):
a lot you have to get right. And Patrick Wilson
as a leading man, he is a cell for this genre.
And I don't know much about it because of course
we don't really go in for horror at the adjacksman
dot comm on a first take or a rough cut.
But I imagine this film is going to find its audience
relatively easily. It's opening in time Halloween. It will be
completing its cinema run around Halloween time, so I got
(04:39):
perfect possible digital release once it completes its four week
block in cinemas around the world. We're probably not going
to be reviewing it here at the Jacksmith dot Com
for obvious reasons, but the Conjuring as a series has
got proven star power. It's a franchise that everybody knows.
It's a franchise that had some brigand box office success
(05:03):
and critical reception over the years. At least the studio
I went to end the franchise before Sharks get jumped.
So both of those are out of September fifth. A
week later we get some of the most totally opposite
double bills we've ever had. And the first of these
(05:23):
is a film that, for a very long time has
never been in the hands of its rightful owner, because
at long last, Kevin Smith has reclaimed the rights to
Dogma to Taste in New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Please God's decree that I'm to charge you with a
holy crusade stop a couple of angels from re entering.
Even if they get it, they'll make the work right.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
So how do I know you're an angel? As I
was saying, this is a heavy film actually for one
released in nineteen ninety nine, it's a dark comedy. An
abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon
to save gigsistence of humanity from being negated by two
renegade in jels trying to exploit oophole and re enter heaven.
(06:15):
Kevin Smith's films are known for batsmit crazy pots like this,
so as to see this film finally get the cinema release,
because it's deserved away from the handcuffs of one Harvey Weinstein.
And that's our dogs making their opinions on Harvey Weinstein
(06:35):
abundantly clear. It's a film that's developed cult following. It's
a film that people have wanted to see in a
remastered state. It is a four K remaster coming to
cinemas in one play everywhere. It will be more event
cinema than mainline release. But considering following that Kevin's got
here in England, he's quite a beloved figure in the
(06:56):
comic book movie in superhero community views our gospel to many,
so we have to big him up where we can,
even if the content of the film doesn't necessarily sit
right with a lot of audience. But on the ever end,
in spectrum, we've got down to n Abbey the grand finale.
(07:18):
Lady Mary must go now, just dienforced, I'm very sorry
I shouldn't have come. This really is the night that
shook the world. When Mary finds herself in a public
scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the Crugy's grappled
(07:42):
with the threat of social disgrace and as a result
they've got to embrace change with the next generation leading
down to Abby into the future. When Downton began in
twenty ten, nobody thought it would go for six series
and let alone a trilogy of movies. And with this
finally installment, Julian Fellows is finally putting down the writer's pen,
(08:03):
bringing curtain down on one of the biggest series that
ITV has ever Green. I remember when very rare with
me when the first series went out in twenty ten.
It was that big of a deal. They stick it
on after X Factor results on a Sunday, a marquee
slot for television here in England. Back in the day
X Factor used to pull in ridiculous numbers on a
(08:24):
Sunday for the results. I wasn't interesting any of that
because I always flipped over twice you two for the
extra Factor. A lot of the cast from the TV
series are back. A lot of the cats from the
last two films are also returning to bring this trilogy
to a close. It is going to do well with
Cassinius Green Demographic, and I know Stateside it's going to
(08:46):
do just as well because it was a PBS masterpiece show.
They put money into big lavish productions on public television
and state, something which I know a certain president has
just defunded quite a lot. We're not going to try
and go politically here, that's for the white Downton has
got a very very established audience. It has done over
the years, and I think where Downton Nabby two went
(09:08):
wrong was releasing not long after Covid Lockdown's finished. This
will likely do a lot better. He's got established talent,
it's got a lot of British crew behind it as well,
and it could be in terms of like BFI England qualified,
so could be one of the biggest English qualified films
a year because of how much local talent and locations
(09:32):
are involved in it. Another film opening on September twelve
is one that our front Row co creator Avil mentioned
to me not long ago. This film won him over
on the first Trager alone. We are quite literally being
spoiled with Stephen King adaptations this year. We've got Edgar
Wright doing Good Running Man a little late this year,
(09:53):
but to keep the tide rolling over, Francis Lawrence is
tackling the Long Walk.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Good Morning, that morning.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Now, Francis Lawrence is the man who brought us the
last couple of hundred Games films, so he knows how
to identify talent and deliver an Oscar worthy film, and
a lot like this, I can understand how he's going
to do it. A group of teenage boys compete in
an annual contest known as the Long Walk. They've gotta
maintain a certain walking speed or else they're going to
(10:30):
get shot. Obviously, based on the Stephen King book of
Say Name, Francis Lais is directing as Stephen himself is
heavily involved in approaching me this, and when Stephen is
involved in a film's production, you know he is very
passionate about how he sees his work portrayed. I got
to see the Trager for this one before Jurassic World Reader.
(10:51):
It was one of the last Tragers that came on
before a certain Trader for the Odyssey and releasing in September.
For this film, hearing England feels naturally got the right
spot to put this film out. Stephen King films are
a very tough sell to audiences, but Stephen King books
are very well regarded. The get very well fought out,
(11:12):
the very well polished. So I'm interested to see what
Francis does with this film. Portraegers have been good. Can
it stick landing in a full feature? Only time is
going to tell. Now at this moment in time, our
final film for September twelve. We don't know if it's
actually coming out on September twelve because the ukc A
(11:34):
have it down in September twelve. I'm not saying any
bit of promotion for it, but let's just say for
this one, you're probably going to have to turn this
up to eleven. Why the numbers will go to eleven?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
One, lad, why don't you just make ten louder and
make ten be the top number and make that a
little lower.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
These go to eleven. I like to think, Pink Torpedo,
that's literature. Yeah, yeah, really, Because after fifteen years, Spinal
Tap are reuniting for their final concert. The end continues.
This is very likely going to be an extremely limited
(12:21):
release here in England. But this Is Spinal Tap became
one of the most well thought out satirical pieces of
filmmaking that's ever been made, really ripping apart of the
music industry. And it's a great cast. It's written really
well and some of the people who I got to
(12:43):
know it Syneywire at the Marine Hall. I was talking
with them. Dean who is like a manager at Marine Hall.
He's excited about this film because he went to the
UK premiere of This Is Spinal Tap in Edinburgh back
in the day and it was one of the first
proper midnight movies. Whether it's going to replicate that in
a twenty twenty five cold chick as you can't get
(13:04):
away with half as much as he can now when
he could back then, and with that cast being a
lot older, is it just a shameless cash in again?
This one, We're going to have to wait and see
how it does. September it's probably one of the most
unpredictable months we've got for film this year. All of
(13:24):
these films could go either way. Now in September nineteen
Jordan Peel's production team have got a brand new film
out and yes it's the same Jordan Peele who fired
his entire studio because they missed out on getting weapons,
signed it to a distribution deal and look how well
that film has done. It's accused by surprise so much
(13:45):
because we didn't even mention it in the last month's
Front Row. But Peel's team have put money into a
film called Him, a movie about a promising young football player,
not an English football player, and an American gridiron player joining
an isolated in compound to train under a dynasty team's
aging quarterback. And this will asks a bit of a
(14:06):
curious question. Why if American football but psychological horror? What
is this? And this game factless is rewarding, So learn
to enjoy it now with my sale Shark's head on,
because we begin our new season this month. I'm assured
(14:30):
that the performance center at Carrington doesn't go to these
lemps to create the next QB one or in our case,
the next TC seven. What to tackle that is so
important from Curry? Yeah, that man is a test match
animal for very good reason. You just have to look
at him. How good he was on the Lions too.
I believe me. The films are coming in thick and
fast because the next week later, which is also for
(14:53):
you rugby lot the start of a brand new Gallagher
prem season. You've got brand new rugby and he got
and you Paul Thomas Anderson, And this is a long boy.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
You have to understand and we'll learn.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
You and mom used to run around and distant. Real
bet they got hurt. Now they're coming after us in
one battle after another. When their evil enemy resurvices after
sixteen years, a group of ex revolutionaries reunite to rescue
one of gur Own's daughter into a heavyweight cast that
includes Leonardo DiCaprio and Sewan Penn. Paul Thomas Anderson has
(15:30):
of course been working with behind Sisters or music videos
for the last couple of years. He also did Licrous
Pizza a few years back, so this is his first
film for a little little while. This is probably going
to again be a very limited art house he sort
release of not every cinema will get this film goes
without saying on these movies, please double check your local
(15:54):
cinema before ensure it goes without saying. On films like this,
please double check with your local cinema to see if
they're going to be showing it, because not every cinema
can get every film it depends on where you are
in England, how many of the cinemas there are, and
a variety of other facts, including how well similar films
(16:15):
of the Silk have done previously. If all else fails,
befriend your local cinema manager and beg them to screen
the film. It's Paul Thomas Anderson, a filmmaker who's done
no wrong, likely going to be one of the big
oscar contenders come that time of year again. Whether it's
going to do well the UK audiences, only time can tell.
(16:37):
And to round out the main body of content this
month is Strangers chapter two. On the final day of
(17:01):
their cross country road trip, a couple's vehicle breaks down,
forcing them to take refuge in a remote airbnb, and
as night falls, free masks Strangers terrorize them until dawn.
It got about saying this is a full blown Scasha horror,
so do not expect to be seeing this on Lejacksman
dot com anytime soon beyond front row now. The Strangers
(17:22):
franchise has got a bit of a tyrid history with
the Jackson dot com and our wider production team. I
remember when The Strangers Pray at Night, which is a prequel,
came out a few years back, and we dubbed it
as Strangers Pray. It's you can you can tell from there?
I don't know where this one's going to go again.
It's another horror film opening in time for Halloween. It's
going to have a bit more of a successful October
(17:44):
and which is opening nice and early to get the screens. However,
on a completely different realm altogether. And we had to
think long and hard this month to spotlight a film
worthy of this. But because of the vision that this
film seems to be bringing, there's only one choice on
(18:08):
September nineteenth. Is this your accent? Is it real? You
think it's fake? An accent? The most beautiful place is
make you feel the most alone. That's a pretty good mine. Actually,
I'm flattered in one point five miles take an accident,
(18:29):
But is that what you need to do? There? Good body,
Maybe we should go through it. Korean cinema has had
a bit of a renaissance of sorts. Off the back
of Parasites oscar Win all those years ago. A lot
of visionary directors are trying to get their hand in
(18:50):
the industry and with a big, bold, beautiful journey. Cocanada Yes,
a single name director is going to bring something a
little bit unique. This is an imagined, lative tale of
two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them. And
he've got two ridiculously big names to lead this film
in Colin Farrell and for the first time since Barbie
(19:13):
at this level, Margot Robbie returns from maternity leave to
lead a very, very unique movie. This is a film
that's got a lot of promise because a lot of
hype in it For a first time filmmaker at this level,
getting Margo and Colin on board is a big show
(19:37):
of confidence. It's got a full studio backing, it's got
a proper distribution deal, and the fact that there's just
I've heard a lot of interesting things about this film
prompted me to put smit hot Film of the Moment
label on it. I cannot wait to see this thing,
just to see how it will play, what it's all about.
(19:59):
Because Hollywood as a whole, we all know that it's
a big stagment, a bit sat in terms of creativity, originality,
not doing sequel after sequel. So if this film does well,
will get more independent cinema like it It's one of
the joys that I have judging the film festival now.
It's one of the joys I had working at Cineywire
(20:21):
for the last few weeks. It's one of the joys
I had covering of him International a couple of weeks
ago as you watch this, but still to come for
me at time of filming. This is the epitome of
what independent cinema is all about, and hopefully audiences respond
to it relatively decently so we get more beyond actual
(20:44):
films and into the old but gold realm. Jumanji celebrates
its thirty f anniversary on September fifth, so some cinemas
will be screening it again and then into the proper
events cinema into Alia from National Theater Life on September fourth.
This new play from the team who brought Jody Covit
in Premafashi Rosen Pike will need the cast in this
(21:06):
one that is being beamed to cinemas on September fourth.
For you anime fans, Demon Slayer Comets who Know Yai
but Infinity Castle nol it At one take is playing
in cinemas from September twelve onwards. Anime has become quite
a huge deal, especially since the COVID nineteen pandemic. A
lot of change pivoted to that for alternative content brings
(21:29):
in good numbers. Understand why chains bring it in and
it looks again well animated. Fans of Demonsky will probably
know more than I would about this world and for
you Pink Floyde fans out there, David Gilmour playing at
the Circus Maximus on the seventeenth of September, another really
(21:50):
unique venue for his live show is continuing got traditions
that he is set. This will be getting a very
limited cinema release from seventeen for September onwards, designed for
the big screen first and foremost. It is not an
easy feat for David to still be playing live at
this age, but fair play to him. The man's got
(22:11):
legs and anything to hear not just his silof but
to hear the old Floyd stuff in a proper seven
point wanders around sound environment can only be a good thing. Now.
(22:32):
In a rare non film plug before we wrap up
on front Row for this month, a few days before
this episode goes out the weekend of the Living International
Film Festival. For those of you following a very big
event in my other realm began here in England. And
if you've not been watching the BBC over the last
(22:53):
couple of weeks and enjoying the Women's Rugby World Cup,
what are you doing? As From all of us here
at Lee Jacksmith dot com, at Cineywy at Living International,
I just want to say good luck to the Red
Roses and especially good look to free sale Sharks who
I know really well, Amy, Moz Holly, Bring it home girls.
(23:17):
So that is it for Lee jacksmith dot com front
row for this month. We'll be back in four weeks
time to do it all again for October. We'll be
back in November to do it all again for November
and then into Christmas New Year. We are here every
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the Lee jacksmith dot com YouTube page, on the Lee
(23:39):
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I've been Jack from Lee Jacksmith dot com and for now,
that is your lot. He was feeling toward mu
Yes, I know, I'm in a suit of launching a
film festival is not easy. In the amount of times
this is had to be brought out, We've got to
pay for itself, hasn't it all jokes? Aside about the suit,
(00:20):
We've had film festivals, summer holidays, heat waves, lionesses bringing
football home and so much more over the last two months.
In a properly I would say outstanding summer of cinema,
even if the box office says otherwise. But as you're
about to see, as the Kings are now back firmly
(00:41):
in education until October half term, the slate is looking darker,
more broodier as we start to see the first of
the horror films make their way into cinemas ahead of Halloween.
So let's not waste any more time. Welcome to Lee
Jacksmith dot COM's front Row. You're once stop shop, your
(01:01):
little preview window into the future that gives you a
rough idea as to what's about to open over the
next four weeks in cinemas around the UK and Ireland.
This month's front Row is particularly special as for the
very first time we welcome podcast listeners to the show
because you can now listen to front Row on Apple Podcasts,
(01:25):
Spotify and all Good and Evil podcast providers. Now we
know Gobin some release dates we've got a bit wrong.
In the first two front Rows. We are working to
the UK Cinema Association's slay at time of filming, so
if films do move, we can't do anything about it.
(01:46):
Let's get cracking with a knacking ha. Why's a private
investigator looking into our traffic fetale? What can you tell
me about? Do you drink heavily? It's a point of pride.
Should you and I discuss this? Or adrenk Tuesday is
Andre out to be his Wednesday? Today is Tuesday actually
kicking things off On September fifth is Ethan Cohen's brand
(02:09):
new film Honey Don't now Lists, a dark comedy about
a girl god Honey O'donahue, a small down private investigator
who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to
a mysterious church. This is the second part of a
little trilogy that's being born with Driveaway Dolls in twenty
twenty one, acting as the first part of this thematic trilogy.
(02:31):
Now this could be really fantastic or it could bomb.
It's even Cohen on his own. But you've got two
incredibly likable leads who, by all accounts, have become really
close off the back of making a film. You have
Margaret Wadey and every gig's favorite geek or Bree Plaza.
(02:52):
So dare I say maybe some LGBTQ plus themes would
not be right at home? It's anywhire dark comedy is
for having a bit more of a place in cinema
these days. You've just got to look at Badshe's of
Innish sharing a couple of years back. Labasty McDonough film
films like this find her audience. It's probably going to
be very limited release on September fifth, because well it's
an Ethan Coen film. It screams view Manchester pro Works
(03:14):
all over it rather than view Pressed. But I would
imagine depending on how it plays in the States, it
might go wider the week after. You just you never
know with the cinema industry these days, what's going to
land and what's not going to land. I'll say something
that is probably going to land really well of cinema guys,
but not here at the Jacksmith dot com. It's conjuring
(03:35):
Last night eight people live in this house. Eight people
have experienced this. Eight people are not crazy. Yep, they've
made another one, but allegedly this final one. Paranormal investigators
Ed and Mraine Warren take on one last terrifying case,
(03:57):
once again involving mysterious empties. Game must confront. Now I've
delved a little bit into the horror realm judging the
Sinewy Film Festival of late and making a good horror
film is easy, he said, and done. And talking to
my fellow judge Michael Farrell about this, who's written a
couple horror films himself in a short film, well, guess
(04:17):
a lot you have to get right. And Patrick Wilson
as a leading man, he is a cell for this genre.
And I don't know much about it because of course
we don't really go in for horror at the adjacksman
dot comm on a first take or a rough cut.
But I imagine this film is going to find its audience
relatively easily. It's opening in time Halloween. It will be
completing its cinema run around Halloween time, so I got
(04:39):
perfect possible digital release once it completes its four week
block in cinemas around the world. We're probably not going
to be reviewing it here at the Jacksmith dot Com
for obvious reasons, but the Conjuring as a series has
got proven star power. It's a franchise that everybody knows.
It's a franchise that had some brigand box office success
(05:03):
and critical reception over the years. At least the studio
I went to end the franchise before Sharks get jumped.
So both of those are out of September fifth. A
week later we get some of the most totally opposite
double bills we've ever had. And the first of these
(05:23):
is a film that, for a very long time has
never been in the hands of its rightful owner, because
at long last, Kevin Smith has reclaimed the rights to
Dogma to Taste in New Jersey.
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Please God's decree that I'm to charge you with a
holy crusade stop a couple of angels from re entering.
Even if they get it, they'll make the work right.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
So how do I know you're an angel? As I
was saying, this is a heavy film actually for one
released in nineteen ninety nine, it's a dark comedy. An
abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon
to save gigsistence of humanity from being negated by two
renegade in jels trying to exploit oophole and re enter heaven.
(06:15):
Kevin Smith's films are known for batsmit crazy pots like this,
so as to see this film finally get the cinema release,
because it's deserved away from the handcuffs of one Harvey Weinstein.
And that's our dogs making their opinions on Harvey Weinstein
(06:35):
abundantly clear. It's a film that's developed cult following. It's
a film that people have wanted to see in a
remastered state. It is a four K remaster coming to
cinemas in one play everywhere. It will be more event
cinema than mainline release. But considering following that Kevin's got
here in England, he's quite a beloved figure in the
(06:56):
comic book movie in superhero community views our gospel to many,
so we have to big him up where we can,
even if the content of the film doesn't necessarily sit
right with a lot of audience. But on the ever end,
in spectrum, we've got down to n Abbey the grand finale.
(07:18):
Lady Mary must go now, just dienforced, I'm very sorry
I shouldn't have come. This really is the night that
shook the world. When Mary finds herself in a public
scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the Crugy's grappled
(07:42):
with the threat of social disgrace and as a result
they've got to embrace change with the next generation leading
down to Abby into the future. When Downton began in
twenty ten, nobody thought it would go for six series
and let alone a trilogy of movies. And with this
finally installment, Julian Fellows is finally putting down the writer's pen,
(08:03):
bringing curtain down on one of the biggest series that
ITV has ever Green. I remember when very rare with
me when the first series went out in twenty ten.
It was that big of a deal. They stick it
on after X Factor results on a Sunday, a marquee
slot for television here in England. Back in the day
X Factor used to pull in ridiculous numbers on a
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Sunday for the results. I wasn't interesting any of that
because I always flipped over twice you two for the
extra Factor. A lot of the cast from the TV
series are back. A lot of the cats from the
last two films are also returning to bring this trilogy
to a close. It is going to do well with
Cassinius Green Demographic, and I know Stateside it's going to
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do just as well because it was a PBS masterpiece show.
They put money into big lavish productions on public television
and state, something which I know a certain president has
just defunded quite a lot. We're not going to try
and go politically here, that's for the white Downton has
got a very very established audience. It has done over
the years, and I think where Downton Nabby two went
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wrong was releasing not long after Covid Lockdown's finished. This
will likely do a lot better. He's got established talent,
it's got a lot of British crew behind it as well,
and it could be in terms of like BFI England qualified,
so could be one of the biggest English qualified films
a year because of how much local talent and locations
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are involved in it. Another film opening on September twelve
is one that our front Row co creator Avil mentioned
to me not long ago. This film won him over
on the first Trager alone. We are quite literally being
spoiled with Stephen King adaptations this year. We've got Edgar
Wright doing Good Running Man a little late this year,
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but to keep the tide rolling over, Francis Lawrence is
tackling the Long Walk.
Speaker 2 (10:05):
Good Morning, that morning.
Speaker 1 (10:10):
Now, Francis Lawrence is the man who brought us the
last couple of hundred Games films, so he knows how
to identify talent and deliver an Oscar worthy film, and
a lot like this, I can understand how he's going
to do it. A group of teenage boys compete in
an annual contest known as the Long Walk. They've gotta
maintain a certain walking speed or else they're going to
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get shot. Obviously, based on the Stephen King book of
Say Name, Francis Lais is directing as Stephen himself is
heavily involved in approaching me this, and when Stephen is
involved in a film's production, you know he is very
passionate about how he sees his work portrayed. I got
to see the Trager for this one before Jurassic World Reader.
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It was one of the last Tragers that came on
before a certain Trader for the Odyssey and releasing in September.
For this film, hearing England feels naturally got the right
spot to put this film out. Stephen King films are
a very tough sell to audiences, but Stephen King books
are very well regarded. The get very well fought out,
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the very well polished. So I'm interested to see what
Francis does with this film. Portraegers have been good. Can
it stick landing in a full feature? Only time is
going to tell. Now at this moment in time, our
final film for September twelve. We don't know if it's
actually coming out on September twelve because the ukc A
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have it down in September twelve. I'm not saying any
bit of promotion for it, but let's just say for
this one, you're probably going to have to turn this
up to eleven. Why the numbers will go to eleven?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
One, lad, why don't you just make ten louder and
make ten be the top number and make that a
little lower.
Speaker 1 (11:59):
These go to eleven. I like to think, Pink Torpedo,
that's literature. Yeah, yeah, really, Because after fifteen years, Spinal
Tap are reuniting for their final concert. The end continues.
This is very likely going to be an extremely limited
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release here in England. But this Is Spinal Tap became
one of the most well thought out satirical pieces of
filmmaking that's ever been made, really ripping apart of the
music industry. And it's a great cast. It's written really
well and some of the people who I got to
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know it Syneywire at the Marine Hall. I was talking
with them. Dean who is like a manager at Marine Hall.
He's excited about this film because he went to the
UK premiere of This Is Spinal Tap in Edinburgh back
in the day and it was one of the first
proper midnight movies. Whether it's going to replicate that in
a twenty twenty five cold chick as you can't get
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away with half as much as he can now when
he could back then, and with that cast being a
lot older, is it just a shameless cash in again?
This one, We're going to have to wait and see
how it does. September it's probably one of the most
unpredictable months we've got for film this year. All of
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these films could go either way. Now in September nineteen
Jordan Peel's production team have got a brand new film
out and yes it's the same Jordan Peele who fired
his entire studio because they missed out on getting weapons,
signed it to a distribution deal and look how well
that film has done. It's accused by surprise so much
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because we didn't even mention it in the last month's
Front Row. But Peel's team have put money into a
film called Him, a movie about a promising young football player,
not an English football player, and an American gridiron player joining
an isolated in compound to train under a dynasty team's
aging quarterback. And this will asks a bit of a
(14:06):
curious question. Why if American football but psychological horror? What
is this? And this game factless is rewarding, So learn
to enjoy it now with my sale Shark's head on,
because we begin our new season this month. I'm assured
(14:30):
that the performance center at Carrington doesn't go to these
lemps to create the next QB one or in our case,
the next TC seven. What to tackle that is so
important from Curry? Yeah, that man is a test match
animal for very good reason. You just have to look
at him. How good he was on the Lions too.
I believe me. The films are coming in thick and
fast because the next week later, which is also for
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you rugby lot the start of a brand new Gallagher
prem season. You've got brand new rugby and he got
and you Paul Thomas Anderson, And this is a long boy.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
You have to understand and we'll learn.
Speaker 1 (15:07):
You and mom used to run around and distant. Real
bet they got hurt. Now they're coming after us in
one battle after another. When their evil enemy resurvices after
sixteen years, a group of ex revolutionaries reunite to rescue
one of gur Own's daughter into a heavyweight cast that
includes Leonardo DiCaprio and Sewan Penn. Paul Thomas Anderson has
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of course been working with behind Sisters or music videos
for the last couple of years. He also did Licrous
Pizza a few years back, so this is his first
film for a little little while. This is probably going
to again be a very limited art house he sort
release of not every cinema will get this film goes
without saying on these movies, please double check your local
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cinema before ensure it goes without saying. On films like this,
please double check with your local cinema to see if
they're going to be showing it, because not every cinema
can get every film it depends on where you are
in England, how many of the cinemas there are, and
a variety of other facts, including how well similar films
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of the Silk have done previously. If all else fails,
befriend your local cinema manager and beg them to screen
the film. It's Paul Thomas Anderson, a filmmaker who's done
no wrong, likely going to be one of the big
oscar contenders come that time of year again. Whether it's
going to do well the UK audiences, only time can tell.
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And to round out the main body of content this
month is Strangers chapter two. On the final day of
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their cross country road trip, a couple's vehicle breaks down,
forcing them to take refuge in a remote airbnb, and
as night falls, free masks Strangers terrorize them until dawn.
It got about saying this is a full blown Scasha horror,
so do not expect to be seeing this on Lejacksman
dot com anytime soon beyond front row now. The Strangers
(17:22):
franchise has got a bit of a tyrid history with
the Jackson dot com and our wider production team. I
remember when The Strangers Pray at Night, which is a prequel,
came out a few years back, and we dubbed it
as Strangers Pray. It's you can you can tell from there?
I don't know where this one's going to go again.
It's another horror film opening in time for Halloween. It's
going to have a bit more of a successful October
(17:44):
and which is opening nice and early to get the screens. However,
on a completely different realm altogether. And we had to
think long and hard this month to spotlight a film
worthy of this. But because of the vision that this
film seems to be bringing, there's only one choice on
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September nineteenth. Is this your accent? Is it real? You
think it's fake? An accent? The most beautiful place is
make you feel the most alone. That's a pretty good mine. Actually,
I'm flattered in one point five miles take an accident,
(18:29):
But is that what you need to do? There? Good body,
Maybe we should go through it. Korean cinema has had
a bit of a renaissance of sorts. Off the back
of Parasites oscar Win all those years ago. A lot
of visionary directors are trying to get their hand in
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the industry and with a big, bold, beautiful journey. Cocanada Yes,
a single name director is going to bring something a
little bit unique. This is an imagined, lative tale of
two strangers and the unbelievable journey that connects them. And
he've got two ridiculously big names to lead this film
in Colin Farrell and for the first time since Barbie
(19:13):
at this level, Margot Robbie returns from maternity leave to
lead a very, very unique movie. This is a film
that's got a lot of promise because a lot of
hype in it For a first time filmmaker at this level,
getting Margo and Colin on board is a big show
(19:37):
of confidence. It's got a full studio backing, it's got
a proper distribution deal, and the fact that there's just
I've heard a lot of interesting things about this film
prompted me to put smit hot Film of the Moment
label on it. I cannot wait to see this thing,
just to see how it will play, what it's all about.
(19:59):
Because Hollywood as a whole, we all know that it's
a big stagment, a bit sat in terms of creativity, originality,
not doing sequel after sequel. So if this film does well,
will get more independent cinema like it It's one of
the joys that I have judging the film festival now.
It's one of the joys I had working at Cineywire
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for the last few weeks. It's one of the joys
I had covering of him International a couple of weeks
ago as you watch this, but still to come for
me at time of filming. This is the epitome of
what independent cinema is all about, and hopefully audiences respond
to it relatively decently so we get more beyond actual
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films and into the old but gold realm. Jumanji celebrates
its thirty f anniversary on September fifth, so some cinemas
will be screening it again and then into the proper
events cinema into Alia from National Theater Life on September fourth.
This new play from the team who brought Jody Covit
in Premafashi Rosen Pike will need the cast in this
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one that is being beamed to cinemas on September fourth.
For you anime fans, Demon Slayer Comets who Know Yai
but Infinity Castle nol it At one take is playing
in cinemas from September twelve onwards. Anime has become quite
a huge deal, especially since the COVID nineteen pandemic. A
lot of change pivoted to that for alternative content brings
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in good numbers. Understand why chains bring it in and
it looks again well animated. Fans of Demonsky will probably
know more than I would about this world and for
you Pink Floyde fans out there, David Gilmour playing at
the Circus Maximus on the seventeenth of September, another really
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unique venue for his live show is continuing got traditions
that he is set. This will be getting a very
limited cinema release from seventeen for September onwards, designed for
the big screen first and foremost. It is not an
easy feat for David to still be playing live at
this age, but fair play to him. The man's got
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legs and anything to hear not just his silof but
to hear the old Floyd stuff in a proper seven
point wanders around sound environment can only be a good thing. Now.
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In a rare non film plug before we wrap up
on front Row for this month, a few days before
this episode goes out the weekend of the Living International
Film Festival. For those of you following a very big
event in my other realm began here in England. And
if you've not been watching the BBC over the last
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couple of weeks and enjoying the Women's Rugby World Cup,
what are you doing? As From all of us here
at Lee Jacksmith dot com, at Cineywy at Living International,
I just want to say good luck to the Red
Roses and especially good look to free sale Sharks who
I know really well, Amy, Moz Holly, Bring it home girls.
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So that is it for Lee jacksmith dot com front
row for this month. We'll be back in four weeks
time to do it all again for October. We'll be
back in November to do it all again for November
and then into Christmas New Year. We are here every
single month across the Lee jacksmith dot com Facebook page,
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I've been Jack from Lee Jacksmith dot com and for now,
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