HOLLYWOOD—Labor Day is now officially over. While some celebrities like Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco enjoyed lake life with loved ones after their pre-wedding events, some like Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk had a relaxing beach day with family. Jimmy Fallon took to the lake with his children and wife, Nancy Juvonen. Many some celebrities enjoyed the final days of summer by vacationing or spending time with family and friends. The Average Joe’s, spent time with their families, grilling, going to beaches or lakes, while others spent their Labor Day Weekend at movies. September is full of exciting movies to watch. September has Leonardo DiCaprio’s new comedy-action thriller, a sequel to classic music mockumentary Spinal Tap and the last ever Downton Abbey. Here are some of the movies that will be playing this month in September: “Steve,” starring Cillian Murphy, who won an Oscar for his performance in Oppenheimer. The film will be released on September 19 and on Netflix I believe on October 3, according to published reports.
Another film is “Swiped,” a film about businesspeople developing lucrative products: Air, Tetris, Blackberry and Flaming Hot that came in 2023. Most businesspeople in these films are men. Swiped bucks that trend by telling the true story of Whiney Wolfe Herd, one of the founders of the Tinder dating app. She fell out with her co-workers, partly because of all the unsolicited explicit photos that male Tinder users were sending to women, but she went on to set-up a female friendly app, Bumble, which made her a billionaire. As for the leading role, Lily James is one of the film’s producers, via her production company. Scheduled for release on September 19, on Hulu. The amazing, beautiful actress Margot Robbie, stars on the big screen in the film “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” first time back from the success of the film Barbie and Colin Farrell is back on the screen for the first time since The Banshees of Inisherin. Directed by Kogonada and written by Seth Reiss. The film has two strangers Robbie and Farrell going on a road trip guided by a sentient GPS. The GPS takes them to mystical doors, which allow them to walk into their own memories, and to see how they have been affected by key moments in their past. Scheduled for release September 19 in international theaters.
Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, and acclaimed director Paul Thomas, teamed up together in this exciting film. DiCaprio plays a former revolutionary activist. He thinks he has put that life behind him, but when an old adversary (Sean Penn) tracks him down, he has to go on the run with his teenage daughter Chase Infiniti. This film is an action filled, exciting movie with car chases, a spy-craft yarn with a clandestine agent who’s drunk and stoned, and a political thriller with an agent who’s drunk and stoned, and a political thriller that should leave us full of excitement. Scheduled for release late September.
Another interesting movie is “Eleanor the Great,” with Kristen Stewart, Harris Dickinson, Scarlett Johansson. Johansson’s comedy drama stars 95-year-old June Squibb who was Oscar nominated for her role in Alexander Payne’s Nebraska as Eleanor, a widow who has lived in Florida for years with her best friend Bessie. When Bessie dies, Eleanor moves to New York to be closer to her daughter and grandson. She then bonds with a student journalist, Nina (Erin Kellyman) while sharing her memories of the Holocaust. The snag is that Eleanor is passing off Bessie’s most painful recollections as her own. The film is scheduled for release on September 26. Then there is “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the film is scheduled for release internationally on September 10, 11, and 12.
Spinal Tap, a spoof documentary about a British heavy metal band which is one of the most influential comedies, which stars Christoper Guest, Michael Mckean and Harry Shearer for a sequel. Four decades after the film was released in 1984, Rob Reiner has reunited Spinal Tap’s key members. Scheduled for release September 12. Then we have “Riefenstahl,” Leni Riefenstahl’s documentaries triumph of the Will and Olympia are Nazi propaganda, through Riefenstahl argued that she cared only about art and beauty, not politics. She spent plenty of time with Hitler, and her claims that she was unaware of his crimes against humanity were never convincing. Scheduled for release September 5.
Rose’s Scoop: Fall is approaching us very soon, and the foliage is something to look forward to, if anyone wants to venture off to Vermont and Maine. Wishing my beautiful daughter Kelly, a very happy birthday on September 8th. Kelly was my former photographer, and many photos were contributed by her throughout the years.
