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\n\tSeveral buzzy films are premiering in theatrical release beginning Friday, October 23, the start of a big weekend at the box office.<\/p>\n
\n\tDC Studios\u2019 Clayface starring Tom Rhys Harries as the Batman villain and shapeshifter will be on the big screen, as will Laika\u2019s newest stop-motion animation feature Wildwood, based on the book by Colin Meloy, frontman of The Decemberists. And Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder\u2019s You Can See Everything starring Elizabeth Holmes meets its wide window this week after a wildly successful limited opening earlier in the month.<\/p>\n
\n\tOther titles debuting this frame include Wicker, Possible Love, A Talent for Murder, Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s Ali G: Who IZ I? and more.<\/p>\n
\n\tScroll down to find Deadline\u2019s reviews for this week\u2019s openers.<\/p>\n
\tFriday, October 23<\/p>\n
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\n\tAli G: Who Iz I?
Clayface
Klara and the Sun
A Talent for Murder
Wicker
Wildwood
You Can See Everything<\/p>\n
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\n\tLove Language
Possible Love<\/p>\n
\t\u2018Ali G: Who Iz I?\u2019<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Amazon MGM Studios \/ Everett Collection\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n
\n\tDistributor: Amazon MGM Studios<\/p>\n
\n\tDirector: Sacha Baron Cohen<\/p>\n
\n\tScreenwriters: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Peter Baynham & Dan Swimer & Dan Mazer & Keisha Zollar<\/p>\n
\n\tCast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Morgana Robinson, Marion Robinson, Alphja Miknas, Clive Russell, Stewart Rodeheaver<\/p>\n
\n\tReview date: October 22<\/p>\n
\n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: Sacha Baron Cohen obviously believes the moment is right to bring back his LOL OG as the world has only sunk further into the abyss since his last appearance. While the new film drifts from bit to bit, some straining for laughs, enough of it works to make this feel like vintage Baron Cohen daredevil comedy at the expense of the clueless. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n
\n\tRELATED: \u2018Ali G: Who Iz I?\u2019 Review: Sacha Baron Cohen\u2019s Signature Prankster Returns In Outrageous Form With Something To Offend Everyone<\/a><\/p>\n \t\u2018Clayface\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n \n\tDistributor: Warner Bros\/DC Studios<\/p>\n \n\tDirector: James Watkins<\/p>\n \n\tScreenwriters: Mike Flanagan & Hossein Amini<\/p>\n \n\tCast: Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, Eddie Marsan<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal review date: October 21<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: Whether you\u2019re a comic book nerd or a horror junkie, Clayface is worth the price of admission for its genre-driven approach to a lesser-known character, hopefully serving as a roadmap for the DCU\u2019s onscreen future. Just maybe brace yourself if you\u2019re squeamish. \u2014 GG<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Clayface\u2019 Review: DCU Molds Batman Villain\u2019s Origin Story Into Fun, Scary Body Horror<\/a><\/p>\n \t\u2018Klara And The Sun\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n \n\tDistributor: Sony Pictures<\/p>\n \n\tDirector: Taika Waititi<\/p>\n \n\tScreenwriters: Taika Waititi and Dahvi Waller (based on the book by Kazuo Ishiguro)<\/p>\n \n\tCast: Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Natasha Lyonne, Aran Murphy, Steve Buscemi, Rachel House, Jesse Griffin<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal review date: October 15 (London Film Festival)<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: Taiki Waititi should be a snug-as-a-bug fit for Kazuo Ishiguro\u2019s dystopian \u2014 or is it? \u2014 2021 novel, given the director\u2019s affinity for a very particular and peculiar kind of reality-based cringe comedy. But Klara just doesn\u2019t deliver on any of the fronts it promises. \u2014 DW<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Klara And The Sun\u2019 Review: Taika Waititi\u2019s Latest Is A Curiously Flat Dystopian Comedy-Drama \u2013 London Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n \t\u2018A Talent For Murder\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n \n\tDistributor: Bleecker Street<\/p>\n \n\tDirector: Anton Corbijn<\/p>\n \n\tWriter: Joanna Murray-Smith<\/p>\n \n\tCast: Helen Mirren, Alden Ehrenreich, Olivia Cooke, Juliet Stevenson, James Faulkner<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal review date: September 15 (Toronto Film Festival)<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: Helen Mirren, playing wildly against type, is a revelation in this flawed but very entertaining two-hander, which belongs in the unique subgenre of literary biographies in which a cult author\u2019s life is investigated through the highly specific prism of their work. \u2014 DW<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018A Talent For Murder\u2019 Review: Helen Mirren Is Mesmerizing As Tortured Genius Crime Writer Patricia Highsmith \u2013 Toronto Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n \t\u2018Wicker\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n \n\tDistributor: Black Bear<\/p>\n \n\tDirector-screenwriters: Alex Huston and Eleanor Wilson<\/p>\n \n\tCast: Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki, Richard E. Grant, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Gustav Lindh, Ella Bruccoleri, Ben Ashenden, Kiell Smith Binoe<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal review date: October 22<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: A hit at Sundance where it was picked up by Black Bear<\/a>, this wry film from writer-directors Alex Huston and Eleanor Wilson is sexy and satirically funny, but also oddly haunting as a truly twisted fable that says its never too late to become your own best version of Cinderella. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: \u2018Wicker\u2019 Review: Olivia Colman And Peter Dinklage Turn Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd Into A Sexy Basket Case In Comic Fable That\u2019s Pure Delight<\/a><\/p>\n \t\u2018Wildwood\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tRelease: Wide (October 23)<\/p>\n \n\tDistributor: Fathom<\/p>\n \n\tDirector: Travis Knight<\/p>\n \n\tScreenwriter: Chris Butler (based on the book by Colin Meloy)<\/p>\n \n\tCast: Carey Mulligan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay<\/a>, Angela Bassett, Mahershala Ali, Awkwafina, Maya Erskine, Jake Johnson, Charlie Day, Tom Waits, Richard E. Grant, Amanda Stenberg, Tantoo Cardinal, Len Cariou, Marc Evan Jackson<\/p>\n \n\tOriginal review date: October 11 (London Film Festival)<\/p>\n \n\tDeadline\u2019s takeaway: The painstaking stop-motion animation process applied to a tale on a scale rarely seen on this level is a visual knockout, and the story is a compelling one focused on a scrappy young heroine determined to fight back and save her baby brother after he is harrowingly abducted from the streets of Portland by a murder of crows. \u2014 PH<\/p>\n
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