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\n\tDisney\u2019s live-action \u201cLilo & Stitch\u201d is Hollywood\u2019s biggest movie of 2025 so far with $1 billion at the worldwide box office. In fact, it\u2019s America\u2019s only billion dollar grosser of the year as the summer movie season ends. Expect the remake to be just as much of a behemoth when it arrives on Disney+ this month for family audiences to watch from home. From\u00a0Variety\u2019s review<\/a>: \u201cMaking a huge step up from \u2018Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,\u2019 director Dean Fleischer Camp delivers the same laughs and heart as the 2002 cartoon, though his leads were more appealing in animated form.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tHighest 2 Lowest (Sept. 5 on Apple TV+)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tSpike Lee and Denzel Washington\u2019s \u201cHighest 2 Lowest\u201d marks their fifth on-screen collaboration. The film, a New York City-spin on Akira Kurosawa\u2019s kidnapping drama \u201cHigh and Low,\u201d world premiered to strong reviews at Cannes and arrives on Apple TV+ this month after a limited theatrical release in August. From\u00a0Variety\u2019s review<\/a>: \u201cWashington plays a music mogul who faces a series of big moral choices in a film whose sensational third act more than justifies what might have seemed an unnecessary update.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tFriendship (Sept. 5 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tA24\u2019s black comedy \u201cFriendship,\u201d starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd, was a spring hit at the indie box office with $16 million domestically. Robinson plays a socially awkward husband whose infatuation with a charismatic new neighbor (Rudd) leads to unexpected consequences. Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer also star. From\u00a0Variety\u2019s review:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWhile we may think, at first, that we\u2019re watching a comedy about a sad-sack geek who\u2019s drawn out of his shell, the film always makes sure that Craig, as inhabited by Robinson, is a notch weirder and more off-putting than we expect.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tWarfare (Sept. 12 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAlex Garland\u2019s real-time combat thriller \u201cWarfare\u201d could not reach the box office heights of his last A24 outing, \u201cCivil War,\u201d but it\u2019s sure to attract viewers to HBO Max when it makes it streaming debut this month. Featuring an ensemble cast that includes D\u2019Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Kit Connor, Finn Bennett, Joseph Quinn and Charles Melton, the film is based on co-director Ray Mendoza\u2019s real experience during the Iraq War.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tDangerous Animals (Sept. 5 on Shudder)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tJai Courtney is a shark-obsessed serial killer in Shudder\u2019s white-knuckle horror movie \u201cDangerous Animals,\u201d which earned rave reviews out of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Courtney plays a deranged Australian tour guide who steers you out to sea and lets you swim with the sharks. Then he feeds you to them.\u00a0From Variety\u2019s review:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cWe have screenwriter Nick Lepard to thank for these vivid new nightmares, presented with such conviction by \u2018The Devil\u2019s Candy\u2019 director Sean Byrne that the efficient and highly effective thriller scarcely allows a calm moment in which to question how deranged its premise truly is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tThe Wedding Banquet (Sept. 8 on Paramount+)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tAndrew Ahn\u2019s \u201cThe Wedding Banquet\u201d is a thoroughly enjoyable dramedy based on Ang Lee\u2019s 1993 original of the same name. The film follows Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and her girlfriend, Lee (Lily Gladstone), who are trying to have a baby through IVF but can\u2019t afford to pay for another round of fertility treatment. Their closeted friend Min (Han Gi-chan), who is also the heir of a multinational empire, has a student visa that\u2019s about to expire. When his boyfriend Chris (Bowen Yang) rejects his marriage proposal for various reasons, he pops the question to Angela instead. From there, a wedding plot is hatched that quickly spins out of control.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tAll of You (Sept. 26 on Apple TV+)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t\u201cTed Lasso\u201d Emmy winner Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots headline director William Bridges\u2019 romance \u201cAll of You,\u201d which Goldstein also co-wrote. The film centers on two best friends whose relationship is tested when a new matchmaking service that partners soulmates drives a wedge between them. They clearly belong together, but can they disrupt their lives to make it happen?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tYour Name and More GKIDS Movies (Sept. 1 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tHBO Max and GKIDS announced last month a continuation of their streaming partnership. The streamer was already the exclusive home of Studio Ghibli movies in the United States, but now it will add more Japanese animated favorites such as Makoto Shinkai\u2019s blockbuster anime \u201cYour Name\u201d and the North American streaming premieres of \u201cLonely Castle in the Mirror,\u201d \u201cChildren Who Chase Lost Voices,\u201d \u201cGhost Cat Anzu\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tWinter Spring Summer or Fall (Sept. 1 on Paramount+)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tFormer \u201cWednesday\u201d co-stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White headline the long-delayed coming-of-age romance \u201cWinter Spring Summer Fall,\u201d directed by Tiffany Paulsen. The film centers on two very different teenagers who unexpectedly meet in the winter of their senior year and proceed to spend four days together across the seasons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \taka Charlie Sheen (Sept. 10 on Netflix)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tNetflix\u2019s two-part documentary \u201caka Charlie Sheen\u201d\u00a0chronicles the star\u2019s struggle with fame \u2014 leading to his infamous 2011 firing from \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d \u2014 followed by his path to sobriety.\u00a0Sheen personally opens up in the documentary, which also includes interviews with his family, friends and cast members including Denise Richards, Heidi Fleiss, Jon Cryer, Sean Penn, Ramon Estevez, Brooke Mueller, Chris Tucker and even Sheen\u2019s drug dealer Marco. Andrew Renzi, whose \u201cPepsi, Where\u2019s My Jet?\u201d was a hit for Netflix in 2022, is the director and producer on \u201caka Charlie Sheen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tThe Man in My Basement (Sept. 26 on Hulu)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t\u201cThe Man in My Basement\u201d premieres exclusively on Hulu this month after screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Adapted from Walter Mosley\u2019s bestselling novel and directed by Nadia Latif in her feature debut, the film centers on Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins), a man who is \u201cout of work, out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home\u201d after his mother\u2019s death. Then, a knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tThe Wrong Paris (Sept. 12 on Netflix)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tMiranda Cosgrove gets to headline another Netflix romantic comedy after \u201cMother of the Bride\u201d with the upcoming \u201cThe Wrong Paris,\u201d co-starring Pierson Fod\u00e9, Madison Pettis, Madeleine Arthur, Frances Fisher and Yvonne Orji. The official synopsis from Netflix reads: \u201cA young woman (Cosgrove) joins a dating show thinking it\u2019s in Paris, France, but it\u2019s actually in Paris, Texas. She plots a way to get eliminated until her unexpected feelings for the bachelor (Fod\u00e9) complicate her plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tIce Road: Vengeance (Sept. 15 on Netflix)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tLiam Neeson movies always find their way to the top of the Netflix charts, and \u201cIce Road: Vengeance\u201d should be no exception when it makes its debut on the streamer this month. Starring Neeson opposite Fan Bingbing\u00a0and Marcus Thomas, the film follows ice road driver Mike McCann (Neeson) as he travels to Nepal to scatter his late brother\u2019s ashes on Mt. Everest. While on a packed tour bus traversing the deadly 12,000 ft. terrain of the infamous Road to the Sky, McCann and his mountain guide (Bingbing) encounter a group of Nepali mercenaries and must fight to save themselves, the busload of innocent travelers and the local villagers\u2019 homeland.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tFrench Lover (Sept. 26 on Netflix)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t\u201cFrench Lover\u201d is a sexy romantic comedy starring Omar Sy, the beloved French star of Netflix\u2019s blockbuster heist show \u201cLupin,\u201d and Sara Giraudeau (\u201cBernadette\u201d). Sy stars as Abel Camara, a jaded actor who crosses paths with a down-on-her-luck waitress named Marion (Giraudeau). Can their love survive the tabloid spotlight?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tRuth & Boaz (Sept. 26 on Netflix)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tTyler Perry produces Netflix\u2019s faith-based original \u201cRuth & Boaz,\u201d directed by Alanna Brown and starring Serayah McNeill, Tyler Lepley, Phylicia Rashad, Kenneth \u201cBabyface\u201d Edmonds, Walnette Santiago and more. The official synopsis from Netflix reads: \u201cRising Atlanta hip-hop artist Ruth Moably gives up the glamorous life to start anew in rural Tennessee, where she cares for Naomi, the mother of her boyfriend who died in a tragic incident, and meets the man of her dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tThe Surfer (Sept. 25 on Hulu)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t\u201cThe Surfer,\u201d a psychological thriller starring Nicolas Cage, premiered at Cannes last year and arrives on streaming this month after a summer theatrical release. Directed by Lorcan Finnegan, the movie centers on a man who returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But, according to the official logline, \u201che is humiliated by a group of powerful locals and drawn into a conflict that rises with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him right to his breaking point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tI Don\u2019t Understand You (Sept. 12 on Hulu)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tDavid Joseph Craig and Brian Crano\u2019s \u201cI Don\u2019t Understand You\u201d stars Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells as Dom and Cole, a couple struggling to adopt a daughter, a process that paralleled the directing duo\u2019s real life. When Dom and Cole finally match with a mother eager to choose them as parents, they take an anniversary trip to Italy, where a series of miscommunications turn their conduct from clumsy to deadly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tPrime Minister (Sept. 30 on HBO Max)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tPer HBO Max: \u201cGoing behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, \u2018Prime Minister\u2019 follows Jacinda Arden, New Zealand\u2019s 40th Prime Minister, over seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics, becomes a global political icon, resigns from office, and continues to champion the fight against isolationism, fear, and the distortion of truth. Intimate home footage shot by her husband and audio interviews from her time in office give viewers unparalleled access and an unfiltered window into her years in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tNight of the Reaper (Sept. 19 on Shudder)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tHorror fans get an early Halloween treat with the Shudder original \u201cNight of the Reaper.\u201d The official synopsis reads: \u201cIn the wake of the brutal murder of a teenaged babysitter, college student Deena returns home for the weekend and is roped into a babysitting gig of her own. When the local sheriff is mailed a piece of evidence that proves the murder may not have been an isolated incident, he is led on a scavenger hunt to reveal the killer may be planning a sequel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tBlack Bag (Sept. 5 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tSteven Soderberg\u2019s excellent thriller \u201cBlack Bag\u201d arrives on Prime Video this month at no extra cost to subscribers after making its streaming debut in May on Peacock. A sturdy caper dealing in espionage thrills, the film stars Michael Fassbender as an insect-like spy, bugging out as he carefully probes his peers, including his wife (Cate Blanchett, perfect as the femme fatale), to discover a traitor among the ranks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tA Working Man (Sept. 3 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tJason Statham\u2019s action thriller \u201cA Working Man\u201d topped the box office with $15.2 million in a surprise late May win, and now the David Ayer-directed action movie arrives on Prime Video. Statham and Ayer reunite after \u201cThe Beekeeper\u201d for the story of a decorated military veteran who emerges from retirement after human traffickers kidnap his boss\u2019 daughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tNovocaine (Sept. 12 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tJack Quaid\u2019s action-comedy \u201cNovocaine\u201d had a slow box office run, but it\u2019s bound to pick up eyeballs when it debuts at no extra cost to subscribers on Prime Video this month. In \u201cNovocaine,\u201d Quaid plays an introverted everyman with the inability to feel pain, which he uses to his advantage after his dream girl is taken hostage in a bank robbery.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tLove Hurts (Sept. 19 on Prime Video)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\t\u201cLove Hurts,\u201d led by Oscar winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose, centers on a mild-mannered realtor whose past as a violent hitman comes back to haunt him after he finds out his left-for-dead former partner-in-crime is very much alive. Stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio, whose credits include such action blockbusters as \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d \u201cThe Avengers\u201d and \u201cJohn Wick,\u201d directed the R-rated film in his feature debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tThe 40-Year-Old Virgin (Sept. 1 on Hulu)<\/p>\n \t\t\t \n\tJudd Apatow and Steve Carell\u2019s R-rated comedy breakthrough \u201cThe 40-Year-Old Virgin\u201d celebrated its 20th\u00a0anniversary in late August and now arrives on Hulu at the perfect time to re-live all the raunchy and heartfelt hijinks. From\u00a0Variety\u2019s review<\/a>: \u201cCarell\u2019s first star turn has plenty in common with \u2018Wedding Crashers.\u2019 Crude but frequently funny, the pic overstays its welcome a bit but delivers enough belly laughs that it should score pretty consistently.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer movie season may be officially over, but the biggest movie of the summer (and the year,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":194061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,18949,87167,98475,67,132,68,25920],"class_list":{"0":"post-194060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-friendship","10":"tag-highest-2-lowest","11":"tag-lilo-and-stitch","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-warfare"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115134648538798065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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