The 5 Best Movies New in October 2020 (Part 1)

1. 2067 (2020)

Storyline

One man's journey to the future to save a dying world

Movie Info

• Genre: Sci-Fi
• Director: Seth Larney
• Writers: Seth Larney
• Country: Australia
• Release Date: 2 October 2020 (USA)
• Also Known As: 2067
• Filming Locations: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Cast: 

   Kodi Smit-McPhee

    Ryan Kwanten

    Leeanna Walsman

    Deborah Mailman

    Sana'a Shaik

    Finn Little

    Damian Walshe-Howling

    Andy McPhee

    Aaron Glenane

    Matt Testro

    Rachael Wegener

    Natasha Wanganeen

    Checc Musolino

2. Possessor Uncut (2020)

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Tasya Vos is a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people's bodies, driving them to commit assassinations for the benefit of the company. While she has a special gift for the work, her experiences on these jobs have caused a dramatic change in her, and in her own life she struggles to suppress violent memories and urges. As her mental strain intensifies, she begins to lose control, and soon she finds herself trapped in the mind of a man whose identity threatens to obliterate her own.

Movie Info

• Director: Brandon Cronenberg
• Writer: Brandon Cronenberg
• Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
• Country: UK | Canada
• Language: English
• Release Date: 2 October 2020 (USA)
• Also Known As: Possessor Uncut
• Runtime: 1h 43min

Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Girder
Andrea Riseborough ... Tasya Vos
Tuppence Middleton ... Ava Parse
Sean Bean ... John Parse
Christopher Abbott ... Colin Tate
Kaniehtiio Horn ... Reeta (as Tiio Horn)
Rossif Sutherland ... Michael Vos
Christopher Jacot ... Reid Parse
Hanneke Talbot ... Katherine
Gabrielle Graham ... Holly
Rachael Crawford ... Dr. Melis
Raoul Bhaneja ... Eddie
Gage Graham-Arbuthnot ... Ira Vos
Kathy Maloney ... Reporter
Deragh Campbell ... Moira

3.  12 Hour Shift (2020)

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It's 1999 and over the course of one 12 hour shift at an Arkansas hospital, a junkie nurse (Angela Bettis), her scheming cousin (Chloe Farnworth) and a group of black market organ-trading criminals (Mick Foley, David Arquette, Dusty Warren) start a heist that could lead to their imminent demises.

Movie Info

• Director: Brea Grant
• Writer: Brea Grant
• Genres: Comedy | Horror | Thriller
• Country: USA
• Language: English
• Release Date: 2 October 2020 (USA)
• Also Known As: 12 Hour Shift
• Filming Locations: Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA
• Runtime: 1h 26min

Cast

Angela Bettis ... Mandy
David Arquette ... Jefferson
Chloe Farnworth ... Regina
Mick Foley ... Nicholas
Kit Williamson ... Officer Myers
Nikea Gamby-Turner ... Karen
Tara Perry ... Dorothy
Brooke Seguin ... Janet
Dusty Warren ... Mikey
Tom DeTrinis ... Mr. Kent
Thomas Hobson ... Derrick
Julianne Dowler ... Cathy
Briana Lane ... Cheryl Williams
Taylor Alden ... Shawna
Scott Dean ... Efron

4.  A Call to Spy (2019)

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In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE) -- to recruit and train women as spies. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas), an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake. Inspired by true stories.

Movie Info

• Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher
• Writer: Sarah Megan Thomas
• Genres: Biography | Drama | Thriller | War
• Country: USA
• Language: English
• Release Date: 2 October 2020 (USA)
• Also Known As: A Call to Spy
• Filming Locations: Budapest, Hungary

Cast

Sarah Megan Thomas ... Virginia Hall
Stana Katic ... Vera Atkins
Radhika Apte ... Noor Inayat Khan
Linus Roache ... Maurice Buckmaster
Rossif Sutherland ... Dr. Chevain
Samuel Roukin ... Christopher
Andrew Richardson ... Alfonse
Laila Robins ... Pirani
Marc Rissmann ... Klaus Barbie
Mathilde Ollivier ... Giselle
Lola Pashalinski ... Mrs. Atkins
David Schaal ... Colonel Gubbins
Rob Heaps ... Paul
Matt Salinger ... William Donovan
Marceline Hugot ... Sister Francis

5. La Belle Époque (2019)

Storyline

Victor, a disillusioned sexagenarian, sees his life turned upside down on the day when Antoine, a brilliant entrepreneur, offers him a new kind of attraction: mixing theatrical artifices and historical reconstruction, this company offers his clients a chance to dive back into the era of their choice. Victor then chose to relive the most memorable week of his life: the one where, 40 years earlier, he met the great love.

Movie Info

• Director: Nicolas Bedos
• Writer: Nicolas Bedos
• Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
• Country: France | Belgium
• Language: French | English | German
• Release Date: 2 October 2020 (USA)
• Also Known As: La Belle Époque
• Filming Locations: Asnières-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
• Runtime:  1h 55min

Cast

Daniel Auteuil ... Victor Drumond
Guillaume Canet ... Antoine
Doria Tillier ... Margot
Fanny Ardant ... Marianne Drumond
Pierre Arditi ... Pierre
Denis Podalydès ... François
Michaël Cohen ... Maxime Drumond
Jeanne Arènes ... Amélie
Bertrand Poncet ... Adrien
Bruno Raffaelli ... Maurice / Yvon / Hemingway (as Bruno Raffaelli de la Comédie-Française)
Lizzie Brocheré ... Gisèle / La copine de Margot
Thomas Scimeca ... Freddy / Hans Axel von Fersen
Christiane Millet ... Sylvie / Josiane
Cédric Zimmerlin ... Le consultant des Voyageurs du Temps
François Vincentelli ... Lionel, le faux mari de Margot

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