SoCal movies, Sept. 4-11: ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,’ ‘Cowboy and the Queen’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and current releases screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for arts & entertainment at the Los Angeles Times.
New this week
• Starts Friday, Sept. 6
‘All I’ve Got & Then Some’ A homeless standup comic chases his dream of making the big time in this fact-based 2024 tale set in L.A. and written, directed by and starring Rasheed Stephens. 79 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprise their roles in Tim Burton’s 2024 sequel to his hit 1988 supernatural comedy. Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe also star. 104 mins. Rated PG-13. beetlejuicemovie.com
‘Continue’ A failed suicide attempt lands a troubled young woman in a mental institution in writer-director Nadine Crocker’s 2022 drama. 115 mins. Rated R. lumierecinemala.com
‘The Cowboy and the Queen’ Andrea Blaugrund Nevins’ 2024 documentary profiles Monty Roberts, an horse trainer from the U.S. whose innovative techniques brought him to the attention of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. 85 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘The Front Room’ Singer-actress Brandy stars in the Eggers Brothers’ 2024 thriller about a pregnant couple forced to take in one’s estranged stepmother. 94 mins. Rated R. fandango.com
‘His Three Daughters’ Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne star in Azazel Jacobs’ 2023 drama about three very different siblings attending to their terminally-ill father in his final days. 103 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com
‘Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film?’ Daphné Baiwir’s 2023 documentary revisits the making of the Master of Suspense’s once controversial 1944 thriller “Lifeboat.” 84 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
‘I’ll Be Right There’ “The Sopranos’” Edie Falco plays a put-upon mother and divorcee trying to find the time to find herself in Brendan Walsh’s 2023 comedy. With Bradley Whitford and Michael Rapaport. 98 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Let Them Breathe: City on the Ocean’ A young boy undertakes an odyssey after being separated from his family in Candice Rogers’ post-apocalyptic 2024 animated fable. 112 mins. Not Rated. fandango.com
‘Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln’ The 16th U.S. president’s purported romantic relationships with men, as well as sexual mores in 19th century America, are explored in Shaun Peterson’s 2024 documentary. 112 mins. Not Rated. loverofmen.com
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