7 New Movies Coming Out This Week: ‘The Good Nurse,’ ‘Wendell & Wild,’ and More!

Curious about what the new movies coming out this week are? There’s a wide range of films, including a true-crime drama, a movie about a date that goes horribly wrong, and an animated film just in time for Halloween. Additionally, there’s also a drama that takes place in the sixties. However, it could be ripped from today’s headlines.

We have films starring Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Banks, and a whole slew of other big-name stars. Plus, Jordan Peele brings us an animated movie that just might become a holiday classic.

Here is the full rundown of new movies coming out this week in theaters, as well as those releasing on the major streaming platforms.

New Movies Coming Out This Week:
October 24, 2022 – October 30, 2022

The Good Nurse  (2022)

Rating: R

Release Date: Premiering on the Netflix platform on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Summary: In The Good Nurse, Amy (Jessica Chastain) is a single mom who juggles caring for her daughter and working the overnight shift as a nurse in a hospital. She befriends a new nurse, Charlie (Eddie Redmayne), and they are soon fast friends.

Amy is hiding a secret, and soon she finds out that Charlie is too. Which secret will come out in the open first?

What to Watch For: The film is based on a true story told in the book of the same name by Charles Graeber.

Word on the Street: Eddie Redmayne won the Performance of the Year Award at the 2022 Montclair Film Festival.

My Take: I am excited to see this film, which stars two Oscar winners in Chastain and Redmayne.

Run Sweetheart Run    (2020)

Rating: R

Release Date: Premiering on Amazon Prime on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: Run Sweetheart Run is about Cherie (Ella Balinksa), who is excited to go on a blind date set up by her boss. However, her date Ethan (Pilou Asbaek), who seemed perfect at the start, has become a monster and has told Cherie that if she can survive the night, he will forever leave her alone. It’s a night Cherie will never forget if she lives.

What to Watch For: Ella Balinksa is best known for her role as Jane Kano in the 2019 reboot of Charlie’s Angels.

Word on the Street: The director of the film, Shana Feste, is an award-winning filmmaker whose work includes Endless Love (2014) and The Greatest (2009).

My Take: Shana Feste is the writer of a dramatic podcast called Dirty Diana, starring Demi Moore, that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Call Jane  (2022)

Rating: R

Release Date: In select theatres on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: Call Jane takes place in the 1960s. Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a married woman with an unwanted pregnancy that endangers her life at a time in America when abortion is illegal. Joy meets a group of suburban women who have created a safe but underground network to give women the help they need.

What to Watch For: The film is based on an unbelievable true story.

Word on the Street: The cast includes Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina, Kate Mara, Wunmi Mosaku, and Evangeline Young.

My Take: I loved the 2015 film Carol, that the director of this film, Phyllis Nagy, was Oscar-nominated for. 

Wendell & Wild   (2022)

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Premiering on the Netflix platform on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: Wendell & Wild is about Kat (Lyric Ross), a 13-year-old orphan living at a boarding school. Little does Kat know that she has a connection to two scheming demon brothers, Wendell (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Jordan Peele). The two brothers hatch a plan to get Kat to summon them to the land of the living, but they have never met someone like Kat.

What to Watch For: Jordan Peele, who voices Wild, co-wrote the screenplay with Henry Selick, who was one of the creators behind the Academy Award-nominated Coraline (2009).

Word on the Street: The voice cast includes James Hong, Angela Bassett, Tamara Smart, Ramona Young, and Ving Rhames as Buffalo Blezer, the head demon.

My Take: I have heard great things about this film from critics that saw it at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues   (2022)

Rating: R

Release Date: In select theatres on Friday and streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues is a documentary on the life and legacy of the man, the myth, and the legend Louis Armstrong. Armstrong was not only a ground-breaking jazz artist but was America’s first pop star and a cultural ambassador to the world.

What to Watch For: Filmmaker Sacha Jenkins accessed the personal archive of Armstrong, along with his TV and film performances.

Word on the Street: The film uses audio recordings of interviews that Armstrong did along with letters he wrote (read in the movie by Nas).

My Take: I am a huge fan of Armstrong’s early work as a trumpet player/bandleader.

Prey for the Devil   (2022)

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: In theatres nationwide on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: In Prey for the Devil, Sister Ann (Jacqueline Byers) is a nun who has been allowed to attend the School of Exorcism at St. Michael The Archangel as an observer. She becomes involved with an exorcism that has her come face to face with a demonic force from her past.

What to Watch For: This is the last film performance of the late Ben Cross, who plays Cardinal Matthews in the film.

Word on the Street: Jacqueline Byers is best known for her role as Natalie Shayne in the TV series Roadies.

My Take: We can all use a film about an exorcism around Halloween time.

All Quiet on the Western Front   (2022)

Rating: R

Release Date: Premiering on Netflix on Friday, October 28, 2022.

Summary: All Quiet on the Western Front is told through the eyes of Paul (Felix Kammerer), who, along with his friends, get caught up in a patriotic furor and join the German army to fight in the ‘Great War.’ Soon Paul realizes how horrible the carnage of warfare is but is caught serving his time, trying to survive a war that seems never to end.

What to Watch For: This is Germany’s official submission for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category for the 2023 Academy Awards.

Word on the Street: This is the third film rendition of the story based on the book by Erich Maria Remarque.

My Take: The film is the most expensive German film in the history of Netflix.

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