Joe Botten

The Verity film adaptation boasts a strong cast and gorgeous design, but Colleen Hoover’s lurid thriller loses heat on its way to the screen. Director: Michael Showalter Genre: Psychological Thriller, Crime, Drama, Mystery Run Time: 114′ Rated: R Release Date: October 2, 2026 Where to Watch: In U.S. theaters, in U.K. and Irish cinemas, and globally in theatres Colleen Hoover’s “Verity” sat on my nightstand for the better part of a year before I finished it an hour ahead of the screening.

In Elsinore, Andrew Scott gives the performance of his career as Ian Charleson, the actor who played Hamlet while dying of AIDS. Director: Simon Stone Genre: Biographical, Drama Run Time: 111′ TIFF Screening: September 14, 2026 U.S. Release: December 2026 U.K. & Ireland Release: January 29, 2027 London, 1989. Ian Charleson (Andrew Scott, of All of Us Strangers) is a gifted stage and screen actor known worldwide from Chariots of Fire. He’s bored by what he’s being offered.

A squad of aliens lands to conquer Earth and catches our emotions instead in Alpha Gang, the Zellner brothers’ committed, very strange comedy. Director: David and Nathan Zellner Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi Run Time: 109′ TIFF Screening: September 13, 2026 U.S. Release Date: TBA U.K. Release Date: TBA At the world premiere of Alpha Gang, a movie about alien greasers sent to conquer Earth, several people walked out during a battle with an ant colony.