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October 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great”

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Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. They will be taking holiday next week, so no new talk until 16 October.

What’s in the theaters:

  • One Battle After Another (dir Paul Thomas Anderson, starr Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti).
  • The Strangers — Chapter 2 (dir Renny Harlin, starr Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, and Ema Horvath).
  • Dead of Winter (dir Brian Kirk, starr Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden, and Brían F O’Byrne).
  • Eleanor the Great (dir Scarlett Johansson, starr June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Jessica Hecht, and Chiwetel Ejiofor).

    • What’s on its way:

    • The Smashing Machine (dir Benny Safdie, starr Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk).
    • Good Boy (dir Ben Leonberg, starr Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden).
    • Anemone (dir Ronan Day-Lewis, starr Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green).

      • “One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great”

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