New Movies to Check Out September 2022

Each month new movies are released by the various streaming services but not all of them are worth your time. Here are the nine we’re most excited for, filled with familiar faces like Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries), Tom Hopper (The Umbrella Academy), Regina Hall (Girl Trip), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), Bette Midler (Beaches), Sarah Jessica Parker Sex in the City), and more:

Love in the Villa (September 1, Netflix) – Movie

Julie (played by Kat Graham) is an obsessive planner who is ready for the ultimate romantic vacation to Verona, which she hopes will end with her boyfriend proposing. Her boyfriend, has other plans, dumping her instead. Which leads Julie to a solo trip that kicks off with frustration when she discovers that her villa has been double-booked by Charlie (Tom Hopper), a stranger who is her polar opposite – spontaneous and cynical. In each other, they find love.

Ivy + Bean (September 2, Netflix) – Movie

Based on the beloved children’s series of the same name, Ivy + Bean two girls who could not be more different (Bean is loud and wild while Ivy is more quiet and reserved) who develop an unlikely best friendship that leads on all sorts of imaginative adventures. Netflix is dropping three Ivy + Bean movies at once (each clocking in at around an hour), sure to delight parents who are looking for stories about the magic of friendship.

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (September 2, Peacock) – Movie

With the powerhouses of Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown in the lead, there is no way this movie doesn’t delight. In this mockumentary, a mega-church preacher and, by extension his wife, become enmeshed in a scandal that derails the mission and shuts down the church. The preacher and his wife seek to reopen their church’s doors and win back their parishioners. If you’re a fan of series like The Righteous Gemstones, this will probably resonate with you.

Pinnocchio (September 8, Disney+) – Season 1 Premiere

This well-known story comes to us in live-action in the same vein of other recent live-action remakes from Disney. When lonely woodcarver and toymaker Geppetto wishes on a star, the blue fairy (Cynthia Erivo) decides to make his wish come true – bringing his beloved puppet Pinnocchio to life. The Blue Fairy promises Pinnocchio the opportunity to become a real boy. As he tries to prove himself worthy, Pinnocchio makes many missteps along the way. This will likely be more of a straight adaptation rather than have a creative take on the series (which has been the case for most of Disney’s live action versions), but they’re still typically enjoyable.

Do Revenge (September 16, Netflix) – Movie

Drea (Riverdale‘s Camilla Mendez) was popular at school, until her boyfriend shared a sex tape of her. Eleanor (Stranger Things‘s Maya Hawke) is haunted by a rumor that she tried to kiss someone without consent. To get revenge, the two team up to make their respective bullies pay. The movie also features Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), Paris Berelc (Alexa & Katie), Cassidy McClincy (The Walking Dead), and others.

Heathers: The Musical (September 16, Roku) – Movie

Based on the 1989 cult classic film (and subsequent Broadway show), Veronica has always dreamed of being a popular. When the popular Heathers take Veronica under their wing, her dreams seem to come true. Those dreams are complicated by the arrival of new boy JD and an accidental poisoning that leads to the death of one of the Heathers and a cover up.

On the Come Up (September 23, Paramount+) – Movie

Based on a book by the same name by Angie Thomas, this movie tells the story of a young girl trying to make it as a rapper to honor her father’s legacy, which was cut short by gang violence. It is also a path to help her family out of poverty. But she must struggle between her authentic self and the persona that the industry wants her to adopt.

Blonde (September 23, Netflix) – Movie

In this fictionalized version of Marilyn Monroe’s life, based on the 2002 book of the same name by Joyce Carline Oates, tells of the rise and fall of actress Marilyn Monroe played by Ana de Armas.

Hocus Pocus 2 (September 30, Disney+) – Movie

The witches are back! Twenty-nine years after Max unwittingly little the Black Flame Candle, three high school students accidentally summon the Sanderson Sisters (played by Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy) to modern day Salem. Together, they must figure out how to stop the sister from their usual mayhem.

Photo: (L-R): Belissa Escobedo as Izzy and Whitney Peak as Becca in Disney’s live-action HOCUS POCUS 2, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Matt Kennedy. © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.