Welcome to this week’s installment of That Hashtag Show’s What To Watch, a viewing guide for new releases from this week and the upcoming weekend. I will attempt to hit all of the major new releases across theatres, television, and streaming. But of course, if I’ve missed something, please let me know in the comments. Also, be sure to let us know what you are watching this weekend in the comments or on social media.
WATCH TO WATCH: THEATRE RELEASES
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S
Five Nights at Freddy’s is based on the successful video game franchise of the same name. The film stars Josh Hutcherson as a security guard who accepts the night guard position at an abandoned family entertainment center. Think Chuck E. Cheese but with animatronics who want to kill you. Five Nights at Freddy’s is debuting in theaters and also on Peacock on October 27.
Release Date: October 27, 2023
What’s it about?: Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled security guard, starts a night-time job at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a once-successful abandoned family entertainment center, where he discovers its four animatronic mascots — Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Chica the Chicken, and Foxy the Pirate Fox — move and kill anyone that is still there after midnight.
Who’s in it? Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson, Matthew Lillard, murderous animatronics
FREELANCE
Freelance is an action comedy starring John Cena as a retired Special Forces operative.
Release Date: October 27, 2023
What’s it about?: Stuck in a dead-end desk job, former special forces operative Mason Pettis reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless dictator. When a military coup breaks out just as she’s about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle and one another to make it out alive
Who’s in it? John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba, Alice Eve, Christian Slater
WATCH TO WATCH: TV & STREAMING RELEASES
THE NUN II
The Nun II is the sequel to the 2018 film, The Nun. The film is the 9th entry in The Conjuring Universe. The Nun II picks up four years after the original and once again features Sister Irene as she deals with the demonic nun, Valak. Lizzie White, in our THS review, appreciated the scares but also found some aspects of the film to be a little too drawn out.
Where’s it streaming?: Max on October 27
What’s it about? In 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful evil.
PAIN HUSTLERS
Where’s it streaming?: Netflix on October 27
What’s it about? After losing her job, a woman who’s struggling to raise her daughter takes a job out of desperation. She begins work at a failing pharmaceutical startup, but what she doesn’t anticipate is the dangerous racketeering scheme she’s suddenly entered.
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