Now that the bad weather is beginning to arrive, we are going to spend more time than usual at home, so the sofa and blanket plans are back and Movistar Plus+ knows it, which is why it has presented its catalog for the month of Halloween with a mix of films awarded at festivals, blockbusters and lesser-known alternatives, but just as interesting.
Morbius, The Bad Guys or the new series This England are some of the most outstanding premieres in October on Movistar Plus+. Below you have all of them.
Movie premieres on Movistar Plus+
Take a blanket, it’s starting to get colder, and get ready for an October full of movie premieres that until recently were on billboards. The first of them is NinjaBaby on Tuesday, October 4, a punk, irreverent and original Norwegian comedy that openly exposes the subject of motherhood from the point of view of a woman, Rakel, a young lover of beer, drugs and sex without commitment, who is not willing to be a mother.
That same day, October 4, you will also have Language Lessons available, a story full of truth, in which even one feels qualms about sneaking into the privacy of its protagonists without being able to avoid paying attention to each one of their words. The protagonists are Adam (Mark Duplass), a man with a comfortable life to whom her husband gives him a package of weekly Spanish classes taught by Cariño and their relationship will end up being something more than simple Spanish lessons in which linguistic isolation remains. back when love and respect become the only language needed to understand each other.
On Friday, October 7, Movistar Plus+ Official Competition lands, a satire on the world of art starring three of the most recognized Spanish-speaking actors on a global scale: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz and Óscar MartÃnez. Directed by the Argentines Mariano Cohny and Gastón Duprat.
The first animation premiere of the month arrives on Saturday, October 8, so that young and old can take advantage of that weekend. Ainbo: The Amazon Warrior tells the story of an Amazon archer with a background that sends a powerful message against the extraction of natural resources, deforestation or the invasion of indigenous peoples.
On October 11, on the eve of a national holiday, you have to see The Event, an adaptation of the homonymous novel by journalist Annie Ernaux, an autobiographical book in which she recounts her own traumatic experience of wanting an abortion in 1963, twelve years before Legalize abortion in France. This film speaks of loneliness and despair, but also of freedom, themes that are presented in a harrowing way during the disturbing path in which Anne faces the humiliation of those around her.
On October 12, Columbus Day, so that you can take advantage of the holiday you will be able to see Las Ilusiones Perdidas, the great winner of the César Awards with awards for best film, adapted screenplay, secondary actor, promising actor, photography, costumes and production design. for this romantic period drama that tells the story of Lucien de Rubempré, a young lower-class poet who is madly in love with Baroness Louise de Bargeton.
The set of keys is added to the Movistar Plus+ catalog on Friday, October 14. In this sexual comedy, topics such as the monotony caused by routine, the exchange of partners, sex without commitment or monogamy are addressed through the participation of four couples in the game of keys, in which they all put their keys and, at random, each one chooses one to spend the night with the person who has chosen their keys.
On October 15 you have to see Belle, a science fiction anime that became the highest grossing film last year in Japan. It tells the story of Suzu, a 17-year-old girl who becomes a J-pop star in the virtual world U under the identity of Belle, an avatar. Suzu’s life in this virtual world changes completely when the young woman begins to investigate ‘the Beast’, an enigmatic character who intends to destroy the harmony of U. In this world everyone wants to be known; however, no one wants to be seen as they are.
Morbius is the new Spider-Man Cinematic Universe held by Sony Pictures and you can see it from Friday, October 21. Starring Jared Leto, she gets into the skin of the disturbing vampire anti-hero Michael Morbius. This origin film will tell us how this scientist who, after suffering from a blood disease and failing to heal himself, became a vampire.
On Saturday, October 22, La Cima arrives, a film that honors mountaineering and that desire to excel of those who practice it by adapting true stories such as that of Edurne Pasaban -the first woman to crown the 14 eight-thousanders- or Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, – who lost his life during his ascent to the top of Annapurna–, among others.
The Bad Guys is another of this month’s animation releases. Starting October 28, you can see this Dreamworks film that tells the story of five famous criminals who face the most important challenge of their career: to become good citizens in the eyes of society. The most feared beings of the collective imagination have the objective of pretending to be good guys to commit their last great robbery, but along the way, each of them will discover who they really want to be.
The last release of the month is Mass, available from Sunday, October 30. This gritty film puts Jay and Gil up against Richard and Linda, the parents of the young man who caused the shooting that took his son’s life. This therapy will be a roller coaster through the emotions of two couples who have seen their lives destroyed after a devastating tragedy, from opposite sides of it, navigating themes such as guilt, redemption, desolation, words like healing, mental health or criticism of the prevailing violence in the United States and the permissiveness with weapons in this country.
New series and documentaries
On Friday, October 14, the fourth season of Ghosts arrives, with a double weekly episode. The series will continue the plots of the third and Alison and Mike have turned Button House into a profitable and cozy guest house. Now they are only afraid of one thing: a bad review on the internet from their first guests that will ruin their business. Among the novelties, the plague ghosts return (the ones that live in the basement that did not appear in the third season) and something even more disconcerting: a new ghost.
Also in its fourth season is Babylon Berlin, which premieres on October 19 on Movistar Plus+. The 12 new episodes adapt the third installment of the novels by the German Volker Kutscher, under the title ‘A gangster in Berlin’. Said gangster will be played by actor Mark Ivanir as Abraham ‘Abe’ Goldstein.
The novelty arrives on the last day of the month with the premiere of This England, a series that recounts the first months of Boris Johnson (played by Kenneth Branagh) as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and follows the impact that the first wave of the coronavirus while the former president led a personal and political life plagued by controversy and that ended up costing him his job.
If you are more into documentaries, you will also be well served during the month of October, as all these arrive:
- BBC Earth: Frozen Planet II (October 19)
- Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons (October 21)
- McEnroe (October 20)
- Meeting Gorbachev (October 1)
- Sheryl Crow (October 13)
- Planet in danger (October 5)
- The A&M Records’ Story (October 16)
- Inside Guggenheim (October 14)
- The Legend of Joan Collins (October 27)
- Total Tarantino (October 9)
