The Big Screen

Rambo: Last Blood

Like an unclaimed fart in a crowded elevator Sylvester Stallone’s Vietnam veteran John Rambo is silent, but violent. This fifth, most likely final, outing has been a long time coming and sees the brooding action man travel to Mexico to save his niece from the clutches of a drug cartel. Expect many bullets to fly when Rambo hits the screen on September 19.

Hustlers

The old proverb says the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach but this crime comedy caper proves taking your clothes off to be quicker and more lucrative. It’s based on a true story about a group of strippers who hustle wealthy clients out of wads of cash. With the formidable cast of Constance Wu, J-Lo, Julia Stiles, Lizzo and Cardi B comin’ for ya cash, men better keep an eye on their wallets from October 10.

Jojo Rabbit

Hometown hero Taika Waititi takes on Hitler in this World War II satire that looks heil-arious and possibly career ending. Still, the movie’s controversial, edgy premise — a young boy’s imaginary friend is the evil dictator — didn’t stop stars like Scarlett Johansson, Rebel Wilson and Stephen Merchant goosestepping into roles. Hey, if it’s good enough for ScarJo, it’s good enough for us. Jojo Rabbit bounces into cinemas on

October 24.

Frozen II

If kids play any part in your life, then let it go and just accept that a trip to see

Frozen II is in your near future. The first musical adventure about two sisters captured children’s imaginations back in 2013 and its icy grip hasn’t thawed in all this time. Disney isn’t gonna mess the sequel up and, indeed, the trailer looks great. At the very least, parents will be overjoyed to add some new songs to the kids’ playlist after it slides on to screens on November 28.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

This is it. The long-awaited, conclusion to the long-running Skywalker saga that’s been going since 1977 and will have taken, in total, nine wildly uneven and tonally all-over-the-show movies to tell. At this point there are more questions than answers: Were Rey’s parents really nobodies? Is she related to Kylo Ren? Is Luke really dead? Will they bring back the Ewoks? Who knows? We’ll find out if the force is strong with this last big

Star Wars story just before Christmas, on December 19.