Entertainment Weekly - 10.2019

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JAMIE LEE CURTIS

KNIVES OUT

Curtis stands out in the most star-

studded ensemble of the year (more

on the rest of the terrific cast later)

as the suspiciously no-nonsense

daughter of the man whose death

sets a murder mystery in motion.

EDDIE MURPHY

DOLEMITE IS MY NAME

The comic legend and Oscar nomi-

nee (Dreamgirls) makes a vibrant

return to movies in this fascinating

’70s period piece, portraying multi-

hyphenate Rudy Ray Moore—as well

as his blaxploitation-cinema alter

ego, Dolemite.

The Ensemble

KNIVES OUT

Throw a bunch of A-listers into an

Agatha Christie-style whodunit, and

what do you get? Everything you’d

hope for: Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris

Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Toni Collette,

Daniel Craig, and Don Johnson at

their deliciously over-the-top best.

The Actors

RIZ AHMED

SOUND OF METAL

The actor-rapper, best known for

his Emmy-winning turn on HBO’s

The Night Of, plays a heavy metal

drummer reexamining his life

after struggling with addiction issues

and losing his hearing.

ADAM DRIVER

MARRIAGE STORY

THE REPORT

Fresh off his first Oscar nomination

for BlacKkKlansman, Driver pulls

double duty with dynamite—and

completely different—performances,

as a celebrated New York play-

wright wading through a devastating

divorce in Marriage Story and a

driven Senate staffer in The Report.

Toast of

TIFF

Let the awards race begin! The TORONTO

INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Sept. 5–15) is where

Oscar contenders are born. Here are the

performances that you—and Academy voters—will

be buzzing about. BY DAVID CANFIELD

MOVIES

1.Zazie Beetz in

Seberg 2. Lorene

Scafaria and

Constance Wu on

the Hustlers set

3. Cynthia Erivo in
   Harriet 4. Don
   Johnson, Jamie
   Lee Curtis, and Ana
   de Armas in Knives
   Out 5. Adam
   Driver in The Report


4. Eddie Murphy
   in Dolemite Is My
   Name 7. Riz Ahmed
   in Sound of Metal

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