New in Theaters for October

Not many movies premiering in October, but there are a few that interest me. This is why they might be worth watching... or avoiding.

WATCHING

The Girl on the Train (October 7, 2016) 
Emily Blunt was awesome in Edge of Tomorrow. This has the potential to be a solid thriller.

 The Birth of a Nation (October 7, 2016) Nate Parker's film about a slave uprising. It shares the same name with the 1915 racist propaganda film. Parker hopes this film replaces it, and I hope so too.

Desierto (October 14, 2016) 
A group of immigrants against a vigilante that's taken up border patrol is intriguing. With Jeffrey Dean Morgan starring and Jonás Cuarón directing, who worked on Gravity with his dad Alphonso, this has promise.
 

AVOIDING

Underworld: Blood Wars (October 14, 2016) 
Is this series still making money? How can they make another? Who is going to see these films? Really, who?

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (October 21, 2016) 
The movie tells us not to go back, yet the movie is bringing Tom Cruise back in another Reacher film. Without Christopher McQuarrie who directed the first one, I have to pass.

Inferno (October 28, 2016) 
Dan Brown keeps writing the books and Ron Howard and Tom Hanks keep making the movies. Will this be the movie that is the Robert Langdon film we've been hoping for? It all depends on Tom Hanks's hair.