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James Watkins' Clayface opens 23 October. Critics split sharply: Variety and The Hollywood Reporter praise a nasty standalone B-movie, USA Today and MovieWeb call it a messy miss. Our synthesis: horror fans should go; universe completists can wait.
Barbara Kingsolver's first novel since Demon Copperhead follows a pianist who traded a conservatory future for a farm, a marriage and a piano-teaching life in Tennessee — then gets a call from the man who helped derail it. Published reviews call it slow, sad and masterfully built. This recommendation agrees, with one warning about the opening chapters.
Georgia Oakley's Sense and Sensibility, in US theatres from 16 October, makes Elinor and Marianne's bond the real love story. Reviewers praise the earthy look and the two leads, split on the romances, and keep tripping over the dancing.
Nearly a decade after Pachinko, Min Jin Lee returns with a vast novel about a family that stakes everything on education. It moves at the speed of saving money — slowly, stubbornly, then all at once.
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