October 2, 2025 with Dave and Darren — “One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great”



Dave Levora, Darren Pitra, and Mike Schulz talk film. They will be taking holiday next week, so no new talk until 16 October.

What’s in the theaters:

  • One Battle After Another (dir Paul Thomas Anderson, starr Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti).
  • The Strangers — Chapter 2 (dir Renny Harlin, starr Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, and Ema Horvath).
  • Dead of Winter (dir Brian Kirk, starr Emma Thompson, Judy Greer, Marc Menchaca, Laurel Marsden, and Brían F O’Byrne).
  • Eleanor the Great (dir Scarlett Johansson, starr June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Jessica Hecht, and Chiwetel Ejiofor).

What’s on its way:

  • The Smashing Machine (dir Benny Safdie, starr Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk).
  • Good Boy (dir Ben Leonberg, starr Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, and Larry Fessenden).
  • Anemone (dir Ronan Day-Lewis, starr Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green).

“One Battle After Another,” “The Strangers: Chapter 2,” “Dead of Winter,” and “Eleanor the Great”