THB Headlines, August 30, 2022

So there is finally enough actual news to do a Headlines piece before August ends… which makes one wonder why some of this stuff is being announced in these dog days of summer.

This newsletter today was meant to be longer, but to be honest, I got lost in my own head searching for a clear answer on one important story and my brain overheated. If I can’t explain it simply and then embellish with history, I’m not doing it right. So that should be up tomorrow.

Meanwhile, on we march…

Let’s start with Netflix’s drop of theatrical release dates for 23 titles between now and the end of the year. The number at the end of each is the length of the theatrical.

One Week or Day-n-Date Release

• A Jazzman’s Blues (9/23, theaters 9/16) 7

• Luckiest Girl Alive (10/7, theaters 9/30) 7

• The Good Nurse (10/26, theaters 10/19) 7

• Descendant (Netflix and theaters 10/21) 0

• Wendell & Wild (10/28, theaters 10/21) 7

• Is That Black Enough For You?!? (11/11, theaters Nov.) 7?

• In Her Hands (11/16, theaters 11/9) 7

• My Father’s …