Release day: Now in theatres
Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett and Justin Theroux
The read: The Girl on the Train
Sure, the movie stars Emily Blunt (and let’s be honest, we’d watch her in anything), but we also live for a good whodunit. Enter this physiological thriller about Rachel, an unemployed, alcoholic divorcée obsessed with the life of a perfect couple that she watches everyday from the train – until the woman goes missing.
 

Release date: Now in theatres
Starring: Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender
The read: The Light Between Oceans
Real-life loves Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander star in this 1920s-set movie about newlywed couple Tom and Isabel who are having trouble conceiving. Tom finds a shipwrecked boat and the sole survivor, a baby girl they decide to raise as their own.
 

Release date: Now in theatres
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson
The read: Deepwater Horizon’ Final Hours
Twelve men died in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, but until now, their stories have gone untold. This film adaption takes us through the real-life events leading up to and directly following the tragedy. Kate Hudson, who we caught up with during the film’s TIFF premiere, and her dad Kurt Russell star in the movie.
 

Release date: Now in theatres
Starring: Eva Green and Asa Butterfield
The read: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Nothing is quite what it seems in this fantasy film. Teenager Jake travels to Wales to find the orphanage his late grandfather grew up in…and discovers a portal that takes him back to 1943.
 

Release date: Now in theatres
Starring: Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders
The read: Never Go Back
Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) returns to his old police unit only to find himself a homicide suspect, his friend Susan Turner accused of espionage, and that he may be a father? Oh yah, and he also has to expose a government conspiracy to clear his name. Talk about a long day.
 

Release date: Now in theatres
Starring: Masey McLain
The read: The Journals of Rachel Scott
Rachel Scott was the first victim in the Columbine school shooting. This biography explores her life leading up to that day, and the anti-bullying campaign inspired by her death.
 

Release date: November 4
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch and Rachel McAdams
The read: Doctor Strange comic books
Beloved Brit Benedict Cumberbatch brings to life Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange as he faces off against his nemesis Baron Mordo in the superhero’s first feature movie.
 
 

Release date: November 11
Starring: Kristen Stewart and Joe Alwyn
The read: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
This film – directed by Ang Lee and starring a list of Hollywood heavyweights including Kirsten Stewart, Steve Martin and Garret Hedlund – is already getting Oscar buzz. Newcomer Joe Alwyn plays Billy Lynn, a soldier who returns from Iraq to find everything, including himself, has changed.