By: Al B.
ENONGO
IndiePix Films
On Blu-ray/DVD/VOD/Digital September 15
What does it mean to be a Black woman rapper, a Cornell Ph.D. candidate, a teacher, and a proud nerd — all at once? ENONGO sets out to answer that question with honesty and style. The film follows Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (aka Sammus) as she tours North America, records a new album and navigates a full-time career alongside academic life. Through her wholly unique Afrofuturism-inspired music. Enongo/Sammus explores identity, race, feminism and mental health.
BOUCHRA
Film Movement
On VOD & Digital Platforms now
Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist in New York, the rift in her identity between her two homes and an array of friendships and romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning with her mother and herself becomes her path to expression.
FINDING EMILY
Focus Features a Comcast Company
In Theaters now
When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and ambitions along the way.
SHE RIDES SHOTGUN
Lionsgate
Available on 4K + BD + Digital Now
Where can you run when there’s nowhere to hide? Taron Egerton stars as Nate, an ex-con on the run in this gritty action-thriller. Nate must protect his 11-year-old daughter, Polly, as they’re pursued by unrelenting enemies, including a corrupt sheriff who is also the brutal leader of a criminal gang. As Nate shows Polly how to fight and survive, she teaches him what unconditional love truly means in this intense, moving story about loyalty, strength, and redemption.
THE KUNG FU KID
@ WellGoUSA
On Digital now
Get ready to witness the fight of a lifetime! A village boy travels to Shanghai, desperate to save his sick father and pay off medical debt. Recruited by a local Kung Fu gym, he enters “Shanghai Fight Night,” a brutal tournament packed with elite fighters and techniques from around the world. Embodying the fading tradition of Chinese martial arts, he embarks on a gripping tale of heritage, sacrifice, and the ultimate pursuit of victory.
EVERYONE CALL ME MIKE
IndiePix Films
On DVD/VOD/Digital September 22
Jean, Isabelle and her son Damien leave everything behind to sail around the world. While docked in Sjibouti, Jean invites Mike, a resourceful taxi driver, to join them on board. Days later, when Somali pirates attack, Mike shoots the captain, saving the family. Stranded at sea with their radio destroyed, relief quickly gives way to suspicion. Why is Mike carrying a gun, and can he be trusted?
YOU HAD TO BE THERE
Greenwich Entertainment
In Theaters September 25
Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Paul Shaffer, and other entertainment icons got their start in a 1972 Toronto production of the musical Godspell. Featuring interviews with the surviving cast members, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mike Myers, and more, the film recounts a pivotal moment in comedy history, in hilarious, moving, and inspiring detail.
THE DEPUTY
@WellGoUSA
In Theaters, Digital & on Demand September 25
Chief Kreuger assigns rookie Deputy Toby Sawyer to guard a dead body. But when the corpse vanishes, Toby launches a frantic search that unearths decades of small-town rot. Pressured to look the other way, Toby finds a lone ally in Deputy Amanda Jackson and sets his sights to unravel a lethal web of corruption to clear his name in a town where secrets stay buried.
FALL 2: DEADPOINT
Lionsgate
In Theaters September 2
On a perilous climb across Thailand’s Mount Kwan, two climbers become trapped thousands of feet above the ground, where vertigo-inducing heights, sheer exposure, and impossible odds turn every moment into a fight for survival.
MAN OF WAR
@WellGoUSA
On Blu-ray September 8
MAN OF WAR stars LaMonica Garrett as an elite American Special Forces veteran. Against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the mission becomes deeply personal when his adopted daughter, an aid worker, is held hostage by Russian mercenaries. Forced to navigate a brutal landscape of fire and betrayal, he must risk everything on this high-stakes hostage rescue.