It is always exciting for a movie and tv fanboy to see what is coming our way to the small or big screen. Lots of good Sci-Fi/Fantasy/inspirational/dramatic/historical/dramatic and other types of films to feast your imagination and thoughts on, so you can get some ideas to fuel your own creative endeavors. So here is a list of what creative and corporate, truly independent and commercial filmmakers, actors and others have produced that is coming out. This comes out as the Actors Strike has ended, so here is what these actors have starred in.
This is meant as a reference guide to what is out there, not an endorsement of everything that is on this list
and not a list of everything that is out there coming out.
I showed Kristin (the other half of The Catholic Bard) trailers of the films and TV shows that are coming soon or have come out
in the month of November/December 2023 that I have chosen for this list. My opinion not always shown may be different then hers.
Click on a link to view trailer if you want to see what it is for yourself.
This article may be subject to updates and changes.
Thursday, Nov. 2
All the Light We Cannot See | Official Teaser | Netflix – YouTube
Kristin: This trailer looks like a very sad movie. War is never happy. The best part of war however, is when the war is over, people are freed and lives can begin to mend as best as possible. It looks like a good film but in the same way that all war movies, as good as they are as movies, cannot be enjoyed thoroughly because of the reality of the suffering and death and upheaval of people’s lives and livelihoods. War brings out the worst in people, but sometimes it brings out the love and charity much needed by others who are also suffering this awful fate.
Mark: This film based on the book of the same title looks like an exhilarating cinematic experience worth pertaking in. I’ve thought about reading the book as well.
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Kristin: This trailer looks very good. It is the sort of thing I would be interested in watching. My only concern would be that I would have trouble following the movie or documentary because of my inability to read quickly while also looking at who is speaking and what is happening on the screen.
Mark: Reminds me of the documentary “Into the Great Silence“. For those who don’t want to move to a monastery but yet want to visit one but don’t want to actually take the time to literally do it can do so with these two films.
Friday, Nov. 3
80% Quiz Lady (2023) Hulu [movie] Hulu – YouTube
Kristin: This movie looks like it would be very fun, entertaining. I think the Watcher can just sit back relax and enjoy the show, unlike war movies, horror movies etc.
Mark: It’s a comedy that doesn’t look all that bad or all that crude.
Invincible: Season 2 (2023) Prime Video YouTube
Kristin: This show looks incredibly annoying and I am not in the least bit interested in watching it. Cartoon superheros/sci-fi fantasy superheros, it doesn’t look fun. It just looks like a big sacrfice that you could offer up to God if you have to sit through this thing.
Mark: I liked season 1 and was hoping to catch season 2 when and if they ever released it.
Kristin: This documentary looks very interesting. I would like to watch it. I like documentaries especially when they show both the positive and negative truths about a reality worth remembering.
Mark: Sly and his family recently visited Pope Francis in the Vatican where the pontiff expressed his admiration for Rockey.
Kristin: This movie, assuming it tis the truth about Elvis and Priscilla looks very interesting and like other true story movies, it shows both the positive and negatives of being rich and famous and how that can affect your relationships.
Mark: Yet another Elvis and Priscilla movie. No Tom Hanks this time around. Will the guy who plays Elvis be as good as the guy in the recent oscar nominated Elvis movie?
Kristin: It looks like a fun romantic drama/comedy which brings a broken relationship back together. After 20 to 25 years. Meg Ryan looks older then she did in Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail. But it looks like she directed this movie. The movie looks quite enjoyable.
Mark: Why is this rated R? Language? It does look like a good romantic comedy if they turned The Terminal plot into one.
Nov 04, 2023
Kristin: It looks like there is government upheaval, possible sex trafficking, and lots of arguments. But as there was no english subtitles and the story takes place in India I can not guarantee i would follow it. It looks like it could be a very important story to tell and an interesting movie to watch. What is it about?
Mark: I didn’t rewatch this trailer to write about and forget what it is about.
100% Planet Earth III: Season 1 (2023) BBC America/AMC+ YouTube
Kristin: I do not know if I have seen Planet Earth 1 or 2. This documentary series looks like something from National Geographic would put out and a science teacher would have students watch in the classroom in middle school or high school watch the entire class time or maybe even over the course of 2 days of class. It looks intriguing and s0mehow also relaxing when it brings you back to the sounds, sights and wonders of our natural planet earth.
Mark: It’s great they have a series that gives a retrospective look at our home here on earth. It’s good a camera and sound crew traveled and captured areas of life I would never witness for myself if I was to see it in person.
Wednesday, Nov. 8
The Santa Clauses: Season 2 (2023) Disney+ YouTube
Kristin: Seriously! Another one. How many of these non-Christmas Christmas movies are out there. How many of them star Tim Allen? Really? It might be a little funny. But I don’t know if I would really want to waste my time watching yet another new Santa Claus movie.
Mark: I saw the original film series and didn’t watch all of Season 1 of this show. I supposed it could be fun to review the whole franchise. Movie Pitch has done the world a favor by creating this.
Nov 10, 2023
Kristin: It looks very creative. Turning the birth of Christ and all that came before the actual birth and perhaps into his childhood, I don’t know yet, into a musical is catchy. It looks entertaining, even fun. I would enjoy seeing this movie this Christmas Season. Preferably between Christmas Eve and all through the Christmas season, not necessarily during Advent.
Mark: What a genius idea to bring the nativity story into a fun sing along musical.
For All Mankind: Season 4 (2023) Apple TV+ YouTube
Kristin: No, that’s okay. Yet another space movie. How many of those do we have? Even Wall-E was a space movie. Never mind the likes of Star Wars, Star Trek and countless space movies. When is enough enough?
Mark: I haven’t seen any of the other seasons but this alternate history show looks like something I might actually enjoy.
Tuesday, Nov. 14
A Murder at the End of the World: Limited Series (2023) FX YouTube
Kristin: This trailer looks frightening. There is a part of me who thinks it could be interesting and another part of me who just found it almost like a horror show.
Mark: It has some inappropriate sexual stuff and some thrilling murder mystery stuff.
Thursday, Nov. 16
85% Ghosts: Season 1 (2019) 9 p.m., CBS (*broadcast premiere) ( YouTube)
Kristin: I quite like the show Ghosts. We have watched probably all of the American shows that they have put out thus far. We have watched some of the BBC version of Ghosts. I find both versions very funny, interesting and enjoyable. I look foward to seeing more of the BBC version when it airs here in America.
Mark: I would like to watch the new season but they never put it on HBO when I had it. It’s equally as funny as the American version. A crossover should happen no matter how improbable.
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Season 1 (2023) Apple TV+ YouTube
Kristin: No thank You. This movie looks somewhere between confusing scary and annoying. I don’t know how I put those three together but I just have no desire to watch it. I can’t pick the right words to describe why this doesn’t fit my interest level. It’s more annoying then interesting.
Mark: I’m sure my friend Spencer whom I haven’t heard from in quite some time would love this show. It looks epic fun and thrills. It will be a blast to watch this.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023) YouTube
Kristin: The movie trailer reminds me of Bend it Like Beckham, though the most they have in common is probably the fact that soccer plays a big role in the plot. It comes across as the underdog team with no shot eventually coming together to do well like so many sports movies do. It looks fun and I laughed in a few places, so i think it would be a very entertaining movie and would consider watching it should it stream live into our home. I also like true stories.
Mark: Most sports movies have similar plots and outcomes. But yet each one is original in and of itself. This one looks like another fun and funny sports film that’s great crack and a laugh.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Official Trailer | Netflix – YouTube
Kristin: Way too many flashing light scenes. I had to turn my eyes away because the lights bother me and can set off my Epilepsy. Some may enjoy this. Perhaps that would include tweens and teens who enjoy anime and maybe video games. I cannot tell if this is supposed to be about real characters or a video game.
Mark: The live film version was fun and this looks the same.
Dashing Through The Snow | Official Trailer | Disney+ – YouTube
Kristin: It could be and perhaps is quite fun. They are gearing this movie to kids who still believe in Santa. My biggest problem is when Christmas movies mention nothing about the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Mark: Santa Vs. some bad guys in another secular Christmas movie. It’s amazing how you can constantly make new mythology about Santa where he uses more new techknowledgey as opposed to magic. Maybe this Santa could square off against Tim Allen’s Santa.
Nov 18, 2023
The Railway Men | Official Teaser | Netflix India – YouTube
Kristin: I am not sure what exactly is going on in this trailer. I can tell that it is a horrible problem for the people living in a certain part of India and a true story because it says so in English. I would like to know more but would need the show to be dubbed or have subtitles that give you extra time to read them. I am sorry for those who suffered and died because of this unnamed (well to me anyway) tragedy.
Mark: This reminds me of the HBO series Chernobyl. A manmade disaster true story set in another country and the brave men who did something about it.
Wednesday, Nov. 22
Squid Game: The Challenge: Season 1 (2023) Netflix YouTube
Kristin: I do not believe I would enjoy this show. It looks annoying and I do not like the fact that people are playing it for a ton of money. But in order to win you not only need luck you need friends to turn against. Not fun.
Mark: A reality show based on a fictional Hunger Games style like show is an interesting idea.Good Burger 2(2023) Paramount+ [movie] YouTube
Leo (2023) Netflix [movie] YouTube
Kristin: This movie looks like it could be a lot of fun. It looks very creative and that its audience is geared for children. I like the animation style. I have enjoyed some of Adam Sandler’s works over the years. He can be very funny and an enjoyable actor to watch. I really love his Hanukkah song.
Mark: A fun and funny animated Adam Sandler movie with him playing a depressed lizard.
November 25, 2023
Dec 01, 2023
Saltburn | Official Teaser Trailer – YouTube
Kristin: It doesn’t interest me. It looks like Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll. I was expecting something with a little more culture especially when it appears to take place in an old castle like building, which I assumed was in Ireland, England or Scotland. The story itself is very unclear, if you know nothing about it accept for what you see in this trailer.
Mark: I didn’t watch this again so I could comment on it and I forget what it is possibly about.
Kristin: I’m all set with that from what I saw. It was only a little bit that they show you about the movie. What they show you is a natural disaster monster on the loose. Rather tragic unless it’s one of those movies where terrible violent things happen on the earth but nobody really gets hurt and dies. I’m allset. I have no desire to watch this movie.
Mark: Godzilla truly is one of the longest running cinematic franchises. He’s appearing in this film and the Apple + series. You can’t keep a giant monster dragon lizard down.
Candy Cane Lane (2023) Prime Video [movie] YouTube
Kristin: It may be a funny movie. However we can tell from the trailer that Eddie Murphy got one special wish and instead of wishing for such things as an end to war and hunger ect., he wished for something daft though we cannot tell for sure exactly what he wished for. I don’t know if I want to see this movie or not. I guess I’m pretty neutral. But once again no mention of the birthday of Jesus though it is considered a Christmas movie.
Mark: A new magical secular Christmas movie without Santa. Not sure if Eddie Murphy has done the magical kids Christmas movie before. It looks like it has some wacky comedy and a moral lesson to learn.
December 2, 2023
Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder
Kristin: I was 9 years old when Thriller came out and though I was not allowed to watch MTV. They did show the Thriller music video large and on the wall at the roller rink while we were skating in circles. I really liked Michael Jackson’s music as did most of the kids in my immediate world at school. I would like to see this documentary so that I can get a better understanding of Michael Jackson back in the day and learn about his backstory. All I really know is there was Jackson Five. There was the music we listened to as kids. And then he died in his Neverland mansion. Learning more would be very intriguing.
Mark: I remember when Thriller came out. It is still a widely played album. I agree with many of the same things Kristin has said so I won’t repeat them here.
Dec 08, 2023
Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023) Peacock [movie]
Merry Little Batman (2023) Prime Video [movie]
December 9, 2023
Dec 15, 2023
Kristin: When I first saw that this was gonna be about WW, I was skeptical because I figured it was just going to be another WWATCF rehash. However this movie puts a bit of a different spin on it. It looks very creative and it seems to tell the backstory of how WW became a chocolate factory owner inventor ect. I think this would be a fun and relaxing movie to watch.
Mark: A prequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that expands the mythology of the story by the director of the fabulous Paddington movies. Yes I want my imagination to expand, so yes it looks worth watching.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) Netflix YouTube
Kristin: It looks like it could be fun. But it lacks detail from just that trailer. I like the form of animation they are using. I did laugh a couple of times. It reminds me of Wallace and Gromit.
Mark: Looks like another fun rump with the chickens from Chicken Run and the makers of Wallace and Gromit.
Mark: Looks like a more family friendly version of Nobody. Could be a good adventure comedy. This trailer just came out and Kris hasn’t gotten the chance to watch it yet. She’ll love the kids and hate the violence.
Kristin: Yup. Mark’s Right. The family dynamics in this movie have an ideal family look. However the violence makes the movie a whole lot less family friendly. That is a big disappointment. it makes me go from wanting to watch this movie to not really wanting to bother.
Wednesday, Dec. 20
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 1 (2023) Disney+ – YouTube
Kristin: Having watched this trailer and knowing nothing about the storyline ahead of time, all I can say is that other than reminding me a bit of Harry Potter, I still don’t really get what it is truly about. Therefore I cannot make a judgement about this series.
Mark: I saw the two movies made of Percy Jackson and listened to 4 out of the 5 books. The series could do the books justice or not. It is Harry Potter with Greek gods.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) YouTube
Kristin: Not my style. Looks violent. I can see where some people who like this style of film could enjoy it. Because it seems to have a plot that is easy to follow along with. There was flashing lights mixed with violence, a big turn off for me personally.
Mark: Looks like DC is going out with a bang. What if this one is successful. Will it ruin James Gunn’s DC universe plans and bring back the Snyder verse? I wasn’t crazy about Blue Beatle but loved Shazam 2 and The Flash.
Kristin: It looks like a fun and creative movie with an audience of all ages. I would watch it. Probably find it funny and enjoyable.
Mark: What Kristin said.
FREUD’S LAST SESSION | Teaser Trailer (2023) – YouTube
Kristin: If this trailer is truly based on the last session Sigmund Freud, I imagine I would find it quite interesting. I would like to watch this movie.
Mark: Funny, Anthony Hopkins played C.S.Lewis in another film. It will be good to see Freud go up against Lewis. Wonder if there could possibly a joke referring to that in the film slid in somehow.
Dec 25, 2023
Kristin: I do not like car racing. And I think it is ridiculous to consider it a sport because it does not really involve exercise. It is both sanitary and dangerous. Perhaps the story around the car racing will be interesting, but from what I have seen in this trailer I would not choose to watch this movie of my own accord.
Mark: Looks like an exhilarating drama about the man who gave the world the ferrari. Adam Driver is usually worth watching when he’s on screen.
Kristin: The trailer made me cry. On one hand as I like history and find such people as Hitler an unbelievable and unfortunately real human being. Evil took over during and just before WWII. As it had and continues to do so throughout different parts off the world and in different ways throughout all human history.
Mark: Not sure where the documentary is going but it could be interesting.
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