Tuesday, October 29, 2019 - 22:53 by Tony Rutherford , HNN Entertainment Editor

Will "Terminator" Successfully Score for Arnold, Linda and Time Folds?

Reinvention of languishing franchises have a strong success rate. "Rocky" became "Creed" is one update example. Terminator 6 (Dark Fate) actually starts after T2, Judgment Day and does have Arnold and Linda Hamilton anchoring a story that introduces many new personalities.

NPR noted in their review:"A mostly successful stab at making the The Force Awakens or the Creed of the Terminatorverse, wherein the old-timers deliver rich and elegiac performances as they buttress a younger, more diverse cast of new characters," which contains nostalgia, chemistry, and "Deadpool" sarcasm.

A part of the reboot places Sarah Connor in the leadership position: "[Hamilton is] as ferocious as ever as Sarah Connor, and to say the series has missed her is a massive understatement."

Boxoffice forecasters give "Dark Fate" the weekend crown, as "Joker" comes in second but grabbing only about 33% of "Ride's" projection. "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" comes closely behind for #3. "Harriet," "Artic Dogs" and "Motherless Brooklyn will range from fourth to tenth place.

Next week "Doctor Sleep" revisits "The Shining," a Stephen King icon about a "possessed" hotel.

HNN has an exclusive image gallery to follow... taken at the hotel in 2019, which is not a prominent venue in the sequel.

NEW THIS WEEK

ARCTIC DOGS

Swifty the Arctic Fox (Jeremy Renner) works in the mailroom of the Arctic Blast Delivery Service, but he has much bigger dreams. He yearns to become a Top Dog, the Arctic's star husky couriers. To prove he can do it, he commandeers one of the sleds and delivers a mysterious package to a secret location. Once there, he stumbles on a hidden fortress overseen by the nefarious Otto Von Walrus (John Cleese). The blubbery evil genius commands an army of oddly polite puffin henchmen. Swifty discovers Otto Von Walrus' villainous plan to drill beneath the snow-packed surface to unleash masses of ancient gas to melt the Arctic and become the world's supreme ruler. To stop this sinister scheme, Swifty enlists the help of his friends: PB (Alec Baldwin), a neurotic polar bear, Lemmy (James Franco), a scatterbrained albatross, Jade Fox (Heidi Klum), a brainy engineer, Leopold (Omar Sy) and Bertha (Heidi Klum), two conspiracy theorist otters and Magda (Anjelica Huston), his curmudgeonly boss
Read more at https://www.comingsoon.net/movie/arctic-dogs-2019#RTlYC0SOZ1BaEfBw.99

HARRIET

Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, HARRIET tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Read more at https://www.comingsoon.net/movie/harriet-2019#fXkYfmBOIMdatlKs.99

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York, Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome, as he ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend, Frank Minna.

TERMINATOR DARK FATE

James Cameron and Tim Miller are treating the new movie as a direct sequel to Cameron’s "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." “We’re starting a search for an 18-something woman to be the new centerpiece of the new story,” Cameron said. “We still fold time. We will have characters from the future and the present. There will be mostly new characters, but we’ll have Arnold and Linda’s characters to anchor it.”
Read more at https://www.comingsoon.net/movie/terminator-dark-fate-2019#lxegWBhtRqKwhRye.99

COMING

DARK WATERS

Ruffalo's 'Dark Waters' is based on the true story of Bilott, who battled the chemical giant DuPont in West Virginia for illegally dumping toxic C8 (a chemical that is used in the making of Teflon). The chemical was shockingly found in drinking water affecting 70,000 local residents. Limited Nov 22. Wide Dec. 6

FLASHBACK CINEMA

HUNTINGTON, WV

MARQUEE PULLMAN 16

ARCTIC DOGS PG

HARRIET PG-13

MOTHERLESS BROOKLY NR

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE R

COUNTDOWN PG-13

MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL PG

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP R

THE ADDAMS FAMILYPG

GEMINI MAN PG-13

JOKER R

ABOMINABLE PG

DOWNTON ABBEY PG

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD R

HUSTLERS R

IT CHAPTER TWO R

SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK PG-13