Since its official launch last July, NBC’s subscription service Peacock hasn’t exactly set the world on fire. Positive press for sitcoms like “Rutherford Falls,” “Girls 5eva,” and “We Are Lady Parts” have gained the streamer a modest cultural foothold, but Peacock is mostly lacking the kind of bingeworthy series that established players like Netflix or Hulu seem to generate every other month.

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Wouldn’t it be great if instead of wasting so much of October talking about what “Joker” is trying to say, we instead put all of our efforts into supporting something like “Parasite” instead? Or, really, anything from the list below because this month, things are kicking into high gear when it comes to new film releases.

Awards contenders and other buzz-friendly films are scattered throughout along with film festival favorites and only one real Halloween adjacent film amongst them.

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Without question, Lupita Nyong’o is one of the best actresses around. This year alone, she’s proven that thanks to her stellar performance in the Jordan Peele film, “Us.” That doesn’t even take into account that in 2014, she won the Oscar for her work in the drama, “12 Years a Slave.” Needless to say, the fact that she’s one of the stars of “Little Monsters” is the main reason you’re likely to be interested in the film.

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Lupita Nyong’o might just emerge from 2019 as something of a horror icon. Not only did she headline Jordan Peele‘s horror smash “Us,” but she is also leading Abe Forsythe‘s (following up 2016’s “Down Under“) Sundance horror-comedy “Little Monsters.” Nyong’o’s casting, along with the zom-com premise and the addition of Josh Gad, make this one of the most intriguing prospects of 2019.

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If you were asked to make a courtroom case for Lupita Nyong’o’s ability to do literally anything, “Little Monsters” would be Exhibit A. (This is an actual thing that happens often in our judicial system, don’t bother looking it up.) Co-starring as a patient and cheerful kindergarten teacher whose class field trip is interrupted by an inconvenient zombie uprising, she sings, gets laughs, talks tough, wields a shovel and pitchfork, and expertly navigates a big monologue about Neil Diamond.

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If you, like everyone else on the planet, we’re hoping for a few days of respite following the announcement of the 2019 Academy Award nominations, given all the wtf omissions and snubs (no “Mr. Rogers” doc??), well, guess again. The Sundance Film Festival is upon us, it starts today and there is absolutely no rest for the wicked.

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Sundance is evolving as a platform.

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