October has finally arrived and things are starting to cool down. With this new weather comes some cool new T.V. shows and movies to keep on your list that are as sweet and addicting as the candy you get at Halloween. 

In theaters this month we have The Great Gilly Hopkins, based on the beloved book of the same name by Katherine Paterson, starring Sophie Nélisse and Kathy Bates. This story features a girl who has been in and out of foster homes who purposefully outwits every family she has ever lived with. Then she comes across Mamie Trotter who is filled with love and care. But will Gilly's newest plan ruin her chances at being part of a family? Also in theaters this month is Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (based on the popular book series by James Patterson) which tells the story of Rafe Katchadorian, who is tired of his school trying to take away his creativity. Ready to take action, he forms a plan with his friends to break every rule in the school.

If you want to sit at home eating a bowl of candy (that we know was supposed to be for the trick-or-treaters --- but don't worry we won't tell), we suggest watching two great T.V. shows based on the DC Comic Universe. Returning for their latest seasons are "The Flash" and "Arrow." If you're not caught up on these yet, fall is the perfect time for your next binge.

In Theaters:

The Great Gilly Hopkins
Cast: Sophie Nélisse, Kathy Bates, Glenn Close
Director: Stephen Herek
Distributor: Lionsgate Premier
MPAA Rating: PG
Release Date: October 7th
Based on: THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS by Katherine Paterson

A feisty foster kid's outrageous scheme to be reunited with her birth mother has unintended consequences in The Great Gilly Hopkins, an entertaining film for the entire family. Gilly Hopkins has seen more than her share of foster homes and has outwitted every family she has lived with. In an effort to escape her new foster mother Mamie Trotter's endless loving care, Gilly concocts a plan that she believes will bring her mother running to her rescue. But when the ploy blows up in Gilly's face it threatens to ruin the only chance she's ever had to be part of a real family.

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Cast: Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Jacob Hopkins
Director: Steve Carr
Distributor: CBS Films, Lionsgate Films
MPAA Rating: PG
Release Date: October 21st
Based on: MIDDLE SCHOOL: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson

Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Principal Dwight explodes into chaos both real and imagined. But Dwight displays his own fiendish creativity, striking back at the rule-breakers. Meanwhile, Rafe struggles to hide his misbehavior from Jeanne, the straight-A, overachieving girl of his dreams, and at home, his mother's boyfriend --- a moochy, jack-of-no-trades named Bear --- threatens to become his stepfather.

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Cast: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper, Danika Yarosh, Aldis Hodge
Director: Edward Zwick
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: October 21st
Based on: NEVER GO BACK: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher in this sequel based on Lee Child's bestselling novel NEVER GO BACK, which finds the itinerant problem-solver accused of murder, and learning that he may have a child he has never met.

Inferno
Cast: Tom Hanks, Felicity Jones, Ben Foster, Omar Sy, Irrfan Khan
Director: Ron Howard
Distributor: Warner Bros., Columbia Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: October 28th
Based on: INFERNO by Dan Brown

Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon in director Ron Howard and screenwriter David Koepp's adaptation of author Dan Brown's bestselling novel INFERNO, which finds Langdon using Dante's The Divine Comedy as a tool in the race to prevent a devastating global pandemic.
 

On TV:

"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" (limited series)
Cast: Elijah Wood, Samuel Barnett, Christian Bako, 
Director: Robert Cooper
Network: BBC America
Airdate: Premieres October 22nd; Saturdays at 9pm ET
Based on: DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY by Douglas Adams