Hollywood has yet to return to pre-pandemic attendance levels and continues to be hampered by aftershocks from last year’s actors’ and writers’ strikes.  That means Fall’s film slate is a chance to get back to whatever normal might mean – as well as usher in the months’ long “awards season” where first-rate films and performances surface for attention, honors and respect.

For these upcoming theatrical highlights, all dates are subject to change,

Aug. 23

“Blink Twice:” This thriller sees Channing Tatum’s billionaire invite a cocktail waitress (Naomie Ackie) to his private island. All too soon she wonders how to get out alive.

“The Crow:” Bill Skarsgård stars in this reboot of the original 1994 film about a dead musician revived for revenge.

Sept. 4

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:” is back, 36 years after its 1988 original, as Tim Burton’s sequel once again stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara.

Sept. 13

“My Old Ass” wonders what happens to a teen on a mushroom trip who encounters her 20-years-older self (Aubrey Plaza).

Sept. 20

“Wolfs:” George Clooney and Brad Pitt reteam as “lone wolf” fixers who must somehow collaborate in this action comedy.

Sept. 27

“Megalopolis:”  Frances Ford Coppola’s risk-taking epic, partly funded by the sale of his vineyards.

Oct. 4

“Joker: Folie à Deux:” Joachim Phoenix reprises his Oscar-winning DC comics role opposite Lady Gaga in what’s touted as an American musical psychological thriller.

“The Outrun”  Saoirse Ronan is a woman who abandons her London life to recharge among the wilds of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, her birthplace. Adapted from a bestselling memoir.

Oct. 10

“Brothers” pairs Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage as twins on a road trip that tests their sanity – and their ability to escape the law and a domineering mother.

Oct. 18

“Bookworm:” Elijah Wood’s a long way from hobbits as a washed-up Vegas illusionist who reunites with his 11-year-old daughter for a mythological quest.

Nov. 1

“Weekend in Taipei:” Luke Evans is a fierce DEA agent (is there any other kind?) rekindling romance amid the action. From the creators of “Taken” and “The Transporter.”

Nov. 8

“Elevation:” Anthony Mackie, on a break from Captain America, joins two women to save an endangered lad in a supernatural thriller.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney in “Wolfs.” (Photo courtesy Apple)