Believe it or not, we are past the half-way point of 2023. The cinematic month of July this year is light on quantity, but it does have some of the heaviest hitters in the game taking big swings along with some horror entries. Here’s what’s coming to the big screen for the second month of the Summer Movie Season:
INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR – The fifth and final (ha), installment in the INDSIDIOUS horror series, with a father and son being tormented by demons. Patrick Wilson, who has starred in the series, helms this film in his directorial debut. The rest of the cast includes Ty Simpkins and Rose Byrne.
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE – Tom Cruise reprises his role of secret agent Ethan Hunt in the seventh film in the MI series that began way back in 1996. This time, Ethan and his team tracks down a terrifying new weapon while dark forces from his past return. The cast includes Hayley Atwell, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Henry Czerny. It is directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who has helmed the last two MI films.
OPPENHEIMER – Director Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT, INCEPTION), returns to the big screen with this biopic about the man who developed the first nuclear weapons. The ensemble cast includes Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey, Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Modine…and much more.
BARBIE – Director Greta Gerwig (LADY BIRD, LITTLE WOMEN), brings the classic toy to cinema for the first time, with Barbie and Ken venturing away from Barbie Land into the real world. The cast includes Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.
THEY CLONED TYRONE – In this genre-busting homage to the Blaxploitation films of the 1970’s, a series of spooky events sends a trio into a web of conspiracy. It stars John Boyega (THE FORCE AWAKENS), and Jamie Foxx.
HAUNTED MANSION – Disney’s second theatrical try at their famed theme park attraction, with a single mother and son moving into a mansion, only to find that it’s already occupied. It stars Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Danny DeVito, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL – Nic Cage stars in this supernatural thriller about a man being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint. Joel Kinnaman co-stars.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the final month of the Summer Movie Season.
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