The final month of the Summer Movie Season is here, and after a hot July, things on the big screen will cool down a little. But this August will still bring the return of a big-name director, some re-releases, an unwelcome remake, and another entry in a classic horror franchise. Here is what’s coming to the big screen this month:
TRAP – Famed director M. Night Shyamalan returns to the big screen with this thriller where a serial killer (Josh Hartnett), takes his teenage daughter to a concert, only to find out the entire event is a trap set by police to nab him.
HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON – This live-action/animated fantasy serves as a sequel to the 1955 children’s’ book, and has Harold (Zachary Levi), as a man with a magical purple crayon he has owned since childhood.
BORDERLANDS – The popular sci-fi video game series gets its first feature film, where an alliance of misfits comes together to find a missing girl. The cast includes Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Jamie Lee Curtis. It is directed by Eli Roth (HOSTEL, KNOCK KNOCK).
IT ENDS WITH US – The best-selling romance novel by Colleen Hoover gets a big screen adaptation. Blake Lively and Jenny Slate star.
CUCKOO – In this horror film, a teenager is drawn into a sinister plot by her father’s boss. Hunter Schafer, Jessica Henwick, and Dan Stevens (TV’S DOWNTON ABBEY), star.
CORALINE – One of the best animated films of this millennium gets a big-screen re-release for its 15thanniversary, in 3D.
ALIEN: ROMULUS – The ALIEN franchise screams on with this film which is set between the events of ALIEN (1979), and ALIENS (1986). This time a group of young space colonists stumble upon a derelict space station. It is directed by Fede Alvarez, who helmed the EVIL DEAD remake in 2013.
BLINK TWICE – Zoe Kravitz (daughter of Lenny), directs this thriller where a cocktail waitress (Naomi Ackie), travels to a billionaire’s remote island…where things start to go wrong. Channing Tatum co-stars.
THE CROW – The remake of the 1994 cult-classic film. Bill Skarsgard (IT), plays the resurrected musician who avenges the death of himself and his fiancé. It is directed by Rupert Sanders (SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN).
SHAUN OF THE DEAD – Edgar Wright’s classic zombie flick, considered to be one of the best comedy films of all time, returns to the big screen for its 20th anniversary.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the month of September.
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