August

 

2nd

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

When a mysterious force threatens their planet and the thousand different species who’ve built it, special galactic agents Valerian and Laureline are plunged into a race against time to unravel the mystery and stop the destruction in Luc Besson’s lavish adaptation of the groundbreaking French graphic novel.

Directed by Luc Besson and starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne and Clive Owen among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 4th of August   US Release: 21st of July

 

 

 

4th

Maudie (2017)

Period drama set in rural Canada and based on the true story of Maud Lewis—an arthritic woman and amateur artist living in poverty who found love in an unlikely place, only to become a celebrated and beloved national folk artist.

Directed by Aisling Walsh and starring Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke and Kari Matchett among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 4th of August   US Release: 16th of June

 

 

 

6 Days (2017)

When the Iranian embassy in the heart of London is stormed by armed Arab nationalists and those inside taken hostage six days of tension follow as the British government struggles to keep the hostages alive while the SAS prepare to forcefully end the siege in this biographical dramatisation of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege.

Directed by Toa Fraser and starring Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish and Mark Strong among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Action, Drama

UK Release: 4th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Emoji Movie (2017)

Just when you thought you’d seen all the movies based on popular trends that Hollwood could muster, an all-star cast assemble to give us an animation comedy about everyone’s favourite way of making their texts expressive—set in the world inside our phones, where a multi-emotional emoji embarks on a voyage to become normal and discover who he really is.

Directed by Tony Leondis and starring T.J. Miller, Anna Faris and James Corden among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 4th of August   US Release: 28th of July

 

 

 

England Is Mine (2017)

Critical of the local music scene and disenchanted with Britain in the late 70s, a young Lancashire lad channels his writing talents and a grating personality into revolutionising popular music, as he embarks on the path to forming one of the most influential bands of the 1980s in this early life portrait of The Smiths frontman ‘Morrissey’.

Directed by Mark Gill and starring Jack Lowden, Jessica Brown Findlay and Laurie Kynaston among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 4th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

9th

Atomic Blonde (2017)

With undercover agents being eliminated and Western intelligence under threat at the end of the cold war, an MI6 super-spy is sent to Berlin to destroy an enemy espionage ring with the help of a local station chief, in stuntman-turned-director David Leitch’s all-action adaptation of the Johnson & Hart graphic novel.

Directed by David Leitch and starring Charlize Theron, James McAvoy and Toby Jones among others.

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 9th of August US Release: 28th of July

 

 

 

11th

A Ghost Story (2017)

A young woman—struggling with the recent loss of her husband—is visited by his white sheet-covered spirit as he becomes a guardian of memories and a spectral observer to the rest of her life, in director David Lowery’s (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon) existential meditation on legacy, memory and loss.

Directed by David Lowery and starring Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Tanya Foster among others.

Genre:  Drama, Fantasy, Romance

UK Release: 11th of August   US Release: 7th of July

 

 

 

Overdrive (2017)

A couple of sibling car thieves—on an intricate heist binge across the glamorous locales of Europe—are coerced into a dangerous job after stealing from the wrong person in this action thriller from the makers of ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’.

Directed by Antonio Negret and starring Scott Eastwood, Freddie Thorp and Ana de Armas among others.

Genre:  Action, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

In the lead up to the the hugely anticipated match against Soviet champion Boris Spassky in 1972, troubled American chess prodigy struggles to balance his own demons while being used himself as a pawn in a political and ideological cold war showdown, in this biographical portrait of of an enigmatic figure and one of the greatest chess players ever.

Directed by Edward Zwick and starring Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber and Peter Sarsgaard among others.

Genre:  Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 11th of August   US Release: 25 of September 2015

 

 

 

17th

The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017)

When a super bodyguard gets an unwanted new assignment—protecting a former rival and veteran hit-man who will testify against a brutal dictator—he must put aside resentments and personality clashes to get him to trial alive, in this outrageous action/comedy featuring an all-star cast.

Directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy

UK Release: 17th of August   US Release: 18th of August

 

 

 

18th

The Dark Tower (2017)

When a young boy discovers that his visions of distant dying world are a reality, he travels to the desolate landscape and meets ‘The Gunslinger’—last of an order of knights which protects his world from the ‘Man in Black’, and the darkness he brings. Together the must reach the mythical dark tower and save both their worlds from being consumed by evil, in this big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus book series.

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel and starring Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Taylor among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: 4th of August

 

 

 

The Untamed (2016)

The lives of different people in modern day Mexico are irrevocably changed by chance meetings and a mysterious supernatural force, which unleashes their raw sexuality and unlocks their innermost desires, but there’s a price to be paid for a return to our more savage nature in this truly bizarre drama with a dark fantastical undercurrent from writer/director Amat Escalante.

Directed by Amat Escalante and starring Simone Bucio, Ruth Ramos and Jesus Meza among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: 21st of July

 

 

 

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

A follow-up to the Oscar-winning 2006 documentary, recounting the last ten years of development in man-made climate change factors, looking optimistically at the goodwill and innovation which might help solve this crisis, while warning about the social and political threats to the movement.

Directed by Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk and starring Al Gore, Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump among others.

Genre: Documentary

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: 4th of August

 

 

 

Final Portrait (2017)

During the mid 1960s in the final years of his life an career, celebrated Swiss sculptor and all around artist struggles to complete a potential masterpiece, as his unique idiosyncrasies and obsessions focus on a young American writer as his model in this biographical portrait of a singular artist, and the directorial debut of accomplished actor Stanley Tucci.

Directed by Stanley Tucci and starring Geoffrey Rush, Armie Hammer and Clémence Poésy among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Odyssey (2017)

A biographical drama about the life and times of legendary French filmmaker, pioneer and oceanic explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau—from his ambition to be the conqueror of the sea to his duty as its protector, and the devoted family who joined him while continuing his considerable legacy.

Directed by Jérôme Salle and starring Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney and Audrey Tautou among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Quest (2017)

A dedicated teacher who believes that children are a product of their environment and not inherently bad, develops a loving platonic relationship with a troubled and distrustful teen graffiti vandal in this indie drama based on a true story.

Directed by Santiago Rizzo and Lakeith Stanfield, Dash Mihok and Lou Diamond Phillips among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 18th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

25th

Logan Lucky (2017)

After falling on hard times, two humble southern brothers hatch an unlikely plan with a rag-tag crew to pull off a heist at a big NASCAR race, in another all-star comedy caper film from director Steven Soderbergh.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver and Daniel Craig among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 25th of August   US Release: 18th of August

 

 

 

Rough Night (2017)

A dark comedy following the fate of a group of women who try to deal with the unexpected death of a male stripper at their Miami bachelorette party, in this an all-female ‘Very Bad Things’ meets ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’, featuring an ensemble cast of comedic and dramatic stars.

Directed by Lucia Aniello and starring Scarlett Johansson, Kate McKinnon and Jillian Bell among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 25th of August   US Release: 16th of June

 

 

 

American Made (2017)

Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity) directs and Tom Cruise stars in in a biographical drama based on the life of the infamous Barry Seal; an American pilot and Colombian drug cartel smuggler turned federal informant, whose activities would contribute to national scandals in the US and help to topple regimes in central America in the 1980s.

Directed by  Doug Liman and starring Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright and Domhnall Gleeson among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 25th of August   US Release: 29th of September

 

 

 

Detroit (2017)

With tension running high between the people and the authorities of Detroit in 1967, a police raid sparks an all-out uprising and borderline race riot as the disparate citizens of the city struggle with five days of madness, in director Kathryn Bigelow’s biographical drama snapshot of the long hot summer of ’67.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring John Boyega, Will Poulter and Anthony Mackie among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 25th of August   US Release: 4th of August

 

 

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