July

 

7th

Elemental (2023)

In a fantastical city whose citizens are anthropomorphised elements living together but never mixing, a young fire woman and young water man with different personalities develop a friendship, challenging each other’s beliefs about the world in which they live and realising that what unites them is greater than what might divide them, in the latest animated big screen opposites attract difference and inclusion metaphor from Disney.

Directed by Peter Sohn and starring Mamoudou Athie, Leah Lewis and Wendi McLendon-Covey among others.

Genre: Family, Animation, Adventure, comedy

UK Release: 7th of July   US Release: 16th of June

 

 

 

Smoking Causes Coughing (2022)

Having seen better days and with the group drifting apart, vigilante superhero squad the “Tobacco Force” is sent on a team-building retreat before they return to saving the world from villains and creatures in this Super Sentai inspired, latest quirky French surrealist concoction from the writer/director of ‘Rubber’ and ‘Deerskin’.

Directed by Quentin Dupieux and starring Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste and Anaïs Demoustier among others.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-fi

UK Release: 7th of July   US Release: 31st of March

 

 

 

The Out-Laws (2023)

Meeting the parents takes a turn for a square bank manager when his impending marriage is turned upside down after his bank is robbed by notorious and elusive bandits, whom he suspects may be his future in-laws, as he’s pulled into a criminal conspiracy to save his beloved . . . with hilarious consequences.

Directed by Tyler Spindel and starring Adam Devine, Nina Dobrev and Pierce Brosnan among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

UK Release: 7th of July (Netflix)   US Release: 7th of July (Netflix)

 

 

 

Insidious: The Red Door (2023)

A decade after the possession of their young son and haunting of their family, the Lamberts are once again plunged into darkness when the demons of his past come back to haunt Josh during his college years, in this sequel to 2013’s ‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ and fifth instalment of the horror franchise.

Directed by Patrick Wilson and starring Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins and Rose Byrne among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

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

 

 

 

10th

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

IMF super-agent Ethan Hunt is forced to make terrible decision when he and his crew are plunged into their most dangerous globetrotting mission yet, as the powerful ghosts of the past come back to haunt them while trying to stop a dangerous weapon ending up in the wrong hands, in this seventh instalment and first part of a potential two-part conclusion to the blockbuster saga.

Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson and Ving Rhames among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

UK Release: 10th of July   US Release: 12th of July

 

 

 

14th

Bird Box Barcelona (2023)

The mysterious apocalyptic force which causes self-anihilation and the blindness survival frenzy to avoid it spreads beyond American shores and goes global, as a small group try to survive the mayhem in Catalunya in this sequel/spin-off to 2018’s ‘Bird Box’.

Directed by Àlex Pastor & David Pastor and starring Georgina Campbell, Mario Casas and Alejandra Howard among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-fi

UK Release: 14th of July (Netflix)   US Release: 14th of July (Netflix)

 

 

 

21st

Oppenheimer (2023)

An American physicist at the height of World War II reluctantly becomes the destroyer of worlds as his relentless drive to beat the Nazis in the development of the atomic bomb takes him and some of the finest scientific minds in the world to a remote New Mexico desert until the mission is done, only for the realisation of what he has unleashed to drop in this epic biographical take on the Robert Oppenheimer story from the director of ‘Interstellar’ and the ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy.

Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 21st of July   US Release: 21st of July

 

 

 

Barbie (2023)

Barbieworld meets the real word when things start to go wrong in the colourfully idyllic kingdom of play, as Barbie and a confused Ken embark on a road trip into the bleakness of real California and struggle to adapt to its cynicism, only to overcome and teach people about the joys of living while learning a few sobering life lessons themselves, in this irreverent yet reverential take on the classic child’s play from the director of ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘Little Women’.

Directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera among others.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 21st of July   US Release: 21st of July

 

 

 

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

When a hustler, a pimp and a pro on a score target a mysterious underground lab, they inadvertently stumble upon an outrageous nefarious government conspiracy targeting African-Americans, prompting them to turn into unlikely detectives to unravel the mystery and mobilise the black community in this crime/comedy caper directorial debut from Juel Taylor.

Directed by Juel Taylor and starring Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and Teyonah Parris among others.

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

UK Release: 21st of July (Netflix)   US Release: 21st of July (Netflix)

 

 

 

28th

The Beanie Bubble (2023)

A frustrated flamboyant toy salesman teams up with his wife and two women in his company to get his piece of the capitalist pie and create a 90s toy craze, spawning a plush toy phenomenon which soon tears them apart and drives him delusionally ambitious as the Beanie Babies get a Hollywood origin story.

Directed by Kristin Gore & Damian Kulash and starring Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks and Geraldine Viswanathan among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 28th of July (Apple TV+)   US Release: 28th of July (Apple TV+)

 

 

 

Talk to Me (2023)

A group of young Aussie friends begin connecting with the spirits of the dead when they find the mysterious embalmed hand of an unknown medium, but they inadvertently open the supernatural gates to dark forces who now stalk them, as they’re plunged into a living nightmare trying to survive and unravel the mystery of the appendage before it consumes them all.

Directed by Danny Philippou & Michael Philippou and starring Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird and Alexandra Jensen among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Knights of the Zodiac (2023)

In a modern world of men where the ancient Gods play their part, the young woman re-incarnation of the goddess Athena must be protected by a resourceful young street kid destined for greatness when he’s challenged to become a Knight of the Zodiac, as he must learn to harness mystical powers to protect her from powerful gathering foes in this big screen adaptation of the popular Japanese manga series ‘Saint Seiya’.

Directed by Tomasz Baginski and starring Mackenyu, Sean Bean and Madison Iseman among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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

 

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