August

 

2nd

Kensuke’s Kingdom (2024)

Lost at sea and shipwrecked on an seemingly deserted island, a young boy and his dog struggle to survive only to be rescued by a mysterious figure who’s made the island his home, as they form an unlikely bond and discover the natural wonders of the island but also its perils, and are forced to make a decision about all their futures in this animated adaptation of the Michael Morpurgo children’s novel.

Directed by Neil Boyle & Kirk Hendry and starring Aaron MacGregor, Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 2nd of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)

Harold’s wonderful world of childhood imagination—all brought to life by his trusty purple crayon—is catapulted into the real world as an adult, as he’s forced into a quest to save both worlds when things go wrong in this big screen adaptation of the popular children’s novel by Crockett Johnson.

Directed by Carlos Saldanha and starring Zachary Levi, Jemaine Clement and Lil Rel Howery among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 2nd of August   US Release: 2nd of August

 

 

 

9th

Borderlands (2024)

A mysterious bounty hunter assembles a ragtag team of rogues and leads them back to her chaotic home of Pandora, on a dangerous mission to rescue the daughter of a notorious galactic boss and uncover the secrets of the planet whilst battling the many dangers on it in this big screen adaptation of the hit video game series.

Directed by Eli Roth and starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jamie Lee Curtis among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi

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

 

 

 

It Ends with Us (2024)

A woman with a dream of starting her own business and the scars of childhood trauma falls for a charming doctor and embarks on a passionate relationship, only for it to be threatened by her memories of her parents’ relationship and the return of an old flame into to her life, as she’s forced to rely on her own strength and make a crucial life choice in this Hollywood adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel.

Directed by Justin Baldoni and starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and Jenny Slate among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

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

 

 

 

Radical (2023)

Determined to turn around a failing school and save his young students from a future life of crime in a neglected and corrupt Mexican border town, a teacher tries a radical new educational method fuelled by imagination to unlock the potential of the children in this big screen take on an inspirational true story.

Directed by Christopher Zalla and starring Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad and Jennifer Trejo among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 9th of August   US Release: 3rd of November 2023

 

 

 

16th

Alien: Romulus (2024)

A young crew of space colonists bite off more than they can chew and are plunged in a doomed struggle for survival whilst scavenging an abandoned space station, after they inadvertently unleash the “perfect organism” dwelling within, in this latest but first of the Disney era of the iconic space horror/thriller franchise.

Directed by Fede Alvarez and starring Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced and Archie Renaux among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Sci-fi

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

 

 

 

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 (2024)

The continuation of Kevin Costner’s old American West chronicle, following lives of multiple settlers, pioneers and native tribes in the American frontier of the mid-19th century which intersect in the plains and towns of an expanding pre and post-Civil War USA, as they struggle to establish roots among hardship and overcome obstacles in a rapidly changing new nation.

Directed by Kevin Costner and starring Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller and Sam Worthington among others.

Genre: Drama, Western

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

 

 

 

The Union (2024)

When his mysterious and alluring high school ex-girlfriend unexpectedly comes back into his life decades later, an average blue collar New Jersey construction worker is plunged into the world of international espionage when she recruits him on a important but dangerous globetrotting US intelligence mission.

Directed by Julian Farino and starring Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry and J.K. Simmons among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller

UK Release: 16th of August (Netflix)   US Release: 16th of August (Netflix)

 

 

 

23rd

The Crow (2024)

A cursed young man murdered alongside his beloved heads towards a path of supernatural revenge when he’s resurrected and placed between the worlds of the living and the dead, violently jumping on the chance of saving their souls and putting things right by bringing down ruthless retribution on those who wronged them in this latest adaptation of the James O’Barr comic book series.

Directed by S.J. Rupert Sanders and starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs and Danny Huston among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 23rd of August

 

 

 

Cuckoo (2024)

An American teenager’s family relocation to idyllic rural Germany turns into a surrealist nightmare when the local forest resort reveals sinister secrets about the town and her troubling family history, plunging her into a struggle for sanity and survival in this blood-soaked psychological horror/thriller from the writer/director of ‘Luz’.

Directed by Tilman Singer and starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens and Marton Csokas among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 2nd of August

 

 

 

Blink Twice (2024)

A dream vacation for two unassuming waitress friends at a charismatic tech billionaire’s private island becomes unexpectedly weird and sinister, after things take a surrealist turn of ultra rich people proportions, leaving the assembled guests in a fight for survival which makes them question their reality in this black comedy mystery/thriller from screen star turned writer/director Zoë Kravitz.

Directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring Naomi Ackie, Alia Shawkat and Alia Shawkat among others.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 23rd of August

 

 

 

Widow Clicquot (2024)

In early 19th century France young widower and mother Madame Clicquot Ponsardin inherits her late husband wine business and defies social expectations of the time to becomes the unlikely “Grande Dame of Champagne”, as the iconic champagne house Veuve Clicquot gets the Hollywood treatment.

Directed by Thomas Napper and starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge and Sam Riley among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 19th of July

 

 

 

Kneecap (2024)

A jaded teacher in Northern Ireland forms an unlikely alliance with a couple of local scoundrels, giving birth to an anarchic Gaelic hip hop group intent on keeping their mother tongue alive and mould it into their wild modern lifestyle, as they clash with authorities and their fractured society and threaten to sabotage their own dreams in this riotous dramedy based on a true story.

Directed by Rich Peppiatt and starring Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara and DJ Próvai among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 2nd of August

 

 

 

Between the Temples (2024)

Suffering a crisis of conscience and losing his faith, a Jewish cantor re-connects with his childhood music teacher who helps him re-discover himself while he unexpectedly guides her as his new Bat Mitzvah student, as they amusingly fill the void in each other’s lives with neuroses and some much needed chutzpah.

Directed by Nathan Silver and starring Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane and Robert Smigel among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 23rd of August   US Release: 23rd of August

 

 

 

30th

AfrAId (2024)

Life is made all the more comfortable for the young Curtis family when a tech company selects them to test an advanced new AI digital assistant which makes everything easy, before turning terrifying when it tries to take over . . . with sinister consequences for them and those around them.

Directed by John Cho, Katherine Waterston and David Dastmalchian among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-fi

UK Release: 30th of August   US Release: 30th of August

 

 

 

The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024)

A big screen modern French adaptation of the classic 19th century Alexandre Dumas adventure novel of obsession and revenge, centred around a young sailor wrongly jailed for a high crime over many years, who escapes his prison fortress and assumes different identities to get close to the high society conspirators who wronged him and get his long-brewing vengeance . . . at a great cost.

Directed by Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte and starring Pierre Niney, Anaïs Demoustier and Laurent Lafitte among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 30th of August   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Touch (2024)

An Icelandic widower whose time is running out embarks on a globetrotting journey and revisits his youth, trying to track down a Japanese woman who was his first love in this adaptation of the Olafsson novel from the director of ‘Everest’ and ‘Adrift’.

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur and starring Egill Ólafsson, Yôko Narahashi and Palmi Kormákur among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 30th of August   US Release: 12th of July

 

 

 

The Deliverance (2024)

After she moves into a mysterious new house with her children, a struggling mum teams up with a determined Reverend and a true believer to protect her family from the demons lurking within their home in this possession horror/thriller from the director of ‘Precious’ and ‘The Butler’.

Directed by Lee Daniels and starring Andra Day, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Glenn Close among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 30th of August (Netflix)   US Release: 30th of August (Netflix)

 

 

 

Sing Sing (2024)

Locked up at the notorious Sing Sing maximum-security New York state prison for a crime he didn’t commit, Divine G finds hope and purpose when he joins a theatre group of fellow inmates, as they shed the baggage which kept them apart to find a common humanity in the power of art and culture to transform and uplift.

Directed by Greg Kwedar and starring Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin and Paul Raci among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 30th of August   US Release: 2nd of August

 

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