When his family is threatened, Detroit’s finest Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills with his daughter and teams up with some old friends to unravel a criminal conspiracy that reaches the top, in this fourth instalment of the beloved action/comedy franchise 30 years in the making.
Directed by Mark Molloy and starring Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy and Kevin Bacon among others.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
UK Release: 3rd of July (Netflix) US Release: 3rd of July (Netflix)
5th
MaXXXine (2024)
After fleeing a notorious rural Texas massacre and heading west, young aspiring actress Maxine’s dreams of Hollywood stardom are threatened by the bloody ghosts of her past and an infamous predator rampaging the seedy streets of 1980s Los Angeles, in this third instalment of Ti West’s cult hit new series.
Directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, Elizabeth Debicki and Bobby Cannavale among others.
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 5th of July US Release: 7th of July
Unicorns (2024)
A struggling working-class single father’s life in modern Britain is turned upside down when he meets a beguiling South Asian drag queen and becomes his driver, as he’s pulled into an underground culture once alien to him and begins to unexpectedly fall for his glamorous but conflicted new friend who lives his own double life.
Directed by Sally El Hosaini & James Krishna Floyd and starring Ben Hardy, Hannah Onslow and Jason Patel among others.
Genre: Drama, Romance
UK Release: 5th of July US Release: N/A
12th
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
Beloved supervillain Gru’s idyllic family life and new baby are put in danger by the prison escape of his vengeful and notorious nemesis Maxime Le Mal, as the family are forced into hiding only to come together along with their Minions to save their own fates in this latest instalment of the hit animated franchise.
Directed by Chris Renaud & Patrick Delage and starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell among others.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
UK Release: 12th of July US Release: 3rd of July
Fly Me to the Moon (2024)
At the height of the space race in the 1960s and with the iconic Apollo 11 mission looming, fate brings together a marketing guru and a NASA launch director, as the US government worried about the crucial mission tasks them with an important back-up plan—faking the moon landing, as they come together to stage an ingenious Holywood-style subterfuge . . . and give conspiracy theorists ammunition for decades to come.
Directed by Greg Berlanti and starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson among others.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
UK Release: 12th of July US Release: 12th of July
In a Violent Nature (2024)
After an heirloom is removed from a tomb in the deep woods, a long-dead young man is resurrected as a vengeful undead bogeyman intent on a brutal rampage of revenge, in this new slasher flick inspired by generations of classic horror . . . where the killer takes centre stage.
Directed by Chris Nash and starring Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic and Cameron Love among others.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 12th of July US Release: 31st of May
Longlegs (2024)
In 1990s small town USA a young FBI agent investigates a series of brutal and connected murders with occult overtones and a common calling card, struggling to overcome her own fears to stop a deranged serial killer and mysterious agent of death from terrorising the community and striking again.
Directed by Oz Perkins and starring Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood and Nicolas Cage among others.
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 12th of July US Release: 12th of July
17th
Twisters (2024)
A big city scientist reluctantly teams up with a larger-than-life social media star tornado wrangler and his crew to go out into the field and get up close & personal with the perfect storm, with wild and destructive consequences in this reboot/sequel to the 1990s disaster action flick.
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung and starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
UK Release: 17th of July US Release: 19th of July
19th
Thelma (2024)
After she’s tricked by a scammer pretending to be her grandson and gets little help from the police, a nonagenarian grandma takes matters into her own hands, embarking on a mission across the city with a buddy to get her money back and exact revenge upon those who wronged her.
Directed by Josh Margolin and starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree and Clark Gregg among others.
Genre: Action, Comedy
UK Release: 19th of July US Release: 21st of June
Crossing (2024)
Determined to track down her long-lost niece, a retired Georgian teacher and her young neighbour embark on a voyage to nearby Turkey to track her down, scouring the streets of Istanbul and plunging into the city’s trans sex worker underworld, as they meet a local lawyer working for trans rights and start to realise that their target may not want to be found in this story of identity and acceptance.
Directed by Levan Akin and starring Mzia Arabuli, Lucas Kankava and Deniz Dumanli among others.
Genre: Drama
UK Release: 19th of July US Release: 19th of July
Find Me Falling (2024)
A dream escape to a picturesque Mediterranean island after a failed comeback for a washed up rock star takes a turn when he finds that his new digs have a past, and an accompanying notoriety attracting unwanted visitors and an unexpected old lover, leading to a series of unfortunate events . . . with comedic and romantic consequences.
Directed by Stelana Kliris and starring Harry Connick Jr., Agni Scott and Ali Fumiko Whitney among others.
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
UK Release: 19th of July (Netflix) US Release: 19th of July (Netflix)
25th
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
The wisecracking “merc with a mouth” returns to recruit a reluctant and legendary ornery clawed mutant from an alternate universe, as they team up to form a fantastic fast-healing duo and travel the multiverse to save the world, crossing paths with a variety of versions of familiar super heroes and villains in this latest and first Disney era instalment of the hit self-referential R-rated comic-book franchise.
Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman and Emma Corrin among others.
In a remote Turkish village an art teacher is losing faith in a move to the big city and ending his years of grim compulsory service in the sticks, while getting caught up in scandal when he’s accused of inappropriate behaviour by his students, only for hope to be rekindled when he meets a young fellow teacher with hopes and anxieties of her own who offers him a new perspective on life . . . but new challenges too.
Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and starring Deniz Celiloglu, Merve Dizdar and Musab Ekici among others.
Genre: Drama
UK Release: 26th of July US Release: 23rd of February
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
A couple of friends in middle American suburbia—who bond over their shared love of a bizarre and cancelled TV show—unite to unravel the transcendental mysteries of the supernatural programme which unexpectedly guides their lives and has a hand in unexplained occurrences within their sleepy town.
Directed by Jane Schoenbrun anf starring Justice Smith, Brigette Lundy-Paine and Ian Foreman among others.
#TriviaTuesday: A cost-cutting insect-like suit was the early design for the alien hunter in 1987's 'Predator'—unsuccessfully worn by the character's first actor Jean-Claude Van Damme—but it was ditched for a now iconic Stan Winston design at twice the price. Money well spent. pic.twitter.com/pvbTmpgUIB
#TriviaTuesday: ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ is most certainly the fictional fast food of choice in the Tarantinoverse, appearing or referenced in 'Reservoir Dogs', 'From Dusk Till Dawn', 'Death Proof', 'Four Rooms', as well as its starring turn in 1994’s 'Pulp Fiction' of course. pic.twitter.com/k3xVsbDuA6