Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons site and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in August
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Opens: August 3
The oh-so-wimpy Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) gets himself into more mischief when he spends the summer working at a country club. The cast includes Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris and Devon Bostick.
Soldiers of Fortune
Opens: August 3
Captain Craig McKenzie (Christian Slater), a former US special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience firsthand the kicks and thrills of war. However, the mission goes horribly wrong and the men get a lot more than they bargained for. The film also stars Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames and James Cromwell
Total Recall
Opens: August 3
This is a remake of the 1990 film starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel and Bill Nighy.
Hope Springs
Opens: August 10
Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) is a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy.
The Bourne Legacy
Opens: August 10
The fourth film in the franchise will focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). The cast includes Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen and Albert Finney.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Opens: August 15
This film is an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim–and their small town of Stanleyville–learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. The cast includes Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest and Rosemarie DeWitt.
Cosmopolis
Opens: August 17
The film follows a single cataclysmic day in the life of Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28-year-old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s old barber, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Co-stars include Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand.
ParaNorman
Opens: August 17
This 3D stop-motion comedy thriller focuses on a small town that comes under siege by zombies. The voices will be provided by Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempsett Bledsoe, Jodelle Ferland and John Goodman (among others).
Sparkle
Opens: August 17
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (the late Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with music manager, Stix (Derek Luke) while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters (Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter) strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.
The Expendables 2
Opens: August 17
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. Cast includes Jean Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Hit and Run
Opens: August 24
This film is about Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a questionable past who risks everything when he busts out of the witness protection program to deliver his fiancée (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds (led by Tom Arnold) and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie’s former pals, a band of gangsters (led by Bradley Cooper), enter the fray. Co-stars include Beau Bridges and Kristin Chenoweth.
Premium Rush
Opens: August 24
A crooked cop (Michael Shannon) pursues a New York City bike messenger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) carrying a dubious package. The cast includes Jamie Chung, Aaron Tveit, Dania Ramirez and Lauren Ashley Carter.
The Apparition
Opens: August 24
When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.
Lawless
Opens: August 29
This film is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. The loyalty of three brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf and Jason Clarke) is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave. The cast includes Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain.
7500
Opens: August 31
This film focuses on a group of passengers who encounter what appears to be a supernatural force while on a transpacific flight. The cast includes Ryan Kwanten, Leslie Bibb and Christian Serratos.
The Good Doctor
Opens: August 31
Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is a British medical student who has come to the United States to begin a residency at a hospital in Southern California. Blake is handsome and charming, but beneath the surface he’s an arrogant man who longs to wield power over others. He doesn’t fare well with his first few patients, and is on shaky ground with his superiors when he begins treating Diane (Riley Keough), a beautiful teenage girl with a kidney infection. Diane is clearly taken with Blake’s good looks and they enjoy one another’s company, while his superiors are impressed with the care he’s taken with her. But Blake doesn’t want Diane released too quickly, and begins adjusting her medication to that her infection will take longer to clear up. Jimmy (Michael Pena), an orderly, notices what Blake is doing, and threatens to expose him unless he wants — a steady supply of pharmaceuticals. The cast includes Rob Morrow, Taraji P. Henson, J.K. Simmons and Troy Garity.
The Possession
Opens: August 31
Shortly after her parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick) divorce, a young girl purchases an ornate antique box at a yard sale. In the weeks that follow, the young girl forms an intense fixation on the box, her behavior growing increasingly bizarre as she falls into the grip of a diabolical apparition. When the girl’s father discovers that the relic is in fact a holding cell for the disconnected soul of a deceased person who has been denied entry into the afterlife and needs a human host to inhabit, he fights to rid her of the evil that threatens to consume her body and soul. The cast includes Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport and Grant Show.
The Tall Man
Opens: August 31
In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare. Co-stars include Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis and Samantha Ferris.
Movies coming out in September will be posted at the end of August
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