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Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in August:

Five Nights in Maine
Opens: August 5

After his wife dies in a tragic car accident, young Sherwin (David Oyelowo) is called to Maine by his terminally ill and estranged mother-in-law Lucinda (Dianne Wiest). Grappling with a lifetime of disagreements, Lucinda and Sherwin find themselves forced to cope with their failings and grief in a quiet journey of empathy, compassion and healing. Rosie Perez co-stars.

Little Men
Opens: August 5

When 13-year-old Jake’s grandfather dies, his family moves back into its old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends Tony, whose single Chilean mother runs the shop downstairs. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Talia Balsam and Alfred Molina.

Nine Lives
Opens: August 5

Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) is a major business tycoon, who distanced himself from his daughter Rebecca (Malina Weissman) and his wife Lara (Jennifer Garner). In a rush to get a last-minute gift for his daughter’s 11th birthday, he goes to a mysterious pet shop run by Felix Grant (Christopher Walken) and buys a cat . On the way, however, Tom gets in an accident and finds himself trapped inside the cat’s body. He is told by Felix he must reconcile with his family within one week or stay as a cat forever. The film also stars Robbie Amell (The Flash and The Tomorrow People), Mark Consuelos (All My Children), Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex and The Flash) and Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory).

Suicide Squad
Opens: August 5

A secret government agency led by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency and saving the world from an unknown but powerful threat. The ensemble cast includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Cara Delevingne, Jim Parrick, Adam Beach and Karen Fukuhara.

The Founder
Opens: August 5

The film chronicles the rise of the McDonald’s fast food empire, telling the true story of how Illinois salesman Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton) met brothers Mac and Dick McDonald (John Carroll Lynch and Nick Offerman), operating a hamburger restaurant in southern California in the 1950s. Kroc subtly maneuvered himself into a position to take control of their company, which grew into one of the world’s best-known brands after he bought the chain for $2.7 million in 1961. The film also stars Laura Dern and Linda Cardellini.

Florence Foster Jenkins
Opens: August 12

Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep), an heiress in New York who owns a music club and lives for music, aspires to become an opera singer with the help of her husband St. Clair Bayfield (Hugh Grant) and her pianist Cosmé McMoon (Simon Helberg), despite her generally poor singing ability. The film also stars Rebecca Ferguson

Hell or High Water
Opens: August 12

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother plan a bank robbery to save their family’s West Texas farm from foreclosure, while two Texas Rangers are set to catch both brothers. The cast includes Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham (from the Twilight franchise) and Kevin Rankin (Lucifer)

Pete’s Dragon
Opens: August 12

In the Pacific Northwest United States, forest ranger Grace Meacham (Bryce Dallas Howard) finds a young boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) who lived in the woods for six years with a mysterious dragon named Elliott. With help from her wood-carver father (Robert Redford) and Natalie (Oona Laurence), the daughter of lumber mill owner Jack (Wes Bentley), Grace sets out to find out Pete’s identity and the truth about Elliott. But problems arise when hunter Gavin (Karl Urban), Jack’s brother and Natalie’s uncle, plans to capture Elliott.

Ben Hur
Opens: August 19

A nobleman, Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), is falsely accused of an assassination attempt by his childhood friend and adoptive brother Messala (Toby Kebbell). He survives years of slavery under the Romans and attempts to get revenge by challenging his adoptive brother in a grand chariot race while being forever changed after a series of encounters with Jesus of Nazareth. The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually), Sofia Black D’Elia (The Messengers), Ayelet Zurer (Man of Steel) and Nazanin Boniadi (Homeland).

Complete Unknown
Opens: August 26

A man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, while at a birthday dinner party, an old flame, and a woman who changes her identity often, reappears in his life. The cast includes Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates, Danny Glover, Condola Rashad (Billions), Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) and Azita Ghanizada (Alphas).

Remember the Goal
Opens: August 26

Remember The Goal is an inspirational sports drama. It focuses on a new Coach who takes over the girls cross country program at a private Christian school, setting a goal for them to win the state meet. As they begin to train for this, the top five runners each deal separately with a particular issue in life related to teens. As each of these stories unfold, so does the wisdom of the young Coach as she guides the girls along the pathway of life. The film stars Allee Sutton Hethcoat, Quinn Alexis and Sydney Marks.

Southside with You
Opens: August 26

Young associate Barack Obama (Patrick Sawyers from Austenland) tries to win the heart of a young lawyer, Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter from The Haves and Have Nots) in Chicago in 1989. On their first date, they visit the Art Institute of Chicago, view a screening of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and have their first kiss outside an ice cream parlor. The film also stars Vanessa Bell Calloway.

The Hollars
Opens: August 26

The film follows John Hollar (John Krasinski), a struggling New York City graphic novelist, who is forced to return home when his mother Sally (Margo Martindale) is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Back in the house he grew up in, John is immediately swept up in the problems of his dysfunctional family, high school rival, and an overeager ex-girlfriend as he faces impending fatherhood with his girlfriend Rebecca (Anna Kendrick) in New York. The film also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (BrainDead), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Richard Jenkins (Olive Kitteridge), singer/actor Josh Groban and Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia).

Movies coming out in September will be posted at the end of August.

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Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in July:

The BFG
Opens: July 1

Ten-year-old Sophie (newcomer Ruby Barnhill) is in for the adventure of a lifetime when she meets the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance). Naturally scared at first, the young girl soon realizes that the 24-foot behemoth is actually quite gentle and charming. As their friendship grows, Sophie’s presence attracts the unwanted attention of Bloodbottler (Bill Hader), Fleshlumpeater (Jermaine Clement) and other giants. After traveling to London, Sophie and the BFG must convince Queen Victoria to help them get rid of all the bad giants once and for all. The film also stars Rebecca Hall (The Town), Matt Frewer (Eureka) and Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey).

The Legend of Tarzan
Opens: July 1

It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard from True Blood) left the jungles of Africa—where he was raised by gorillas—behind for an aristocratic life in London as John Clayton, 3rd Viscount Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane Porter (Margot Robbie from The Wolf of Wall Street) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo Free State to serve as a trade emissary of the House of Commons, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the corrupt Belgian Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz).

Our Kind of Traitor
Opens: July 1

A British couple get embroiled with a Russian oligarch and high-profile money launderer while on holiday in Marrakech. The businessman soon leads them into a tortuous journey through Paris, the Swiss Alps and London. The cast includes Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Damian Lewis, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Northam.

The Secret Life of Pets
Opens: July 8

Inside of a Manhattan apartment building, a terrier named Max (Louis C.K.) starts to get neglected as a favorite pet when his owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) presents a sloppy mongrel named Duke (Eric Stonestreet), obtained from a dog pound, which results in a rivalry for both of them. But they have to put their quarrels behind when a seemingly adorable white rabbit named Snowball (Kevin Hart) and his army of abandoned pets who call themselves the “Flushed Pets” launch a criminal conspiracy to exact retaliation on all happily-owned pets and their owners. Meanwhile a Pomeranian dog named Gidget (Jenny Slate) assembles her own ragtag group of pets to track Max and Duke down. Other voices provided by Steve Coogan, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress and Albert Brooks.

Fathers and Daughters
Opens: July 8

A Pulitzer-winning writer (Russell Crowe) grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter (Amanda Seyfried) struggles to forge connections of her own. The film also stars Aaron Paul, Diane Kruger, Quvenzhane Wallis, Janet McTeer, Octavia Spencer, Jane Fonda and Bruce Greenwood.

The Infiltrator
Opens: July 15

During the 1980s, U.S. Customs Service special agent Robert Mazur (Bryan Cranston) uses his undercover alias “Bob Musella” to become a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world’s largest cartels and helps discover the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar. The cast includes John Leguizamo, Benjamin Bratt, Diane Kruger, Yul Vazquez, Amy Ryan, Olympia Dukakis and Jason Issacs.

Tulip Fever
Opens: July 15

Set in the Netherlands in the early 17th century, during the period of the Tulip mania, an artist (Dane DeHaan) falls for a married young woman (Alicia Vikander) while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait by her husband (Christoph Waltz). The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together. The film also stars Zach Galifianakis, Judi Dench, Jack O’Connell, Holliday Grainger, Matthew Morrison, Cara Delevingne, Tom Hollander, Kevin McKidd and David Harewood.

Ice Age: Collision Course
Opens: July 22

Scrat’s epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. To save themselves from peril, Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (John Leguizamo), Diego (Denis Leary) and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills and spills, highs and lows, laughter and adventure while traveling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colorful new characters. Other voices will be provided by Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg, Jennifer Lopez, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jessie J, Keke Palmer, Wanda Sykes, Melissa Rauch, Michael Strahan, Nick Offerman, Max Greenfield, Carlos Ponce, Adam DeVine and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Star Trek Beyond
Opens: July 22

The crew of the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, are attacked by a seemingly unstoppable wave of unknown aliens forcing them to abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, the crew find themselves in conflict with a new ruthless enemy. The cast includes Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, (the late) Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Danny Pudi.

Movies coming out in August will be posted at the end of July.

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