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Best DVD & Blu-rays Released August 2018

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Breaking In Poster
82%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows a woman who will stop at nothing to rescue her two children being held hostage in a house designed with impenetrable security. No trap, no trick and especially no man inside can match a mother with a mission when she is determined...

Will Packer, Billy Burke, Ryan Engle, Gabrielle Union, Richard Cabral, James McTeigue, James Lopez, Craig Perry

PG-13 Thriller Suspense
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On Chesil Beach Poster
88%

Ratings

  • 3.3 / 5

out of 5 stars

The drama, which takes place in the UK in 1963, revolves around two repressed virgins in their early twenties whose attempt to consummate ends badly. Their futile attempt at lovemaking leads to doubt and recriminations.

Emily Watson, Sam Mendes, Saoirse Ronan, Adrian Scarborough, Billy Howle, Pippa Harris, Stephen Woolley, Elizabeth Karlsen

R Drama Adaptation
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DIGIMON ADVENTURE tri.: Coexistence Poster
85%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Meicoomon once again begins to rampage when she sees her partner Meiko injured by a mysterious man. Meicoomon, who disappeared into the Real World, is a distortion itself—in possession of too much power, and a key to destroying the world. The arrival of rampaging Meicoomon starts the countdown to the Real World’s collapse. A series of abnormal phenomena occur all over the place. The Digimon who appear through the distortions were waiting for this time to come. The DigiDestined are cast out of the Digital World when it goes out of order, and after returning to the Real World, are driven away by people because of their accompanying partner Digimon. Meanwhile, a cruel fate is imminent for Kari.

Adventure Sequel
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The Rider Poster
68%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Based on his a true story, The Rider stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Chloé Zhao, Brady Jandreau, Lane Scott, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Cat Clifford

Drama
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Revenge Poster
88%

Ratings

  • 4.2 / 5

out of 5 stars

Jen (Matilda Lutz) is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly - and viciously - intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge.

Kevin Janssens, Matilda Lutz, Coralie Fargeat, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède

R Action 1 hr, 48 mins
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Aardvark Poster
70%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Centers on a mentally ill man (Zachary Quinto) who, after suffering hallucinations, begins to see a therapist. He believes he has fallen in love, but isn't sure if his new soulmate is real or a hallucination. At the same time, his new therapist also finds love — with her new patient's famous brother.

Zachary Quinto, Jon Hamm, Jenny Slate, Brian Shoaf

PG-13 Drama
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Marrowbone Poster
55%

Ratings

  • 2.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows four children who hide from the world in a farm that holds a terrible secret.

Anya Taylor-Joy, Mia Goth, Charlie Heaton, Juan Antonio Bayona, George MacKay, Belen Atienza, Sergio G. Sanchez

R Thriller Horror
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Wildling Poster
56%

Ratings

  • 2.6 / 5

out of 5 stars

A dark fantasy tale centered on young Anna (BEL POWLEY) who spends her entire childhood in a single room under the care of a mysterious man she only knows as "Daddy" (BRAD DOURIF). He makes her fear the "Outside" by telling her of the "Wildling". At age 16, Anna is freed by small-town sheriff Ellen Cooper (LIV TYLER) with whom she finds a temporary home. For the first time in her life, Anna experiences the Outside, soon learning there's no such thing as the Wildling. But as she begins to flourish as a young woman, a series of unsettling events unfolds...

Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Mike Faist, Brad Dourif, James Le Gros, Fritz Böhm, Florian Eder

Fantasy Horror
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The Measure of a Man Poster
92%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.

Luke Wilson, Donald Sutherland, Judy Greer, Liana Liberato, Madisen Beaty, Jim Loach, David Scearce, Blake Cooper

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 40 mins
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Avengers: Infinity War Poster
90%

Ratings

  • 4.4 / 5

out of 5 stars

A third installment in Marvel's The Avengers franchise.

Anthony Mackie, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Olsen, Don Cheadle, Samuel L. Jackson

PG-13 Action 2 hrs, 36 mins
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Shock And Awe Poster
76%

Ratings

  • 4.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows a group of journalists who asked the tough questions about Saddam Hussein’s alleged WMD’s (weapons of mass destruction).

Milla Jovovich, Jessica Biel, Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Tommy Lee Jones, Richard Schiff, Rob Reiner, Luke Tennie

Drama 1 hr, 30 mins
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The Last Warrior Poster
91%

A new era is about to begin in Eastern Europe. Scythians, the proud warriors, are all but gone and most of the few remaining descendants have become ruthless mercenary assassins. Lutobor, is a warrior who becomes involved in intertribal conflicts and sets off on a perilous journey to save his family. His guide is a captive Scythian who is his enemy, but they brave the treacherous wild steppes, moving toward the last haven of the Scythians, to what seems to be their inevitable demise.

Vadim Golovanov, Aleksandr Kuxnetsov, Rustam Mosafir, Aleksey Faddeev, Yuriy Tsurilo

PG Drama War
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The House of Tomorrow Poster
69%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

The film follows a 16-year-old (Asa Butterfield) who has spent most of his life with his Buckminster Fuller-loving Nana (Ellen Burstyn) in their geodesic-dome home tourist attraction until she is sidelined by a stroke. He soon forms a punk band with a chain-smoking teen (Alex Wolff), who lives in the suburbs with his bible-banging single dad Alan (Nick Offerman) and teenage sister Meredith (Maude Apatow).

Nick Offerman, Ellen Burstyn, Asa Butterfield, Maude Apatow, Alex Wolff, Michaela Watkins, Peter Livolsi

Drama Coming-of-Age
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Bad Samaritan Poster
87%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

Two young car valets use their business as a front to burglarize the houses of their unsuspecting patrons. Life is good for the petty thieves until they target the wrong house, changing their lives forever.

David Tennant, Robert Sheehan, Dean Devlin, Rachel Olschan-Wilson, Mark Roskin, Brandon Boyce

Thriller
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties Poster
60%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in the 1970s, the film follows two London boys who discover that the opposite sex is even stranger than they had originally thought.

Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, John Cameron Mitchell, Philippa Goslett

R Comedy 1 hr, 42 mins
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The Boxcar Children - Surprise Island Poster
63%

Ratings

  • 3 / 5

out of 5 stars

The Alden children have a home with their grandfather now – but their adventures are just beginning! The first surprise comes when they learn they’ll be spending the summer on their private island. A kind stranger who lives there is always happy to help the children out, but does this new friend have a secret?

Joey King, J.K. Simmons, Dane DeHaan, Martin Sheen, Daniel Chuba, Griffin Cluck

Adventure 1 hr, 40 mins
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Show Dogs Poster
71%

Ratings

  • 2.9 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows Max, a rugged, lone-wolf Rottweiler police dog. He and his human cop partners get a tip that an animal-trafficking ring is planning an attack on the Eastminster Dog Show. Macho Max must undergo a makeover – mud baths, ballet lessons, a Brazilian waxing – to go undercover in order to thwart the plot.

Stanley Tucci, Will Arnett, Natasha Lyonne, Gabriel Iglesias, Raja Gosnell, Deepak Nayar, Ludacris, Scott Lambert

PG Comedy Family
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Deadpool 2 Poster
92%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

The wise-cracking mercenary returns.

Morena Baccarin, Ryan Reynolds, Simon Kinberg, Lauren Shuler Donner, Josh Brolin, Brianna Hildebrand, Rhett Reese, David Leitch

R Action 1 hr, 59 mins
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God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness Poster
82%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Third installment of the God's Not Dead series.

John Corbett, Cary Solomon, Chuck Konzelman, Ted McGinley, Shane Harper, Tatum O'Neal, Ian Campbell, Alysoun Wolfe

PG Drama Sequel
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First Reformed Poster
66%

Ratings

  • 2.6 / 5

out of 5 stars

An ex-military chaplain is tortured by the loss of a son he encouraged to enlist in the armed forces. He is further challenged after befriending a young parishioner, and her radical environmentalist husband. He soon discovers hidden secrets of his church's complicity with unscrupulous corporations.

Amanda Seyfried, Christine Vachon, Cedric the Entertainer, Paul Schrader, David Hinojosa, Ethan Hawke, Gary Hamilton, Michael Gaston

R Drama 1 hr, 53 mins
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Bleeding Steel Poster
58%

Ratings

  • 1 / 5

out of 5 stars

In an action-packed drama reminiscent of '80s techno-sci-fi thrillers, Jackie Chan stars as Lin, a police inspector in modern Hong Kong. While tracking down a deranged, mecha-enhanced villain, Lin discovers that a geneticist's lost bio-chemical invention has been surgically implanted into his missing daughter. With the help of a young hacker, Lin connects the dots between the device that haunts his daughter, his enemy's sinister army, and a strange cultural phenomenon called "Bleeding Steel."

Jackie Chan, Callan Mulvey, Show Lo, Nana Ou-yang, Tess Haubrich, Leo Zhang, Erica Xia-hou

Action Thriller
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Poster
95%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

Follows the WWII-era exploits of a Nazi-foiling book club.

Glen Powell, Lily James, Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton, Mike Newell, Mitchell Kaplan, Michiel Huisman, Matthew Goode

Drama 2 hrs, 2 mins
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Book Club Poster
76%

Ratings

  • 4.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in and around California, the film revolves around four lifelong friends who read 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club and have their lives changed forever.

Alicia Silverstone, Jane Fonda, Richard Dreyfuss, Diane Keaton, Tommy Dewey, Don Johnson, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson

PG-13 Drama Comedy
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Upgrade Poster
69%

Ratings

  • 3.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

The film centers on Grey Trace, a technophobe in a utopian near-future when computers control nearly everything – from cars to crime-surveillance – who is paralyzed in a freak mugging. But when a billionaire technologist offers him an experimental paralysis cure – an implanted computer chip called STEM – Grey finds that the chip has a voice and a mind of its own.

Jason Blum, Benedict Hardie, Leigh Whannell, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Logan Marshall Green, Simon Maiden

R Sci-Fi
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Adrift Poster
74%

Ratings

  • 2.8 / 5

out of 5 stars

The movie is based on the true story of a woman and her fiance who, after setting sail from Tahiti, find themselves in the middle of a massive hurricane. After being knocked unconscious, the woman finds her boat in ruins and her fiance missing, now lost at sea. The rest of the story follows her 1,500 mile journey back to Hawaii while battling the elements.

Shailene Woodley, Baltasar Kormakur, Sam Claflin, Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, Grace Palmer, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Jeffrey Thomas

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 36 mins
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RBG Poster
65%

Ratings

  • 4 / 5

out of 5 stars

At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans – until now.

Julie Cohen, Betsy West

PG Documentary
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The Guardians Poster
49%

Ratings

  • 2.7 / 5

out of 5 stars

The women of the Paridier farm, under the deft hand of Hortense, the family's matriarch (Nathalie Baye), must grapple with the workload while the men are off at the front. Initially, the mysterious Francine’s (Iris Bry) arrival is welcomed for her diligence and tirelessness. Soon enough, emotions run high when the sons return on leave, and Francine becomes the center of a familial disturbance.

Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau, Laura Smet, Cyril Descours, Nathalie Baye, Iris Bry, Gilbert Bonneau, Olivier Rabourdin

R Drama 2 hrs, 15 mins
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Mary Shelley Poster
73%

Ratings

  • 5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Dangerously charismatic poet Percy Shelley and the brilliant and beautiful 18-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft have a tumultuous love affair, which ultimately inspires her to write "Frankenstein."

Elle Fanning, Maisie Williams, Joanne Froggatt, Amy Baer, Alan Moloney, Bel Powley, Tom Sturridge, Douglas Booth

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 1 min
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Woman Walks Ahead Poster
86%

Ratings

  • 3.1 / 5

out of 5 stars

Set in the 19th Century, Caroline Weldon moves from Brooklyn to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull keep the land for his people.

Ed Zwick, Steven Knight, Sam Rockwell, Ciaran Hinds, Bill Camp, Jessica Chastain, Susanna White, Marshall Herskovitz

R Drama 1 hr, 41 mins
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American Animals Poster
92%

Ratings

  • 4.5 / 5

out of 5 stars

Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.

Evan Peters, Bart Layton, Katherine Butler, Mary Jane Skalski, Dimitri Doganis, Derrin Schlesinger

R Drama Heist
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Top August 2018 Movie Trailers

Breaking In

Theatrical Trailer

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Red Band Trailer

Borderline

changed release date from March 14, 2025 to March 7, 2025

The Ritual

changed release date from April 18, 2025 to June 6, 2025

The Mummy

changed release date from April 17, 2025 to April 17, 2026

Bad Fairies

changed release date from July 23, 2025 to July 23, 2027

Bad Fairies

changed release date from TBA to July 23, 2025

The Mummy

changed release date from TBA to April 17, 2025
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