August 2014 Movies

With Dave Bautista • Vin Diesel • Djimon Hounsou • Bradley Cooper • Chris Pratt • Benicio Del Toro • Glenn Close • Karen Gillan • Lee Pace • John C. Reilly • Zoe Saldana • James Gunn • Michael Rooker • Kevin Feige • Nicole Perlman • Gregg Henry • Chris McCoy • Ophelia Lovibond

An American pilot ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants.

With Viola Davis • Brian Grazer • Dan Aykroyd • Octavia Spencer • Craig Robinson • Tate Taylor • Erica Huggins • Lennie James • Tika Sumpter • Peter Afterman • Anna Culp • Fred Melamed • Jill Scott • Victoria Pearman • Jezz Butterworth • Chadwick Boseman • Mick Jagger • Keith Robinson • John Henry Butterworth • Steve Baigelman • Nelsan Ellis

Based on the incredible life story of the Godfather of Soul, the film will give a fearless look inside the music, moves and moods of James Brown, taking audiences on the journey from his impoverished childhood to his evolution into one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.

With Heather Graham • Cary Elwes • Dylan McDermott • Selena Gomez • Austin Stowell • Nat Wolff • Andrew Lazar • Tim Garrick

Sixteen-year-old Ric Thibault and his crush Nina Pennington embark on a rock 'n' roll-themed odyssey. Along the way, they run into Mafia hitmen, a nymphomaniac, a few dying Latin teachers, narcoleptic nuns, inept policemen, unscrupulous lawyers, buffoon reporters, huckster televangelists and greedy relatives.

With Skye Noel • Brett Baumayr • Sonja Schenk • Jen Lilley

Olivia Howell is a modern-day woman—brilliant, educated, funny, but with a secret. Turns out this 27-year-old graduate student thinks her intimacy issues might actually be a sign that she is—asexual. Confused and stressed out, Olivia's world is turned upside down when a concerned girlfriend offers to “loan” her very own boyfriend to Olivia for sex! Now with the support of her gay roommate, a lesbian friend and the digital age, Olivia embarks on a quest of exploration to understand the most basic of human mysteries: sex.

With Sean Astin • Ben Hollingsworth • Evan Astrowsky • Jake Wadewall • Kaare Andrews • Brando Eaton

A group of friends planned the perfect vacation in the Caribbean, but when they head ashore to explore a remote island, their ultimate bachelor weekend devolves into their worst nightmare. After an ill-fated swim in contaminated water, they stumble upon a seemingly abandoned research facility where a deadly, flesh-eating virus has been unleashed.

With Aidan Gillen • Brendan Gleeson • M. Emmet Walsh • Domhnall Gleeson • Chris O'Dowd • Kelly Reilly • Dylan Moran • John Michael McDonagh

Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter (Kelly Reilly) and reach out to help members of his church with their various scurrilous moral - and often comic - problems, he feels sinister and troubling forces closing in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary.

With Adam Driver • Mackenzie Davis • Daniel Radcliffe • Rafe Spall • Oona Chaplin • Zoe Kazan • Elan Mastai

What If is the story of medical school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), who’s been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan (Adam Driver) seems to be finding the perfect partner (Mackenzie Davis), Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

With Steven Spielberg • Steven Knight • Manish Dayal • Helen Mirren • Oprah Winfrey • Charlotte Le Bon • Om Puri • Carla Gardini • Lasse Hallstrom • Juliet Blake • Caroline Hewitt

In The Hundred-Foot Journey, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. Displaced from their native India, the Kadam family, led by Papa (Om Puri), settles in the quaint village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val in the south of France. Filled with charm, it is both picturesque and elegant – the ideal place to settle down and open an Indian restaurant, the Maison Mumbai. That is, until the chilly chef proprietress of Le Saule Pleureur, a Michelin starred, classical French restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren), gets wind of it. Her icy protests against the new Indian restaurant a hundred feet from her own escalate to all out war between the two establishments – until Hassan’s passion for French haute cuisine and for Mme. Mallory’s enchanting sous chef, Marguerite (Charlotte Le Bon), combine with his mysteriously delicious talent to weave magic between their two cultures and imbue Saint-Antonin with the flavors of life that even Mme. Mallory cannot ignore. At first Mme. Mallory's culinary rival, she eventually recognizes Hassan's gift as a chef and takes him under her wing.

With Megan Fox • Michael Bay • Alan Ritchson • Will Arnett • Whoopi Goldberg • William Fichtner • Matt Holloway • Art Marcum • Andre Nemec • Danny Woodburn • Jonathan Liebesman • Brad Fuller • Andrew Form • Josh Appelbaum • Evan Daugherty • Pete Ploszek • Jeremy Howard • Scott Mednick • Galen Walker • Abby Elliott • Marina Norman • Noel Fisher • Minae Noji • K. Todd Freeman

The reboot story centers on the turtle crime fighters, which include Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael, as well as their master Splinter. Rumored to involve the return of Shredder.

With Richard Armitage • Matt Walsh • Sarah Wayne Callies • Jeremy Sumpter • Todd Garner • Simon Beaufoy • Alycia Debnam-Carey • Max Deacon • Nathan Kress • Scott Lawrence • Arlen Escarpeta • Steven Quale • John Swetnam

In the span of a single day, the town of Silverton is ravaged by an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes. The entire town is at the mercy of the erratic and deadly cyclones, even as storm trackers predict the worst is yet to come. Most people seek shelter, while others run towards the vortex, testing how far a storm chaser will go for that once-in-a-lifetime shot.

Told through the eyes and lenses of professional storm chasers, thrill-seeking amateurs, and courageous townspeople, Into the Storm throws you directly into the eye of the storm to experience Mother Nature at her most extreme.

With Adam Driver • Mackenzie Davis • Daniel Radcliffe • Rafe Spall • Oona Chaplin • Zoe Kazan • Elan Mastai

What If is the story of medical school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), who’s been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. So while everyone around him, including his roommate Allan (Adam Driver) seems to be finding the perfect partner (Mackenzie Davis), Wallace decides to put his love life on hold. It is then that he meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) an animator who lives with her longtime boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry form an instant connection, striking up a close friendship. Still, there is no denying the chemistry between them, leading the pair to wonder, what if the love of your life is actually your best friend?

With Simon Kinberg • Andy Garcia • Nina Dobrev • Luke Greenfield • James D'Arcy • Jake Johnson • Damon Wayans Jr. • Nick Thomas • Olia Voronkova

It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

With Alexander Skarsgard • Cameron Monaghan • Meryl Streep • Jeff Bridges • Katie Holmes • Taylor Swift • Brenton Thwaites • Odeya Rush • Neil Koenigsberg • Vadim Perelman • John Heyman • Nikki Silver

In a perfect world where there is no conflict, racism or sickness, every member of society has a specific role, and 16-year-old Jonas is selected to be the Receiver of Memories. As Jonas uncovers the truth behind his world's past, he discovers that many years earlier his forefathers gave up humanity in order to have a stable society.

With Jason Statham • Mel Gibson • Jackie Chan • Nicolas Cage • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Sylvester Stallone • Antonio Banderas • Harrison Ford • Milla Jovovich • Jet Li • Basil Iwanyk • Danny Dimbort • Avi Lerner • Kellan Lutz • Dolph Lundgren • Wesley Snipes • Danny Lerner • Randy Couture • Patrick Hughes • Ronda Rousey • Boaz Davidson • Guymon Casady • Robert Earl • Victor Ortiz

In The Expendables 3, Barney (Sylvester Stallone), Christmas (Jason Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.

With Anna Kendrick • Aubrey Plaza • Molly Shannon • John C. Reilly • Dane DeHaan • Cheryl Hines • Paul Reiser • Jeff Baena • Matthew Gray Gubler • Thomas McDonell • Alia Shawkat • Paul Weitz

Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. But when she miraculously comes back to life, Zach takes full advantage of the opportunity to share and experience all the things he regretted not doing with her before. However, the newly returned Beth isn’t quite how he remembered her and, before long, Zach’s whole world takes a turn for the worse.

With Steve Coogan • Michael Winterbottom • Rob Brydon • Rosie Fellner

Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.

With Maggie Gyllenhaal • Michael Fassbender • Scoot McNairy • Domhnall Gleeson • Jon Ronson • Matthew Page • Tess Harper • Peter Straughan • Lenny Abrahamson

An offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

With Mikkel Sandemose

Sigurd Svendsen (Pål Sverre Hagen) is a Norwegian archaeologist who is fascinated by a viking ship found at the Oseberg burial mound. He believes that a runic inscription on the ship, which translates to "man knows little," holds the key to understanding the Norse myth of Ragnarok: the day when heaven and earth are destroyed. After finding similar inscriptions on a stone in Northern Norway, Sigurd, along with his kids and a colleague, begins an expedition to uncover the secret of the day of doom.

With Todd Douglas Miller

When Paleontologist Peter Larson and his team from the Black Hills Institute made the world’s greatest dinosaur discovery in 1990, they knew it was the find of a lifetime: the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex ever found. But during a ten-year battle with the U.S. government, powerful museums, Native American tribes and competing paleontologists, they found themselves not only fighting to keep their dinosaur but fighting for their freedom as well.

With Chloë Grace Moretz • Erik Feig • Shauna Cross • Joshua Leonard • Jamie Blackley • Lauren Lee Smith • Chelah Horsdal • Liana Liberato • Heitor Dhalia • Mireille Enos • Jakob Davies

Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Jamie Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate.

With Jim Caviezel • Laura Dern • Alexander Ludwig • Michael Chiklis • Gavin Casalegno • Cathy Schulman • Thomas Carter • David Zelon • Scott Marshall Smith • Joe Massingill • LaJessie Smith

Tells the journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

With Jessica Alba • Bruce Willis • Mickey Rourke • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Harvey Weinstein • Josh Brolin • Jamie Chung • Rosario Dawson • Juno Temple • Ray Liotta • Frank Miller • Dennis Haysbert • Michael Madsen • Robert Rodriguez • Jaime King • William Monahan • Bob Weinstein • Jeremy Piven • Christopher Meloni • Adam Field • Aaron Kaufman • Stephen L'Heureux • Iliana Nikolic • Alexander Rodnyansky • Sergei Bespalov • Stefani (Lady Gaga) Germanotta

In Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Dwight (Josh Brolin) is hunted down by the only woman he ever loved, Ava Lord, and then watches his life go straight to hell. Chronologically, this story takes place prior to “The Big Fat Kill” (featured in the film Frank Miller's Sin City) and explains how Dwight came to have a dramatically different face.

With William Shatner • Jennifer M. Kroot • Brad Takei • Walter Koenig • Gerry Kim • George Takei • Mayuran Tiruchelvam

Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Here, we follow George and his husband, Brad, on a profound quest for life, liberty, and love.

With Bruce Willis • John Cusack • Johnathon Schaech • Jason Patric • Randall Emmett • 50 Cent • George Furla • Andre Fabrizio • Rick Jacobs • Jeremy Passmore • Jessica Lowndes • Gia Mantegna • Brian A. Miller

Jason Patric, Bruce Willis and John Cusack face off in this action-packed thriller. A retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up when his daughter is kidnapped. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.

With Mark Duplass • Charlie McDowell • Ted Danson • Elisabeth Moss • Justin Lader

On the brink of separation, Ethan (Duplass) and Sophie (Moss) escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

With Miles Teller • Mark Hammer • Jessica Szohr • Max Nichols • Analeigh Tipton • Leven Rambin

After an extremely regrettable one night stand, two strangers (Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton) wake up to find themselves snowed in after sleeping through a blizzard that put all of Manhattan on ice. They're now trapped together in a tiny apartment, forced to get to know each other way more than any one night stand should.

With Morgan Freeman • Benjamin Eicher • David Douglas

Captured with IMAX 3D cameras, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar takes audiences on a spectacular journey to the remote and wondrous world of Madagascar. Lemurs arrived in Madagascar as castaways millions of years ago and evolved into hundreds of diverse species but are now highly endangered.

With Donnie Yen • Daniel Lee

Trained in clandestine combat from childhood, the Jinyiwei were masters of the 14 Blades. Above the law and with a license to kill, they devoted their lives and lethal prowess to the service of the Emperor alone.

When the Imperial Court is taken over by evil eunuch JIA, the best of the Jinyiwei, QINGLONG is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. Unbeknownst to Qinglong, the Jinyiwei have fallen under the control of Jia, and during the mission he’s betrayed and barely escapes with his life.

Now the most wanted man in the land Qinglong must seek out and rally the loyalists to rise against Jia and restore the Emperor to power.

In his way are the deadliest assassins in the land, his former brethren, the Jinyiwei.

With Amy Poehler • Owen Wilson • Gary Gilbert • Jordan Horowitz • Scott Hornbacher • Alana Garza • Laura Ramsey • Matthew Weiner

When his off-the-grid best buddy Ben Baker (Zach Galifianakis) inherits his estranged father’s fortune, womanizing local weatherman Steve Dallas (Owen Wilson) joins forces with him to battle the legal challenge brought by Ben’s formidable sister (Amy Poehler).

With Alfred Molina • John Lithgow • Marisa Tomei • Ira Sachs • Darren E. Burrows

Ben and George take advantage of New York's new marriage laws and tie the knot after being together for 39 years. Unfortunately, the Catholic school where George teaches does not approve, and they reluctantly fire him, forcing the couple to split up and stay with friends while they sell their apartment and look for cheaper housing. George crashes with two gay police officers, while Ben, who's a painter, bunks with his nephew's family in Brooklyn—a temporary situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

With Ella Anderson • Julie McNiven • Shane Johnson • Dale Dickey • David Jung • Cara Pifko • Tomas Arana

Tells of a documentary filmmaker who does not believe in God or the Devil. When his wife dies, he sets out to make his next movie on religion and spirituality, hoping to prove those things are just myth. But in allowing demonologists, necromancers and various practitioners of the occult to try the deepest, darkest spells and rituals on him, he unleashes a horrifying force.

With Tammin Sursok • Joel Soisson • Raimund Huber

The story concerns a young tourist who travels to Thailand in an effort to solve her sister’s murder. She befriends a group of young ex-pats led by a seductive young woman who knows more than she lets on.

With Jonathan Rhys Meyers • Sophie Turner • Rhys Ifans • Claire Forlani • Isabel Coixet • Ivana Baquero • Geraldine Chaplin • Leonor Watling • Gregg Sulkin

Follows a woman haunted by a secret past.

With Pierce Brosnan • Olga Kurylenko • Karl Gajdusek • Will Patton • Luke Bracey • Caterina Scorsone • Roger Donaldson • Michael Finch • Eliza Taylor

The film will follow a "sleeping" agent (Pierce Brosnan) who is called out of retirement thanks to a government conspiracy.

With Drew Dowdle • Alex Hedlund • Edwin Hodge • Ben Feldman • John Erick Dowdle • Perdita Weeks

Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. A journey into madness and terror, As Above, So Below reaches deep into the human psyche to reveal the personal demons that come back to haunt us all.

With Jon Hamm • Paul Giamatti • Robin Wright • Harvey Keitel • Ari Folman

More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress (Robin Wright, playing a version of herself) decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent (Harvey Keitel) and the head of Miramount Studios (Danny Huston), her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions. In return, she receives healthy compensation so she can care for her ailing son, and her digitized character will stay forever young. Twenty years later, under the creative vision of the studio’s head animator (Jon Hamm), Wright’s digital double rises to immortal stardom.

With Jennifer Aniston • Isla Fisher • Will Forte • Ellen Goldsmith-Vein • John Hawkes • Mark Boone Junior • Michael Siegel • Mos Def • Elmore Leonard • Lee Stollman • Dan Schechter

Career criminals Ordell and Louis team up to kidnap Mickey Dawson, the wife of a corrupt Detroit real estate developer. When the husband refuses to pay the ransom for his wife's return, the ex-cons are forced to reconceive their plan, and the angry housewife uses the duo to get her revenge.

With Cameron Monaghan • Judy Greer • Erin Wilhelmi • Alex Orlovsky • Madisen Beaty • Jacob Jaffke • Morgan Saylor • Liv Tyler • Carter Smith • Ronen Rubinstein • Noah Silver • Omri Bezalel • Hunter Gray

Fifteen year old Adam McCormick's life hasn't been the same since classmate Gracie Highsmith found Jamie Marks dead body at the edge of the river. The town is shocked by the news, but as speculation swirls, it becomes clear that they knew as little about Jamie as they do about the circumstances surrounding his death. Adam becomes fixated on Jamie's death and gradually a deep bond develops between the living teenager and the dead boy's ghost. Their unlikely friendship provides Adam with the support and friendship he needs as the rest of the world falls apart. But the more attached Adam becomes to Jamie's ghost, the weaker his ties to reality become. As he struggles with the real world relationships, Adam is forced to rediscover what it means to be alive.

With Luke Wilson • Sienna Miller • Lucy Punch • Nick Cassavetes • Riley Keough • Ben Foster • Hank Azaria • David Morse • Melanie Griffith • Heather Wahlquist

Mary (Heather Wahlquist) has problems. She has a difficult time feeling things, and swallowing twenty Vicodin a day doesn’t help. She’s seeing a psychiatrist for the disconnect daydreams she keeps having, and her younger sister with Tourette’s hates her. When she loses her job after sleeping with one of the fathers on Parent’s Night, Mary decides to go home. And that’s when the fun really starts. The dreams that seemed so random now start to take real shape as we understand where she came from. From young and in love, to drug dealing on the road, to her father’s slow, painful death, from questions of love and incest to her older sister’s descent into insanity, the secret that destroyed Mary’s entire family reveals itself on her journey back home, along with her ultimate responsibility for it. Busby Berkeley, Cirque du Soleil, sideshow freaks and human livestock all make an appearance in this hallucinogenic tale of love and comeuppance.

With Zach Lipovsky • Brendan Fletcher • Harris Wilkinson • Bruce Blain • Dylan Hornswoggle Postl • Stephanie Bennett • Teach Grant

Backpacking through the lush Irish countryside, two unsuspecting young couples discover a town's chilling secret. Ben (Dunbar), Sophie (Bennet), David (Fletcher) and Jeni (Roxburgh) quickly discover the idyllic land is not what it appears to be when the town's residents offer the hikers an old cabin at the edge of the woods. Soon, the friends will find that one of Ireland's most famous legends is a terrifying reality.

With Dakota Fanning • Wash Westmoreland • Susan Sarandon • Christine Vachon • Kevin Kline • Pam Koffler • Richard Glatzer • Maggie Malina

During the last days before he dies of a heart attack at age 50, Errol Flynn continues his relationship with 17 year-old Beverly Aadland, an actress who he seduced when she was only 15 years-old and eventually grew to love the Adventures of Robin Hood star. Her mother wanted to be a star herself but ends up living vicariously through her daughter.

With Michael Imperioli • Oscar Jaenada • Sebastian del Amo • Ilse Salas

Cantinflas is the untold story of Mexico's greatest and most beloved comedy film star of all time. From his humble origins on the small stage to the bright lights of Hollywood, Cantinflas became famous around the world – one joke at a time. Relive the laughter that has charmed generations