July 2018 Movies

With Michael Bay • Jason Blum • Y’lan Noel • Brad Fuller • Andrew Form • James DeMonaco • Joivan Wade • Steve Harris • Couper Samuelson • Sebastien Lemercier • Mo McRae • Gerard McMurray • Jeanette Volturno • Luna Lauren Velez • Lex Scott Davis • Steve Molen

Behind every tradition lies a revolution. Next Independence Day, witness the rise of our country’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness. Welcome to the movement that began as a simple experiment: The First Purge.

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA) test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the marginalized, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

With Nobuyuki Takeuchi • Akiyuki Shinbo • Genki Kawamura

Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke, are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother's decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to run away and has secretly chosen Norimichi to accompany her. When things don't go as planned, Norimichi discovers that a glowing multi-color ball found in the sea has the power to reset the clock and give them a second chance to be together. But each reset adds new complications and takes them farther and farther away from the real world - until they risk losing sight of reality altogether.

With Trine Dyrholm • Susanna Nicchiarelli • John Gordon Sinclair

The film centers on the final two years of Nico’s life in 1987 and 1988, approaching 50 and living a solitary life in Manchester. Her manager Richard convinces her to hit the road again and tour Europe to promote her latest album. Struggling with her demons and the consequences of a muddled life, she longs to rebuild a relationship with her son, whose custody she lost long ago.

With Laurence Fishburne • Paul Rudd • Walton Goggins • Michelle Pfeiffer • Evangeline Lilly • Michael Douglas • Judy Greer • Bobby Cannavale • T.I. • Stan Lee • David Dastmalchian • Peyton Reed • Kevin Feige • Charles Newirth • Victoria Alonso • Gabriel Ferrari • Andrew Barrer • Stephen Broussard • Hannah John-Kamen • Louis D’Esposito

In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne (Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.

With Kevin Macdonald • Simon Chinn • Jonathan Chinn • Lisa Erspamer

With over 200 million album sales worldwide, and remaining the only artist to chart seven consecutive US No. 1’s, Whitney Houston was the voice of a generation. Coming from an esteemed lineage of singers, Whitney was destined to be plucked from her gospel-singing roots to rule the world stage. She inspired a generation of singers from Mariah Carey to Beyoncé and her unforgettable performance of The Star-Spangled Banner unlocked an anthem that had for so long been dismissed by many black artists.

But all these achievements have become a footnote to a story of addiction and self-destruction. With salacious stories filling the columns of tabloid papers and magazines, Whitney had the voice of an angel onstage, but was being torn apart by her demons offstage.

With Selma Björnsdóttir • Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson • Edda Björgvinsdóttir • Sigurður Sigurjónsson • Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir • Þorsteinn Bachmann • Huldar Breiðfjörð • Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

When Baldvin & Inga’s next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

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

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."

With Paul Giamatti • Rashida Jones • Nick Offerman • Dominique Monfery • Marc Turtletaub • Eddie Spears • Alexandre Espirages • Peter Saraf • Philippe Lioret • Serge Frydman

A friendship develops between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

With Adam Sandler • Kevin James • Kathryn Hahn • Steve Buscemi • Molly Shannon • Keegan-Michael Key • Fran Drescher • Michael McCullers • Andy Samberg • David Spade • Selena Gomez • Joe Jonas • Genndy Tartakovsky • Jim Gaffigan • Mel Brooks • Michelle Murdocca • Chrissy Teigen

In Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, join our favorite monster family as they embark on a vacation on a luxury monster cruise ship so Drac can take a summer vacation from providing everyone else's vacation at the hotel. It’s smooth sailing for Drac’s Pack as the monsters indulge in all of the shipboard fun the cruise has to offer, from monster volleyball to exotic excursions, and catching up on their moon tans. But the dream vacation turns into a nightmare when Mavis realizes Drac has fallen for the mysterious captain of the ship, Ericka, who hides a dangerous secret that could destroy all of monsterkind.

With Dwayne Johnson • Rawson Marshall Thurber • Neve Campbell • Pablo Schreiber • Dany Garcia • Beau Flynn • Eric McLeod • Chin Han • Roland Møller • Wendy Jacobson • Eric Hedayat

Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Sawyer, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment in China he finds the tallest, safest building in the world suddenly ablaze, and he’s been framed for it. A wanted man on the run, Will must find those responsible, clear his name and somehow rescue his family who is trapped inside the building...above the fire line.

With Jack Black • Joaquin Phoenix • Jonah Hill • Rooney Mara • Gus Van Sant • Charles-Marie Anthonioz • Mourad Belkeddar

After Portland slacker John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) nearly loses his life in a car accident, the last thing he intends to do is give up drinking. But when he reluctantly enters treatment – with encouragement from his girlfriend (Rooney Mara) and a charismatic sponsor (Jonah Hill) – Callahan discovers a gift for drawing edgy, irreverent newspaper cartoons that develop a national following and grant him a new lease on life.

With Keanu Reeves • Ana Ularu • Molly Ringwald • Scott B. Smith • Pasha Lychnikoff

An American diamond merchant travels to Russia to sell rare blue diamonds of questionable origin. As the deal begins to collapse he falls into an obsessive relationship with a Russian cafe owner in a small Siberian town. As their passion builds, so does the treacherous world of the diamond trade from which he is unable to extricate himself. Both collide as the American man desperately looks for escape in a world with no exit.

With Justin Chatwin • Lou Taylor Pucci • Michael Shannon • Pat Healy • Dov Tiefenbach • Amanda Crew • Dale Dickey • Robert Scott Wiles

Two misfit brothers hustle cash and chase dreams in the desert. When a mysterious woman threatens to repo their beloved houseboat the brothers cook up an epic con to finally leave their dusty town and sail off on a beam of sunshine to California.

With Tommy Lee Jones • Rob Reiner • James Marsden • Milla Jovovich • Jessica Biel • Woody Harrelson • Joey Hartstone • Richard Schiff • Luke Tennie

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

With Tessa Thompson • Forest Whitaker • Armie Hammer • Terry Crews • Danny Glover • Omari Hardwick • Lakeith Stanfield • Steven Yuen • Jermaine Fowler • Charles D. King • Nina Yang Bongiovi • Boots Riley • Jonathan Duffy • Kelly Williams • George Rush

Follows a black telemarketer with self-esteem issues who “discovers a magical key to business success, propelling him to the upper echelons of the hierarchy just as his activist comrades are rising up against unjust labor practices. When he uncovers the macabre secret of his corporate overlords, he must decide whether to stand up or sell out.”

With Eli Bush • Scott Rudin • Bo Burnham • Josh Hamilton • Christopher Storer • Lila Yacoub • Elsie Fisher • Emily Robinson

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school—the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year—before she begins high school.

With Tom Donahue

Documents Robert Davi, a Frank Sinatra song stylist, as he tries to plan a tribute performance to his singing idol, a re-creation of The Chairman’s famous “Main Event” held in 1974 at Madison Square Garden.

With Forest Whitaker • Theo James • Mark O'Brien • Kat Graham • Kerry Bishe • Breck Eisner • Brooks McClaren • Nicole Ari Parker • Paul Schiff • Tai Duncan • Grace Dove

As a mysterious apocalypse causes the spread of misinformation and violence, a man and his estranged father-in-law race across a chaotic and fractured country to save his pregnant wife.

With Denzel Washington • Pedro Pascal • Steve Tisch • Richard Wenk • Melissa Leo • Bill Pullman • Todd Black • David Bloomfield • Jason Blumenthal

Denzel Washington returns to one of his signature roles in the first sequel of his career. Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed – but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

With Amanda Seyfried • Tom Hanks • Colin Firth • Andy Garcia • Lily James • Pierce Brosnan • Meryl Streep • Jeremy Irvine • Cher • Dominic Cooper • Christine Baranski • Rita Wilson • Richard Curtis • Judy Craymer • Phyllida Lloyd • Ol Parker • Gary Goetzman • Nicky Kentish Barnes • Alexa Davies • Jessica Keenan Wynn • Josh Dylan • Hugh Skinner

The film goes back and forth in time to show how relationships forged in the past resonate in the present. Lily James plays Young Donna, Donna is played by Meryl Streep.

With Timur Bekmambetov • Jason Blum • Betty Gabriel • Colin Woodell • Stephen Susco • Andrew Lees • Majd Nassif • Connor Del Rio

A 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop and is thrust into the deep waters of the dark web.

With Charles Terrier • Trystan Go • Dan Ewing • Temuera Morrison • Bruce Spence • Charles Mesure • Luke Sparke • Jacqueline McKenzie • Stephany Jacobsen • Rhiannon Fish • Zachary Garred • Izzy Stevens • Felix Williamson • Aaron Jeffery

A town is suddenly plunged into darkness. In the sky, a fleet of spaceships appears. The aliens have been watching Earth for centuries; now they have arrived to seize control of our planet. As alien storm troopers cut a deadly swath through the countryside, a ragtag group of townspeople realize they must band together for a chance to strike back at the invaders in this explosive sci-fi film that grips from start to thrilling finish.

With Jasmine Cephas Jones • Daveed Diggs • Janina Gavankar • Wayne Knight • Utkarsh Ambudkar • Ethan Embry • Rafael Casal • Carlos López Estrada

The intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

With Lauren Greenfield

Lauren Greenfield’s postcard from the edge of the American Empire captures a portrait of a materialistic, image-obsessed culture. Simultaneously photographic journey, memoir, and historical essay, the film bears witness to the global boom–bust economy, the corrupted American Dream and the human costs of late stage capitalism, narcissism and greed.

With Lauren Bowles • Monique Coleman • Tyler Labine • Analeigh Tipton • Dave Schwep • David Brant

Follows a young actress who goes to great lengths in order to ensure everlasting fame.

With Mari Okada

The people of Iorph live far away from the lands of men, weaving the happenings of each day into a fabric called Hibiol. They live for centuries while maintaining their youthful appearance. Maquia, an orphaned Iorph girl, lives her life in an oasis surrounded by friends, yet somehow feels “alone”. But the tranquil lives of the Iorph are shattered in an instant when the Mezarte army invades their territory on a dragon fleet, seeking the blood that grants the Iorph long life. Maquia manages to escape, but loses her friends and her home in the chaos. She then encounters an orphaned baby who is “alone”. Maquia raises this boy "Ariel", with the help of some new friends. But as the era changes, the bond between Maquia and Ariel changes too, amidst a backdrop of racial tensions between the Iorph and the Mezarte. This is a story of irreplaceable time, woven by two lonely people who can only find solace in each other.

With Rachel Dretzin

Far From the Tree follows families meeting extraordinary challenges through love, empathy, and understanding. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been.

With Léa Seydoux • Drake Doremus • Rich Greenberg

ZOE tells a haunting tale of forbidden love between a robotic engineer and a synthetic robot. ZOE (Léa Seydoux) and COLE (Ewan McGregor) are colleagues and veiled lovers at Relationist Labs, a cutting-edge research lab committed to designing powerful technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. However, their relationship is threatened when Zoe discovers a harsh truth about their relationship, sending them into a tumultuous spiral of confusion, betrayal and the most intense of human emotions, love.

With Zendaya • Molly Shannon • Stephen Fry • Diedrich Bader • Carl Reiner • Jennifer Grey • Greg Proops • Christopher Jenkins • Sandra Rabins • Jim Gaffigan • Rick Overton • Rob Muir • Penney Finkelman Cox • Viola Chen • Lance Lim

In Duck Duck Goose, a high-flying bachelor goose named Peng (voiced by Jim Gaffigan) is injured in flight and finds himself saddled with two adorably hilarious and demanding ducklings (voiced by Zendaya and Lance Lim), on a long journey south that will turn this scrappy threesome into a family.

With David Spade • Tyler Spindel • Joey Bragg • Bridgit Mendler • Nat Faxon • Matt Shively • Brandon Cournoyer

When a drunken debate between two recent college graduates about whose father would win in a fight is taken seriously by their idiot dads, jobs are lost, relationships ruined, futures destroyed, and best friends come of age as they come to grips with who their fathers really are.

With Tom Cruise • Sean Harris • Michelle Monaghan • Henry Cavill • J.J. Abrams • Angela Bassett • Rebecca Ferguson • Dana Goldberg • Alec Baldwin • David Ellison • Vanessa Kirby • Simon Pegg • Christopher McQuarrie • Ving Rhames • Wes Bentley • Frederick Schmidt • Don Granger

Mission: Impossible - Fallout finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team (Alec Baldwin, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames) along with some familiar allies (Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Monaghan) in a race against time after a mission gone wrong.

With Kristen Bell • Will Arnett • Tara Strong • Aaron Horvath • Greg Cipes • Akiva Goldsman • Kerry Foster • Mark Verheiden • Jesse Ehrman • Gregory Noveck • Jessica Goodman • Michael Jelenic • Scott Menville • Khary Payton • Hynden Walch

When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big! “Teen Titans GO! to the Movies” finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and tongue-in-cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers. It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies—everyone but the Teen Titans, that is! But de facto leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them. With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream. But when the group is radically misdirected by a seriously super villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry. The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line!

With Timothee Chalamet • William Fichtner • Dan Friedkin • Maia Mitchell • Maika Monroe • Thomas Jane • Bradley Thomas • Emory Cohen • Ryan Friedkin • Elijah Bynum

Set in Cape Cod over one scorching summer, Hot Summer Nights follows Daniel (Timothée Chalamet), a shy out-of-towner who gets in over his head flipping weed with the neighborhood rebel (Alex Roe) while pursuing his new business partner's enigmatic sister (Maika Monroe). With a hurricane looming in the wings, tensions rise against a backdrop of drive-ins, arcades, and crashed parties as the stakes (and temperatures) grow ever higher.

With Mia Rose Frampton • Randy Couture • Dylan Sprayberry • Matty Beckerman • Collin Egglesfield • Lexi Atkins • Lala Kent • Sarah Scougal

With a serial killer preying upon girls on campus, Riley, an incoming freshman, finds herself entangled in a sinister plot involving a dark secret at the sorority that she pledged, while her father, Cole – the detective investigating the case – must uncover the identity of the killer before it’s too late…and Riley becomes the next victim.

With Austin Abrams • Kelly MacDonald • Marc Turtletaub • Liv Hewson • Irrfan Khan • David Denman • Bubba Weiler

Agnes, taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles, which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

With Matt Tyrnauer

Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers spends decades as a sexual procurer for the stars.

With Jasmine Cephas Jones • Daveed Diggs • Janina Gavankar • Wayne Knight • Utkarsh Ambudkar • Ethan Embry • Rafael Casal • Carlos López Estrada

The intersection of race and class set against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Oakland.

With Michael Peña • Eric Heisserer • David Hoberman • Lizzy Caplan • Emma Booth • Lex Shrapnel • Todd LIeberman • Spenser Cohen • Mike Colter • Bradley Caleb Kane • Erica Tremblay • Amelia Crouch • Ben Young • Lilly Aspell • Israel Broussard

A working class father of the future faces recurring dreams of destruction by an unknown force. When his unwanted nightmares begin to affect his relationship with his family, he soon realizes they may be the key to a horrible reality, as a relentless alien attack begins to destroy the Earth. As the invaders' assault progresses, he is forced to find both the strength to protect his family and an understanding of who he truly is.