Movies Released July 28, 2023

Haunted Mansion

Focuses on a haunted mansion and the Hatbox Ghost, who is dressed in a cloak and top hat, and is at the center of a web of haunted mansions around the world.

Owen Wilson, Lakeith Stanfield, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto, Danny DeVito, Tiffany Haddish, Winona Ryder, Dan Lin

Sympathy For The Devil

A kinetic neo-noir that plays out in real time over the course of a carjacking.

Nicolas Cage, Joel Kinnaman, Yuval Adler, Tracy Falco, Luke Paradise, Nancy Good, Rich Hopkins

The Mistress

Newlyweds, Parker and Maddie move into their dream 1890 Victorian home near downtown Los Angeles. As they settle in, Maddie discovers a collection of old letters hidden behind a wall panel from a woman who lived there over 100 years ago, abandoned by a married lover and committed suicide. Parker struggles with ghostly disturbances, while Maddie suspects he’s hiding something dark from his past.

John Magaro, Greg Pritikin, Chasten Harmon, Kat Cunning, Aylya Marzolf, Alexandra Grey, James Carpinello, Rae Dawn Chong

The Baker

The Baker centers on a quiet, solitary man whose estranged son suddenly comes back into his life with a granddaughter he never knew existed. When his son disappears on a shady business opportunity, the baker must do everything he can to find his son and protect his granddaughter from the mob hitmen sent to find her.

Ron Perlman, Harvey Keitel, Elias Koteas, Jonathan Sobol, Joel David Moore

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, ...

Two heroes—Ladybug and Cat Noir — protect the city from super-villains.

Jeremy Zag, Cristina Vee Valenzuela, Bryce Papenbrook, Keith Silverstein

Talk to Me

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Bill Hinzman, Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Daley Pearson, Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto

Hidden Strike

When a China-run oil refinery is attacked in Mosul, Iraq, a Chinese private security contractor (Chan) is called in to extract the oil workers. He learns, however, that the attackers’ real plan is to steal a fortune in oil, and teams up with an American former Marine (Cena) to stop them.

John Cena, Jackie Chan, Pilou Asbæk, Amadeus Serafini, Scott Waugh, Arash Amel, Rachael Holoway, Zhenwei Wang

The Beasts

Vincent and Olga (Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs) are a French couple who settled long ago in a village from the interior of Galicia. There they lead a quiet life, grow their vegetables and rehabilitate abandoned houses, although their coexistence with the locals is not as idyllic as they wish. Their refusal to implement a wind farm will accentuate the disagreements with the neighbors, especially with the brothers Xan and Lorenzo, taking coexistence to a situation of no return.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Denis Menochet, Marina Fois

The Slumber Party

Depicts the hilarious aftermath of a sleepover birthday party hypnotism gone wrong as best friends Megan and Paige, along with soon-to-be step-sister Veronica, wake up with absolutely no memory of the night before. Now they must retrace their steps to find missing birthday girl Anna Maria...and explain why there’s a flock of baby ducks in the bathtub, what happened to Megan’s left eyebrow, and why she’s wearing unattainable hottie Jake Ramirez’s signature black hoodie.

Veronica Rodriguez, Darby Camp, Emmy Liu-Wang, Tituss Burgess, Paula Pell, Dallas Liu, Valentina Herrera, Huntly Plantz

Shrapnel

Jason Patric plays a rancher who crosses the border in search of his missing daughter who mysteriously vanishes during a trip to Mexico with her best friend. He decides to take matters into his own hands, with the help of a former Marine buddy (Cam Gigandet), after the local authorities provide little help and he discovers that they're in cahoots with the dangerous cartel behind his daughter's disappearance.

Jason Patric, Cam Gigandet, William Kaufman, Kesia Elwin, Mauricio Mendoza, Guillermo Ivan

Kokomo City

Kokomo City is the feature directorial debut of two-time Grammy-nominated producer, singer and songwriter D. Smith. Smith, who made history as the first trans woman cast on a primetime unscripted TV show, also filmed and edited this wildly entertaining and refreshingly unfiltered documentary that passes the mic to four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City – Daniella Carter, Koko Da Doll, Liyah Mitchell and Dominique Silver - as they hold nothing back while breaking down the walls of their profession.

D. Smith

Sons of Summer

In the spirit of Point Break comes this dazzling thriller that mixes crime action and incredible surfing stunts. To mark the anniversary of his father’s death, Sean takes his friends on a road trip to his surfer dad’s favorite beach. But Sean’s drug-dealing friend forces him to do one last favor – steal a heroin shipment from a local mobster – and the crime lord retaliates by kidnapping Sean’s girlfriend in an attempt to get his drugs back. Can Sean get back to town in time to save both her life, and his own?

Joe Davidson, Clive Fleury, Isabel Lucas, Temuera Morrison, Christopher Pate, Steve Nation, Jonathan Weir, Alex Fleri

The Essential Church

A documentary that explores the struggle between Church and government throughout history.

Shannon Halliday

For The Animals

A documentary about a small group of animal rights activists in Houston, Texas, dedicated to saving the lives of stray cats and dogs living on the street.

Tena Lundquist Faust, Alyssa Milano, Sadhvi Anubhuti, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, Tama Lundquist, Susan Boggio, Jan Duncan, Peter Farrell

The Beanie Bubble

A celebration of the women who helped power Ty Warner’s beanie baby success.

Elizabeth Banks, Zach Galifianakis, Ron Howard, Sarah Snook, Kristin Gore, Damian Kulash, Brian Grazer, Geraldine Viswanathan

The Unknown Country

Reeling from a devastating loss, Tana (Lily Gladstone) is pulled back into the world by an unexpected invitation to her cousin’s wedding. She packs up her late grandmother’s Cadillac and hits the open road, driving from her home in Minnesota to South Dakota. After reconnecting with her Oglala Lakota family, Tana sets off to retrace a surreal journey that her grandmother took decades ago, searching for the spot captured in an old family photograph. As she travels, Tana finds connection in the stories of everyday people who’ve settled down far off the main roads including Isaac (Raymond Lee), who provides a pivotal clue to understanding the lost location that could cultivate closure. A personal reverie summoned from a beguiling mix of fact and fiction, The Unknown Country is an arresting debut feature from Morrisa Maltz.

Morrisa Maltz, Lily Gladstone, Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Dale Leander Toller, Teresa Boyd, Raymond Lee, Richard Ray Whitman, Devin Shangreaux

How to Become a Cult Leader (ser...

Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.