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Movie theaters are slowly reopening, but most of the new releases are headed to streaming services rather than the big screen. Whether you’re staying at home to limit potential risks, or just saving a few bucks by watching from the couch, we’ve organized a huge list with many of the newly added films and some upcoming titles.
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Horrors and thrillers are taking a substantial lead this week, but there is an animated movie and a few dramas and comedies to fill the roster as needed.
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs is the obvious pick for a kid’s movie. Adults seeking a good laugh and cry movie should consider Blackbird, which brings together Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, and Sam Neill to tell a complicated story of life and death.
Antebellum is probably the most hyped movie of this update, starring Janelle Monáe in a creative and chilling time travel story that looks genuinely interesting. If you’re just in the mood for a good mainstream formula slasher, check out No Escape to see how things could have gone for that YouTuber you love to hate. But if you want horror with a solid dose of laughs — not all of which are intentional — check out Fear PHarm. I saw an early screening of this one and included my own mini-review in the notes below.
Moving to an even darker side of humanity, The Devil All the Time puts Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson together for a look into evil and corruption within people. And if you want to get extremely real, Alone does away with any pretense of the supernatural and relies on a straightforward psychopath to instill fear.
The list of upcoming movies (found at the bottom of the post) is a bit delayed this week, but will be updated late tonight.
September 18
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
September 18 | Animation, Action, Adventure | IMDb
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin, Gina Gershon
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy. A parody with a twist.
Blackbird
September 18 | Drama | IMDb
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Sam Neill, Mia Wasikowska
Lily and Paul summon their loved ones to their beach house for one final gathering before Lily decides to end her long battle with ALS. The couple is planning a loving weekend complete with holiday traditions, but the mood becomes strained when unresolved issues surface between Lily and her daughters Jennifer and Anna.
Antebellum
September 18 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone
Successful author Veronica Henley finds herself trapped in a horrifying reality that forces her to confront the past, present and future — before it’s too late.
No Escape
September 18 | Horror, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Keegan Allen, Holland Roden, Denzel Whitaker, Ronen Rubinstein, Pasha Lynchnikoff, George Janko, Siya
A social media star travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful VLOG. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, he and his friends enter a cold world of mystery, excess and danger. As the line between real life and social media is blurred, the group must fight to escape, and survive.
Alone
September 18 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Jules Willcox, Marc Menchaca, Anthony Heald
A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
Alive
September 18 | Horror, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Thomas Cocquerel, Camille Stopps, Angus Macfadyen
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their real identity.
H is for Happiness
September 18 | Comedy, Drama, Family | IMDb
Starring: Miriam Margolyes, Daisy Axon, Alessandra Tognini
A twelve year old girl with boundless optimism and a unique view of the world, is inspired by the strange new boy at school and sets out to mend her broken family – whatever it takes.
Fear PHarm
September 15 | Horror | IMDb
Starring: Jenna Burd, Kelly Savanna Deaton, Chris Leary
Four people enter a corn maze for Halloween and are picked off one by one by the twisted family who own the scare attraction.
Cody’s Review: File this in the category: It’s so bad, it’s good. Look, there’s no point pulling punches, Fear PHarm is objectively bad — but it’s also weirdly fun. You might be driven nuts by the weak acting, inconsistent pacing, frequent continuity and editing mistakes, and the dialog… omg, the dialog can get pretty cringe-y. However, there are some delightfully self-aware moments that left me wondering if the filmmakers were budding geniuses or just some occasionally lucky idiots. Honestly, I think this would have made an incredible episode of Tales from the Crypt, especially if they cut all of the excess establishing shots from the 77 minute runtime. Regardless, if you can enjoy all of the eye-rolling B movie staples, and a criminal abuse of the Chekhov’s Gun principle, this might be a good movie for you. And I must say, I loved it just for the chainsaw guy’s truly artful dialog.
The Devil All the Time
September 16 | Crime, Drama, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Tom Holland, Bill Skarsgård
Sinister characters converge around a young man devoted to protecting those he loves in a postwar backwoods town teeming with corruption and brutality.
One Hour Outcall
September 15 | Drama | IMDb
Starring: Natalia Ochoa, William Norrett, Kristin Carey
A middle-aged man’s interludes with a high-class escort force him to confront his relationship with his family and his own demons.
September 11
Unpregnant
September 10 | Comedy, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Haley Lu Richardson, Mary McCormack
A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow.
I Am Woman
September 11 | Biography, Drama, Music | IMDb
Starring: Evan Peters, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Danielle Macdonald
In 1966, single mother Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) leaves her old life in Australia for New York and stardom, only to find that the industry’s male gatekeepers don’t take her seriously. Helen finds an encouraging friend in legendary rock journalist Lillian Roxon (Danielle Macdonald), who becomes her closest confidant. When ambitious aspiring talent manager Jeff Wald (Evan Peters) sweeps Helen off her feet, everything changes as he becomes both her husband and manager and relocates the family to California. With a strong push from Helen, Jeff secures her a recording contract and subsequent string of hit singles, including the iconic megahit ‘I Am Woman.’ Increased fame leads to added pressures on themselves and their relationship, forcing Helen to find the strength to take control of her own destiny. I Am Woman is the inspiring story of singer Helen Reddy, who wrote and sang the song ‘I Am Woman’ that became the anthem for the women’s movement in the 1970s. The film is a story of fearless ambition and passion, of a woman who smashed through the patriarchal norms of her time to become an international singing superstar.
Pets United
September 11 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | IMDb
Starring: Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jeff Burrell
When Roger (a Robin Hood-esque, stray dog) and Belle (an elegant yet spoilt pet cat) are thrown together amidst the chaos of a robot take-over of their home city, they must push all their preconceptions aside in order to survive, as they embark on a high-stakes, action-packed adventure.
Spy Cat
September 11 | Animation, Adventure, Family | IMDb
Starring: Alexandra Neldel, Axel Prahl, Sylvain Urban
Marnie, a pampered house cat, trades a life of luxury for a new adventure as a private eye. With help from new friends and her favorite detective TV shows, Marnie sets out to solve a mystery and prove she’s more than just a house cat.
Range Runners
September 8 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Celeste M Cooper, Sean Patrick Leonard, Michael B. Woods
A woman hiking through an isolated trail runs into trouble when her pack is hijacked by two men hiding out in the woods, desperate and on the run. Now, stranded and left to fend for herself, she has a choice: crawl back to her normal life in defeat, or push forward and take back what was stolen from her.
Rent-A-Pal
September 11 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins, Amy Rutledge
Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David (Brian Landis Folkins) searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady). While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy (Wil Wheaton), the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy’s friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission.
Be the Light
September 11 | Drama, Musical | IMDb
Starring: Cara Santana, Malcolm Goodwin, Michael DeLorenzo
BE THE LIGHT is the story of a down and out girl, Celina, who tries to make amends with and save her dying father. To do this, she sparks a musical movement that will save her family in the most beautiful of ways, they’ll believe again.
Find Your Voice
September 11 | Comedy, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Adam Saunders, Tama Lundon
E wants to write a hit song, but he is a rapper with nothing original to say. Roaming the streets of Sydney, he searches for the meaning of life, running into some seedy characters while trying to find himself. He ends up going on an adventure to learn about his cultural roots but meets a mysterious girl who upends his life so that E must hit rock bottom before he can find his voice.
All In: The Fight for Democracy
September 9 | Documentary | IMDb
Starring: Stacey Abrams, Debo Adegbile, Jayla Allen
All In: The Fight for Democracy examines the often overlooked, yet insidious issue of voter suppression in the United States in anticipation of the 2020 Presidential Election. The film interweaves personal experiences with current activism and historical insight to expose a problem that has corrupted our democracy from the very beginning. With the perspective and expertise of Stacey Abrams, the former Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, the documentary will offer an insider’s look into laws and barriers to voting that most people don’t even know is a threat to their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
The Social Dilemma
September 9 | Documentary, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Skyler Gisondo, Kara Hayward, Vincent Kartheiser
We tweet, we like, and we share–but what are the consequences of our growing dependence on social media? As digital platforms increasingly become a lifeline to stay connected, Silicon Valley insiders reveal how social media is reprogramming civilization by exposing what’s hiding on the other side of your screen.
Z
September 1 | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson, Sara Canning, Stephen McHattie, Chandra West
When Beth’s son brings home an imaginary friend named “Z,” she becomes concerned that he is falling too deep into a world of make believe. He starts to display extremely destructive behavior, blaming Z for all of his actions. But after he gets kicked out of school, Beth is forced to find a solution. She medicates her son, making him unable to see his imaginary companion. But now Beth sees Z…and he wants to be her friend.
In the Life of Music
August 26 | Drama, Family, History | IMDb
Starring: Ellen Wong, Small World Small Band, Ratanak Ben
In the Life of Music, a story told in three chapters, tells of how one song ‘Champa Battambang,’ made famous by Sinn Sisamuth (the King of Khmer Music), plays a role in the lives of three different generations.
September 4
Mulan
September 4 | Action, Adventure, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Jet Li, Li Gong
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation…and a proud father.
The Argument
September 4 | Comedy | IMDb
Starring: Dan Fogler, Emma Bell, Maggie Q
Lisa (Charlotte McKinney) and Jack (Dan Fogler) get into an argument at their cocktail party that escalates until it brings an abrupt end to the festivities. To determine who was right they decide to recreate the night again and again.
The Owners
September 4 | Action, Horror, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Maisie Williams, Sylvester McCoy, Rita Tushingham
A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score — an empty house with a safe full of cash. But when the elderly couple that lives there comes home early the tables are suddenly turned. As a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues the would-be thieves are left to fight to save themselves from a nightmare they could never have imagined.
Guest House
September 4 | Comedy | IMDb
Starring: Pauly Shore, Mike Castle, Aimee Teegarden, Billy Zane
Pauly Shore and Steve-O kick this outrageous, raunchy comedy into high gear. When engaged couple Sarah (Aimee Teegarden) and Blake (Mike Castle) buy their dream home, there’s a catch: a party animal named Randy (Shore) in the guest house who refuses to leave! When Randy throws a wild, sexy pool party, the cops show up –and Blake gets arrested. Can he and Sarah get through their backyard wedding without a certain loser crashing the party…and ruining their marriage?
Critical Thinking
September 4 | Drama | IMDb
Starring: John Leguizamo, Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams
Based on a true story from 1998, five LatinX and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
September 4 | Drama, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, David Thewlis
Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world. An exploration of regret, longing and the fragility of the human spirit, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS is directed and written by Academy Award (R) winner Charlie Kaufman (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND). Inspired by Iain Reid’s bestselling namesake novel.
Love, Guaranteed
September 3 | Comedy, Romance | IMDb
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Damon Wayans Jr., Caitlin Howden
To save her small law firm, earnest lawyer Susan (Rachael Leigh Cook) takes a high-paying case from Nick (Damon Wayans Jr.), a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that guarantees love. But as the case heats up, so do Susan and Nick’s feelings for each other.
Time Loop
September 1 | Adventure, Sci-Fi | IMDb
Starring: Sam Gittins, Mino Sferra, Ellie Poussot
A father and son team of scientists unlock the secret of time travel while researching time movement. During their first test they get trapped in a Time Loop, where their actions, in the past, have grave consequences, for the present and future.
The 2nd
September 1 | Action | IMDb
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Casper Van Dien, Jack Griffo
While picking his son up from college, Secret Service Agent Vic Davies finds himself in the middle of a high stakes terrorist operation and now must use his entire set of skills against the armed faction.
Blood Quantum
September 1 | Horror | IMDb
Starring: Michael Greyeyes, Forrest Goodluck, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gMaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are strangely immune to the zombie plague. Traylor, the tribal sheriff, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and reserve riff raff from the horde of walking white corpses.
Robin’s Wish
September 1 | Documentary, Biography | IMDb
Starring: Robin Williams, Shawn Levy, David E. Kelley
Robin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ final days. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, known as Lewy Body Dementia, is shown in stunning detail. Through a gripping journalistic lens, this incredible story sheds an entirely new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
Widow’s Point
September 1 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Craig Sheffer, KateLynn E. Newberry, Dominic Luongo
An author who spends a weekend locked in a haunted lighthouse as a publicity stunt for his next book becomes a target for powerful supernatural forces.
Children of the Sea
September 1 | Animation, Adventure, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Anjali Gauld, Lynden Prosser, Benjamin Niewood
When Ruka was younger, she saw a ghost in the water at the aquarium where her dad works. Now she feels drawn toward the aquarium and the two mysterious boys she meets there, Umi and Sora. They were raised by dugongs and hear the same strange calls from the sea as she does. Ruka’s dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans’ fish.
The Mole Agent
September 1 | Documentary | IMDb
Starring: Sergio Chamy
When a family grows concerned for their mother’s well-being in a retirement home, private investigator Romulo hires 83-year-old Sergio to pose as a new resident and undercover spy inside the facility. The Mole Agent follows Sergio as he struggles to balance his assignment with his increasing involvement in the lives of the many residents he meets.
Tom of Your Life
September 1 | Drama | IMDb
Starring: Baize Buzan, Jeremy Sklar, James Sharpe
When a child is born at a rural hospital who inexplicably ages four years every hour, a rebellious nurse smuggles him out and takes him on the road to let him experience the world on the one day he’ll have to live in it. This is the tale of TOM OF YOUR LIFE, a heartwarming, music-driven comedy about taking a beautiful new view on life.
August 28
Bill & Ted Face the Music
August 28 | Comedy, Adventure, Music | IMDb
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Kristen Schaal
The stakes are higher than ever for the time-traveling exploits of William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Theodore “Ted” Logan. Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle aged best friends set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they will be helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures, and a few music legends — to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony in the universe.
Rogue
August 28 | Action, Suspense | IMDb
Starring: Megan Fox, Jessica Sutton, Philip Winchester
Megan Fox (Transformers) tackles a thrilling new role as a battle-hardened mercenary in this explosive action saga. As team leader O’Hara, she leads a lively squad of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels-and the horde of ravenous, enraged lions they encounter.
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against The Universe
August 28 | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | IMDb
Starring: Vincent Martella, Dee Bradley Baker, Ashley Tisdale
After repeatedly failing to bust her fun-loving brothers, Phineas and Ferb, long-suffering Candace feels like the universe is against her. When Candace is abducted by aliens, she finds a far-off planet free of annoying little brothers where she’s worshipped as a savior! Meanwhile, Phineas and Ferb set out across the galaxy to retrieve Candace, while uncovering the sinister secrets of the aliens.
Hard Kill
August 25 | Action, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Lala Kent
The work of billionaire tech CEO Donovan Chalmers (Willis) is so valuable that he hires mercenaries to protect it, and a terrorist group kidnaps his daughter just to get it.
DieRy
August 25 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Claudia Maree Mailer, Ciaran Byrne, James Sutorius
Instagram model Marie Clark (Claudia Maree Mailer) is using her influencer status to pay for her masters degree in comparative religion, while moving on from an abusive past. It seems Marie’s life is finally on the right track until her diary is stolen by an obsessive fan who begins sending her love letters informing Marie that they are going to kill anyone who is a danger to her. As friends start feeling like suspects, and bodies begin piling up, Marie must confront the demons of her past in order to unmask the killer and reclaim her life.
Centigrade
August 28 | Thriller, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Vincent Piazza, Genesis Rodriguez
In 2002, a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice. As if the stakes aren’t high enough, Naomi is eight months pregnant in their frozen prison. With few resources, a dwindling food supply, and nothing but time, tension, blame, and personal secrets bubble to the surface. Matthew and Naomi realize they must work together to survive in a crippling battle against the elements, hypothermia, disturbing hallucinations, and plunging temperatures reaching as low as -30C.
The Faceless Man
August 28 | Horror | IMDb
Starring: Sophie Thurling, Lucas Pittaway, Andy McPhee
Emily is a recovering cancer survivor of three years. Faced with her fear of getting sick again, her best friend Nina plans a weekend away. Six friends venture out to a country holiday house to party over a weekend. Cut off from the rest of the world they soon learn the inhabitants are unsettling red neck individuals who terrorize and humiliate travelers. At the same time a para-normal monster seen as the faceless man haunts the house pushing the friends to their limits.
Get Duked!
August 28 | Action, Comedy, Horror | IMDb
Starring: Eddie Izzard, Kate Dickie, James Cosmo
Dean, Duncan and DJ Beatroot are teenage pals from Glasgow who embark on the character-building camping trip — based on a real-life program — known as the Duke of Edinburgh Award, where foraging, teamwork and orienteering are the order of the day. Eager to cut loose and smoke weed in the Scottish Highlands, the trio finds themselves paired with straight-laced Ian, a fellow camper determined to play by the rules. After veering off-path into remote farmland that’s worlds away from their urban comfort zone, the boys find themselves hunted down by a shadowy force hell-bent on extinguishing their futures. From writer-director Ninian Doff — making his feature debut after a slew of award-winning music videos and short films for artists including Run the Jewels, Miike Snow, Migos, and Mykki Blanco — comes an anarchic satire of generational politics, hip-hop loving farmers and hallucinogenic rabbit droppings that pits the youth of tomorrow against the status quo of yesterday.
Rising Phoenix
August 28 | Documentary, Sport | IMDb
Starring: Tatyana McFadden, Bebe Vio Beatrice, Jonnie Peacock
Elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games and examine how they impact a global understanding of disability, diversity and excellence.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
August 28 | Documentary | IMDb
Starring: David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Courteney Cox
Branded as the most hated man in wrestling after winning a highly controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000, actor David Arquette attempts a rocky return to the sport that stalled his promising Hollywood career. Dangerously determined to redeem his reputation and reclaim his self-respect, Arquette will stop at nothing to earn his place in professional wrestling.
The Blech Effect
August 25 | Documentary | IMDb
Starring: David Greenwald
David Blech wanted to be remembered for creating an industry that saves millions of lives. Instead, he finds himself $11 million dollars in debt, struggling to keep his family afloat and awaiting a possible jail sentence. Mental Illness and addiction are the powerful nemeses that threaten to bring down the one-time biotech titan as he races to develop a potential cure for Alzheimer’s Disease that could reverse his fortunes and rebuild his legacy.
Fatima
August 28 | Drama, Religion | IMDb
Starring: Alba Baptista, Harvey Keitel, Goran Visnjic
In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle. What they experience will transform their quiet lives and bring the attention of a world yearning for peace. Based on real-life events and starring Joaquim de Almeida (Queen of the South), Goran Visnjić (Beginners), Stephanie Gil (Terminator: Dark Fate) and Lúcia Moniz (Love, Actually), with Sônia Braga (Aquarius) and Harvey Keitel (The Piano, The Irishman), Fatima is an uplifting story about the power of faith.
Benjamin
August 25 | Comedy, Romance | IMDb
Starring: Gabe Gilmour, Jack Rowan, Colin Morgan
Comedy about being weird and struggling for connection. The film is about Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah. (Directed by famed British comedian Simon Amstell, the film is autobiographical and deeply personal.)
August 21
The One and Only Ivan
August 21 | Adventure, Comedy, Animation, Family | IMDb
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie
While trapped in a cage at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, a gorilla named Ivan teams up with a caring elephant named Stella to piece together his mysterious past and hatch a cunning escape from their shared captivity.
Tesla
August 21 | Biography, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Eli A. Smith
Brilliant, brooding inventor Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), Tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous path toward creating the innovative alternate-current motor. His European nature is at odds with budding American industrialism, and the landscape of intellectual property is treacherous–and Tesla slowly becomes jailed in his overactive mind. His associate Anne Morgan (Eve Hewson) analyzes and presents his story as it unfolds, offering a distinctly modern voice in this scientific period drama.
Stage Mother
August 21 | Comedy, Drama, Music | IMDb
Starring: Lucy Liu, Calem MacDonald, Adrian Grenier
When conservative, Texas church-choir director Maybelline inherits her recently deceased son’s drag club, she surprises her closed-minded husband and everyone else she knows by moving alone to San Francisco to save the club from bankruptcy. In this raucous, racy new environment, she begins to open up and find new meaning for her life, even becoming a mother-figure to the club’s flamboyant performers… until a surprise visit threatens to upend her new life.
Chemical Hearts
August 21 | Drama, Romance | IMDb
Starring: Lili Reinhart, Austin Abrams, Sarah Jones
Seventeen-year-old Henry Page (Austin Abrams) has never been in love. He fancies himself a romantic, but the kind of once-in-a-lifetime love he’s been hoping for just hasn’t happened yet. Then, on the first day of senior year, he meets transfer student Grace Town (Lili Reinhart) and it seems all that is about to change. When Grace and Henry are chosen to co-edit the school paper, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious newcomer. As he learns the heartbreaking secret that has changed her life, he finds himself falling in love with her – or at least the person he thinks she is.
The Burnt Orange Heresy
August 21 | Action, Drama, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Elizabeth Debicki, Donald Sutherland, Claes Bang
The art world and the underworld collide in director Giuseppe Capotondi’s elegant and erotic neo-noir thriller, The Burnt Orange Heresy. Set in present day Italy, irresistibly charismatic art critic James Figueras hooks up with provocative and alluring fellow American, Berenice Hollis. He’s a classic anti-hero in the making with a charm that masks his deep ambition, whilst she’s an innocent touring Europe, enjoying the freedom of being whoever she wishes. The new lovers travel to the lavish and opulent Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Cassidy. Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney, the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist’s studio, whatever the cost. As the couple spend time with the legendary Debney, they start to realize that nothing about artist nor their mission is what it seems. But James is a man of deep, lurking ambition and he will do anything, from arson and burglary to murder, in order to further his career…
The Pale Door
August 21 | Horror, Western | IMDb
Starring: Melora Walters, Zachary Knighton, Noah Segan
The Dalton gang finds shelter in a seemingly uninhabited ghost town after a train robbery goes south. Seeking help for their wounded leader, they are surprised to stumble upon a welcoming brothel in the town’s square. But the beautiful women who greet them are actually a coven of witches with very sinister plans for the unsuspecting outlaws — and the battle between good and evil is just beginning.
The Vanished
August 21 | Thriller, Action, Mystery | IMDb
Starring: Anne Heche, Thomas Jane, Jason Patric
A family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation in this psychological thriller.
The Bay of Silence
August 15 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Claes Bang, Olga Kurylenko, Brian Cox
Husband Will initially presumes his wife Rosalind is innocent of any wrongdoing, but when her troublesome past is discovered, he wonders if it could shed light on what happened to cause their son’s death.
Skin Walker
August 4 | Horror, Thriller, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Udo Kier, Amber Anderson, Jefferson Hall
Regine, a psychologically fragile young woman, is hiding away in the city, far from the dark and forbidding countryside of her traumatic childhood. She’s struggling to construct the loving family she never had, and to rise above the events of the past: above all, the disastrous home birth of her brother Isaac, which led to her mother’s insanity and Isaac’s apparent death. But the city is tense and hostile, and contains its own threats. An abusive relationship with the controlling psychiatrist who’s treating her mother is already blighting Regine’s life when the brutal murder of her grandmother raises a crucial question: is Isaac still alive, and looking for revenge against a family which he feels has rejected him? Driven to heal the wounds of the past and to reunite her family by connecting with the brother she’s never met, Regine must return to the site of her previous traumas and confront the true source of her family’s guilt. It could make sense of her life — or throw it into unending chaos.
Enter the Forbidden City
August 18 | History (Chinese) | IMDb
Starring: Dalong Fu, Jinghan Ma, Yili Ma
Yue Jiu, the most famous opera singer in all of Imperial China, is expelled from the capital city for vulgarity. He heads south, where he encounters Wang Runsheng, a promising young opera singer for the Chuntai Troupe. When the Emperor invites all of China’s opera troupes back to the capital city for a celebration, Yue Jiu and Runsheng are forced to choose between their reputations, their safety, and their love of opera.
Prevenge
August 18 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | IMDb
Starring: Alice Lowe, Dan Renton Skinner, Jo Hartley
A pitch black, wryly British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, Prevenge follows Ruth, a pregnant woman on a killing spree that’s as funny as it is vicious. It’s her misanthropic unborn baby dictating Ruth’s actions, holding society responsible for the absence of a father. The child speaks to Ruth from the womb, coaching her to lure and ultimately kill her unsuspecting victims. Struggling with her conscience, loneliness, and a strange strain of prepartum madness, Ruth must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood. “Prevenge” marks the directorial debut from Lowe, who is a triple threat, writing, directing, and acting in the film during her own pregnancy.
The Barge People
August 18 | Horror | IMDb
Starring: Kate Davies-Speak, Mark McKirdy, Makenna Guyler
Set on the canals amid the glorious British countryside, two sisters and their boyfriends head off for a relaxing weekend away on a barge, unaware of the flesh-eating fish mutants lurking in the water, ready and waiting to feed.
Clownface
August 18 | Horror, Thriller, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Philip John Bailey, Hannah Douglas, Richard Buck
A deranged young man, donned in a clown mask made of human flesh, terrorizes a small town with a series of abductions and murders. Neighbors Jenna and Owen search for their missing friend Zoe, who may be the latest victim of this local urban legend known as Clownface.
August 14
Project Power
August 14 | Action, Adventure, Drama | IMDb
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dominique Fishback
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Ballbuster
August 14 | Comedy, Sport | IMDb
Starring: Jerry O’Connell, Flex Alexander, Mark S. Allen
An entitled Basketball star is forced during suspension to tour with a dismal charity league. In the process he has the most bizarre on the road experiences in the history of the game, in the end discovers what is truly important in life.
Magic Camp
August 14 | Comedy, Family | IMDb
Starring: Adam Devine, Gillian Jacobs, Josie Totah, Aldis Hodge
As a boy attending the Institute of Magic, a secluded mountain retreat which plays host to a bevy of aspiring young magicians each summer, Andy Duckerman (Adam Devine) was a camp legend. Now, at 35, he’s struggling to make ends meet as a professional illusionist and is frustrated and depressed by the direction his career has taken. But when the Institute invites Andy to return as a counselor, he finds himself in charge of the greenest and most awkward wannabe magicians, and having to deal with his former partner and current arch rival, Kristina Darkwood (Gillian Jacobs), who’s also a counselor. As Andy slowly gains the respect of his team of ragtag artists, they in turn inspire him to nurture each of their unique talents while preparing them to compete with the camp’s more experienced magicians in the Institute’s annual Top Hat magic contest.
The Silencing
August 14 | Action, Crime, Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Caleb Ellsworth-Clark, Josh Cruddas, Annabelle Wallis
A reformed hunter (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and a sheriff (Annabelle Wallis) are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse when they set out to track a killer who may have kidnapped the hunter’s daughter five years ago.
Endless
August 14 | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | IMDb
Starring: Famke Janssen, Alexandra Shipp, Ian Tracey
Endless follows love struck high school graduates Riley (Alexandra Shipp) and Chris (Nicholas Hamilton). When they are separated by a tragic car accident, Riley blames herself for her boyfriend’s death while Chris is stranded in limbo. Miraculously, the two find a way to connect. In a love story that transcends life and death, both Riley and Chris are forced to learn the hardest lesson of all: letting go.
Cut and Chop
August 14 | Horror, Thriller, Comedy | IMDb
Starring: Drew Hale, Varda Appleton, Shane Woodson
A troubled method actor gets carried away with his work on a role, playing a butcher.
Before the Fire
August 14 | Thriller | IMDb
Starring: Jenna Lyng Adams, Jackson Davis, Ryan Vigilant
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up-and-coming TV star Ava Boone is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rur