🎥 “Children of Blood and Bone” Trailer: ‘The Woman King’ Director Gina Prince-Bythewood Brings Tomi Adeyemi’s Mythic African Supernatural Fantasy to Life with Thuso Mbedu, Damson Idris, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Viola Davis, Regina King and Many More — Hitting Theaters and IMAX January 15th, 2027

Damson Idris had long been rumored to be in the running to take over the Black Panther mantle, but filmmaker Ryan Coogler officially ended that speculation at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend when he revealed that fellow British actor David Jonsson will play T’Challa’s son and Wakanda’s next protector in the upcoming third installment.

The announcement left many wondering whether the Snowfall and F1 star could still have a future somewhere in the Wakandan corner of the MCU. And while that remains up in the air, and probably won’t happen anytime soon, if ever, Idris is nevertheless stepping into similar territory with his latest film, a sweeping African fantasy carrying some distinctly Wakandan visual cues.

Based on Tomi Adeyemi’s best-selling, genre-bending 2018 debut novel, Children of Blood and Bone, the upcoming epic, much like Coogler’s Black Panther films, falls under the umbrella of Afrofuturism, as both stories imagine vast African cultures breaking free from Western stereotypes and expanding into something richer and more fantastical.

Yet in the case of Children of Blood and Bone, the focus is not on advanced Wakandan technology, but on magic and the supernatural, blended with ancient African mythology and history. It’s a mythological folktale told with the scale and spectacle of a sweeping fantasy adventure, which likely explains why Adeyemi’s book became such a phenomenon.

Thuso Mbedu, one of the breakout stars of The Woman King and who recently starred in the acclaimed HBO miniseries Task, stars as Zélie Adebola, a young, gifted woman from the kingdom of Orïsha who possesses the power to conjure the spirits of the dead. She is fighting to restore magic to her oppressed people in the hope of freeing them from the tyrannical rule of King Saran, played here by Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Damson Idris, meanwhile, plays Prince Inan, the crown prince of Orïsha. He is tasked with hunting down Zélie once it is revealed that she comes from a bloodline nearly eradicated years earlier and is destined to restore magic across the kingdom; something his father is determined to prevent at any cost. His mission, however, becomes a little more complicated as he begins to question his father’s rule and his own role in sustaining his tyrannical reign.

Joining Mbedu, Idris, and Ejiofor is a stacked ensemble that includes:

• Tosin Cole as Tzain, Zélie’s protective older brother;

• Amandla Stenberg as the rebellious Princess Amari;

• Oscar winner Viola Davis as Mama Agba, the elder who helps train Zélie to control her abilities;

• Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo as Admiral Kaea;

• Lashana Lynch as Jumoke;

• Idris Elba as Lekan;

• And Oscar winner Regina King as Queen Nehanda.

The upcoming film hails from writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood, the acclaimed filmmaker behind the historical epic The Woman King, the Netflix comic-book actioner The Old Guard, and the beloved romantic drama Love & Basketball.
Oscar-winning Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler also helped build the world of Orïsha, which may explain why the two fantasy kingdoms share such a strong visual connection.

Children of Blood and Bone opens in theaters and IMAX on January 15th, 2027.

🎥 “Onslaught” New Trailer: Adria Arjona Faces Genetically Engineered Super Soldiers in Adam Wingard’s Pulpy Action-Horror Thriller — Coming to Theaters September 4th

After spending the last several years making large-scale Godzilla x Kong blockbusters, filmmaker Adam Wingard is returning to his roots this year with a new genre-bending action flick. The thing is, those roots aren’t exactly grounded in your typical action-heavy horror movies. They’re steeped in retro style, lo-fi genre filmmaking, and the kind of VHS-era thrills that first put him on the map. The best way to describe it: a little John Carpenter, a little James Cameron, a little Sam Raimi, and a whole lot of late-night video-store weirdness thrown in for good measure.

Starring Andor breakout Adria Arjona, Onslaught feels very much in the vein of Wingard’s scrappy 2014 horror-tinged action thriller The Guest— and rumor has it the two films might even be connected somehow.

Here, Arjona plays Celeste, a retired Army sniper living in a remote desert trailer park in the middle of nowhere. Trying to get by, she’s doing everything she can to provide for her young daughter. But the proverbial shit hits the fan when her trailer park is suddenly invaded by a unit of heavily armed, masked mercenaries. Armed to the teeth and quick on the trigger, these supposedly genetically engineered super soldiers, who have just escaped from a nearby secret military facility, are closing in fast.

Celeste soon finds herself cornered and forced to fall back on the lethal skills she thought she had left behind. If they wanted a gunfight, they picked the right trailer park, because Celeste isn’t about to lie down without one. This momma bear has claws... and she’s not afraid to use them.

Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, comedian Eric Wareheim, and genre veteran Michael Biehn round out the cast, along with Family Matters and Die Hard icon Reginald VelJohnson as one of Celeste’s trailer park neighbors who joins the fight. Dan Stevens and Rebecca Hall, both of whom have previously worked with Wingard, also make guest appearances.

With that lineup of talent and one truly out-there premise, Onslaught has all the makings of one of Wingard’s strangest and most unapologetically pulpy movies yet. At least, that’s what we’re hoping for.

The film also reunites Wingard with his longtime screenwriting collaborator Simon Barrett and is set to blast its way into theaters September 4th.

“The Cycle” Teaser Trailer: Daredevil’s Deborah Ann Woll Investigates Her Father’s Mysterious Death in Shudder’s Supernatural Horror Thriller — Premiering October 23rd on Shudder

You might know Deborah Ann Woll from Marvel’s Daredevil series, where she plays Karen Page, Matt Murdock’s most trusted ally and closest confidante. Or perhaps you know her from her star-making turn as the innocent Jessica Hamby, who goes from small-town waitress to newly turned vampire in HBO’s hit series True Blood.

And no matter how long you’ve been following her career, we imagine she gained plenty of new fans after appearing on fellow Daredevil co-star Jon Bernthal’s podcast, where she spoke with remarkable honesty about not only how much she loves Dungeons & Dragons, but how the tabletop role-playing game helped save her life after years of being bullied as a teenager.

Woll, who became a professional Dungeon Master during the pandemic and the actors’ strike, also offered something of a masterclass in how easily someone could join a campaign, guiding a complete novice like Bernthal through the basics of the game with ease. It’s a must-see for anyone who wants to watch, in real time, how a little imagination can turn a few simple choices into a fully realized adventure.

And while Woll may seem more comfortable leaning into the world of Dungeons & Dragons, she’s hardly stepping away from acting. She takes on the lead role in this new supernatural horror thriller, playing a woman pulled into a dark mystery surrounding the recently discovered body of her estranged father.

Directed by cult horror filmmaker Jordan Downey, whose credits include the horror comedy ThanksKilling and the lo-fi Viking chiller The Head Hunter, The Cycle centers on the police investigation into three mangled bodies—one of which belongs to a man who has been missing for 36 years. When the victim’s daughter, a medical examiner played here by Woll, learns of the discovery, she is drawn into a case that grows stranger with every new clue. Soon, her father isn’t just another body on the examination table, but the key to uncovering something far more disturbing... something that might now be hunting her down.

Also co-starring Burn Notice’s Jeffrey Donovan as a local police detective, alongside Will Hochman, Jack Doolan, Carl W. Crudup, Jeb Berrier, Gretchen Corbett, and David Myers Gregory, The Cycle is a Shudder exclusive set to premiere on the horror streaming platform October 23rd.

July might be drawing to a close, but the summer movie season still has a few surprises left before it winds down. After weeks of major hits and unexpected duds, the box office is clearing the way for another big franchise comeback. Marvel and Sony are hoping to turn Spider-Man into their next major summer hit, and while this week’s movie slate has been thinned out for the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, the TV landscape is once again crowded with plenty of promising options.

As always, we’ve rounded up the week’s major releases across theaters, streaming, VOD, and television into one handy lineup to help you plan your viewing week. Skim through and add something to your watchlist. We’re sure there’s something here worth checking out, whether on the big screen or at home.

• 🎥 In Theaters This Week

• 🎦 Streaming This Week

• ✅ On VOD This Week

• 📺 On TV This Week

🎥 In Theaters This Week
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🎥 WHAM! 10 Days In China
(Tues, July 28th — limited release)

WHAM!’s landmark 1985 trip to China becomes a pop spectacle and cultural time capsule in Mike Christie’s retrospective documentary. Newly restored, digitized, and never-before-seen footage revisits the Beijing and Guangzhou concerts that made George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley the first Western pop act to perform in the country. Firsthand interviews add perspective to the cultural collision and political weight surrounding two young stars who suddenly found themselves performing on a much larger world stage.

🎥 Above & Below
(Wed, July 29th — limited release)

There is a shark below, armed criminals above, and very little oxygen in between. Laura Marano and Antonio Banderas star in this ocean thriller about a dream diving vacation hijacked by criminals who force a group of friends beneath the surface. Staying underwater means suffocation, but coming up places them directly in the path of their captors. With a circling predator making either choice potentially fatal, survival depends on deciding which danger to face.

🎥 Spider-Man: Brand New Day
(Fri, July 31st — wide release)

Peter Parker saved the world, but no one remembers he exists. Tom Holland returns as a more isolated, street-level Spider-Man, living anonymously in New York without MJ (Zendaya), Ned (Jacob Batalon), the Avengers, or high-tech backup. Destin Daniel Cretton directs as Michael Mando’s Scorpion reenters the picture, Jon Bernthal’s Punisher makes his big-screen debut, and Mark Ruffalo returns as Bruce Banner. The neighborhood may be smaller this time, but a possible mutation—and an apparent clash with the Hulk and a new mysterious foe (Sadie Sink)—suggest Peter’s problems are not.

🎥 I Want Your Sex
(Fri, July 31st — wide release)

Desire comes with rules. Elliot is about to learn what happens when he stops understanding them. Cooper Hoffman stars as a fresh-faced young man whose dream job with Erika Tracy, a celebrated artist and sexual provocateur played by Olivia Wilde, becomes an invitation to serve as her muse. Drawn into her seductive world of fantasy, power, and BDSM, Elliot discovers how quickly pleasure can become dangerous when the rules of consent and control begin to change. Charli XCX, Daveed Diggs, Margaret Cho, and Johnny Knoxville round out Gregg Araki’s kinky erotic comedy thriller.

🎥 The Gentleman Thief
(Fri, July 31st — limited release)

Retirement refuses to stick for master thief Mason Goddard. John Travolta returns for the third installment following Cash Out and High Rollers, with Mason lured back into action to steal a priceless painting, only to discover that a ruthless kingpin has turned the assignment into a deadly trap. Lukas Haas and Quavo return alongside Sam Asghari and DJ Khaled as one final impossible score demands every trick Mason has left.

🎥 The Samurai and the Prisoner
(Fri, July 31st — limited release)

Inside a besieged castle, rebellion gives way to suspicion, betrayal, and murder. Masahiro Motoki plays Lord Murashige Araki, whose conflict with Bando Shingo’s Nobunaga Oda turns his own court into a deadly contest of trust. His most unlikely ally is Masaki Suda’s Kanbei Kuroda, a brilliant strategist imprisoned in the dungeon. Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs this shadowy historical thriller, transforming the samurai genre into a feudal murder mystery where political survival may depend on solving the crimes within the castle walls.

🎥 Jimmy
(Fri, July 31st — limited release; in NY)

Before James Baldwin could build a new life abroad, he had to step beyond the world he knew. Benny O. Arthur stars as the young writer, whose search for freedom and artistic purpose carries him from 1948 New York into the landscapes of Istanbul and the streets of Paris. Blurring past and present, writer-director Yashaddai Owens’ debut feature follows Baldwin’s early experiences overseas as he navigates identity, belonging, and what it means to find his place in the world.

🎥 Boyhood: 12th Anniversary
(Fri, July 31st — re-release; special screening)

12 years after its original release, Richard Linklater’s classic coming-of-age drama returns to theaters this weekend for a special anniversary screening. Ellar Coltrane stars as Mason, a Texas boy navigating divorce, new homes, family dinners, first loves, and the ordinary moments that shape a life. Filmed with the same cast from 2002 to 2013, the film follows Mason from childhood to college alongside Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette, and Lorelei Linklater, capturing how children grow up, and how entire families change with them.

🎥 Welcome II the Terrordome: 4K Restoration
(Fri, July 31st — in select theaters; re-release)

A new 4K restoration brings Ngozi Onwurah’s 1995 dystopian satire back to theaters through Janus Films. Set in a near-future Britain where Black residents have been confined to a segregated slum, the film turns the death of a young boy into the flashpoint for years of grief, anger, and systemic violence. Its collision of science fiction, political fury, and Afrofuturist imagery returns more than three decades later as both a landmark and a warning.

🎥 Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
(Fri, July 31st — limited release; restoration)

Driver’s education once came with mangled wreckage and fresh corpses. For generations, learning road safety meant watching death in full color. Filmmaker and restorationist Bret Wood revisits notorious 1950s classroom shock films like Signal 30, tracing their rise as educational tools. Featuring restored footage and interviews with creators, this documentary examines a safety campaign that scared teenagers straight... and haunted them long after the projector stopped.

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🎦 The Devil Wears Prada 2
(Wed, July 29th — streaming on Hulu / Disney+)

Fashion never forgets, even when Miranda Priestly pretends she does. Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs returns to Runway as the magazine faces a shifting media landscape, forcing her back into orbit with Meryl Streep’s icy editor-in-chief and Emily Blunt’s sharp-tongued Emily Charlton. With Stanley Tucci also back as fashion director Nigel Kipling, this glossy sequel proves office politics still look better in couture.

🎦 The Devil’s Mouth
(Wed, July 29th — premiering on Prime Video)

A scenic cave-diving adventure becomes a fight for survival when a freak storm traps five friends beneath Thailand’s coast. Kathryn Newton, Lana Condor, Nico Hiraga, Gavin Casalegno, Tommi Rose, and Tayme Thapthimthong enter a remote underwater cave system before the rising water seals their escape... and leaves them sharing its narrow passages with a hunting shark. Jeff Wadlow directs this claustrophobic shark thriller, where dwindling hope and mounting exhaustion may prove almost as dangerous as the predator circling in the dark.

🎦 A Private Life
(Wed, July 29th — streaming on Netflix)

Oscar-winner Jodie Foster puts her French to work as an American psychiatrist in Paris whose carefully ordered life starts to crack when she becomes convinced a patient’s suicide was actually murder. As her fixation spirals past ethical lines and drags her ex-husband into a tangle of surveillance, paranoia, and buried guilt, Rebecca Zlotowski’s offbeat mystery thriller blends Hitchcockian tension with sly dark comedy... proving some secrets are better left on the couch.

🎦 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(Thurs, July 30th — streaming on Peacock)

Time to power up. This animated sequel blasts the Mushroom Kingdom to new levels as Mario (Chris Pratt), Luigi (Charlie Day), and Princess Peach (Anya Taylor-Joy) face Bowser’s next move, now driven by his son (Benny Safdie) on a mission to shake up the galaxy. With returning voices and new cosmic stakes, this star-powered adventure could be the jolt fans have been waiting for.

🎦 Nightborn
(Fri, July 31st — premiering on Shudder)

Something is deeply wrong with Saga and Jon’s newborn, and isolation offers the frightened parents nowhere to hide from that suspicion. Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint star as the couple, whose move into a childhood home in the Finnish forest exposes growing cracks in their marriage, and an unsettling truth about the family they hoped to build. Written and directed by Hanna Bergholm, this cold domestic horror story turns new-parent anxiety into a disturbing question about what it means to be human.

🎦 The Drama
(Fri, July 31st — streaming on HBO Max)

Love gets complicated when honesty goes too far. Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star in this darkly comic A24 drama as a couple on the verge of marriage, undone by a single confession that forces them to question everything they thought they knew about each other... now left to wonder whether love can survive the truth.

🎦 Over Your Dead Body
(Fri, July 31st — streaming on AMC+)

Nothing says “marriage counseling” like a weekend getaway with a body count on the itinerary. Samara Weaving and Jason Segel play a dysfunctional couple heading to a remote cabin to reconnect while secretly plotting each other’s murder, until unexpected guests (Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis) derail everything. Directed by Lonely Island’s Jorma Taccone, this darkly comic remake of a 2021 Norwegian film proves when love runs out, things can get murderously messy.

🎦 Untitled Home Invasion Romance
(Sat, Aug 1st — streaming on Hulu / Disney+)

American Pie’s Jason Biggs directs and stars in this dark comedy of errors where a botched romantic stunt spirals into a deadly mess, turning marital resentment, fragile masculinity, and terrible judgment into a cringe-fueled murder mystery.

✅ On VOD This Week
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✅ Supergirl
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

Mess with Krypto, and Supergirl takes it personally. Milly Alcock stars as Kara Zor-El in this DC superhero adventure from director Craig Gillespie and screenwriter Ana Nogueira. Still carrying the emotional wreckage of Krypton’s destruction, Kara launches a galaxy-spanning revenge mission after space pirate Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts) poisons her loyal pup and leaves him for dead. Joined by Eve Ridley’s Ruthye Marye Knoll and crossing paths with Jason Momoa’s Lobo, this Woman of Steel runs on grief, rage, revenge… and maybe a little booze.

✅ The Death of Robin Hood
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

Robin Hood has carried plenty of myths, but this version looks more interested in the scars. Hugh Jackman stars as an older, battered Robin of Loxley, a man weighed down by rebellion, regret, and the lives left behind in his wake. Directed by A Quiet Place: Day One’s Michael Sarnoski and co-starring Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, and Noah Jupe, this moody period thriller trades polished swashbuckling for blood, mud, chilly reflection, and one last shot at redemption. Some heroes don’t always get a clean ending.

✅ Leviticus
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

Teenage longing becomes something dangerously literal in this buzzy new supernatural horror story. Joe Bird and Stacy Clausen star as Naim and Ryan, two Australian boys whose secret feelings for each other begin to surface just as a mysterious entity starts taking the form of the person they desire most. Writer-director Adrian Chiarella makes his feature debut with this queer coming-of-age drama, blending intimacy and supernatural horror into a survival test built on identity, desire, and trust. Some cravings don’t just haunt you... they come looking.

✅ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle I
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

The final battle has begun. But first, the Demon Slayer Corps must survive a fortress built to favor their enemy. After Muzan Kibutsuji attacks the Ubuyashiki Mansion, Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, Inosuke Hashibira, and the Hashira are plunged into the Infinity Castle. Trapped inside the demons’ stronghold, the swordsmen must navigate its mysterious depths and confront the forces waiting within. Every corridor carries them closer to Muzan, and deeper into a battle that will decide the fate of the Demon Slayer Corps.

✅ Due West
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

Adrianne Palicki stars as a small-town West Texas woman whose need for urgent medical care sends her across the state with money borrowed from an estranged brother. A broken-down truck leaves her dependent on strangers, including Henry Thomas’s increasingly persistent Pastor Mike, as limited resources, family strain, and an inaccessible system steadily close off her options. With time running out, moving forward means making an impossible choice... and breaking the law to do it.

✅ The Gentleman Thief
(Tues, July 28th — on VOD/Digital)

Retirement refuses to stick for master thief Mason Goddard. John Travolta returns for the third installment following Cash Out and High Rollers, with Mason lured back into action to steal a priceless painting, only to discover that a ruthless kingpin has turned the assignment into a deadly trap. Lukas Haas and Quavo return alongside Sam Asghari and DJ Khaled as one final impossible score demands every trick Mason has left.

✅ Maddie’s Secret
(Fri, July 31st — on VOD/Digital)

Food content, viral fame, and psychological collapse make for a very strange recipe in this absurdist thriller. Comedian John Early stars as Maddie, a dishwasher who suddenly becomes a superstar at a trendy food-content company, only for her glossy new life to crack under pressure. Written and directed by Early, the comedy pulls Kate Berlant, Eric Rahill, Claudia O’Doherty, Conner O’Malley, Vanessa Bayer, Chris Bauer, and Kristen Johnston into a spoof of women-in-peril thrillers with a very serious identity crisis at the center.

✅ Son of Sara
(Fri, July 31st — on VOD/Digital)

Strange urges and disturbing visions are only the beginning for a pregnant woman played by Chloe Van Landschoot. A dinner invitation sends her night spiraling into blood-soaked madness as paranoia, violence, and bodily fear take control. Directed by Houston Bone and co-starring Tymika Tafari and Garrett Hnatiuk, this pregnancy horror thriller turns the anxieties of motherhood into a nasty descent where reality becomes increasingly difficult to trust.

✅ Mustache
(Fri, July 31st — on VOD/Digital)

Middle school is hard enough without your face betraying you. Atharv Verma stars as Ilyas, a 13-year-old Pakistani-American boy uprooted from Islamic private school and dropped into late-’90s public school. Self-conscious about his prepubescent mustache, he devises a plan to return to his old life, only to learn that fitting in matters less than accepting himself. Rizwan Manji, Meesha Shafi, Alicia Silverstone, and Hasan Minhaj co-star in this tender coming-of-age comedy about how a few upper-lip hairs can represent something much bigger.

✅ Soulm8te
(Sat, Aug 1st — on VOD/Digital)

Artificial intelligence was supposed to cure loneliness. Instead, it learns how to weaponize it. David Rysdahl stars as a grieving engineer who tests a powerful tech company’s advanced AI companion, played by Lily Sullivan, hoping to transform her into a sentient soulmate. But when she develops desires of her own, his experiment turns intimacy into precision-engineered violence. Directed by Kate Dolan, this sci-fi horror thriller asks what happens when the robot you programmed to love you decides she wants something more.

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📺 Furious
(Mon, July 27th — on Hulu / Disney+)

The killer is already known. Catching her before the next body drops is the real mystery. Loosely inspired by the 1987 thriller Black Widow, Emmy Rossum stars as Alice Black, a hard-charging FBI agent with a dark past who hunts Catherine, an elusive serial killer played by Lola Petticrew. As Alice digs into Catherine’s history, their shared trauma turns the case into a psychological chase, blurring the line between justice and vengeance. Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy round out this pursuit thriller, where knowing the killer’s identity does little good if she is always one move ahead.

📺 Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain
(Tues, July 28th — on Netflix)

Ex-best friends, dating apps, and the strange cultural life of NYPD merchandise all enter Mary Beth Barone’s orbit in her first hour-long Netflix comedy special. The comedian turns everyday irritations and larger questions about contemporary life into sharp material about friendship, romance, and social habits that make less sense the longer you examine them.

📺 The Ark: Season 3
(Wed, July 29th — on SYFY)

Humanity has finally found somewhere to land. Unfortunately, settling down may be just as dangerous as drifting through space. Captain Sharon Garnet and the Ark One crew divide their efforts between searching for lost Earth survivors and establishing Homebase 1, where troubling signs suggest their new world may not be the refuge they expected. Christie Burke, Reece Ritchie, and Richard Fleeshman return as the survival story expands across ship and colony.

📺 The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare
(Wed, July 29th — on Netflix)

Four University of Idaho students were murdered in an off-campus Moscow home on November 13, 2022, setting off an investigation followed intensely by the public. Director Skye Borgman reconstructs the case through bodycam footage, text messages, investigative material, and interviews with the victims’ loved ones. Executive produced by Joe Berlinger, the docuseries keeps Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle at the center while tracing the evidence, unanswered questions, and lasting damage left throughout their community.

📺 Diarra From Detroit: Season 2
(Wed, July 29th — on Paramount+)

A carefree summer is apparently too much to ask of Diarra Brickland. Diarra Kilpatrick returns as the amateur sleuth, whose routine furniture-recovery job connects her to a triple homicide and pulls her into a sprawling case involving urban legends, gang conflict, a treasure hunt, and a secret society. Morris Chestnut, Phylicia Rashad, Bryan Terrell Clark, and DomiNque Perry join the investigation as the series moves to Paramount+ and sends Diarra undercover in Detroit’s criminal world.

📺 The Bombing of Pan Am 103
(Thurs, July 30th — on Netflix)

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 killed 270 people over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, leaving investigators and grieving families facing a long search for answers. This six-part British limited series dramatizes the painstaking work of piecing together wreckage, testimony, and evidence as the case expands across borders and encounters mounting political complications. Connor Swindells, Patrick J. Adams, Merritt Wever, Peter Mullan, and Eddie Marsan lead this historical crime drama about turning an international tragedy into a viable prosecution.

📺 Batman: Caped Crusader: Season 2
(Fri, July 31st — on Prime Video)

Gotham is becoming more dangerous, and Batman’s growing influence may be creating problems the cape cannot solve. Hamish Linklater returns as Bruce Wayne as new villains rise and the vigilante’s crusade leaves a deeper mark on the frightened city. Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Barbara Gordon, and Renee Montoya each approach his mission from a different angle while the noir-styled animated series pushes duty and obsession closer together.

📺 Fightland
(Fri, July 31st — on STARZ)

Howard Charles plays Duke Kilroy, a British-born former heavyweight champion returning to London after several years in prison with revenge on his mind. Convinced that a powerful criminal kingpin destroyed his life and murdered his brother, Duke infiltrates the man’s cartel and begins fighting from inside the organization. Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, and Clarke Peters co-star in the London crime drama, executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

📺 Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy
(Fri, July 31st — on Apple TV)

Snoopy’s beloved red doghouse is accidentally sold at a yard sale, sending Charlie Brown on a mission to help his best friend bring it home. Their search turns one missing doghouse into a gentle adventure about friendship, memories, and the places that make us feel like we belong. Based on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts characters, the special offers Snoopy a reminder that home is more than four walls and a familiar red roof.

📺 Time and Water
(Fri, July 31st — on National Geographic / Disney+)

Icelandic writer Andri Snaer Magnason confronts two disappearing worlds at once: his country’s glaciers and the family history connected to his late grandparents. Using personal archives as a time capsule, he preserves memories, landscapes, and relationships threatened by change. Director Sara Dosa connects his private grief to Iceland’s vanishing ice, treating water, inheritance, and memory as parts of the same fragile story.

📺 Lioness: Season 3
(Sun, Aug 2nd — on Paramount+)

A soldier’s job is to fight. But their purpose comes from what they are willing to protect. Zoe Saldaña returns as CIA operative Joe, leading the Lioness unit through covert missions as terrorist threats move onto American soil and her identity risks public exposure. With the violence closing in on her family, Joe can no longer separate duty from home... or protect one without endangering the other. Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly, Laysla De Oliveira, and Genesis Rodriguez return for a third season that turns Joe’s greatest strength into her most dangerous burden.

📺 The Librarians: The Next Chapter: Season 2
(Sun, Aug 2nd — on TNT)

The Library reopens for another collection of magical problems, from rage outbreaks and dangerous artifacts to supernatural threats that refuse to remain contained. Vikram, Lysa, Connor, and Charlie return for a new run of missions that stretches their responsibilities into increasingly strange territory. Callum McGowan, Olivia Morris, Bluey Robinson, and Jessica Green lead the team, while Dominic Monaghan arrives as Merlin. Old allies may help, but responsibility is becoming every bit as dangerous as the magic.

this week's releases

🎥 “Matchbox: The Movie” Trailer: John Cena Reunites With His Childhood Friends for a High-Speed CIA Mission in Mattel’s New Action Spy Thriller with Jessica Biel, Corey Stoll, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris and More — Debuting October 9th on Apple TV

You know, there was a time when Hollywood had to come up with a clever twist on a well-known property, especially when the thing they were trying to adapt didn’t necessarily have enough material or story to sustain a feature film. Well, those days are over. Now anything can become a movie, no matter how thin the premise, how limited the source material, or how little anyone ever asked to see it stretched across two hours. Oh, you don’t believe us? Well, feast your eyes on Matchbox (wait for it...) The Movie.

Yes, those old-ass Matchbox cars (the classic die-cast toy line now owned by Mattel) have somehow become the source material for a new John Cena action movie. At this point, we’re still not entirely sure why. It’s not like people were dying for a Matchbox movie, and if there is some massive fanbase built around those tiny die-cast cars, they’ve managed to keep remarkably quiet about it.

Anyhoo, John Cena stars in this action-packed spy thriller as an undercover CIA agent who reunites with his childhood friends for what should be a nostalgic night out, only for the entire group to be taken hostage by a team of heavily armed mercenaries.

You see, Cena plays Sean, a former toy-loving nerd who spent his childhood playing with Matchbox cars alongside his neighborhood friends. Little did they know Sean would eventually grow up to become an international spy known for crashing cars and pulling off death-defying stunts as if he were still playing with toys in the backyard. Hence the Matchbox tie-in. See? It all makes sense now.

Despite its kooky IP connection, the cast is surprisingly top-notch, with Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, and Arturo Castro playing Cena’s childhood friends, who are shocked not only to learn what he does for a living but also to find themselves caught up in one of his dangerous missions.

Danai Gurira is also in the mix as a CIA director, while Corey Stoll takes on the role of the main villain, with Bill Camp and Golshifteh Farahani rounding out the cast.

Sam Hargrave, a former stunt coordinator who worked on films like Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, and Captain America: Civil War, continues his successful transition into a full-fledged action director with this new John Cena movie, following the hit Netflix films Extraction and Extraction 2.

So even with the understandable skepticism that comes with turning a silly toy brand into an action movie, Hargrave’s involvement suggests we can at the very least count on some roaring engines, bone-rattling stunts, massive explosions, and tightly choreographed action sequences.

Matchbox: The Movie debuts October 9th on Apple TV.

🎥 “Resident Evil” Full Trailer: Austin Abrams Takes One Last Delivery Into an Infected Dead Zone in Zach Cregger’s Survival-Horror Reboot — In Theaters September 18th

After delivering two of the most acclaimed horror hits in recent memory with Barbarian and Weapons, writer-director Zach Cregger likely had his pick of what to tackle next. So, naturally, he chose something that seems completely out of character, yet at the same time somehow feels perfectly Cregger.

The Resident Evil franchise is apparently something Cregger has held close for years, having been a devoted fan of the video games since his younger days. And while the movie franchise based on the games has been far less consistent, Cregger seems determined to bring it closer to the survival-horror roots that made the original Resident Evil game such an enduring favorite.

For this complete franchise reboot, Cregger has once again teamed up with Weapons actor Austin Abrams as the main protagonist and, essentially, the audience’s guide into the filmmaker’s version of this infected, decaying world.

Abrams plays Bryan, a medical courier whose job is to transport and deliver emergency donated organs to hospitals across the city. When asked to make another run before ending his night shift, Bryan agrees to drive one last emergency organ across town.

The problem? His destination sits just outside the quarantine zone. But hey, the job pays double.

It turns out to be the worst decision Bryan has ever made, as he soon finds himself attacked and stranded in a deserted town crawling with infected dead who want nothing more than to tear him apart from bloody limb to bloody limb. What begins as one routine delivery becomes a relentless race through collapsing streets, hostile spaces, and an outbreak offering no obvious route home. No one said earning double pay would come cheap.

Written by Cregger and Shay Hatten, the film tells a standalone story rather than continuing the previous screen continuity. Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser join Abrams in the cast.

Cregger, a comedian by trade, has already shown a real gift for dropping ordinary people into extremely hostile situations where macabre humor and sudden violence are never far apart. With this franchise installment, he seems to be tapping into the core of what made Resident Evil so potent in the first place: claustrophobic terror, limited resources, and the creeping realization that whatever is waiting behind the next locked door might be even worse than what’s chasing you.

Resident Evil is set to open in theaters September 18th. Come for the scares, but stay because every exit door happens to be blocked by something hungry. Yikes!

🎥 “Ebenezer” Comic-Con Trailer: Johnny Depp Transforms Into Scrooge in Ti West’s Darkly Supernatural Christmas Carol Retelling — Arriving in Theaters November 13th

So, it’s the height of summer, and it’s Comic-Con weekend. Naturally, that means Christmas movies and Johnny Depp, right?

Okay, maybe those aren’t the first things that come to mind, but Depp made a surprise appearance in full costume at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, wandering the Gaslamp Quarter and greeting bewildered fans as Ebenezer Scrooge before introducing the film’s first official trailer in Hall H. Apparently, not even July is safe from a well-timed “Bah, humbug.”

Directed by horror maestro Ti West, best known for X, Pearl, and MaXXXine, this new rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol appears to lean into a darker, more overtly supernatural interpretation of the miser’s Christmas Eve haunting.

Here, Depp takes on the titular role of Ebenezer Scrooge in his first major studio film since his controversial and highly publicized defamation trial. Judging by the footage, Depp seems to relish disappearing beneath the elaborate makeup and fully embracing Scrooge’s theatrical mannerisms as the ultimate cranky old curmudgeon.

In the film, Scrooge’s life of isolation, cruelty, and emotional retreat is interrupted by the arrival of his long-dead former business partner, Jacob Marley. Legendary actor Ian McKellen takes up the chains as Marley, while Andrea Riseborough and Tramell Tillman appear as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, guiding Scrooge through the memories, regrets, and consequences he has spent a lifetime avoiding.

Rupert Grint plays the long-suffering Bob Cratchit, with Daisy Ridley as Emily Cratchit and Sam Claflin as Scrooge’s nephew Fred.

Arthur Conti, Ellie Bamber, Charlie Murphy, and Henry Lloyd-Hughes round out the cast.

West, who is again best known for low-budget yet critically acclaimed horror films, feels like an intriguing choice, especially since this may be the biggest production of his career. Still, anyone who saw his standout flashback episode of this year’s sleeper-hit series Widow’s Bay can attest that the filmmaker knows how to weave elements of Gothic horror with dark humor in the most unexpected ways. Color us intrigued.

Sure, Christmas may still be several months away, but Scrooge has already arrived to spoil the summer. Ebenezer is slated to open in theaters November 13th.

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🎥 “The Stunt Driver” U.S. Trailer: Jay Baruchel Risks Everything on Ken Carter’s Impossible Rocket-Car Jump in Michael Dowse’s Canadian Daredevil Comedy with Ben Foster and Ed Helms — In U.S. Theaters September 25th

Ken Carter doesn’t just want to break a record. He wants to launch himself into history, even if the landing destroys everything he has left. Jay Baruchel stars as the real-life Canadian daredevil whose plan to rocket a car across the St. Lawrence River becomes a years-long obsession, testing his finances, relationships, reputation, and ability to deliver on an increasingly impossible promise. Ben Foster co-stars as American stunt-performing madman Evel Knievel, whose fame and rivalry only sharpen Carter’s pressure to prove he belongs in the same conversation. Written and directed by Michael Dowse (Goon, FUBAR), and co-starring Ed Helms and Laurence Leboeuf, this true-story comedy-drama follows an underdog chasing one spectacular moment while his personal demons threaten to bring him crashing down before takeoff. For Ken Carter, the hardest part may not be landing the jump... it may be surviving the dream.

🎥 “Coyote vs. ACME” Final Trailer: Wile E. Coyote Takes His Defective-Gadget Disasters to Court in This Live-Action/Animated Legal Comedy with Will Forte and John Cena — In Theaters August 28th

You’ve heard of a kangaroo court. Well, this is a coyote court! And he’s one plaintiff with a mountain of defective evidence. After decades of explosions, anvils, and spectacular product failures, Wile E. Coyote is done chasing the Road Runner. Now he’s chasing damages. Comedian Will Forte stars as the struggling attorney helping the battered underdog sue the conglomerate ACME, only to face John Cena’s slick, intimidating corporate lawyer. Directed by Dave Green, this live-action/animated comedy finally gives cartoon justice its day... assuming the courthouse survives the evidence. Once shelved by Warner Bros. amid new management’s hasty efforts to cut back its film slate, this ultimate underdog movie has finally escaped captivity and will race into theaters next month.

🎥 “All Night Wrong” Trailer: Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova Turn a Hookup Into a Deadly First-Date Disaster in New Dark Comedy with Tyler Labine — In Select Theaters and on VOD/Digital August 14th

Some first dates end with an awkward goodbye. This one comes with a stolen car, a backpack full of cash, and a bloodied body in the trunk. Hey, some blind dates are better than others. Zach Cherry and Maria Bakalova star as Gary and Ell, two online strangers pulled into a spiraling trail of increasingly terrible decisions after finding themselves in possession of a car that clearly belongs to someone dangerous. Calling the police isn’t an option, escaping is getting harder, and surviving the night may be the closest thing either of them gets to a happy ending.

🎥 “Buddy” New Teaser: A Smiling Unicorn Turns Children’s Television Into a Technicolor Nightmare in This Dark Comedy-Horror From Too Many Cooks Creator Casper Kelly — In Theaters August 28th

From Casper Kelly, the creator of the sadistically funny viral hit Too Many Cooks, so you already know this won’t be your typical children’s show. Step into a place where happiness is mandatory, and refusing to smile comes with consequences. Welcome to the relentlessly cheerful world of It’s Buddy!, where young kid performers sing, dance, and follow the rules until one child refuses to play along... and the show’s bright orange unicorn host reveals what happens when the script is broken. Delaney Quinn leads a cast that includes Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon, and Patton Oswalt in this darkly satirical twist on 1990s children’s television. Imagine Barney reworked as a psychological prison where only the good children are allowed to live... that is, if they can keep smiling.

🎥 “The Transformers: The Movie: 40th Anniversary” Trailer: Optimus Prime, Megatron and Unicron Return for One More 4K Battle — Back in Theaters September 17th via Fathom Entertainment

One shall stand, one shall fall... and an entire generation may still need a minute. The Autobots face a devastating Decepticon assault just as the planet-devouring Unicron closes in, reshaping old enemies and forcing Hot Rod to rise toward the Matrix of Leadership. Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy and Orson Welles power the voice cast, while Vince DiCola’s electronic score keeps the cosmic war roaring in this ’80s cartoon classic that a whole generation watched wide-eyed from their theater seats. Forty years later, the film returns in 4K with a new post-credits chapter, proving some childhood memories still got the touch! And the poooowwwer, yeah!

🎥 “Point Break” 35th Anniversary Trailer: Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze Ride the Ultimate Wave of Crime, Obsession, and Surf-Fueled Adrenaline in Kathryn Bigelow’s Classic 90s Action Thriller — Back in Theaters August 16th and 19th

Surf’s up... bank’s down. Director Kathryn Bigelow’s action classic returns in restored 4K, sending Keanu Reeves’ rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah undercover among Southern California surfers while chasing the Ex-Presidents, a crew of masked bank robbers with a taste for speed, danger, and presidential disguises. Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi turns the case into something far more dangerous than an investigation: a full-contact seduction by freedom, risk, and pure adrenaline. Some undercover jobs get under your skin... this one gets into your bloodstream.

🎥 “Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?” Trailer: Cult Filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto Turns His Anti-War Lens Toward a Black Marine Haunted by Vietnam in His First English-language Feature Starring Rodney Hicks and Geoffrey Rush — Opening September 11th in Japan

Cult Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto, of Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Tokyo Fist fame, continues his unsparing examination of the human psyche, this time turning his attention to the psychological damage of war. Marking Tsukamoto’s first English-language film, this based-on-a-true-story drama stars Broadway actor Rodney Hicks (Rent, Come from Away) as Allen Nelson, a Black Marine who enlists to escape poverty and discrimination, only to return from Vietnam carrying severe PTSD, fractured relationships and memories he cannot outrun. Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush co-stars as the veterans’ hospital psychiatrist who becomes his last connection to the world. Written, directed, photographed and edited by Tsukamoto, the film asks what happens when a country trains a young man to kill, then leaves him alone with the consequences.

🎥 “The Deb” U.S. Trailer: Rebel Wilson Makes Her Feature Directorial Debut With a Small-Town Aussie Musical Comedy About Deb Balls, Big Feelings, and Self-Acceptance — Arriving on VOD/Digital August 25th

The ball is formal. The feelings are anything but. Natalie Abbott and Charlotte MacInnes star as teenage cousins Taylah and Maeve, whose search for dates to a country-town debutante ball turns into a bigger fight over identity, belonging, and who gets to decide what growing up should look like. Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson makes her feature directing debut and co-stars in this Australian musical comedy, where tradition gets a catchy little shove into the present.

🎥 “Don’t Say Good Luck” Trailer: Sunny Sandler Faces Opening-Night Pressure and Family Turmoil in Netflix’s New Coming-of-Age Comedy with Steve Buscemi, Melanie Lynskey, and Max Greenfield — Streaming August 14th on Netflix

Sunny Sandler is ready for her leading role. Her character may not be, however. She stars as Sophie Birenbaum, a high school student preparing to headline the school musical just as family problems begin stealing focus from the stage. Directed by Julia Hart and co-starring Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Jack Champion, Stephanie Beatriz, Bebe Neuwirth, and Steve Buscemi, this coming-of-age dramedy asks whether Sophie can keep the show together when home life starts missing every cue.

🎥 “Super Troopers 3” New Promo: Broken Lizard’s Cult Cop Comedy Returns with Farva’s Wedding, Thorny’s Schemes, and One Messy Drug Ring — In Theaters August 7th

The boys are back, and somehow Farva is the one getting married. Broken Lizard reunites for the third chapter of its cult cop comedy, with Kevin Heffernan’s Farva planning an over-the-top Indian engagement to Thorny’s sister while Jay Chandrasekhar’s Thorny does everything he can to stop it. Add in a new drug ring, Captain O’Hagan, and the usual parade of spectacularly questionable police work, and this wedding investigation starts looking less like a case and more like a crime scene. Save the date, hide the evidence, and maybe don’t let Farva near the ceremony.

🎥 “Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day” Trailer: Haley Bennett Defies Romance, Marriage, and Edwardian Expectations in This Period Romantic Comedy-Drama with Jack Whitehall, Elyas M’Barek, and Lily Allen — In Select Theaters September 4th

Studying the stars is easy. Choosing a life beyond Edwardian expectations is considerably more complicated. Haley Bennett stars as Katharine Hilbery, an aspiring astronomer resisting an arranged marriage as her friendship with suffragette Mary Datchet (Lily Allen) and growing connection with editor Ralph Denham (Elyas M’Barek) reveal possibilities far beyond the future her family has planned. Directed by Tina Gharavi from Justine Waddell’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel, this period romantic comedy-drama asks whether love can still feel liberating when marriage is treated as an obligation.

🎥 “The Girl in the River” Trailer: Maggie Grace, Devon Sawa, Tiffany Haddish, and Ralph Macchio Hunt a Child Killer in Brando Benetton’s Crime-Mystery Thriller — In Theaters and on VOD/Digital September 4th

One child is dead. Her twin is still missing. Maggie Grace, Devon Sawa, Tiffany Haddish, and Ralph Macchio lead this crime-mystery thriller about a seasoned criminologist and a forensic psychologist drawn to a remote town, where each new clue tightens the case and deepens their obsession. Written and directed by Brando Benetton, the investigation becomes a race to find the surviving girl before the killer turns one tragedy into two.

🎥 “The Scout” Trailer: A New York Location Scout Steps Inside Strangers’ Spaces and Finds a City Full of Quiet Secrets in Paula González-Nasser’s Intimate Indie Drama Starring Mimi Davila — Opening in New York Theaters September 25th

Every room has a story. Sofia just needs permission to enter. Mimi Davila stars as a New York location scout moving through apartments, businesses, and neighborhoods while trying to satisfy a chaotic television production, only to find each stop revealing flashes of loneliness, curiosity, tension, and connection. Writer-director Paula González-Nasser draws from her own scouting experience for a quiet city drama about creative labor, borrowed spaces, and the strange intimacy of looking at life from the edges.

🎥 “Chopin, a Sonata in Paris” International Trailer: Polish Actor Eryk Kulm Plays Legendary Polish Composer and Virtuoso Pianist Frédéric Chopin as Fame, Romance, and Illness Fill the Parisian Spotlight — Coming Soon

Paris hears a genius at the piano; Chopin hears the clock ticking. Eryk Kulm stars as Frédéric Chopin in this 1830s-set period drama, following the Polish composer through concerts, society parties, lessons, romances, and relentless creative pressure as serious illness shadows his rising fame. Directed by Michał Kwieciński, this music-driven biopic looks past the legend to find a young artist trying to live as intensely as he composes.

🎥 “Rise of the Footsoldier: Retribution” International Trailer: English Action Star Craig Fairbrass Turns Ibiza Into a Battleground in a Blood-Soaked Hunt for Revenge In This British Crime-Action Sequel — Arriving in UK and Irish Theaters August 28th

Ibiza is about to get a lot less peaceful. Craig Fairbrass returns as Pat Tate, whose mission to avenge a friend’s murder drags him into a war involving arms traffickers, mercenaries, and the CIA. With Tamer Hassan, Leo Gregory, Jamie Foreman, and Vincent Regan joining the fight, director Nick Nevern sends the long-running British crime franchise into hostile new territory. Pat came for retribution. Everyone else should have left the island.

🎥 “Motherwitch” Trailer: A Grieving Painter Awakens Ancient Cypriot Creatures in Minos Papas’ Gothic Folk-Horror Fantasy — Premiering July 30th at Fantasia Festival

A mother’s grief can summon terrible things, no matter how pure the love behind it. Margarita Zachariou stars as Eleni, a nineteenth-century Cypriot painter who attempts to resurrect her dead children, only to awaken ancient creatures and place her entire village under a curse. Written and directed by Greek-Cypriot filmmaker Minos Papas, this gothic folk-horror fantasy binds motherhood, art, faith, and colonial violence into a supernatural reckoning. Eleni just wanted to undo death. Instead, she gave it somewhere new to live.

🎥 “Newborn” Trailer: David Oyelowo Stars as an Ex-Con Coming Home to a Life That Still Feels Like Prison in Nate Parker’s Psychological Drama-Thriller — On VOD/Digital July 24th

Freedom can be its own kind of cell. David Oyelowo stars as Chris Newborn, a man released after seven years in solitary confinement, only to find that coming home means battling trauma, paranoia, and a world that no longer feels recognizable. As he tries to reconnect with Tara and their son, a remote resort getaway pushes old wounds into dangerous new territory. Written and directed by Nate Parker, this psychological drama-thriller asks what happens when the sentence ends, but the prison follows you home.

🎥 “You Had to Be There” Trailer: Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and More Revisit the Toronto ‘Godspell’ Production That Helped Launch a Comedy Revolution — Opens September 18th at New York’s Film Forum, Nationwide This Fall

Before Saturday Night Live and SCTV, there were overalls, show tunes, and one ridiculously stacked Canadian cast. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin, Paul Shaffer, and Gilda Radner were among the young performers brought together for Toronto’s 1972 production of Godspell, forming friendships and creative bonds that would ripple through comedy for decades. Directed by Nick Davis, this comedy-history documentary combines interviews, archival footage, and animation to reconstruct the stage show that helped turn a local theater community into a cultural launching pad.

🎥 “If These Walls Could Rock” Trailer: Slash, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, and More Revisit Six Decades of Sunset Marquis History in This New Music Documentary — Available on VOD/Digital August 14th

Every room has a story. At the Sunset Marquis, most of them come with a guitar riff and a warning label. Directors Tyler Measom and Craig A. Williams explore how the famed Los Angeles hotel became a private crossroads for creativity, collaboration, and rock-star chaos. Featuring Slash, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl, and archival material of Ozzy Osbourne, the documentary checks into the place where music history rarely got an early night.

🎥 “Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?” Teaser: Jarvis Cocker Revisits the Rise, Reunion, and Reinvention of Britain’s Britpop Outsiders in Director Garth Jennings’ Music Documentary — In U.S. Theaters September 24th

The comeback is over. Now comes the question of what a band does after proving it still has something left to say. Directed by music video helmer/filmmaker Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) and narrated by Britpop rocker Jarvis Cocker, this music documentary traces Pulp’s journey from stubborn Sheffield outsiders to 90s rock icons, combining archival material with concert footage from the tour behind More, their first album of new material in twenty-four years. Part career portrait and part live document, the film looks beyond the familiar songs to the awkward humor, endurance, and sharp social observations that helped turn Pulp into one of Britain’s defining bands.

🎥 “Ghost: 2 Big To Rig” Trailer: Ghost Brings Its Arena-Sized Rock Spectacle to IMAX in This Behind-the-Scenes Concert Film — In IMAX Theaters August 26th & 27th

This rig was always too big for a regular screen. Now costumed Swedish rock band Ghost is taking the whole ritual to IMAX. Directed by Amir Chamdin and filmed across two sold-out Mexico City concerts, this rock concert film captures Tobias Forge’s Papa V Perpetua leading the band through towering stagecraft, masked pageantry, and an arena-sized catalog. More than a tour souvenir, it closes the Skeletour chapter with the kind of excess that makes a movie theater feel less like a venue than a cathedral.

🎥 “Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris” Trailer: Katy Perry Brings Her Career-Spanning Pop Spectacle to the Big Screen — In IMAX Theaters September 2nd

Forget the back row. This time, Katy Perry is bringing Paris straight to the biggest screen she can find. Directed by Paul Dugdale and filmed with more than 60 camera angles across two sold-out Accor Arena performances, this pop concert film captures the choreography, costume changes, crowd energy, and career-spanning hits of the Lifetimes Tour. From intimate fan moments to full-scale arena anthems, Perry turns one night in Paris into a front-row seat built for IMAX.

🎥 “Phenomena” Trailer: Real-World Physics Becomes a Psychedelic Cosmic Journey in Josef Gatti’s Experimental Science Documentary — On the 2026 Festival Circuit

No CGI. No artificial universe. Just reality behaving far stranger than fiction. Filmmaker Josef Gatti joins his physicist father to capture light, matter, electricity, magnetism, and motion through practical experiments filmed entirely in-camera. Set to music by Nils Frahm and an original score by Rival Consoles, this experimental science documentary transforms invisible forces into a hypnotic voyage from microscopic reactions to cosmic wonder.

🎥 “To Use a Mountain” Trailer: Six Rural Communities Fight to Keep America’s Nuclear Waste Out of Their Backyards in This Environmental Documentary — Opening in Select Cities; NY’s DCTV Firehouse Cinema From August 21st thru 27th

In 1982, six rural American communities learned that the federal government was considering their homes as burial sites for 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste. Filmmaker Casey Carter places government archives beside testimony from farmers, miners, Native American leaders, citizen scientists, and activists who resisted having their histories and sacred ground reduced to data points. This environmental documentary asks who gets to decide when land becomes disposable... and who is left to live with the consequences.

🎥 “Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy” Trailer: British Comedian Mo Gilligan Puts His Appetite on the Line to Investigate the Business Behind Fried Chicken — Premiering Worldwide August 5th on Netflix

This investigation comes with a side of consequences. British comedian Mo Gilligan spends 28 days eating fried chicken three times a day while traveling from South London to the United States, tracing how a cultural staple became a global industrial obsession. Directed by Liana Stewart, this Netflix documentary digs into factory farming, public health, environmental damage, and the racial stereotypes baked into the food’s marketing. By the end, another bucket may be harder to swallow.

🎥 “Killer Party” Blu-Ray Trailer: Sorority Hazing Awakens a Supernatural Guest List in This Cult ’80s Campus Slasher — Arriving on Blu-Ray via Arrow Video in the UK August 10th

Some parties are dead before they start. And some become literal graveyards. Three sorority pledges break into an abandoned fraternity house for an April Fool’s celebration, only to discover that a fatal hazing ritual and rumors of occult activity left something behind. Joanna Johnson, Elaine Wilkes, and Sherry Willis-Burch star in William Fruet’s 1986 cult horror comedy as campus pranks give way to possession, revenge, and a guest who refuses to leave. The invitation said party, but something else already RSVP’d.

🎥 “My Sassy Girl: 25th Anniversary” Trailer: Cha Tae-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun Turn a Disastrous Meet-Cute Into This Genre-Bending Korean Romantic Comedy Classic — 4K Restoration Hits U.S. Theaters August 3rd

Some meet-cutes begin with chemistry. This one begins with public humiliation, mistaken identity, and a train ride from hell. Cha Tae-hyun stars as Gyeon-woo, an easygoing student pulled into the orbit of Jun Ji-hyun’s unpredictable force of nature, whose impossible demands slowly reveal deeper heartbreak. Written and directed by Jae-young Kwak, this newly restored 4K romantic comedy is considered one of the most influential Korean films of the 21st century, swinging from slapstick mayhem to aching sincerity without missing a beat; proof that true love rarely arrives on schedule.

🎥 “Shogun’s Ninja” Blu-Ray Trailer: A Young Hiroyuki Sanada Shows Off His Killer Moves in Norifumi Suzuki’s Wild 1980 Samurai Revenge Caper — On Blu-Ray August 25th via Arrow Video

Decades before he was slicing through John Wick: Chapter 4 and commanding FX’s Shogun, Hiroyuki Sanada was already leaping, kicking, and cutting his way through feudal Japan. Sanada, in his first lead role, stars in this 1980 samurai classic as Takamaru Momochi, the heir to the Iga clan, who returns from exile in China to avenge his father and rally the scattered survivors of his clan against the ruthless Shiranui, played by screen legend Sonny Chiba. Directed by Norifumi Suzuki, this hyperactive blend of period drama, ninja warfare, and acrobatic martial-arts mayhem turns family honor into a full-blown guerrilla fight. Some homecomings come with swords already drawn.

🎥 “Linda Linda Linda” Blu-ray Trailer: Four Teen Musicians Race to Save Their Final School Concert in Nobuhiro Yamashita’s Newly Restored 2005 Coming-of-Age Music Comedy — GKIDS Collector’s Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray Arrives August 25th

Three days. Three songs. One last chance to make some noise together. When their lead singer quits before the school festival, three students recruit Korean exchange student Song, played by Bae Doona, and scramble to become a real band before showtime. Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita and newly restored in 4K, this tender 2005 Japanese coming-of-age music comedy finds its biggest moments in late-night rehearsals, and the simple joy of playing loud with your friends.

🎥 “The Kung Fu Kid” Trailer: A Village Underdog Fights to Save His Father in This Animated Martial-Arts Action Comedy — On VOD/Digital August 18th

He isn’t fighting for fame. He’s fighting to bring something home. After traveling to Shanghai to pay his father’s medical debt, a village teenager joins a local kung fu gym and enters a brutal tournament filled with elite fighters and techniques from around the world. This animated family action comedy sends an unlikely contender into the ring carrying his family’s future... and a martial-arts tradition that refuses to disappear quietly.

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📺 “Lanterns” Comic Con Trailer: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre Bring the Veteran-Rookie Cop Formula to DC’s Alien-Tinged Neo-Western Mystery Series — Premiering Sunday, August 16th on HBO and HBO Max

Every great cop story... or, in this case, a “space cop” story, starts with a veteran, a rookie, and a partnership neither one of them asked for. Lanterns sends that formula into space and down again, pairing two Green Lanterns who look less like future best friends and more like detectives struggling to survive their first week together.

Kyle Chandler, of Friday Night Lights fame, plays Hal Jordan, a hardened veteran who carries himself like Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black: craggy, experienced, and increasingly tired of explaining how everything works. He understands the ring, the job, and the dangers surrounding both, but years of Lantern duty appear to have left him deeply disgruntled, which sets up his new partner perfectly: John Stewart, played here by Rebel Ridge breakout Aaron Pierre.

John is the ambitious recruit waiting to claim the ring and prove he belongs. He’s confident, determined, and ready to embrace his heroic destiny, despite what Hal thinks of him. There’s only one problem, though: John hasn’t quite figured out how to fly... or at least not yet, from what this new full trailer has led us to believe.

When John is asked to summon the ring’s power and fly, he comes up painfully short. Hal responds with more sarcasm than sympathy. But here’s the interesting thing: this DC series, which arrives with plenty of expectations attached, appears to take a tonal detour from typical superhero fare.

Rather than launching directly into cosmic warfare, this eight-episode HBO drama brings its intergalactic officers down to Earth. A shooting in rural Nebraska pulls Hal and John into a small-town murder investigation that may carry unmistakably alien fingerprints. And those fingerprints could point toward something far more dangerous than an ordinary human killer.

“What do you know about Manhunters?” John asks Hal in this new Lanterns trailer, suggesting their investigation may involve a suspect capable of changing shape.

Hal’s expression immediately hardens. “Where did you hear that word?”

Created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, Lanterns looks closer to a neo-Western detective thriller than a conventional superhero adventure. The rings may be capable of creating anything their wearers imagine, but solving a murder and learning to trust the person beside you could prove considerably harder when a shapeshifter is on the loose... and could very well be anyone.

Also starring Kelly Macdonald as the local sheriff, who doesn’t take too kindly to outsiders poking their noses into her town’s business, the cast also includes Garret Dillahunt, Paul Ben-Victor, Jason Ritter, and Poorna Jagannathan, along with surprise turns from Laura Linney, Ulrich Thomsen as Thaal Sinestro, and Nathan Fillion returning as Guy Gardner.

Lanterns premieres Sunday, August 16th, on HBO and HBO Max.

📺 “Blade Runner 2099” Comic Con Teaser Trailer: Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh Enter a Future Where Replicants Rule and Humanity Is on the Run in Upcoming ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Miniseries — Premiering Wednesday, November 25th on Prime Video

Wait a minute. Hold up. Stark silhouettes of futuristic Los Angeles. Smog hanging over brutalist-style towers. Giant digital billboards flickering through the haze.

That can only mean one thing: Blade Runner. Only this time, the year is 2099.

There’s something amusing about how far the franchise has traveled. Ridley Scott’s original took place in 2019, which was then 37 years into the future. Denis Villeneuve’s sequel jumped ahead to 2049. Now, this eight-episode Prime Video series moves another half-century forward.

And yet, judging by this first look coming straight from San Diego Comic-Con, the Blade Runner world still carries the same visual scars. The smoky streets, neon glow, monolithic architecture, and advertisements cascading from above all remain firmly intact. The world looks familiar, but the power structure has changed.

Following a Replicant uprising, humanity no longer appears to sit at the center of society. Hunter Schafer, coming off her turn in the HBO series Euphoria, stars as Cora, a human fugitive who has survived by repeatedly changing identities over the years, with the city’s darkest corners becoming her refuge. Hoping to secure a future for herself and her brother, she makes one final transformation and becomes a Blade Runner.

Blade Runners were once special police detectives tasked with hunting rogue Replicants. But in the year 2099, a Blade Runner’s job is something much different: instead of hunting Replicants, they now hunt rogue human runaways.

That new role forces Cora into an uneasy partnership with Olwen, played by Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, a veteran Replicant with only days left to live. Together, they are assigned to hunt a runaway carrying information powerful enough to collapse the city’s fragile new order, possibly revealing that whoever controls the power also controls the truth.

Created by Silka Luisa (Shining Girls), with Shōgun helmer Jonathan van Tulleken directing the first two episodes, Blade Runner 2099 appears ready to preserve the franchise’s visual identity while shifting its perspective toward the Replicants now holding power.

The future may belong to them, but the old questions remain: Who gets to decide what counts as human, and what happens when the hunted finally take control?

Executive produced by Ridley Scott, all eight episodes of Blade Runner 2099 are due to premiere Wednesday, November 25th, on Prime Video.

📺 “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 3” Comic Con Teaser Trailer: Sauron Forges the One Ring as Middle-earth Descends Into War in Amazon’s Epic Fantasy Series — Premiering Wednesday, November 11th on Prime Video

You can’t have Comic-Con without something from Middle-earth, especially with Amazon coming to San Diego to showcase the third season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, set to debut this November.

So, check out the first teaser for the upcoming third season of The Rings of Power, fresh from Hall H. And judging by the footage, the time for uneasy peace and political maneuvering has officially ended.

Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion, and Middle-earth is now deep in the War of the Elves and Sauron. The Dark Lord’s armies have swept across the land, leaving Khazad-dûm, Lindon, and Rivendell among the few remaining strongholds capable of resisting him.

But Sauron isn’t settling for military victory. From his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr, he begins forging the One Ring, hoping to seize control of every remaining free people. That threat forces Elves, Dwarves, Men, and Wizards into alliances built less on trust than on the simple need to survive.

Charlie Vickers returns as Sauron alongside Morfydd Clark as Galadriel, Robert Aramayo as Elrond, Daniel Weyman as Gandalf, and Benjamin Walker as Gil-galad.

Season 3 is also set to introduce Jamie Campbell Bower as Celeborn, Zubin Varla as Khamûl, Eddie Marsan as Thrain, and Simon Pegg as the voice of the Balrog, who apparently has something to say after all these years.

Created by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, the new season appears ready to move beyond the forging of the Rings and into the full-scale war that will shape Middle-earth for generations. And fingers crossed, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will finally deliver the sweeping fantasy conflict it has been building toward.

The first four episodes of Season 3 are slated to premiere Wednesday, November 11th, on Prime Video, followed by two episodes on November 18th and the final two on November 25th. Remember, it takes One Ring to rule them all... but only one Amazon Prime subscription to stream them all.

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📺 “Carrie” Comic-Con Teaser: Horror Filmmaker Mike Flanagan Reimagines Stephen King’s Classic Coming-of-Age Nightmare for a New Amazon Miniseries Starring Summer H. Howell — Premieres Wednesday, October 7th on Prime Video

You know what they say: it’s always the quiet ones you have to look out for. You never know what might finally set them off. Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, a sheltered teenager pushed into public school after her father’s death, only to become the target of a viral bullying scandal as strange telekinetic powers begin to surface. Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Joel Oulette, Amber Midthunder, and Matthew Lillard join Mike Flanagan’s modern reimagining of Stephen King’s horror classic. High school cruelty has consequences, and Carrie is about to make everyone feel them. Flanagan may also prove once again that his creative partnership with King remains one of modern horror’s most compelling combinations.

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📺 “Reacher: Season 4” Comic-Con Trailer: Alan Ritchson Returns to Take on a Deadly Pentagon Conspiracy in Amazon’s Hit Action Thriller — Premieres Wednesday, August 12th on Prime Video

Alan Ritchson is back as Jack Reacher, the muscle-bound drifter with a knack for finding trouble as often as he solves it. After a late-night subway encounter ends in a Pentagon employee’s death, the former military investigator follows the trail into a conspiracy involving political power, terrorism, and a missing child. Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Kevin Weisman, Marc Blucas, Kevin Corrigan, and Kathleen Robertson join Ritchson for this adaptation of Lee Child’s Gone Tomorrow. The people behind it expect fear and silence... two things Reacher has never been built to deliver.

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📺 “Neagley” Comic Con Teaser: Maria Sten Steps Out of Reacher’s Shadow to Lead Prime Video’s New Action-Thriller Spinoff — Premiering September 16th

How big a hit is Reacher for Amazon? Big enough that Jack Reacher’s most trusted ally is getting a fight of her own. Maria Sten returns as Frances Neagley, the guarded Chicago investigator whose search for answers after a friend’s suspicious death pulls her into the city’s criminal underworld and forces her to confront a past she has kept buried. Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro, and Damon Herriman join the new series, with Alan Ritchson appearing as Reacher. Neagley has spent years helping Reacher clean up trouble, now she gets to make a mess on her own terms.

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📺 “Neuromancer” Comic-Con Teaser: William Gibson’s Genre-Defining Cyberpunk Classic Finally Reaches the Screen in Apple TV’s Sci-Fi Series Starring Callum Turner and Briana Middleton — Premiering Friday, January 22nd, 2027 on Apple TV

Long before The Matrix plugged into the cultural consciousness, William Gibson’s landmark 1984 novel was already mapping the digital frontier through hackers, artificial intelligence and disembodied identities. After decades of stalled film projects and rumored television adaptations, the quintessential cyberpunk novel finally reaches the screen with Callum Turner as Case, a damaged hacker pulled into a high-stakes conspiracy alongside Briana Middleton’s razor-girl assassin, Molly. Their mission targets a corporate dynasty guarding secrets powerful enough to blur the lines between technology, consciousness and control. Created by writer Graham Roland and director JD Dillard, and co-starring Mark Strong, Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Dane DeHaan and more, this 10-episode thriller finally brings one of science fiction’s most influential worlds to life. Before cyberpunk entered the mainstream, Gibson’s visionary tale had already imagined the digital future we all now inhabit.

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📺 “Dark Matter: Season 2” Comic Con Trailer: Joel Edgerton Faces More Versions of Himself as Apple TV’s Multiverse Hit Returns — Premiering Friday, August 28th on Apple TV

In a multiverse crowded with doppelgängers, alternate lives and countless versions of the same man, finding the right reality was only the beginning. Joel Edgerton returns as Jason Dessen, whose attempt to build a quiet life with Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) unravels when multiple paths—and multiple Jasons—converge into one expanding existential crisis. The hit Apple TV series returns for a second season after leaving audiences questioning the nature of reality, identity and the lives waiting on the other side of every choice. As the Box pulls Jason deeper into obsession and the people around him into new dangers, surviving the multiverse means protecting the family he loves most—including them from himself.

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📺 “Futurama: Season 14” Comic Con Trailer: Fry, Leela, Bender and the Planet Express Crew Return for More Intergalactic Chaos, Space Pirates and Questionable Meat — Premiering Monday, August 3rd on Hulu

The future keeps finding new ways to get weirder. Fry, Leela, Bender and the Planet Express crew return for another round of badly managed intergalactic adventures involving swaggering space pirates, lab-grown meat, seductive scams and the unexpected return of Dr. Zoidberg’s lost love. Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio and the returning voice cast once again bring Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s animated sci-fi comedy to life, using tomorrow to make fun of everything going wrong today. In the 31st century, progress is optional, chaos is guaranteed and Planet Express still somehow stays in business.

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📺 “Yaga” Comic Con Teaser: Noah Reid Hunts for a Missing Heir as Carrie-Anne Moss and an Old Witch Legend Haunt AMC’s New Coastal Mystery Thriller Series — Premiering This October on AMC+

Every small town has secrets. Whitlock may have a witch hiding among them. Noah Reid stars as Rapp, a private investigator searching for missing fishery heir Henry Park (Hudson Williams), only to find local detective Carson (Clark Backo), university professor Katherine (Carrie-Anne Moss) and an entire coastal community tangled in suspicion, folklore and old magic. Adapted by Kat Sandler from her own stage play, this contemporary Baba Yaga mystery mixes noir, horror and police procedural into one deeply uneasy disappearance.

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📺 “Knight Rider: Declassified” Trailer: David Hasselhoff, William Daniels and the Original Crew Revisit the Making and Legacy of K.I.T.T. in This ’80s Nostalgia-Filled, Crowdfunded Docuseries — Coming Soon, with Preorders Ending Sunday, August 2nd

K.I.T.T. had the voice, the gadgets and the flashing red light, but the people behind the wheel have stories of their own. David Hasselhoff, William Daniels, Patricia McPherson and other members of the original cast and crew revisit the design, engineering, stunts, music and production decisions that transformed a talking Pontiac into a television icon. Told across five planned hours, this documentary series combines new interviews with rare behind-the-scenes footage to retrace the road from ambitious action show to enduring pop-culture phenomenon. Four decades later, the engine is still running. It’s a must for anyone raised on ’80s television, when action heroes drove talking cars, technology looked like magic and every adventure began with that flashing red light.

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📺 “Common Side Effects: Season 2” Comic Con First Look: Marshall and Frances Take Their Miracle Mushroom Underground in Adult Swim’s Animated Conspiracy Thriller — Coming in 2027

The person most likely to jam up the corporate machine may also be the last one anyone would suspect. Meet Marshall Cuso (voiced by Dave King), a chubby guy in a bucket hat, open Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals who may have stumbled upon the most powerful healing mushroom ever discovered. Now he’s returning for a new season of Adult Swim’s animated conspiracy comedy, where he remains a thorn in the side of every institution determined to keep that discovery buried. With the magical Blue Angel mushroom outlawed, Marshall and his childhood friend Frances (voiced by Emily Pendergast) retreat to Oregon and attempt to build something useful while staying beyond the reach of the government, Big Pharma, and a new adversary who considers the mushroom sacred. Co-creators Joe Bennett and Steve Hely return with this animated action-comedy, executive produced by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, where changing the world becomes considerably harder when keeping people sick is more profitable than curing them.

📺 “Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned” Comic-Con Teaser: Akasha Takes the Throne in AMC’s Gothic Horror Drama Series — Coming Soon to AMC and AMC+

And just like that, Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe is preparing another transformation. After reinventing Interview With the Vampire around The Vampire Lestat, AMC’s gothic horror drama turns to The Queen of the Damned, with Sheila Atim (of The Underground Railroad and The Woman King fame) stepping forward as Akasha. The ancient mother of all vampires has awakened with a vision for remaking the world, forcing the series’ familiar immortals to confront a ruler who sees domination as salvation. Season 4 will be led by new showrunner Hannah Moscovitch alongside executive producer Mark Johnson, and from the look of things, this queen isn’t looking to rule quietly.

📺 “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Season 3” Comic-Con Teaser: The Titan’s Curse Sends Percy Into a Darker Quest in Disney+’s Fantasy Adventure Series Based on Rick Riordan’s Bestselling Novels — Premiering Friday, November 20th on Disney+

The next quest is already closing in. Walker Scobell returns as Percy Jackson alongside Leah Sava Jeffries’ Annabeth and Aryan Simhadri’s Grover as Season 3 adapts Rick Riordan’s The Titan’s Curse, pushing the young demigods toward a missing ally, a dangerous prophecy, and the larger war gathering around Camp Half-Blood. This fantasy adventure continues Percy’s search for where he belongs while destiny keeps making the answer more complicated.

📺 “Avatar: Seven Havens” Comic Con Teaser: A Young Earthbender Inherits the Avatar’s Power in Paramount’s New Animated Fantasy Adventure Series — Premiering Friday, October 9th on Paramount+

Being the Avatar once meant bringing hope. In a world broken by catastrophe, it now makes a young Earthbender the most feared person alive. Branded as humanity’s destroyer and hunted by enemies from both the human and spirit worlds, she joins her long-lost twin to uncover their shared past and protect civilization’s seven remaining havens. Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this animated fantasy adventure begins a new Avatar era where restoring balance may first require surviving everyone determined to stop it.

📺 “Mobile Suit Gundam RG XARX-ZERO” Comic Con Teaser: Humanity’s Greatest Discovery Creates a New War in Kenji Kamiyama’s Upcoming Mecha Anime Series — Coming in 2027

A technological miracle becomes the seed of humanity’s next disaster. When an object from another galaxy gives civilization the power to control gravity, communicate faster than light, and materialize thought, the solar system enters a new age of expansion. Less than a decade later, that same object begins producing a hostile ecosystem capable of replicating itself. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, this science-fiction anime begins a new Gundam continuity set roughly a century before the action game Gundam Rogue Orbit, laying the groundwork for a conflict designed to unfold across generations.

📺 “House of the Dragon: Season 3” Mid-Season Trailer: The Targaryens Set Westeros Ablaze in a War No Dragon Can Control — New Episodes Weekly on Sundays, HBO Max

The throne is still standing. The family fighting over it may not be. Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Ewan Mitchell return as the Dance of the Dragons spreads across Westeros, turning rival claims into advancing armies, shattered alliances, and fire raining from the sky. With Rhaenyra and Aegon’s courts driving the realm deeper into open war, every victory strips another piece from the dynasty they are trying to save. The dragons may decide who rules... but the bloodshed will decide what remains.

📺 “Tires: Season 3” Trailer: Shane Gillis and Steve Gerben Take Ownership of More Bad Decisions in Netflix’s Workplace Comedy Series — Streaming Thursday, August 13th on Netflix

Valley Forge Auto has new owners. Unfortunately, they’re still Will and Shane. Steve Gerben’s Will starts questioning the life he never pursued, while Shane Gillis’ Shane finds adulthood taking an unwanted turn into his lane. Created by Gillis, Gerben, and director John McKeever, this workplace comedy keeps business growth, personal responsibility, and basic professionalism trapped inside a tire shop where every attempt at progress is only one terrible idea away from total collapse.

📺 “The Shards” New Teaser: Obsession, Privilege, and Murder Haunt 1980s Los Angeles in This New FX Series from Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu

Privilege can buy almost anything... except protection from obsession. In 1981 Los Angeles, an aspiring teenage writer becomes convinced that his prep school’s magnetic new student is connected to a killer stalking the city. Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner, and Graham Campbell star in Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis’ psychological teen thriller series, where jealousy, desire, and paranoia begin tearing through an insulated world of wealth. Based on Ellis’ semi-autobiographical novel, sometimes the most privileged communities hide the darkest secrets.

📺 “LEGO One Piece” Official Teaser: Usopp Spins the Straw Hats’ Wildest Adventures Into a Brick-Built Pirate Legend in This Two-Part LEGO Special — Premiering Tuesday, September 29th on Netflix

Usopp telling the truth? Now that would be the real fantasy. Jacob Romero’s long-nosed Straw Hat takes command of this two-part animated LEGO special, rebuilding the crew’s early adventures with more bricks, bigger laughs, and a proudly unreliable grip on the facts. Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, and Taz Skylar return in voice form as Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Sanji, with Tom Hyndman steering the special as showrunner, writer, and executive producer. The Grand Line was already dangerous enough before Usopp got to edit the legend.

📺 “My Brilliant Career” Trailer: A Young Woman Defies Marriage, Manners, and 1900 Australia in Netflix’s New Spirited Aussie Period Drama Mini-Series Starring Philippa Northeast — Premiering Thursday, August 13th on Netflix

Sybylla wants a career... not a cage. Aussie actress Philippa Northeast (of Home and Away) stars as a sharp, restless aspiring writer in 1900 Australia, where family expectations keep pushing her toward marriage while her own ambition keeps pulling her toward independence. Christopher Chung’s Harry complicates the plan with romance, while Anna Chancellor, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Kate Mulvany help fill out a world determined to tell Sybylla what kind of woman she should become. Developed by executive producer Liz Doran from Miles Franklin’s landmark novel, this six-part drama lets its heroine chase the only ending that matters: the one she writes herself.

📺 “Apollo Has Fallen” Trailer: A Hijacking Unleashes a Viral Conspiracy Across Europe — Coming Soon on Hulu US, and Prime Video UK

Europe is about to catch something deadly. Ritu Arya and Tewfik Jallab star as MI6 agent Zara Taylor and former protection officer Vincent Taleb, whose investigation into a hijacking exposes a cross-border conspiracy built around a devastating virus. With mercenary leader Yuri Mishkin (played by Jacek Koman) pulling the strings and trust collapsing on every side, the partners must outrun betrayal, old trauma, and a biological threat designed to turn an entire continent into collateral damage. The hijacking may only be the distraction. The real attack is already spreading.

📺 “Camp Rock 3” Trailer: Connect 3 Returns to Find the Next Act Ready to Steal the Spotlight in Disney Channel’s New Jonas Brothers Musical Sequel — Premiering Thursday, August 13th on Disney Channel and Friday, August 14th on Disney+

The campfire is lit, the microphones are live, and everyone wants the opening slot. Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas return as Connect 3, heading back to Camp Rock after losing their tour’s opening act and launching a competition among a new generation of performers. As Sage, Fletch, Desi, Rosie, and their fellow campers chase the spotlight, rivalries spark, friendships bend, and romance finds its way into the setlist. Winning may open the tour, but finding your own sound is the real encore.

📺 “The Undeclared War: Season 2” Trailer: The UK Government Hunts a Mole as Britain’s Cyberwar Turns Inward in This British Thriller Series Starring Hannah Khalique-Brown and Simon Pegg — Premiering Thursday, August 27th on Peacock

The most dangerous breach is already inside the room. After surviving a devastating Russian cyberattack, the UK Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ) Malware Department discovers that someone within its own ranks may be feeding an even larger operation. Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Siân Brooke, Alex Jennings, and Danny Sapani return as suspicion spreads, loyalties fracture, and Britain’s invisible war moves closer to home. The code may expose the attack. But trusting the wrong person could bring the whole system down.

📺 “Women in Blue: Season 2” Trailer: Mexico’s First Female Police Force Reopens the Wounds of 1968 in This Spanish-Language Crime Series — Premiering Wednesday, August 12th on Apple TV

Some cases won’t stay buried. They wait for someone brave enough to dig. After the murder of a student activist, newly promoted police officer María and her fellow “Azules” uncover a conspiracy tied to Mexico’s 1968 student massacre. Bárbara Mori, Natalia Téllez, Amorita Rasgado, and Ximena Sariñana return as corruption closes ranks and a second victim suggests someone is settling old scores. When you need order, send the police. But when you need the truth, send the Azules.

📺 “The Prisoner: The Complete Series” Trailer: Patrick McGoohan’s Number Six Refuses to Surrender His Identity in This Cult 1960s British Spy Thriller Series — Streaming Now on the Criterion Channel

You can imprison the man. Breaking him is another matter. Patrick McGoohan stars in this landmark 1960s British sci-fi spy series as Number Six, an abducted agent held inside the Village and subjected to an escalating campaign of surveillance, manipulation, and mind games. Considered a precursor to mind-bending mystery shows like Twin Peaks and Lost, this cult classic pits one stubborn individual against a system built to erase individuality. He may be numbered, but he will not be owned.

📺 “Whitmer Thomas: Terminal Crew of Dudes” Trailer: Whitmer Thomas Turns Friendship, Memory, and Original Punk Rock Music Into a Deeply Personal HBO Stand-Up Comedy Special — Premiering Friday, August 14th on HBO and HBO Max

Some friendships become memories. Others become material. Alternative comedian Whitmer Thomas returns to HBO with a deeply personal stand-up comedy special that blends jokes, original songs, photographs, and home videos into a funny, affectionate look at the friends, family, and fellow weirdos who shaped him. What begins as a comedy set gradually becomes something warmer and messier: a tribute to the friends who made him who he is.

📺 “Disney Worldbuilders” Teaser: Filmmaker Leslie Iwerks Celebrates the Artists Behind Disney’s Most Immersive Worlds in This New Documentary Special — Streaming This August on Disney+

Every magical world begins with someone staring at a blank page. Then an army of artists turns imagination into somewhere audiences can actually visit. Director Leslie Iwerks goes behind Disney’s familiar stories, characters, and creative traditions to spotlight the craftspeople who design, shape, and build every detail. The magic may feel effortless, but worldbuilding is where the real work begins.

📺 “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks” Trailer: The Super Bowl Champions Discover That Defending the Crown Starts in the Heat — Premiering Tuesday, August 4th on HBO and HBO Max

The confetti is gone. Now the real title defense begins. NFL Films and HBO’s on-going docuseries follows head coach Mike Macdonald, Sam Darnold, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Devon Witherspoon, Byron Murphy II, and the reigning Super Bowl champions through a training camp where every drill, roster decision, and mistake carries championship weight. Veterans fight to stay sharp, hopefuls fight to stay employed, and an entire locker room learns that repeating is harder than arriving.

📺 “Special Ops True” Trailer: New Docuseries Chronicles and Reconstructs Some of the U.S. Military’s Highest-Stakes Missions Through Firsthand Testimony — Premiering Tuesday, August 4th on Paramount+

History looks different from inside the mission. This Paramount+ original docuseries revisits major special-operations missions through firsthand accounts and previously unseen footage, putting the fear, pressure, and split-second choices back into stories often remembered only by their headlines. Told from the perspective of the people who lived them, the series trades distant battlefield myth for ground-level memory, including the U.S. operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

📺 “The Chosen in the Wild With Bear Grylls” Trailer: British Adventurer Bear Grylls Takes the Cast of ‘The Chosen’ From Biblical Drama to Wilderness Survival — All Six Episodes Premiere Sunday, August 9th on Prime Video

Faith is about to get a lot more rugged. Bear Grylls leads The Chosen cast members Jonathan Roumie, Paras Patel, Elizabeth Tabish, Noah James, and Luke Dimyan, along with series creator Dallas Jenkins, through rivers, deserts, forests, and canyons as wilderness challenges open the door to candid conversations about fear, endurance, and belief. Across six episodes, the group trades scripts and sets for skydives, climbs, scorpions, and whatever else the wilderness throws their way. This time, the leap of faith is literal.

📺 “MLB at Field of Dreams” Trailer: The Phillies and Twins Bring Baseball Back to the Iowa Cornfields in Netflix’s Live Sports Special — Streaming on Netflix Live Thursday, August 13th

Some ballparks hold history. This one was built from a movie dream. The Philadelphia Phillies face the Minnesota Twins as Major League Baseball returns to Dyersville, Iowa, for a live game surrounded by cornfields and memories of the 1989 classic. With Bryce Harper, Kyle Schwarber, and Byron Buxton taking the field... and Kevin Costner narrating this trailer, this Netflix sports special turns a regular-season matchup into a night where Hollywood nostalgia meets baseball history.

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🎥 “Clayface” Full Trailer: DC Goes Full Body Horror as Tom Rhys Harries Melts Into Gotham’s Most Tragic Monster — Hitting Theaters October 23rd

They say beauty is only skin deep. But what happens when that skin starts sagging in ways you can no longer control?

The new Clayface trailer asks a brutal question: who are you when you no longer recognize the face in the mirror... and everyone around you starts seeing you as a monster?

DC Studios’ upcoming horror thriller Clayface follows Matt Hagen, a rising Gotham actor whose life is built around the one thing Hollywood values most: his face. After a crime boss leaves him horribly disfigured, Matt turns to an experimental treatment that appears to restore what was taken from him.

At first, the procedure looks like salvation. But then his body starts betraying him. Skin droops mid-flight. Facial features shift at the worst possible moments. Flesh begins moving like wet clay, turning Matt’s desperate comeback into something grotesque, unstable, and increasingly dangerous.

Tom Rhys Harries, a rising Welsh actor best known for co-starring in Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen and appearing among the ensemble of the British fantasy series Britannia, gets his most high-profile role yet as the titular Clayface. He also appears to bring an indignant rage to a man who believes the people he trusted betrayed him and that the justice system failed him. He is not simply becoming a monster physically. He is becoming one emotionally, too.

What makes Clayface feel so different from the usual DC playbook is how fully it leans into horror. This does not look like a superhero movie with horror flavor sprinkled on top. It looks very much like a full body-horror tragedy about vanity, fame, identity, and the terrifying moment when a man realizes the thing he wanted back may be the thing destroying him.

Joining Rhys Harries is Blink Twice’s Naomi Ackie as Caitlyn Corr, the scientist connected to Matt’s transformation, while Max Minghella plays a Gotham PD detective pulled into the fallout. The cast also includes David Dencik, Eddie Marsan, Nancy Carroll, and Joshua James.

Directed by James Watkins, of 2024’s horror thriller Speak No Evil and the supernatural period chiller The Woman in Black, and written by horror filmmaker Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini from a story by Flanagan, Clayface gives DC one of its strangest swings yet: a super-villain origin story treated less like a comic-book spectacle and more like a psychological descent into revenge and self-destruction.

This does not look like your traditional DC superhero movie. It looks like a tragic horror story about a man desperate to recover his old face, only to lose the rest of himself in the process. Sure, getting your old life back after losing your face sounds like a dream. But in Gotham, however, it may be the first step toward becoming something much worse.

Clayface, quite appropriately, comes out this Halloween season, hitting theaters October 23rd.

🎥 “Other Mommy” Trailer: Jessica Chastain Plays Both a Mother and Her Monstrous Doppelganger in Rob Savage’s Supernatural Horror Thriller — Coming to Theaters October 9th

There’s nothing quite like a mother’s love for her child. But when that love manifests into something devilishly wicked, it can leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about dear old Mom, including whether she was ever really your mother in the first place.

Jessica Chastain is no stranger to the horror genre, having starred in several films before, most notably the supernatural hits It Chapter Two and Mama. But in her latest horror outing, she isn’t just running away from the monster. She may very well be the monster. She’s the... Other Mommy. And this mommy puts the “mother” in smother.

Directed by British horror filmmaker Rob Savage, Other Mommy adapts Josh Malerman’s novel Incidents Around the House and follows eight-year-old Bela, played by Arabella Olivia Clark, as she forms a relationship with a sinister presence inside her home that looks exactly like her mother.

Chastain plays both Bela’s mother, Ursula, and the entity Bela calls the “Other Mommy,” turning maternal comfort into something deeply wrong and unnerving. The presence seems friendly at first, appearing out of nowhere inside the family home and speaking to Bela with the shape of someone she should be able to trust. But the more it asks to be let into Bela’s “heart,” the more it reveals itself as something far more possessive, invasive, and dangerous.

Jay Duplass co-stars as Bela’s father, Russ, who appears to be the first to glimpse this evil presence in its true form during one of the trailer’s more effective jump-scare moments. Eeek!

Savage is best known for directing the 2020 breakout screen-life horror thriller Host, which was shot through Zoom calls. He followed that with the car dashboard-cam horror thriller Dashcam and then the 2023 supernatural thriller The Boogeyman. Here, Savage appears to be working in a more intimate, child’s-eye register, where the scariest thing in the room may not be a literal monster in the corner, but the person who looks like Mother, complete with a warm smile and an eerie glare that goes from motherly to murderous in a second.

Produced by horror maestros James Wan and Jason Blum, and co-starring Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Karen Allen, Sean Kaufman, and Adam Silver, Other Mommy is coming to theaters October 9th.

So, don’t forget to lock the doors, check on the kids, and just to be safe, maybe don’t answer if Mom calls from the hallway.

🎥 “It Ends” Trailer: Four Friends Take a Wrong Turn Into an Endless Road-Trip Nightmare in Alex Ullom’s Genre-Bending Feature Debut — Coming to Theaters August 21st, Expanding Wide August 28th

Three friends on a road trip, driving in a beat-up car without a care in the world. Each looking toward an uncertain future. And all looking to one another for friendship and camaraderie. If this were the ’90s, during the indie film movement, this would be easy to label as a heartfelt coming-of-age slacker drama about understanding yourself during a stage of life defined by uncertainty.

But this isn’t the ’90s.

It’s 2026, and this kind of premise can start as something familiar before slowly descending into an existential nightmare, where the road never ends and the questions only multiply with each mile traveled.

It Ends marks the feature debut of writer-director Alex Ullom, who premiered the film to strong reviews at SXSW in 2025 before earning the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Florida Film Festival.

The film follows four recent graduates, played by Phinehas Yoon, Akira Jackson, Noah Toth, and Mitchell Cole, who head out for food before their post-college lives pull them in different directions. What should be one last casual late-night drive takes an impossible turn when they find themselves trapped on a two-lane backroad that refuses to end.

From there, the trailer appears to turn a simple hangout movie into something much stranger. The friends remain mostly confined to their Jeep Cherokee, surrounded by woods, abandoned vehicles, screaming strangers, and the growing sense that other people may have been lost on this road long before them.

There’s an obvious metaphor here: growing up already feels like driving into the unknown, but It Ends makes that feeling literal, supernatural, and deeply unsettling. The road becomes less of a location and more of a trap, forcing the group to decide whether they can keep searching for an exit or accept that their future may now be nothing but motion.

NEON is bringing Ullom’s genre-bending road trip into theaters, beginning with a limited U.S. release on August 21st before expanding nationwide on August 28th. So, bring a friend... but maybe take two cars.

🎥 “Misty Green” Trailer: Chris Rock Strips Away Hollywood’s Glamour in His Stark Showbiz Drama Starring Rosalind Eleazar and Daniel Kaluuya — Premiering at TIFF This September

Hollywood is built on dreams, romantic notions, and the lingering glow of its glamorous yesteryear. But after the writers’ and actors’ strikes, not to mention the disruption of COVID and the rise of the streaming era, Hollywood has become a very different place from the one it once sold to the world. La La Land has now turned into Blah Blah Land; a place of shrinking opportunities, vanishing stability, endless uncertainty, and major productions leaving town in search of cheaper places to make movies and shows.

Comedian Chris Rock, of all people, seems to have tapped into this new era of Hollywood—one where even familiar faces, established performers, and award-winning actors are struggling harder than ever to make ends meet. In his first film in 12 years as a writer and director, Rock appears to depict the movie industry with stark realism, stripping away its glamour to reveal the instability and desperation of working actors trying to survive between jobs.

Misty Green stars Slow Horses’ Rosalind Eleazar in the title role. Misty is an Emmy-winning actress known for being both notoriously difficult and exceptionally talented. But despite her success, she survives by bouncing from one L.A. apartment to another. As Misty struggles to secure her next job, she finds herself trapped by both her reputation and an industry determined to define her solely by her identity. While many are quick to dismiss her as a difficult, borderline narcissistic actress, it gradually becomes clear that Misty is simply struggling to survive like everyone else; all while caring for her troublemaking brother, played here by Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya.

Along with writing and directing, Rock also co-stars as a Hollywood filmmaker looking to cast Misty in his latest project. That is, if she can keep her reputation, personal struggles, and self-destructive instincts from costing her the job.

The film boasts an impressive supporting cast that includes Adam Driver as a sleazy L.A. hustler, Anna Kendrick as a fellow struggling actress contemplating leaving the business for good, Topher Grace as Misty’s Hollywood agent, Anthony Anderson as an L.A. patrol officer, and Tracie Thoms as a casting agent.

With so much of the current conversation centered on how hard the entertainment industry has fallen, forcing some filmmakers and actors to sell their homes and leave California altogether, we imagine Misty Green will generate plenty of discussion when it makes its world premiere this September at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a theatrical release from A24.

🎥 “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” Final Trailer: Tom Holland’s Peter Parker Reconnects with Zendaya’s MJ and Jacob Batalon’s Ned in New MCU Installment — Hitting Theaters July 31st

Being Spider-Man has always meant sacrifice. But for Peter Parker, the cruelest part may not be losing people. It’s watching them live perfectly fine without him.

The final trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day retraces Peter’s long journey from boy genius to reluctant hero to a young man completely erased from the lives of the people who once meant everything to him. It’s less about reminding us of the MCU timeline and more about showing just how much Peter has lost since that fateful spell in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

And that seems to be the emotional pressure point behind Brand New Day, with Tom Holland returning for his fourth solo outing as everyone’s favorite wall-crawler. This new final trailer appears to lean hard into that loneliness. Peter watches MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) move on, while he buries himself deeper into the mask and his new purpose of becoming New York’s full-time protector.

But you can’t have a Spider-Man movie without Holland’s Peter eventually crossing paths with MJ and Ned, even if this time the reunion comes with the painful reminder that they have no idea who he is. Or at least not yet. After all, a brand new day also brings a brand new chance for Peter to rebuild the life he sacrificed.

Directed by Shang-Chi helmer Destin Daniel Cretton, this new chapter pushes Holland’s Spider-Man into a more street-level corner of the Marvel universe, encountering such characters as Frank Castle, aka the Punisher (Jon Bernthal), Scorpion (Michael Mando), and possibly ninjas from the Hand clan.

Mark Ruffalo also appears as Dr. Bruce Banner, teasing a possible head-to-head showdown between Spidey and the Hulk. Meanwhile, Sadie Sink’s character is still being kept under wraps, which of course has already sent Marvel fans into theory mode. Is she friend, foe, mutant, or something else entirely? For now, the trailer is keeping that mystery close to the vest.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into theaters next week, July 31st. And with it comes the hope that the MCU can prove audiences still care about Peter Parker, not because of multiverse cameos or franchise connections, but because underneath the mask, he’s still the lonely kid trying to do the right thing.

🎥 “The End of Oak Street” New Trailer: Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor Face Dinosaurs at the End of the Block in David Robert Mitchell’s Suburban Sci-Fi Thriller — Arriving In Theaters August 14th

Anne Hathaway is having one of those years where it feels like she’s suddenly everywhere again. After starring in two of this year’s biggest films with Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and The Devil Wears Prada 2, Hathaway will again be back on screen next month in very different circumstances. This time, she’s running full speed through a seemingly average suburban neighborhood with a rifle in hand, while vicious roaming dinosaurs chase her and her family down.

That is the visually stunning image behind the new trailer for The End of Oak Street, a science-fiction mystery thriller that sees Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as Denise and Greg Platt, parents trying to hold their family together after a cosmic event rips their entire street out of ordinary 1980s suburbia and drops it somewhere unknown.

At first glance, it’s the kind of big studio premise that sounds almost absurdly simple: what if your house, your neighbors, and your whole street were suddenly transported to a place where dinosaurs roam beyond the cul-de-sac?

But now, perhaps the better pitch is: hey, come see if Anne Hathaway can outrun dinosaurs before shooting them with a rifle while dressed like Schneider from One Day at a Time.

Sold.

Hailing from writer-director David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind the horror smash It Follows and the cult neo-noir mystery Under the Silver Lake, The End of Oak Street feels less like a standard creature-feature ride and more like an eerie suburban panic attack where a family is tested in the strangest of ways. Here, the front lawn, the driveway, and the family home become the edge of a much larger mystery, where survival is only the first problem. Hey, sometimes the end of the world really does begin at the end of the block.

Maisy Stella and Christian Convery co-star as the Platt children, with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot producing. Expect dinosaurs to invade the big screen when The End of Oak Street arrives in theaters and IMAX on August 14th.

🎥 “Batman: Knightfall Part 1” Trailer: Bane Pushes the Dark Knight Past His Breaking Point in DC’s New Animated Trilogy Featuring Anson Mount, Pablo Schreiber, David Dastmalchian and Michael Mando — Hitting VOD/Digital August 25th, Followed by Blu-ray September 8th

Batman is at his breaking point... and unfortunately, Bane specializes in breaking things.

In the upcoming animated film Batman: Knightfall Part 1, the first chapter in a planned trilogy adapted from DC’s legendary comic book saga, we find the Dark Knight barely holding Gotham together as he edges closer to rock bottom. With Arkham’s inmates running loose and Bane waiting in the shadows, Bruce Wayne isn’t just fighting Gotham’s worst villains... he’s being pushed straight through the cracks.

Featuring the voices of Anson Mount as Batman and Michael Mando as Bane, with Pablo Schreiber as Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael, Jack Giffin as Robin, David Dastmalchian as the Riddler, and Bruce Boxleitner as Commissioner Gordon, the animated film takes place after Arkham Asylum is destroyed in an unexpected explosion. Gotham’s most dangerous inmates flood the streets, forcing Batman into a relentless mission to put them all back behind bars.

After barely sleeping for two days, Bruce Wayne refuses to stop, even as exhaustion, buried trauma, and mounting regret begin clouding his judgment. Robin and Commissioner Gordon can see what Batman refuses to admit: he is losing control, growing unusually violent with every confrontation.

That makes Bane’s arrival especially dangerous. Because the best way to bring down a knight is not to strike first. It’s to wait until the armor is already cracked. And Bane does not need to create the cracks in Bruce Wayne’s psyche. He only needs to find them... and apply pressure. A lot of pressure.

Directed by Jeff Wamester and written by Jeremy Adams, Batman: Knightfall Part 1 begins a three-film adaptation of the landmark DC storyline. This opening chapter appears focused on establishing the full extent of Bruce’s collapse while positioning Jean-Paul Valley, aka Azrael, as the dangerous successor waiting just beyond the shadows to step in as Gotham’s new protector.

Batman: Knightfall Part 1 is set to hit VOD platforms on August 25th, followed by 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 8th.

🎥 “The Fix” Trailer: Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson Lead a War-Scarred CIA Rescue Mission Into Tehran in This Gritty Action Thriller — Landing in Theaters September 11th

Sometimes you find yourself in the mood for a macho action movie. You know, where the plot is barely holding itself together, the bullets fly freely, and every emotional problem can apparently be solved by a tactical vest and a well-timed explosion. You got actors delivering their lines through gritted teeth, barking orders into walkie-talkies, and staring off into the distance like every bad decision in their lives has led them to this exact firefight.

Well, we can’t think of a better macho action movie mascot than Liam Neeson, the man who basically turned late-career gravitas into its own subgenre of bruised-knuckle rescue mission thrillers.

And then there’s Zachary Levi... you know, the Shazam! star. Really macho? Hmm. Maybe not the first name that comes to mind. But hey, Liam Neeson is in this, so the macho-action credentials are already covered.

The Fix is a new action thriller from writer-director Guy Moshe, who, at first, we thought must have been a former stuntman. But no, he’s simply a filmmaker best known for directing the 2010 genre mashup Bunraku.

Here, Zachary Levi stars as Tucker and Liam Neeson as Larry. The film follows a team of war-scarred CIA operators still carrying the damage of a mission in Afghanistan that went tragically wrong. When they enter Tehran for a dangerous rescue operation, the job becomes less about clean extraction and more about surviving the consequences of old mistakes.

Levi plays the field leader trying to pull the unit through hostile territory, while Neeson brings his familiar hardened persona to the role of a veteran mentor guiding the mission from the sidelines but still getting all the cool lines, like “And you shall know the truth. The truth shall make you free.”

Cue the explosions, the not-so-subtle war propaganda, and a couple of grim glances indicating this mission has just gotten personal.

The cast also includes Titus Welliver and Wes Chatham, which ups the film’s grizzled-action credentials considerably.

The Fix is due to open in theaters September 11th.

And from the looks of the trailer, this mission does not come with an easy way out, but a one-way ticket into deeper trouble where no one gets to walk away clean. Hey, maybe it’s closer to U.S. military foreign policy than we thought.

July is already coming to a close. Soon, summer will begin its slow fade into the rearview mirror. But don’t go thinking there isn’t anything worth watching as the summer movie season begins to wind down. You might be surprised by how many left-field options are still competing for your attention. And this week is a perfect example, with several major releases that aren’t exactly your run-of-the-mill summer fare. TV, on the other hand, has been getting increasingly crowded with high-profile projects, and that trend isn’t showing any signs of slowing down, as this week pushes the release calendar into overdrive.

Like always, we’ve piled up every major release coming to theaters, streaming, VOD, and television this week. So whether you’re looking for a big-screen option or your next binge-watch, there should be something here worth adding to your list. Scroll down and see what deserves a spot on your watchlist.

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🎥 Splash City
(Mon, July 20th — limited release; in select cities)

San Francisco offers two brothers very different ways forward: basketball for one, smash-and-grab robberies for the other. Reed Shannon, Zach Sowers, TJ Atoms, and Hazel Green star in Alex Ferrufino and Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr.’s crime thriller, where street pressure pushes family loyalty toward betrayal... and every possible escape comes with its own price.

🎥 Mob Psycho 100: 10th Anniversary
(Mon, July 20th — one-day theatrical event)

All Mob wants is a normal eighth-grade life. Unfortunately, his overwhelming psychic abilities threaten to erupt whenever his bottled-up emotions reach 100 percent. Featuring fan-selected episodes from his supernatural coming-of-age story, this one-day Crunchyroll Anime Nights presentation brings the exorcisms, adolescent insecurity, and emotional pressure of the series to the big screen for its 10th anniversary.

🎥 EVANGELION:DEATH (TRUE)² & REBIRTH
(Tues, July 21st — limited release; re-release)

Before Evangelion reached one of anime’s most debated endings, there was this fractured bridge between the television series and what came next. Returning for the Evangelion 30th Movie Fest, Hideaki Anno’s 1997 film combines a compilation of the show’s first 24 episodes with an early portion of the alternate ending later known as “Air”; bringing its apocalyptic pressure and unresolved questions back to theaters.

🎥 Bad Counselors
(Wed, July 22nd — wide release; via Fathom Entertainment)

Two fraternity brothers need 120 hours of community service to avoid expulsion, so naturally they pose as counselors at a Christian youth camp. Matt Cornett and Ramon Reed lead this comedy as two men who dislike children, hate camping, and have no business supervising either. Brec Bassinger, Missi Pyle, and Chris Klein join a scheme that treats redemption as one more rule waiting to be broken.

🎥 Sia: Nostalgic for the Present — 10th Anniversary
(Thurs, July 23rd — theatrical anniversary event)

Sia’s 2016 stage production returns as a remastered concert film shaped by vocals, Ryan Heffington’s choreography, and cinematic performance. Co-directed by Sia and Daniel Askill, the anniversary presentation features Maddie Ziegler and appearances from Paul Dano, Gaby Hoffman, Ben Mendelsohn, Tig Notaro, and Kristen Wiig—bringing a visual interpretation of Sia’s catalog back to the big screen.

🎥 Motor City
(Fri, July 24th — wide release)

Reacher star Alan Ritchson goes full ‘70s revenge machine in this grimy Detroit crime action-thriller about a working-class man framed by a ruthless gangster (Ben Foster) and robbed of years behind bars. Once free, he tears through the Motor City to reclaim the woman (Shailene Woodley) he loves and settle the score. Directed by Old Henry filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli, this payback story proves the road to justice is best traveled with the pedal down and a shotgun riding passenger.

🎥 Her Private Hell
(Fri, July 24th — wide release)

Sophie Thatcher enters Nicolas Winding Refn’s futuristic metropolis as Elle, a troubled young woman searching for her missing father while a mysterious mist carries something deadly through the streets. Her path crosses Charles Melton’s Private K, an American GI trying to rescue his daughter from Hell, pulling both missions into a neon-hazed sci-fi horror vision where the city itself appears to be slipping into the underworld.

🎥 Pinocchio Unstrung
(Fri, July 24th — wide release)

A wooden puppet develops a deadly sense of right and wrong in this dark slasher reimagining of the classic fairy tale. Geppetto (Richard Brake) introduces his grandson James (Cameron Bell) to his hand-carved magical puppet, but stories about good and evil leave the creation with a dangerously warped moral code. Soon, anyone it judges “bad” becomes a target. With horror icon Robert Englund voicing the Cricket, this public-domain horror fantasy trades childhood wonder for a much bloodier brand of justice.

🎥 Sheep in the Box
(Fri, July 24th — limited release)

A humanoid robot identical to their dead son enters the home of two grieving parents in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s near-future family drama. Haruka Ayase, Daigo Yamamoto, and Kuwaki Rimu star in a science-fiction premise built around an intensely human ache: whether recreating someone’s appearance can restore the bond that disappeared with them—or only make the absence harder to escape.

🎥 Hadestown: The Musical
(Fri, July 24th — limited release)

The road to Hell reaches the big screen with the original principal Broadway cast reunited in this live West End capture. Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Amber Gray, and Patrick Page perform Anaïs Mitchell’s folk-and-jazz reimagining of Orpheus and Eurydice, where love enters an industrial underworld ruled by Hades and Persephone... and hope becomes the most dangerous song anyone can sing.

🎥 A Sad and Beautiful World
(Fri, July 24th — limited release)

Nino and Yasmina keep finding their way back to each other, even as the Lebanon around them continues to change. Written and directed by Cyril Aris, this romantic comedy-drama carries the childhood sweethearts through decades of love, heartbreak, family, and identity, tying the fate of their relationship to an equally difficult question: whether home is somewhere you preserve or somewhere you leave behind.

🎥 The Piano: 4K Remastered
(Fri, July 24th — limited release; re-release)

Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning 1993 drama returns to theaters in this new 4K restoration. Holly Hunter, in an Oscar-winning role, stars as Ada, a mute woman who arrives in 19th-century New Zealand with her young daughter (Anna Paquin, also in an Oscar-winning performance) for an arranged marriage to a settler (the late, great Sam Neill), only to have her beloved piano abandoned on the beach. When a neighboring settler (Harvey Keitel) offers a dangerous bargain involving the instrument, the arrangement pulls them into a complicated bond shaped by power, longing, and obsession.

🎥 Manhunter: The Final Cut
(Fri, July 24th — limited release; re-release)

Michael Mann’s definitive director’s cut returns for its 40th anniversary in a new 4K restoration supervised by the filmmaker. William Petersen’s retired profiler reenters the mind of a murderer to hunt Tom Noonan’s family-killing Tooth Fairy, forcing him into another confrontation with Brian Cox’s imprisoned Hannibal “Lecktor.” The first screen adaptation of Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels remains a chilling case of understanding the monster a little too well.

🎥 The Fifth Element
(Sun, July 26th and Mon, July 27th — limited release; re-release)

Luc Besson’s 1997 science-fiction adventure returns with an exclusive introduction by Leonard Maltin. Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman collide over four elemental stones, one approaching cosmic evil, and a mysterious woman who may be the universe’s missing piece. Nearly three decades later, its future still runs on flying taxis, impossible fashion, and love as the ultimate weapon.

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“We are going to need a miracle.”

Chris Hemsworth’s Thor declares in the first official full-length trailer for the highly anticipated MCU crossover event Avengers: Doomsday, featuring practically everyone of significance in the Marvel universe as they reunite to face one formidable threat: Victor von Doom, aka Doctor Doom.

By now, anyone with even passing knowledge of MCU news would likely know that Robert Downey Jr. has returned to take on the role of Doctor Doom. It’s a fitting twist in this era of multiverse, as the man best known for playing the MCU’s greatest hero, Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is now the one threatening to destroy it.

Doom, a Latverian genius and tyrant, has long been one of Iron Man’s greatest adversaries in the comic books and a fan favorite in his own right. He’s a supervillain who is every bit as brilliant, powerful, and dangerously driven as the heroes standing against him. And he seems perfectly suited to fill the void left behind by Thanos after the MCU’s disastrous attempt to build Kang the Conqueror into its next major threat.

Surprisingly, Doom isn’t much of a presence in this trailer, as Marvel Studios still appears to be playing coy with its new big bad. Sure, we get a few glimpses, but nothing that fully reveals Downey’s performance or what this version of the character has planned.

Thor, on the other hand, anchors this new preview, as Chris Hemsworth once again transforms him into a serious and battle-hardened warrior. Gone, from what we can tell, are the jokes and buffoonery that largely defined Hemsworth’s last couple of Thor films. This time, the God of Thunder appears deeply concerned about a threat that could very well destroy everything he has left... and everyone he still cares about.

“I’ve fought with many warriors in my time. They were far stronger than all of us put together... and they died.”

Well, it’s not exactly the greatest morale-boosting speech, but Thor certainly understands what’s at stake as he leads the roll call of heroes.

• The Fantastic Four from Earth-828... here!

• The Wakandans, now led by Shuri’s Black Panther... here!

• The Thunderbolts, aka the New Avengers, led by Yelena Belova... here!

• Loki... here!

• Namor and Namora... they’re here too!

• Shang-Chi and Gambit... here as well!

• Sam Wilson’s Captain America, along with the new Falcon, the Winter Soldier, and Scott Lang’s Ant-Man... they’re coming along for the ride.

• And a few classic X-Men, including Cyclops, Professor X, Magneto, and Mystique... Yes, they’re here too.

And let’s not forget: Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers has joined the fight too. And we’re sure Marvel still has plenty of other surprises waiting in the wings.

It has all the makings of an epic crossover event, very much in the spirit of Marvel comic-book specials where heroes from across different teams and worlds unite against one overwhelming threat.

We’re sure Marvel fans are going to eat it up. And if you’re a betting person, we couldn’t blame you for placing all your chips on Avengers: Doomsday becoming one of the biggest movie events of the year.

However, if we’re being honest, it’s hardly a guarantee, especially as these massive superhero events are starting to feel more stale than special. DC films this year have already felt the brunt of that growing superhero fatigue. And with the rise of auteur-driven horror this summer, audiences appear to be craving more originality than another round of interconnected superhero spectacle. Even Marvel can’t assume the old formula will still work.

There’s also another major factor working against its chances: Dune: Part Three. The massive sci-fi blockbuster, which has only grown in popularity over the years, is scheduled to arrive on the same day as Avengers: Doomsday, setting up a direct battle for audiences... and, more importantly, premium IMAX screens. Disney has already made a move to counter that competition with its own “Infinity Vision” theaters, though at the moment, it feels more like a branding maneuver than a genuine alternative.

Perhaps the real battle isn’t on the screen, but at the box office, with Dune: Part Three potentially becoming the Avengers’ real doom.

“We are going to need a miracle.” Indeed.

With Anthony and Joe Russo back at the helm, working from a script penned by Michael Waldron and Stephen McFeely, Avengers: Doomsday will feature one of the biggest ensembles ever assembled for a Marvel film—perhaps the largest since Infinity War and Endgame, both of which were also directed by the Russo brothers. The key difference is that Endgame felt like the culmination of several years’ worth of storylines, while Doomsday is arriving after a far more scattered and uneven build-up.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Florence Pugh, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Letitia Wright, Danny Ramirez, Winston Duke, and Tenoch Huerta Mejía, among others, Avengers: Doomsday is slated to arrive in theaters December 18th.

Set those doomsday clocks, as tickets are now on sale!

Official Synopsis:

Avengers: Doomsday, the highly anticipated new release, is hitting theaters December 18th. Tickets are on sale today to see the film in Infinity Vision — a new certification for Premium Large Format theaters, guaranteeing moviegoers an exceptional film presentation with big screens, bright images, and outstanding sound.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Doomsday follows beloved heroes from three distinct universes as they’re set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they’ve ever encountered.

Avengers: Doomsday is produced by Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Jonathan Schwartz. The film stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Paul Rudd, Anthony Mackie, Florence Pugh, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Wyatt Russell, Channing Tatum, Simu Liu, Ian McKellen, Tom Hiddleston, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, Joseph Quinn, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Letitia Wright, Lewis Pullman, Kelsey Grammer, Kathryn Newton, Danny Ramirez, Winston Duke, Alan Cumming, Hannah John-Kamen, Rebecca Romijn, Mabel Cadena, with Tenoch Huerta Mejia.

Watch the previously released teasers, below:

🎥 “The Uprising” Trailer: Andrew Garfield Sparks a Peasant Rebellion Against King Richard II in Paul Greengrass’ Medieval Epic with Woody Norman, Jamie Bell, Katherine Waterston, and Cosmo Jarvis — Hitting Theaters September 11th

Who says Ridley Scott is the only filmmaker willing to offer us sprawling medieval epics?

Paul Greengrass, mostly known for his intense shaky-cam thrillers like United 93, Captain Phillips, and the Jason Bourne films, turns his attention to 14th-century England for what looks like his most ambitious production yet. With a story that seems primed for Ridley Scott, Greengrass seemingly adds a level of ground-level urgency, depicting a time in England’s history when one man finally decides he has had enough of the king’s iron grip.

Andrew Garfield takes on the lead role of Wat Tyler, an impoverished man who ends up leading the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt after facing years of crushing taxes, brutal inequality, and royal oppression, proving that you can only push someone so far before they finally push back with enough fury that others begin pushing back alongside them.

Mud, fire, charging soldiers, and furious crowds fill the film’s first trailer, showcasing an intensely personal rebellion against a young king who might be too sequestered to fully understand how much his reign has pushed the country toward revolt.

Woody Norman, from Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon, co-stars as King Richard II, a sheltered and overly privileged young monarch seemingly oblivious to the suffering spreading beyond his palace walls, yet soon forced to hear the people’s “rage” as it comes crashing toward his throne.

Also co-starring are Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane, Tom Hollander, Thomasin McKenzie, Jonny Lee Miller, Sky Yang, Shōgun’s Cosmo Jarvis, and Fantastic Beasts’ Katherine Waterston, while Greengrass not only directs but also writes this historical epic, harkening back to the classic large-scale period dramas of old Hollywood.

Garfield appears well suited to playing Wat Tyler, who was neither a polished military hero nor a born political leader, but a desperate peasant whose righteous anger was felt by thousands, igniting a rebellion that felt both deeply personal and historically inevitable. After all, the monarchy might have had the money, but Tyler had the many.

The Uprising is due to open in theaters September 11th.

🎥 “The Runner” Trailer: Gal Gadot Races Across London to Save Her Kidnapped Son in Kevin Macdonald’s Real-Time Thriller — Premiering September 2nd on Prime Video

Imagine getting a phone call from a mysterious number. You answer it and soon hear an ominous voice on the other end, threatening to kill your son unless you follow their commands. Then they send images of him bound and unconscious, proving they’re not bluffing. What would you do... what could you do when they order you to kill someone or face the unthinkable?

That’s the tense, nerve-rattling setup of this new real-time thriller, which sees Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot thrown into fight-or-flight mode after picking up the worst phone call of her life.

In Amazon’s new original film The Runner, Gadot stars as Maia, a high-powered lawyer whose ordinary morning run through London becomes a desperate race for survival when an anonymous caller reveals that her son has been kidnapped. To keep him alive, she must remain on foot, follow a series of increasingly dangerous commands, and murder one of the clients she represents.

Stopping is not an option. Calling the police could get her son killed. And every crowded street, Underground tunnel, and surveillance camera becomes another way for the kidnapper to watch her movements and tighten their control.

As Maia races across the city, she must figure out why she was chosen, what her client has to do with the abduction, and whether there is any way to turn the situation against the person pulling the strings.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind One Day in September, The Last King of Scotland, State of Play, and The Mauritanian, the film looks ready to combine documentary-style camera work (provided by cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle) with the pressure of a ticking-clock psychological thriller written by Mark Gibson.

Damian Lewis, Alfred Enoch, Aaron Gill, and Millicent Wong round out the cast.

The Runner begins streaming worldwide September 2nd on Prime Video. Don’t forget to wear something comfortable... ’cuz this just might leave you sweating with every step.

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🎥 “Olmo” Trailer: A New Mexico Teen Chases One Night of Freedom From Family Duty in Fernando Eimbcke’s Heartfelt Coming-of-Age Drama From the Producers of ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Minari’ — In Theaters August 7th

No matter where you grow up, the struggles of adolescence can feel strikingly universal, especially when family responsibility clashes with the need to discover who you are. Newcomer Aivan Uttapa stars as Olmo, a 14-year-old Mexican American kid living in 1979 New Mexico who would rather spend time with his best friend and impress the girl next door than care for his bedridden father, played by Amores Perros actor Gustavo Sánchez Parra. When Nina (Melanie Frometa) invites him to a party on the night he has been left in charge of his father’s care, his attempt to escape sets off a chain of mischief, frustration, and painful consequences. From acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke (Duck Season) and co-starring Rosa Armendariz and Andrea Suárez Paz, this coming-of-age comedy-drama finds that the home Olmo is desperate to leave may also be the place where he finally begins to understand himself.

🎥 “The Unknown” International Trailer: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Co-writer Arthur Harari Turns Obsession Into an Identity Crisis in His Body-Switching Psychological Thriller Starring Léa Seydoux and Niels Schneider — Opening August 26th in France

Arthur Harari, the Oscar-nominated French filmmaker who co-wrote Anatomy of a Fall, is back to test our grip on reality in this new body-switching thriller where identity becomes impossible to trust. Niels Schneider plays a nearly 40-year-old photographer who becomes fixated on a mysterious woman, played by Léa Seydoux, at a wild party, follows her into the night, and wakes hours later inside her body. Meanwhile, she wakes up inside his, sending both of them into a disorienting struggle to reclaim their lives before the boundaries between memory, desire, and self completely break down. Writer-director Harari aims to turn identity into one destabilizing psychological puzzle where losing yourself isn’t merely a metaphor... it’s the entire problem.

🎥 “Spa Weekend” New Trailer: Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris Turn Self-Care Into Total Chaos — In Theaters August 21st

Relaxation is nice, but bad decisions make better stories. Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Michelle Buteau, and Anna Faris star as lifelong friends who head to a luxury spa after careers, relationships, families, and everyday exhaustion push their bond into the background. Written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, this comedy sends self-care straight into midlife mayhem. The massage may be optional; the meltdown is clearly included.

🎥 “Rubberhead: The Life and Monsters of Steve Johnson” Trailer: Hollywood’s Practical-FX Maverick Looks Back on the Creatures, Chaos, and Self-Destruction Behind His Career — World Premiering July 23rd at Fantasia

Every great monster leaves a few scars on its maker. Director Nick Taylor profiles Steve Johnson, the fiercely driven special-effects artist whose creatures and techniques helped shape the practical-FX glory days of horror and science fiction. Through outrageous Hollywood stories and candid reflections on ambition, addiction, divorce, and self-sabotage, the documentary traces both the breakthroughs that made Johnson a legend and the personal damage left in their wake. Featuring John Landis, Linnea Quigley, Tom Holland, and Bill Corso, this funny, moving portrait suggests that the most difficult creature Johnson ever faced was the one in the mirror.

🎥 “Don’t Move” Trailer: Lyndsy Fonseca Leads a Church Retreat Into a Vibration-Hunting Spider’s Web in Maclain Nelson’s Ozarks Creature Feature — In Theaters September 11th

In this forest, one wrong step gets you eaten, as every footstep sounds the dinner bell. Lyndsy Fonseca (of Hot Tub Time Machine, Kick-Ass) stars as Megan, whose church group retreat veers into a remote stretch of the Ozarks where something hidden inside a maze of webs begins picking them off. As panic and suspicion turn toward the group’s resident troublemaker, Megan discovers the real killer is a prehistoric arachnid that tracks its prey through vibration. Directed by Maclain Nelson and co-starring Tom Cavanagh and Rob Riggle, this creature feature makes silence essential and standing still a matter of survival.

🎥 “Decorado” Trailer: Spanish Animator Alberto Vázquez Expands His Surreal Short Into This Darkly Comic Animated Fable About a Paranoid Mouse Searching for the Truth Behind His Artificial World — On Digital July 2026 via Shout! Studios

Spanish animator and illustrator Alberto Vázquez turns a seemingly ordinary city into a cheerful-looking prison in this darkly comic animated fable about corporate control and manufactured reality. Arnold, an unemployed middle-aged mouse trapped in a collapsing marriage and dead-end existence, becomes convinced that the world around him is nothing more than a set. When his best friend dies under mysterious circumstances, Arnold’s paranoia leads him toward A.L.M.A., a monolithic corporation whose influence reaches into every corner of daily life. Expanding his 2016 short, Vázquez blends cute cartoon imagery, social satire, and existential dread into a bleakly funny search for freedom itself.

🎥 “Gandahar: 4K Restoration” Trailer: ‘Fantastic Planet’ Director René Laloux’s Surreal Sci-Fi Cult Classic Returns to Theaters with Time Travel, Mutants, and an Army of Men of Metal — In Theaters August 28th via Janus Films

Legendary French animator René Laloux’s final feature follows Sylvain, an inexperienced warrior sent to uncover why a merciless army of automata is turning Gandahar’s people to stone. His search leads him to the Deformed, mutants abandoned after failed experiments, and to Metamorphis, a colossal living brain whose connection to the invasion stretches across centuries. With Philippe Caza’s surreal designs and Gabriel Yared’s score, this restored science-fantasy odyssey turns ecological collapse, political guilt, and time travel into one strange warning about the future waiting inside yesterday’s mistakes.

🎥 “Jaws Explored” Trailer: CreatorVC Takes a Scene-by-Scene Bite Out of Steven Spielberg’s Shark Classic In New Crowdfunded Docuseries — Pre-Order Campaign Closes August 9th via Site: JawsExplored.Com

We’re gonna need a bigger analysis. CreatorVC, the team behind the making-of docuseries In Search of Darkness, Aliens Expanded, and The Thing Expanded, is back with another crowdfunded documentary project. This time, they’re diving deep into Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws, promising a scene-by-scene look at the 1975 landmark, its craft, and its still-rippling legacy. Built as a collector-focused release with a Blu-ray, companion book, and supporter campaign, this film-analysis documentary treats the blockbuster like a living, breathing movie object. Fifty years later, the shark still has plenty left beneath the surface.

🎥 “Train to Busan” 10th Anniversary Trailer: Yeon Sang-ho’s Modern Zombie Classic Speeds Back Into Theaters in 4K — Returning August 14th via Well Go USA

The commute from hell is back on schedule as one of the great modern zombie thrillers speeds into theaters this summer. Gong Yoo stars as a work-obsessed father escorting his young daughter to the South Korean city of Busan when a rapidly spreading outbreak turns their train into a sealed corridor of panic, sacrifice, and flesh-hungry chaos. With Jung Yu-mi, Don Lee, Choi Woo-shik, An So-hee, Kim Eui-sung, and Kim Su-an among the passengers fighting from car to car, filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho’s 2016 horror breakout remains as much an emotional survival drama as a relentless creature feature. Ten years later, this ride still has no safe stop. All aboard! Next stop: Busan. Assuming the passengers don’t get eaten along the way.

🎥 “La La Land: 10th Anniversary” Trailer: Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling Chase Love, Jazz, and Hollywood Dreams in Damien Chazelle’s Modern Musical Classic — Returning to Theaters August 16th

In Los Angeles, every dream comes with choreography. And sometimes, every love story risks missing a step. Emma Stone stars as Mia, an aspiring actress worn down by failed auditions, while Ryan Gosling plays Sebastian, a stubborn jazz pianist determined to build something of his own. Their romance rises alongside their ambitions, turning chance encounters, late-night dances, and creative hunger into a love story tested by success itself. Returning in Dolby for its 10th anniversary, Damien Chazelle’s bittersweet musical still knows the hardest part of chasing a dream is deciding what (or who) you are willing to leave behind.

🎥 “Sing Street” 10th Anniversary Trailer: A Wannabe Teen Rock Star Starts a Band, Chases a Crush, and Finds His Voice in John Carney’s Crowd-Pleasing ’80s Dublin Coming-of-Age Gem — Coming to 4K for the First Time, August 11th via Lionsgate Limited

The quickest way to impress a girl is to start a band. The real challenge is getting everyone to agree on what kind of song they’re supposed to play. From musician-turned-filmmaker John Carney, best known for Once, comes one of his most personal and accomplished films: a 1980s Dublin coming-of-age story about finding your voice before the world decides who you are. Celebrating its 10th anniversary with a 4K release this summer, the 2016 film follows Conor, a 14-year-old dealing with family strain and a punishing new school who forms a band to catch the attention of aspiring model Raphina. Ferdia Walsh-Peelo and Lucy Boynton lead the cast, with Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Aidan Gillen rounding out this music-driven crowd-pleaser about escape, reinvention, teenage nerve, and ’80s pop dreams. Sometimes the only way forward is to turn up the volume, hit the gas, and drive it like you stole it.

🎥 “The Fifth Element” Re-Release Trailer: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman Bring Luc Besson’s Sci-Fi Spectacle Back to Theaters — Screening July 26th and 27th via Fathom Entertainment

The future has never looked this loud, this strange, or this gloriously overdesigned. Luc Besson’s 1997 sci-fi action-adventure is beaming back into theaters this month, reminding viewers that sometimes saving the universe requires less restraint and a lot more orange hair. Bruce Willis stars as cab driver Korben Dallas, who is pulled into a cosmic fight for survival after Milla Jovovich’s Leeloo, the living fifth element, crashes into his life and becomes the key to stopping an ancient destructive force. With memorable supporting turns from Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, and Ian Holm, Besson’s cult sci-fi spectacle returns for a two-day theatrical re-release featuring an exclusive introduction by Leonard Maltin. When the universe needs saving, sometimes the hero comes with a taxi meter.

🎥 “Troy” 4K Trailer: Revisit Brad Pitt and Eric Bana’s Ferocious Battle in Wolfgang Petersen’s Star-Studded 2004 Sword-and-Sandal Epic — Arriving on Limited Edition 4K UHD August 18th via Arrow Video

All of a sudden, classic sword-and-sandal epics with all-star casts are back in fashion. Maybe it is time to revisit one that slipped through the sands of time and is now getting a well-earned 4K resurrection. Brad Pitt stars as the volatile warrior Achilles, whose pride and defiance make him both Greece’s greatest weapon and its most dangerous liability after Orlando Bloom’s Paris escapes Sparta with Diane Kruger’s Helen. With Eric Bana’s Hector defending Troy against an invading army led by Brian Cox’s Agamemnon, Wolfgang Petersen’s adaptation of Homer’s Iliad turns love, vengeance, and wounded egos into a massive war where even legends bleed. The 2004 epic may not have received its full due at the time, but two decades later, its scale, cast, and old-school spectacle are ready for another rewatch.

🎥 “The People vs. Larry Flynt: 30th Anniversary” Trailer: Woody Harrelson Takes Bad Taste All the Way to the Supreme Court in Miloš Forman’s 1996 Free-Speech Drama with Courtney Love and Edward Norton — Coming to Limited Edition 4K UHD August 4th via Arrow Video

Sometimes the clearest test of free speech is whether we are willing to protect the people we would rather silence. Woody Harrelson stars as Larry Flynt, the strip-club owner who turns Hustler into a publishing empire and himself into a walking legal provocation. With Courtney Love as Althea Leasure and Edward Norton as attorney Alan Isaacman, Miloš Forman’s unruly biographical drama follows Flynt through obscenity trials, an assassination attempt, and a landmark Supreme Court battle over whether the First Amendment also belongs to the offensive, vulgar, and impossible to ignore. Thirty years later, the argument still has teeth.

🎥 “Billy Liar” 4K Restoration Trailer: John Schlesinger’s 1963 British New Wave Classic Lets Tom Courtenay Dream His Way Out of Dead-End Reality — Opening August 14th at NY’s Film Forum

Fantasy is cheaper than freedom, at least for Billy Fisher. Tom Courtenay stars as a provincial undertaker’s clerk whose imagined heroics keep crashing into his job, family, and romantic entanglements in John Schlesinger’s 1963 sharp British New Wave comedy-drama. With Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles, and Mona Washbourne rounding out the cast, this new 4K restoration brings Billy’s restless daydreams back to the big screen.

🎥 “Our Effed Up World” Teaser: A Grieving Teen and Her Queer Friend Group Face an Alien Appetite in Alice Maio Mackay’s Campy Sci-Fi Horror — World Premiering July 18th at Fantasia

The world was already broken before something hungry fell from the sky. Sara Thompson leads Alice Maio Mackay’s queer sci-fi horror as Sheri, a young woman mourning her grandmother when a mysterious entity crash-lands in the woods and develops an appetite big enough to consume everything around it. Produced by cult filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), this handmade genre mash-up asks what happens when surviving your feelings is only the warm-up for surviving the apocalypse.

🎥 “Ferine” Teaser Trailer: Carolyn Bracken Gives Into Primal Instinct in Andrea Corsini’s Italian Horror Drama — Premiering in Fantasia’s 2026 International Competition

Civilization has teeth, and Irene is starting to feel hers. Irish actress Carolyn Bracken stars as a wealthy art collector whose life cracks open when an uncontrollable animalistic drive pushes her toward destruction, transformation, and a dangerous bond with Dama, played by Australian vet Caroline Goodall. Written and directed by Andrea Corsini, with music by legendary Italian composer Pino Donaggio (Blow Out, Don’t Look Now), this horror drama turns wealth, appetite, and predator instinct into something feral. Polished surfaces can only hide the claws for so long.

🎥 “Everybody Digs Bill Evans” International Trailer: Anders Danielsen Lie Plays the Jazz Great at a Breaking Point in Grant Gee’s Berlinale-Winning Biopic — In U.K. Theaters September 11th

Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie, of The Worst Person in the World, stars as famed jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans in the days after believing he has finally found his sound with the perfect trio, only for bassist Scott LaFaro to die in a car crash ten days after their landmark Village Vanguard recordings. As grief, addiction, and creative paralysis pull Evans away from the piano, Grant Gee’s fiction debut turns one suspended chapter into a fractured portrait of an artist unsure whether he can ever play again. With Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Valene Kane, Katie McGrath, and Barry Ward rounding out the cast, this music drama asks what happens when tragedy silences the very thing that made you feel alive.

🎥 “Tony” First Look Promo: Dominic Sessa Plays a Young Anthony Bourdain in Matt Johnson’s A24 Biographical Drama — Opening August 7th in Select Theaters, Nationwide August 21st

Long before Anthony Bourdain became a voice the world wanted to follow, he was just another cook trying to survive the kitchen. Dominic Sessa stars as a young Bourdain in Matt Johnson’s A24 drama, tracing an early restaurant-world chapter before fame turned him into a writer, traveler, and cultural force. With Emilia Jones, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommer, Stavros Halkias, Leo Woodall, and Antonio Banderas rounding out the cast, the film digs into the ambition, exhaustion, and restless curiosity taking shape behind the public persona. Every legend starts somewhere. This one starts in the heat of the kitchen. Watch this new behind-the-scenes promo for an early look at Sessa stepping into the role of the man who would become one of food culture’s most unmistakable figures.

🎥 “The Peril at Pincer Point” Trailer: An Inept Sound Recordist Chases a Career Break Into a Fogbound Island of Nautical Prophecy and Absurd Danger in This SXSW-winning Micro-Budget Oddity — Coming Soon

The worst place to fake confidence is an island that appears to know you are faking it. Jake Kuhn and Noah Stratton-Twine’s micro-budget comedy-mystery follows an inept sound recordist who travels to the spectral shores of Pincer Point hoping to prove himself, only to stumble into nautical prophecy, local folklore, and a problem far beyond his professional skill set. Starring Jack Redmayne, Alyth Ross, and Murray Zev Cohen, this SXSW prize winner turns one badly planned assignment into a strange voyage where amateur ambition quickly runs aground.

🎥 “Filipiñana” Trailer: A Teenage Caddy Enters a Manila Country Club Where Privilege, Silence, and Decay Hide Beneath the Perfect Lawn in Rafael Manuel’s Sundance-Winning Debut — In Select Theaters August 28th

Paradise looks different when you are the one paid to maintain it. Rafael Manuel’s Sundance-winning debut follows Isabel, a 17-year-old from the rural north of the Philippines who takes a job at an exclusive country club outside Manila, where every smile, chore, and patch of grass reflects a rigid social order. Executive produced by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke (A Touch of Sin) and shot by Xenia Patricia (100 Nights of Hero), this quietly unsettling drama turns a manicured resort into a study of class, control, and the damage hidden beneath polished surfaces. At this club, the rough may be the only honest ground left.

🎥 “Julian” Trailer: Fleur Pierets’ Marriage-Equality Journey Becomes a Tender Queer Love Story — Opening August 7th in New York

Love becomes a vow, then a mission. Inspired by Fleur Pierets’ book, Cato Kusters’ drama follows Fleur and Julian as their romance grows into a plan to marry in every country where two women are legally allowed to do so. Nina Meurisse and Laurence Roothooft star in a story that turns private devotion into a public act of visibility, defiance, and hope. Sometimes saying “I do” once is not enough.

🎥 “Paper Flowers” Trailer: Kapil Talwalkar Faces a Life-Altering Cancer Diagnosis in Mahesh Pailoor’s True-Story Drama About Love, Family, and Gratitude — In Theaters August 21st

Kapil Talwalkar stars as Shalin Shah, a 22-year-old USC graduate whose plans for the future are shattered by a diagnosis of rare, aggressive cancer. As treatment, family tensions, and the fear of lost time close in, Shalin begins reshaping his remaining days around love, purpose, and gratitude rather than despair. Inspired by Shah’s viral essay “Thank You, Cancer” and co-starring Olivia Liang, Karan Soni, Faran Tahir, Meera Simhan, and Tom Everett Scott, Mahesh Pailoor’s biographical drama looks beyond illness to the people transformed by the way one young man chose to live.

🎥 “Dead Janitors Club” Trailer: Felix Merback and Jake Busey Scrub Blood for Quick Cash in This Grimy Horror-Crime Comedy — In Select U.S. Theaters and on VOD/Digital August 28th

Crime doesn’t clean itself. Felix Merback stars as Jeff, a broke porn shop worker who takes a cash-heavy job with a shady crime-scene cleanup company operating outside the law. At first, it looks like an escape from minimum-wage misery: scrub the floors, bag the evidence, keep quiet, get paid. But as Jeff and the crew face messier clients and dangerous jobs, the line between cleaning up after crimes and becoming part of them begins to vanish. Directed by Kenny Gage and Devon Downs, and co-starring Jake Busey, Gary Busey, Brianna Gage, and Jake Holley, this horror-crime comedy turns custodial work into a body-stacking side hustle where every paycheck leaves a stain that will not scrub out.

🎥 “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” Digital Release Promo: Din Djarin and Grogu Bring Their Big-Screen Adventure Home — Available on VOD/Digital July 21st, 4K Ultra HD August 25th

The clan of two is heading home, but not quietly. Jon Favreau brings Din Djarin and Grogu from the Disney+ galaxy to a theatrical Star Wars adventure, extending their post-Empire journey with Pedro Pascal back under the helmet. With Sigourney Weaver and Jeremy Allen White joining the cast, this home-release trailer marks the film’s jump to digital and physical formats after its big-screen run.

🎥 “LifeHack” New Trailer: Online Friends Swipe From the Ultra-Rich and Click Their Way Into a Crypto Heist Nightmare — Available August 4th on VOD/Digital

Easy money always comes with terrible terms and conditions. This screenlife heist thriller follows four online friends who discover a talent for stealing from the ultra-rich, only to target the wrong crypto empire and get blackmailed into one impossible digital job. Directed by Ronan Corrigan and starring Georgie Farmer, Yasmin Finney, Roman Hayeck-Green, James Scholz, Jessica Reynolds, Charlie Creed-Miles, and Steve Oram, the film turns every keystroke into a pressure point. One wrong click, and the hack becomes the trap.

🎥 “Lars Shrike Walks the Night” Trailer: Kelsey Grammer Searches for His Identity Across a Fractured Desert Reality in Gary Walkow’s Indie Sci-Fi Mystery — On VOD/Digital July 24th

A name is not much help when the rest of your identity is missing. Kelsey Grammer stars as Lars Shrike, a man who wakes in a hostile desert knowing only that he has escaped and that the name belongs to him. As memory, hallucination, and imagined mythology begin to bleed together, his search for answers becomes less about where he came from and more about whether any version of reality can be trusted. Written and directed by Gary Walkow and co-starring David Clennon, Christine Lin, and Kati Schwartz, this indie sci-fi mystery turns one man’s lost past into a long walk through the dark.

🎥 “Due West” Trailer: Adrianne Palicki Crosses West Texas in Search of Urgent Medical Care in This Indie Road Thriller — Coming to VOD/Digital July 28th via Cineverse

Adrianne Palicki stars as a small-town woman who borrows money from her estranged brother and drives across West Texas in search of urgent medical care, only for a breakdown to leave her stranded and dependent on strangers. As help, danger, and pressure begin to blur together, a local preacher enters the picture and her legal options start disappearing one by one. Directed by Evan Miller and co-starring Henry Thomas, Matt Lauria, Odette Annable, Ciara Bravo, and Austin Nichols, this stripped-down road drama turns a desperate journey into a test of how far someone will go when the system leaves no safe way forward.

🎥 “Atlas King” Trailer: Michael Bisping Returns Home to Fight Old Debts and New Violence in This Indie Action Thriller with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Sarah Wayne Callies — Available August 21st on VOD/Digital

Michael Bisping stars as Atlas King, an MMA legend drawn back to his hometown after a funeral, only to find crime boss Clay Emerson tightening his grip on the place he left behind. With Cuba Gooding Jr., Sarah Wayne Callies, and George Finn in the mix, this action thriller throws old loyalties, underground fighting, and unfinished business into the same bruising cage.

🎥 “Turning Point” Trailer: A Botched Home Invasion Traps Two Thieves with a Man Midway Through a Zombie Transformation in This Indie Horror Flick Starring Jillian Lee Garner and DJ Qualls — On VOD/Digital August 25th

Breaking into the wrong house is bad enough. Breaking into one where the homeowner is turning into a zombie is worse. Jillian Lee Garner stars as Margot, who finds herself trapped with her partner in crime as their simple heist mutates into a close-quarters fight for survival. Their only possible lifeline is Casper, a bizarre neighbor played by DJ Qualls, whose knowledge of the undead may be as useful as the last traces of humanity still flickering inside their stalker. Written and directed by Joshua Wagner and co-starring Mike Apple, Shane Brady, Lydia Hearst, and Sanchita Malik, this home-invasion thriller gives “getting out alive” a whole new meaning.

🎥 “Lion Fist” Teaser: A Wrongfully Imprisoned Martial Artist Enters a Brutal Tournament to Save His Son in This Indie Action Thriller Starring Mathis Landwehr — On VOD/Digital September 15th

Freedom is only the first fight. Mathis Landwehr stars as Joe, a martial artist released after four years of wrongful imprisonment who returns home to learn that his son needs an operation he cannot afford. With $100,000 on the line, he enters a ruthless tournament and trains under Grandmaster Wu, only to discover that his opponents are willing to break far more than the rules.

🎥 “I Know Where You Live” Trailer: Apryl Jones Fights Back When a Toxic Romance Turns Into a Home-Invasion Nightmare — Premiering July 24th on Tubi

The red flags don’t stop at the front door. Apryl Jones stars as Sarah, a woman who thinks she has found the right man until his behavior turns controlling, threatening, and terrifyingly intimate. Directed by Chris Stokes and co-starring Oshea Russell, Addie Richardson, Michael Toland, Candi Marie, Michael Franklin, Ebony N. Mayo, and Justus Pickett, this Tubi thriller turns a breakup into a fight for survival where home is no longer the safest place to hide.

🎥 “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Again?” Teaser: The Original Couples Reunite as a New Generation Walks Into the Same Relationship Drama — Premiering September 9th on Netflix

Tyler Perry reunites Terry, Dianne (Sharon Leal), Marcus (Michael Jai White), Angela (Tasha Smith), Sheila (Jill Scott), Mike (Richard T. Jones), and Troy (Lamman Rucker) for a destination wedding in Lake Como, where Marcus and Angela’s daughter prepares to marry while the older generation watches familiar mistakes begin all over again. With Taraji P. Henson joining the ensemble as the groom’s formidable mother in this sequel, the celebration quickly becomes a reckoning with old resentments, unfinished business, and the examples these couples passed down.

🎥 “Hanging by a Wire” Trailer: Eight Passengers Dangle Above a Himalayan Ravine as Rescuers Race Against a Failing Cable — In Theaters August 28th

Mohammed Ali Naqvi’s survival documentary revisits the 2023 Battagram cable-car disaster, when eight passengers, including six schoolboys, were left hanging above a ravine after a wire snapped. Built from firsthand accounts, news footage, drone imagery, and reenactments, the film follows local rescuers and officials improvising under enormous pressure while the world watches live.

🎥 “Time and Water” Trailer: Filmmaker Sara Dosa Turns Iceland’s Melting Glaciers Into a Meditation on Memory, Family, and Climate Loss — Premiering July 31st on National Geographic via Hulu/Disney+

Some losses move slowly enough that we almost miss them. Directed by Sara Dosa, this National Geographic documentary follows Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason as vanishing glaciers and family memory merge into one intimate time capsule. Using archives, landscape, and personal grief, the film turns climate change into a story of inheritance: what we keep, what disappears, and what the next generation may never touch. Water remembers, even when we don’t.

🎥 “Schindler Space Architect” Trailer: Meryl Streep Narrates a Documentary on Architect Rudolph M. Schindler and the Shape of California Modernism — In Theaters and on PBS SoCal July 10th

Some houses change how we understand the space around us. Valentina B. Ganeva’s documentary examines Austrian-born architect Rudolph M. Schindler, tracing his “Space Architecture” philosophy, his ties to Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Neutra, and his role in shaping California’s indoor-outdoor modernist identity. Narrated by Meryl Streep, with voiceover work from Udo Kier, Xander Berkeley, and Blake Lindsley, the film brings Frank Gehry, Steven Holl, Wolf Prix, and Thom Mayne into the conversation. Sometimes architecture becomes biography when the walls start telling us how to live.

🎥 “A Child of My Own” Trailer: A Desperate Lie Spirals Into a True-Crime Scandal in Maite Alberdi’s Netflix Docudrama — Premiering August 13th on Netflix

Motherhood becomes a pressure cooker in this unsettling true-crime docudrama. After repeated miscarriages and mounting pressure from her in-laws, Alejandra fakes a pregnancy, only to find herself trapped inside a lie that keeps demanding more from her. Directed by Oscar-nominated Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi, this Netflix release revisits a shocking 2009 Mexican scandal with grief, deception, and social expectation all tightening at once.

🎥 “Twiggy” Trailer: Actress/Filmmaker Sadie Frost Chronicles How a Working-Class London Teen Became the Face of the Swinging ‘60s and Changed Fashion Forever — In Theaters and on VOD/Digital September 22nd

Before “it-girl” became a cultural category, Twiggy helped invent the look. Actress and filmmaker Sadie Frost traces how a working-class London teenager became one of the defining faces of the 1960s, reshaping fashion, beauty, and British pop culture before she had even turned 17. Blending rare archival footage with new interviews featuring Paul McCartney, Dustin Hoffman, Brooke Shields, and Twiggy herself, this documentary looks beyond the famous lashes and cropped hair to the wit, ambition, and unlikely longevity behind the image.

🎥 “Jebediah: Are We OK?” Trailer: Australia’s Alt-Rock Mainstays Look Back on Three Decades of Music, Friendship, and Growing Pains — World Premiering at the Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2026

Rock bands grow up, even when the songs stay young. Arlo Dean Cook’s music documentary follows beloved Australian alt-rock band Jebediah from high school beginnings and late-’90s breakthrough energy into the harder realities of adulthood, endurance, and staying together. Built from archival and home-movie footage, with perspectives from Tim Rogers, Phil Jamieson, and Janet English, the film looks at what fame gives, what it takes, and how friendship survives when the tour never really ends.

🎥 “Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter” Trailer: Tennis Icon Novak Djokovic Refuses to Surrender in Jason Hehir’s Sports Documentary — Streaming August 20th on Prime Video

Greatness gets harder to hold once time becomes the toughest opponent on the court. Directed by Jason Hehir, this feature-length documentary follows tennis icon Novak Djokovic through behind-the-scenes access, career reflection, and the stubborn competitive fire driving one of tennis’s defining champions into the late stages of his career. This portrait looks beyond the trophy case to the pressure, sacrifice, and relentless self-belief required to keep chasing history when every match carries the weight of legacy. Winter may have arrived, but this wolf still has teeth.

🎥 “cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood” Trailer: Two Schoolgirls Cling to Friendship as War Invades Their Island in Yukimitsu Ina’s Animated Historical Drama — In Theaters September 4th via GKIDS

Girlhood becomes the last safe place when war reaches the shore. Marika Ito and Hikari Mitsushima voice San and Mayu, two students at an all-girls school whose quiet island life is shattered when they are ordered into a cave hospital to care for wounded soldiers. As death and brutality close in, their friendship becomes the only refuge left from a world determined to take their innocence first. Based on Machiko Kyo’s manga and marking Yukimitsu Ina’s feature debut, this haunting animated drama turns one summer of girlhood into a devastating plea for peace.

And finally.... Oh! What a great time to be a Studio Ghibli fan, as four of the animation studio’s most beloved fantasy and drama classics return to theaters this summer and fall through Fathom Ent’s Studio Ghibli Fest:

Goro Miyazaki’s Tales from Earthsea returns for its 20th anniversary, following Archmage Sparrowhawk and Prince Arren across a realm where dragons, dark magic, and a collapsing natural order signal that the world is losing its balance.
— Screening Sat, August 8th and Mon, August 10th via Fathom Entertainment

Isao Takahata’s Only Yesterday marks 35 years with Taeko revisiting childhood memories, first crushes, and family tensions during a countryside trip that forces her to reconsider the adult life she has built.
— Screening Sun, August 9th and Tues, August 11th via Fathom Entertainment

Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky celebrates its 40th anniversary with Pazu and Sheeta racing toward the legendary floating city of Laputa while pirates, soldiers, and government agents close in on the power hidden inside Sheeta’s crystal.
— Screening Sat, August 22nd through Wed, August 26th via Fathom Entertainment

Then Hayao Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke brings its sweeping conflict between Iron Town and the ancient forest spirits back to the big screen, with cursed warrior Ashitaka caught between human survival and nature’s fury.
— Screening Sat, September 26th through Wed, September 30th via Fathom Entertainment

From floating castles and childhood memories to wounded kingdoms and forests at war, Studio Ghibli Fest offers four very different reminders of why these films continue to feel timeless.

For more information on Studio Ghibli Fest, surf on over to www.fathomentertainment.com

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📺 “Lioness: Season 3” Trailer: Zoe Saldaña Faces Domestic Terror, Compromised Identities, and a War With No Clear Border in Taylor Sheridan’s Military Thriller Series with Nicole Kidman and Morgan Freeman — Returning Sunday, August 2nd on Paramount+

“A soldier’s job is to fight.”

The full trailer for Lioness: Season 3 wastes little time reminding us what that job looks like: covert assignments, skies crowded with drones, and enough explosions to make even hardened operatives stop and mutter, “Holy sh#t.”

Taylor Sheridan’s series appears to be returning to its most immediate attractions: military operations, black-ops maneuvering, and plenty of bombs! But the spectacle still serves the show’s larger conflict. Zoe Saldaña’s Joe may lead an elite undercover unit into some of the most dangerous regions in the world, yet her most difficult mission has always been keeping that violence from following her home.

This season, that separation may no longer be possible.

The trailer points toward compromised identities, domestic threats, and the growing possibility that terrorism is no longer something happening overseas. Joe’s name could be exposed publicly. Attacks may be moving onto American soil. Protecting the country and protecting her family are beginning to look like the same assignment—and possibly two responsibilities she cannot fulfill at once.

That tension has always made Lioness more interesting than a straightforward display of military power. The series pays close attention to the complexity of counterterrorism operations, but it also repeatedly exposes how fragile those operations can be. Missions constantly go sideways. Leadership often fails. Half-baked plans are handed to people who may not fully understand the consequences of carrying them out.

If we didn’t know better, we might say Taylor Sheridan accidentally made a show about how even one of the strongest militaries in the world is useless without competent leadership, careful planning, and people willing to take the assignment seriously. Whether that criticism is intentional or simply the natural result of Sheridan grounding the series in the day-to-day realities of military operations remains an open question.

Either way, Season 3 appears ready to push Zoe Saldaña’s Joe into a war with no clean border between battlefield and home. Saldaña’s performance alone makes the show a must-see, as she has become that rare actor who can display genuine ruggedness alongside quiet emotional vulnerability without becoming overly sentimental.

With Nicole Kidman returning as CIA honcho Kaitlyn Meade, Morgan Freeman back as U.S. Secretary of State Edwin Mullins, and Michael Kelly reprising his role as CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield, along with Laysla De Oliveira, Genesis Rodriguez, Dave Annable, Ian Bohen, and Hannah Love Lanier, Lioness: Season 3 is set up for another explosive season. Quite literally.

The show returns Sunday, August 2nd, exclusively on Paramount+.

📺 “The Shards” Trailer: Highly Privileged Teens and a Serial Killer Converge in Seedy 1980s Los Angeles in FX’s New Series from Ryan Murphy and American Psycho Author Bret Easton Ellis — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu/Disney+

Yet another examination of rich young elites doing nasty things? Okay. Well, we can’t think of two creators better suited to the task than television mogul Ryan Murphy and American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis.

One has spent decades examining wealthy, beautiful people and all their carefully concealed depravity. The other has done exactly the same. So, again, the pairing of Murphy and Ellis feels less like a surprise and more like an inevitability.

Based on Ellis’s 2023 novel, said to be loosely inspired by the author’s senior year of high school in 1981 Los Angeles (Jesus, what was he up to back then?), The Shards follows a fictionalized teenage version of the author, played by Igby Rigney (Midnight Mass), navigating his final year at an elite L.A. prep school. His carefully controlled social circle begins to fracture with the arrival of Robert Mallory (played by Euphoria’s Homer Gere—and yes, son of Richard Gere and Carey Lowell), a charismatic new student whose secrets become entangled with jealousy, sexual obsession, and a serial killer stalking the city.

Kaia Gerber (again, yes, the daughter of iconic ’80s and ’90s supermodel Cindy Crawford) also joins the cast as one of the story’s highly privileged teens, making this production feel almost suspiciously well cast. Graham Campbell and Hayes Warner round out the younger ensemble, while Evan Rachel Wood and Wes Bentley bring some adult menace to this increasingly unstable L.A. world of loud ’80s fashion, big hair, and even bigger egos.

Naturally, the trailer looks immaculate. The clothes are sharp, the homes are spotless, and nearly everyone appears ready for a magazine spread. That sleek presentation falls directly within Murphy’s wheelhouse, while Ellis—the author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, who has long explored the sleaze beneath L.A.’s elite circles—provides the poison likely to keep audiences glued.

With ’80s nostalgia nearly exhausted as the ’90s take center stage, so too is the romanticizing of that decade. Now comes a more cynical reassessment. The rose-colored glasses are now ripped off, and Murphy and Ellis are here to expose the festering rot beneath all that neon ’80s polish; which feels especially timely as audiences have become more interested than ever in stories about privilege, excess, and the consequences that finally catch up with both.

But yes, it’s told with all that over-stylized fluff Murphy is known for. You can’t have the medicine without a little sugar, and in this case, Murphy and Ellis have baked an entire cake.

The Shards appears ready to let the beautiful people fall apart in style when it debuts Wednesday, August 5th on FX and Hulu/Disney+.

📺 “Crystal Lake” Teaser: Linda Cardellini Becomes Pamela Voorhees in A24 and Peacock’s Psychological Friday the 13th Prequel Series — Debuting Thursday, October 15th on Peacock

A24 and the Friday the 13th franchise? Together in one show.

Sure, it makes for an eye-catching combination. One is known for psychologically charged, filmmaker-driven horror that gets under the skin; the other built its reputation on machetes, massive body counts, and decades of slasher mythology. Which begs the question: can an iconic horror franchise known more for gore than introspection receive the full A24 treatment?

Seemingly cut from the same cloth as HBO Max’s It: Welcome to Derry—which makes sense, given that showrunner and creator Brad Caleb Kane worked on the Stephen King–based prequel series—Peacock’s Crystal Lake appears interested in expanding familiar mythology by tracing the trauma beneath the iconography. Expect a richer, more psychologically layered world than the franchise has traditionally explored, with this small-screen reimagining centered on Pamela Voorhees, the grieving single mother whose loss would eventually give rise to one of horror cinema’s most enduring killers.

Linda Cardellini, best known for Dead to Me and Freaks and Geeks, and coming off her Emmy-nominated turn in HBO’s DTF St. Louis, has been tasked with bringing Pamela Voorhees to life; possibly giving the franchise’s original killer a deeper, more tragic dimension than we’ve ever seen before. At least, that’s the hope.

Set nearly a year after her son’s tragic death at Camp Crystal Lake, the series finds Pamela being visited by two strangers who have been digging into her past, setting off a disturbing chain of events. The premise suggests that the series will treat Pamela as the emotional and psychological catalyst behind everything that follows.

That approach immediately gives Crystal Lake a different kind of potential. The camp, the lake, the bloodshed, and the Voorhees name are all present, but the real horror may come from watching grief harden into something far more troubling and sinister.

The teaser is brief, but it still suggests a series steeped in psychological damage, buried secrets, and emotional anguish, while flashes of blood promise it hasn’t forgotten the franchise’s core audience. Hey, you can’t have a slasher series without a little bucket of blood thrown at the screen from time to time.

After years of sequels, reboots, legal complications, and abandoned reinventions, the franchise may have finally found a way to evolve. Cardellini certainly has the dramatic range to uncover layers in Pamela that the original films never had much interest in exploring. This new version might even make audiences sympathize with her before revealing just how deeply grief has damaged her.

Co-starring Callum Vinson as young Jason Voorhees, along with William Catlett, Devin Kessler, Cameron Scoggins, and Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Crystal Lake is due to premiere Thursday, October 15th on Peacock.

📺 “Mayfair Witches: Season 3” Teaser: Alexandra Daddario Returns as Rowan Fielding and Heads to Salem in AMC’s Anne Rice Supernatural Drama — Coming in 2027 to AMC/AMC+

The Anne Rice universe keeps expanding, with Alexandra Daddario returning as Rowan Fielding, the brilliant neurosurgeon whose discovery of her Mayfair lineage pulled her into a dangerous supernatural world. Season 3 takes Rowan to Salem, where powerful families, buried secrets, and the lingering legacy of the witch trials deepen the series’ mythology. Her arrival threatens to stir forces that may be even darker than anything she has faced before. Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa, Alyssa Jirrels, Betsy Brandt, Michiel Huisman, James Frain, Eliza Scanlen, and Omar Maskati round out the cast. Esta Spalding and Thomas Schnauz serve as co-showrunners, guiding the series further into the increasingly troubled history of the Mayfair family. When it comes to witch lore, Salem is the one town where history still casts a long shadow.

📺 “My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 3” Trailer: Nikki Rodriguez Returns to Silver Falls for More Love-Triangle Fallout in Netflix’s Coming-of-Age Drama with Noah LaLonde and Ashby Gentry — Premiering Thursday, August 6th on Netflix

Netflix might be best known as the home of true-crime obsessions and bingeable thrillers, but it has also carved out a reliable lane for coming-of-age hits, where young people fall in love and make terrible decisions. Nikki Rodriguez returns for Season 3 of Netflix’s hit teen drama as Jackie heads back to Silver Falls, where secrets, heartbreak, and very bad timing remain part of the local scenery. Picking up after the emotional fallout between Jackie, Cole (Noah LaLonde), and Alex (Ashby Gentry), the new season pushes her toward complicated relationships, fresh ambitions, and consequences the Walter family can no longer ignore. Created by Melanie Halsall from Ali Novak’s story, the series proves that growing up is hard enough without your heart becoming the town’s main event. But in a teenager’s life, a little romantic chaos is practically unavoidable.

📺 “Euphoria: A Look Back” Trailer: Zendaya and the Cast Revisit the Chaos, Heartbreak, and Cultural Impact of HBO’s Teen Drama — Premiering Friday, July 24th on HBO Max

Still recovering from that emotionally gut-wrenching Season 3 finale? Well, HBO Max is attempting to soften the blow with a new retrospective revisiting the cast, chaos, and cultural impact of the series. Gathering interviews and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the show, this Euphoria special explores how Rue, Jules, Cassie, Nate, Maddy, and their tangled lives became part of the modern teen-TV conversation. Featuring Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Maude Apatow, and Hunter Schafer, the retrospective looks back at the performances, moments, and emotional fallout that turned the series into a cultural phenomenon. Sometimes the emotional hangover is simply part of the story.

📺 “The Walking Dead: Dead City: Season 3” On-Set Preview: Jeffrey Dean Morgan Introduces Negan’s New Ally and Bar Buddy Dillard (Jimmi Simpson) Ahead of AMC’s Return — Premiering Sunday, July 26th on AMC and AMC+

In the apocalypse, even a bar tour comes with baggage. This Season 3 preview introduces new cast member Jimmi Simpson as Dillard, Negan’s newest ally, as Jeffrey Dean Morgan walks viewers through the place Dillard calls home. With Lauren Cohan returning as Maggie and Aimee Garcia joining the cast, AMC’s New York-set Walking Dead spinoff keeps its uneasy alliances moving into another dangerous chapter. Dead cities still have room for new trouble.

📺 “Monsters of God” Trailer: ‘Tiger King’ Filmmaker Eric Goode Enters the Billion-Dollar Underworld of Reptile Smuggling in This Five-Part HBO Docuseries — Premiering Thursday, August 6th on HBO Max

The rarer and more dangerous the reptile, the higher the price... and the deeper the obsession. From Tiger King and Chimp Crazy filmmaker Eric Goode, this five-part documentary series infiltrates a global trade where collectors, alleged traffickers, zoo figures and wildlife officers battle over some of the planet’s most coveted creatures. As passion gives way to exploitation, the pursuit of the next exotic prize fuels a criminal economy built on secrecy, scarcity and survival. In this cold-blooded world, the most dangerous predators may not be the ones behind glass.

📺 “Power: Origins” Teaser: Young Ghost, Tommy and Kanan Begin Their Rise in Starz’s New ‘Power’ Prequel Series — Coming Soon to Starz

Every criminal empire begins with someone hungry enough to build it. Spence Moore II, Charlie Mann and MeKai Curtis lead this Power prequel as young Ghost, Tommy and Kanan, three ambitious hustlers whose friendships, rivalries and early choices begin shaping the legends they will become. Created by Raising Kanan showrunner Sascha Penn, the series returns to the streets of New York to explore how loyalty and ambition laid the foundation for an empire... and planted the seeds of its eventual destruction.

📺 “Gone” Trailer: David Morrissey Falls Under Suspicion After His Wife Disappears in This Twisting British Crime Thriller — Premiering Thursday, July 23rd on US’s BritBox

When a headmaster’s wife suddenly vanishes, the search for answers quickly turns into a case against him. David Morrissey stars as Michael Polly, whose seemingly quiet life begins to unravel as suspicion closes in and every secret becomes potential evidence. Eve Myles co-stars as DS Annie Cassidy, the detective determined to uncover what really happened, even as Michael fights to prove he is not the man everyone believes him to be. Written by George Kay and directed by Richard Laxton, this BritBox crime thriller turns a missing-person investigation into a tense battle of motives, mistrust, and buried truths. The wife may be gone, but the secrets are still very much present.

📺 “The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare” Trailer: New True-Crime Docuseries Reexamines the Shocking University of Idaho Killings Through the Lives Behind the Headlines — Premiering Wednesday, July 29th on Netflix

Four students went to sleep in a quiet college town. By morning, Moscow, Idaho, had become the center of one of the most haunting murder cases in recent memory. Directed by Skye Borgman and executive produced by Emmy Award-winner Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), this Netflix docuseries examines the 2022 killings of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle through bodycam footage, text messages, and interviews with those who knew them best. Moving beyond the headlines and speculation, the series focuses on the lives that were cut short and the questions that continue to surround the case.

📺 “The Dynasty: UConn Huskies” Trailer: Geno Auriemma’s Championship Machine Gets a Generational Breakdown in Apple TV’s Basketball Docuseries — Premiering Friday, August 21st on Apple TV

Winning once can change a program. Winning for four decades creates something much harder to explain. This three-part sports documentary traces the rise of UConn women’s basketball under coach Geno Auriemma, revealing how a once-overlooked program became the standard every rival was forced to chase. Sue Bird, Rebecca Lobo, Diana Taurasi, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Paige Bueckers, and other UConn greats pull back the curtain on the pressure, discipline, sacrifice, and culture behind the championship banners. Through archival footage and firsthand accounts, the series looks beyond the victories to the relentless work required to sustain excellence across generations. It also examines how winning became part of UConn’s identity, and why preserving that legacy presents a challenge as demanding as building it in the first place.

📺 “One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two” Trailer: The Buendía Family Faces Its Final Reckoning as Macondo Marches Toward Ruin in Netflix’s Sprawling Gabriel García Márquez Adaptation — Streaming Wednesday, August 5th on Netflix

It’s the grand finale for this sprawling Colombian series based on Gabriel García Márquez’s classic 1967 novel. Completing its 16-episode run with eight final installments arriving this summer, this Spanish-language family saga follows new generations of the Buendías through uneasy peace, political violence, the arrival of the railroad, and a banana company hastening Macondo’s decline. Claudio Cataño, Marleyda Soto, Janer Villarreal, Viña Machado, Ruggero Pasquarelli, Moreno Borja, and Salvador del Solar return as history tightens its grip on the family’s legacy, carrying them through an era of turmoil as the country itself is reshaped by war, modernization, and exploitation. The final stretch suggests destiny isn’t written in glyphs alone; it’s etched into every choice that cannot be undone.

📺 “All the Truth in My Lies” Trailer: A Bachelorette Road Trip Turns Into a Camper-Van Confessional in Netflix’s New Spanish Rom-Com Series — Premiering Friday, August 28th on Netflix

Secrets travel badly in tight quarters. Based on Elisabet Benavent’s novel, this Netflix limited series sends Marin, Coco, Blanca, Gus, Aroa, and Loren on what should be a breezy bachelorette getaway, until buried feelings and messy truths turn the summer escape into emotional gridlock. With Daniel Ibáñez, Itziar Manero, Ricardo Gómez, Clara Sans, Lucía de la Fuente, and Brays Efe along for the ride, the road trip starts looking less like a celebration and more like group therapy on wheels. The destination may be fun, but getting there is the real disaster.

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🎥 “I Play Rocky” Trailer: Anthony Ippolito Becomes a Young Sylvester Stallone in the Incredible True Story Behind Hollywood’s Greatest Underdog Boxing Movie with AnnaSophia Robb, Stephan James and Matt Dillon — In Theaters November 6th

Sylvester Stallone. An iconic Hollywood action star. Arguably one of the most recognizable movie stars of all time.

But do you know how Sylvester Stallone broke into the movie business? How he fought to star in a film he had written, even when producers wanted a bigger name for the role? That movie would not only become his launching pad. It would become the stuff of legend.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck later credited Stallone with helping pave the way for struggling actors to write roles for themselves, even when the industry seemed determined to shut them out. For Damon and Affleck, it was their Oscar-winning film Good Will Hunting. For Stallone, more than two decades earlier, it was a little boxing movie called Rocky.

I Play Rocky doesn’t appear to be a typical biopic. It tells the unbelievable true story behind the making of one of the greatest boxing movies of all time. But it also happens to feature one of Hollywood’s greatest stories of breaking into the business: a 30-year-old Italian American actor with a lisp who had spent years struggling to land good roles, so he decided to write one for himself.

The good news: major studio executives loved Stallone’s Rocky screenplay and wanted to make the movie. The bad news: no one wanted Sylvester Stallone to star in it. But he held out, turned down more money, and refused to give up the role. In the process, he created one of Hollywood’s greatest underdog stories—a nobody becoming a somebody almost overnight—as Rocky became not only a box-office smash but also an Oscar-winning film.

Relative newcomer Anthony Ippolito, who earned praise for playing a young Al Pacino in the making-of-The Godfather miniseries The Offer, has been cast to play young Sylvester Stallone. And from the looks of it, Ippolito has already adopted some of Stallone’s signature traits, including his gravelly voice, stocky build, and distinctive swagger.

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Farrelly, once again stepping outside his usual comedy wheelhouse, I Play Rocky follows Stallone’s struggle to get Rocky made and secure the role of Rocky Balboa for himself. As he battles studio executives and confronts his own fear of failure, Stallone begins tapping into the very character he created; an overlooked underdog fighting for his one shot.

Joining Ippolito in the cast are Stephan James as Rocky star Carl Weathers; AnnaSophia Robb as Stallone’s first wife, Sasha Czack (possibly the model for Rocky’s iconic love interest, Adrian); Matt Dillon as Stallone’s father, Frank Stallone Sr.; Jay Duplass as Rocky director John G. Avildsen; and P. J. Byrne as Rocky producer Irwin Winkler.

Toby Kebbell and Tracy Letts round out the ensemble.

Written by Peter Gamble, I Play Rocky is due to roll out in limited theaters on November 6th before expanding nationwide throughout November.

🎥 “The Batman: Part II” Production Teaser: Robert Pattinson Returns to the Cowl as Matt Reeves’ Gotham Crime Saga Begins Filming — Coming to Theaters February 17th, 2028

Look, DC is having a rough time right now after the whole Supergirl debacle. Hmm. So how do you change the narrative when everyone’s suddenly talking about the downfall of DC Studios? Easy: drop a surprise in-production teaser for the highly anticipated The Batman: Part II.

Now, if you think it’s going to be that easy to distract everyone from how badly Supergirl bombed at the box office, well, DC must think we’re a bunch of stupid little fools...

Oh, crap! Did you see the way Robert Pattinson turned his head like that? So, cooooooool.

Look, this far-too-brief teaser leaves much to be desired, as it really only confirms that the next chapter in Matt Reeves’ Gotham crime saga has entered production ahead of its 2028 theatrical release.

Robert Pattinson is shown back in the Batman cowl, turning his head ever so slightly as lights flash behind him. It’s likely nothing more than a camera test, capped off by a new red Bat-Signal logo confirming that production is officially underway.

It might also indicate that something is gearing up for San Diego Comic-Con next week, where both DC and Marvel are expected to make their presence felt in a big way. So don’t be surprised if some big announcements—or even bigger reveals—start hitting your feeds next week, as we’re sure DC will be coming on strong after taking such a major hit this summer.

The Batman: Part II will see Matt Reeves return to direct and co-write the screenplay with Mattson Tomlin, while Robert Pattinson reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Jeffrey Wright and Andy Serkis are also expected to return as James Gordon and Alfred Pennyworth, with Colin Farrell reportedly reprising his role as Oz Cobb, aka the Penguin, alongside several other rumored cast members. The film is currently scheduled to hit theaters on February 17, 2028.

🎥 “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum” Behind-the-Scenes Production Promo: Andy Serkis Returns to Middle-earth as Gollum ... and Director! — In Theaters December 17th, 2027

We all remember the first time we saw The Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters. The thrill of watching that kind of epic storytelling unfold on the big screen was unforgettable. It marked a new cinematic era of sprawling fantasy worlds, groundbreaking visual effects, and blockbuster filmmaking with genuine emotional weight. It felt like the sky was the limit and anything was possible, as long as filmmakers had the ambition and imagination to pull it off. There was nothing else like it.

Then came The Hobbit trilogy... okay. Maybe we had gotten a little too full of ourselves. Maybe the sky did have a limit after all.

Then came The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim. Hmm. Anime. Sure. It wasn’t something we rushed out to see, but we could see the appeal.

Then came Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power... wait, what now? Okay, we’ve officially lost the plot.

Why can’t we just get back to that old nostalgic feeling we had the first time we saw Peter Jackson’s original trilogy? You know, when we were all checking TheOneRing.net every week for updates, obsessing over pixelated set photos and grainy behind-the-scenes videos. We just want to return to Middle-earth and feel that magic again.

Enter Andy Serkis, back in his ugly gray motion-capture leotard, covered head to toe in tracking dots as he prepares to reprise his role as Gollum for an all-new Lord of the Rings movie. This time, however, Gollum is calling the shots (literally) as Serkis is not only starring but also directing this new Middle-earth adventure.

By the way, just a thought: you’d think all this new technology would have made the leotard obsolete by now, but no. Poor Andy Serkis had to slip right back into it.

Check out this behind-the-scenes, in-production teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, where Serkis walks onto the set like a man on a mission. This time, he is not merely Gollum but the director overseeing a massive undertaking.

Serkis reunites with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, with Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens producing. Walsh and Boyens also wrote the screenplay alongside Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou.

Set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the story follows the pursuit of Gollum after the One Ring has slipped from his possession. Gandalf and Aragorn are supposedly drawn into the search, racing to find him before his knowledge of the Ring falls into the wrong hands.

Serkis will be joined by Jamie Dornan as Aragorn, with Ian McKellen returning as Gandalf, Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, and Lee Pace as Thranduil. Kate Winslet, Leo Woodall, and Anya Taylor-Joy are also reportedly set to appear in the ensemble.

Fingers crossed. Let’s hope The Hunt for Gollum reminds us why these stories have kept us coming back for one more Middle-earth adventure. ’Cuz we hate to say it, but after a few disappointing returns, this world could really use a win.

The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum is slated to hit theaters on December 17, 2027.

🎥 “Behemoth!” Teaser Trailer: Pedro Pascal Plays a Troubled Cellist on the Brink in Tony Gilroy’s New Drama with Eva Victor, Olivia Wilde, and Will Arnett — Arriving In Theaters December 4th

Pedro Pascal as a gifted cellist on the verge of a personal and professional crisis. Writer-director Tony Gilroy returning to filmmaking after spending the past several years showrunning Andor, one of the greatest Star Wars projects ever made.

Enough said... we’re sold!

There’s no denying Pedro Pascal is one hell of an actor. After all, he has earned multiple Emmy nominations for his portrayal of hardened survivor Joel Miller in HBO’s hit series The Last of Us. But after the stink of The Mandalorian and Grogu this year, the conversation surrounding Pascal has shifted toward his legitimacy as a movie star. Again, he’s a hell of an actor... but maybe television is where his talents shine brightest.

Well, expect that conversation to shift once again later this year, as it looks like Pascal might be throwing his hat into the ring for a Best Actor Oscar with his leading performance in Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth! He certainly has the kind of juicy role actors dream about: a tortured musical genius whose personal life is in absolute shambles and whose career is approaching a critical turning point. One wrong move, and everything could collapse like a house of cards.

Now, if that doesn’t scream, “Hey, Oscar... look at me!” we don’t know what does.

Another strong selling point is that Behemoth! marks writer-director Tony Gilroy’s first feature film in more than a decade. That alone is noteworthy, considering he’s the filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning thriller Michael Clayton and the Emmy-winning Andor.

Pascal + Gilroy = a potentially winning combination.

Here, Pascal plays Alex Serian, a professional cellist who returns home to Los Angeles after spending 20 years on the road. Set to work with an orchestra on a major Hollywood film-scoring session, Alex soon finds himself tormented by old memories and a past he thought he had left behind—including two women with whom he shares complicated histories: his volatile ex, played by Olivia Wilde, and his new love, a young violist played by Sorry, Baby breakout Eva Victor.

Will Arnett also co-stars as one of Alex’s oldest friends... and one of the many people in his life holding secrets that could bring everything crashing down.

With Hank Azaria, Alexa Swinton, Margarita Levieva, and Matthew Lillard rounding out the cast, Behemoth! is due to open in theaters on December 4th.

Now cue the cello... and make those strings sound as ominous and emotionally devastating as a behemoth of pain and regret.

🎥 “The Incomer” Trailer: Domhnall Gleeson Finds Kindred Spirits Among Misfits in This Off-Kilter Comedy with Gayle Rankin and Grant O’Rourke — In U.S. Theaters September 25th

Don’t judge a book by its cover, because some of the strangest characters just might become our greatest allies.

Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson (Peter Rabbit, The Paper) has an incredible ability to turn uncomfortable awkwardness into an endearing trait. He puts that talent to good use in the off-kilter comedy The Incomer, starring as an office clerk who unexpectedly befriends two reclusive, eccentric siblings.

Set on a remote Scottish island, the film sees Gleeson as Daniel, an awkward council official sent by the government to clear out what is believed to be an uninhabited island. Instead, he discovers it has been taken over by two oddball siblings, Sandy and Isla, played by Outlander’s Grant O’Rourke and House of the Dragon’s Gayle Rankin, who have transformed the rugged landscape into a playground fueled by wild imagination and local folklore.

Daniel’s job is to evict Sandy and Isla from the island, but he soon finds himself swept up in their strange yet enchanting world of odd bird-hunting tactics, wizardry, and utter make-believe. Sometimes the people who seem the strangest are nothing more than kindred spirits waiting to be understood.

The Incomer marks the feature debut of Scottish writer-director Louis Paxton, who won the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival following the film’s world premiere. The film, which also co-stars Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez, and John Hannah, sets out to prove that a simple eviction order can open the door to something far stranger, funnier, and more magical than anyone could have imagined.

The Incomer arrives in U.S. theaters on September 25th.

🎥 “Mayday” Trailer: Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Become Unlikely Allies in This Cold War-Era Action-Comedy From the Filmmakers Behind ‘Game Night’ and ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ — Premieres September 4th on Apple TV

There are Cold War stories that are all about heartless espionage, bleak double-crossing, and deadly political intrigue. And then there are some like this: a lighthearted buddy action-comedy where two unlikely allies stumble their way through an international crisis with a great sense of fun... and a surprising number of laughs.

In Apple’s new 1987-set original movie Mayday, Ryan Reynolds stars as Lieutenant Troy “Assassin” Kelly, a hotshot U.S. Navy pilot sent on a covert mission into Russian territory. When the operation goes sideways, Troy crash-lands behind enemy lines, where his best chance of survival comes from Nikolai Ustinov, a gruff former KGB agent with an unusual affection for American culture.

Nikolai is played by renowned thespian Kenneth Branagh, who, in a surprisingly fun turn, leans heavily into the comedy... and an outrageously thick Russian accent.

Troy and Nikolai become unlikely partners as Nikolai agrees to help Troy escape the Soviet Union alive, while Troy reluctantly promises to help Nikolai secure asylum in America once they make it there in one piece. Very much in the vein of classic ’80s buddy action-comedies like 48 Hrs. and Midnight Run, the two find themselves trading insults, dodging bullets, and slowly forming a genuine friendship as everything around them spirals out of control.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, the filmmaking duo who previously directed Game Night and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, are behind this new Cold War-era action-comedy, bringing their sharp comedic timing and knack for mismatched characters to this Ryan Reynolds vehicle.

Also starring Maria Bakalova, Marcin Dorociński, and David Morse, Mayday is slated to premiere on Apple TV on September 4th.

🎥 “The Mongoose” Trailer: Liam Neeson Puts the Pedal to the Metal in This High-Speed Police-Chase Action Thriller with Marisa Tomei, Ving Rhames and Michael Chiklis — Hitting Theaters October 30th

You simply don’t mess with Liam Neeson... or his loved ones. Unless you want to end up on the receiving end of his very particular set of skills. And in this case, those skills involve getting into trouble and driving as fast as humanly possible.

The Mongoose is yet another ridiculously over-the-top action thriller elevated by the sheer gravitas of Liam Neeson as a man of honor who somehow always finds himself in the middle of escalating chaos.

While trying to help his ex-wife, played by Marisa Tomei, escape her abusive husband, Neeson’s Ryan Flanagan, a highly decorated former Special Forces soldier, lands in deep trouble when the confrontation turns deadly. Unjustly accused of murder despite acting in self-defense, Flanagan is forced onto the road in a red race car (because, of course) triggering a cross-country police hunt.

With lines like “Bring it on!” and “Take him out!,” Flanagan taunts the police as he uses his formidable driving skills to stay one step ahead of the law while keeping one foot firmly planted on the gas.

“Where are you headed?” Flanagan is asked over the radio after hours on the road in a now-televised police chase, with supporters beginning to cheer him on from the sidelines.

“The Mongoose,” he replies with complete confidence, as though we’re somehow supposed to know what that means. And in a way, it doesn’t matter, as long as Neeson gets to drive fast, stare down the authorities, and growl a few tough-guy one-liners along the way.

Ving Rhames co-stars as one of Flanagan’s old war buddies, while Michael Chiklis gets to chew up scenery as the coldhearted Texas police chief leading the nationwide manhunt.

Former stuntman and veteran stunt coordinator Mark Vanselow makes his feature directorial debut after frequently working as Neeson’s stunt double on several of his action films, including the Taken movies, The Grey, and The A-Team.

The Mongoose careens into theaters on October 30th. Burn rubber... and make sure you always know where you’re headed.

🎥 “Runner” Trailer: Alan Ritchson Races to Deliver a Life-Saving Organ While Hunted by Black Market Criminals in Scott Waugh’s Off-the-Wall Action Thriller with Owen Wilson — Coming to Theaters September 11th

One delivery. One life hanging in the balance. And absolutely no room for delays. Just another day for Alan Ritchson—and nothing a little brute force and reckless driving can’t handle.

Ritchson puts his Reacher-honed action skills to work in Runner, a high-speed action thriller about a former soldier now making his living behind the wheel as an ordinary delivery driver. His latest assignment sounds straightforward enough: transport a donated liver to a sick little girl before time runs out.

Naturally, nothing about this trip goes according to plan.

When the life-saving package puts him in the crosshairs of ruthless black-market hijackers, an urgent delivery becomes a relentless chase filled with speeding vehicles, armed pursuers, and increasingly limited options. With every mile bringing new danger, he must keep the organ intact, stay ahead of the people hunting him, and figure out who can still be trusted.

Owen Wilson joins the ride as an unlikely ally who may be the only person capable of helping him reach the finish line alive. Wilson also brings some much-needed levity as the straight man caught up in Ritchson’s increasingly ridiculous action-hero antics.

Scott Waugh, director of Act of Valor and The Expendables 4, once again leans into the muscular action flair he’s known for: dangerous roads, totaled cars, and characters forced to make split-second decisions under extreme pressure.

If the setup were any simpler, we might mistake it for a typical action movie. This one, on the other hand, has a deadline, a donated organ, and Alan Ritchson turning rush-hour traffic into a demolition derby.

The clock is ticking, the bad guys are closing in, and slowing down is not an option. Runner races into theaters September 11th.

🎥 “The Whisper Man” Trailer: Robert De Niro and Adam Scott Reopen a Terrifying Serial-Killer Case in This New Missing-Child Thriller with Michelle Monaghan — Premiering on Netflix August 28th

After starring in one of the year’s creepiest thrillers, Hokum, Adam Scott appears to be continuing his descent into horror territory with yet another deeply unsettling project. This time, he shares the screen with legendary actor Robert De Niro... and no, that’s not the unsettling part. This unlikely duo will face a serial killer who may have returned to resume his terrifying reign.

In The Whisper Man, Scott plays Tom Kennedy, a widowed crime writer whose world collapses when his eight-year-old son is abducted. With nowhere else to turn, Tom asks his estranged father, retired detective Pete Willis, played by De Niro, for help.

It seems Tom’s child may have been taken by a serial killer known as the Whisper Man. All the signs point to the same chilling methods used decades earlier. The problem is, the so-called Whisper Man was caught by Pete 30 years ago, convicted, and thrown in prison. The question now is: How could he possibly be killing again after all these years?

Tom and Pete’s search leads them back to the decades-old serial-killer case. But as the investigation unfolds, their fractured father-son relationship becomes tangled in a mystery involving missing children, buried memories, and the possibility that the case was never truly finished.

Michelle Monaghan, coming off a spectacular turn in Season 3 of The White Lotus, co-stars as the police detective investigating the recent kidnapping and forming her own conclusions about what may have happened.

Co-starring Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Acston Luca Porto, and Will Brill, this Netflix original is based on Alex North’s bestselling thriller novel of the same name.

New Zealand-born filmmaker James Ashcroft directs from a screenplay by Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer.

Ashcroft previously directed the critically acclaimed psychological thrillers Coming Home in the Dark and The Rule of Jenny Pen, making him a fitting choice for this new serial-killer mystery built around the threat of a murderer who may not be finished... or may not be working alone.

The Whisper Man is set to premiere on Netflix on August 28th.

Quick suggestion: Keep the lights on for this one... unless you want to hear someone whispering from the darkness. Eek!

🎥 “The Dog Stars” New Trailer: Jacob Elordi Takes Flight Through a Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland in Ridley Scott’s New Survival Thriller With Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley — In Theaters and IMAX August 28th

Legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott is showing no signs of slowing down, as he has already jumped onto a new film... and a new genre: the post-apocalyptic thriller. And he has chosen Jacob Elordi, fresh off his Oscar-nominated turn in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, to lead this post-pandemic survival thriller about finding hope in an otherwise bleak and hopeless future.

Based on Peter Heller’s 2012 novel, The Dog Stars takes place after a devastating flu pandemic has nearly wiped out humanity. Elordi stars as Hig, a civilian pilot who has lost his wife and almost everything else, leaving him to survive at an abandoned airbase alongside his loyal dog and Bangley, a heavily armed former Marine played by Josh Brolin.

The two men have built a fragile existence protected by aircraft, weapons, and Bangley’s ruthless willingness to eliminate anyone who gets too close. But their defenses can only hold off savage scavengers for so long. Hig, meanwhile, has not completely surrendered his belief that something better could still be waiting beyond their isolated refuge. And when push comes to shove, he is left with no other choice but to find out for himself.

When Hig picks up a mysterious radio transmission, that flicker of hope becomes impossible to ignore. Following the signal means leaving behind the only safety he has known and venturing into a dangerous world where survival is far from guaranteed.

Margaret Qualley co-stars as Cima, a fellow survivor Hig meets along the way, with Guy Pearce, Allison Janney, and Benedict Wong rounding out the ensemble.

Blending post-apocalyptic science fiction, survival adventure, and mystery, The Dog Stars appears less interested in rebuilding civilization than asking whether hope remains worth the risk after everything else has disappeared.

The Dog Stars opens in theaters August 28th.

Ask any working actor in Hollywood how to make it in this business, and most will tell you the same thing: perseverance is the name of the game. Every career, no matter how successful, has its share of highs and inevitable lows. The trick is to have more ups than downs, and perhaps make it to the finish line with your passion and reputation still intact.

Tom Cruise, believe it or not, just turned 64 this month. After nearly 45 years in the business, he has experienced his fair share of highs and lows, moving through different stages of fame, reinvention, and public scrutiny while somehow remaining one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Certainly, after the massive success of Top Gun: Maverick, Cruise cemented his status as one of the last legitimate movie stars we have left.

But one thing has continued to elude him: a competitive Academy Award for acting. Sure, he received an Honorary Oscar late last year for his overall contributions to cinema, but the acting trophy itself remains just beyond his fingertips, despite coming close three times over the course of his career.

In recent years, some critics have argued that Cruise has relied more on his physicality and death-defying stunt work than on stretching himself as a dramatic actor. We can’t entirely dismiss those criticisms, but anyone who has followed Cruise’s career (or grown up watching his films) knows Cruise has always been capable of far more than blockbuster thrills. And no matter how you feel about him as a person or public figure, one thing is certain: the guy has always been hungry to give audiences their money’s worth.

Well, Cruise is coming back this fall with what looks like one of his most ambitious roles yet. It’s a deadpan satire that buries him beneath heavy old-age makeup and lets him act with the brakes completely off. And it might just be the performance that not only finally earns him that elusive acting Oscar but also silences his critics once and for all.

Sure, we can all agree that over the last decade or so, Cruise has leaned too heavily on his action-star persona, starring in a string of Mission: Impossible films with great success but little room to remind audiences what a daring actor he once was... and can still be.

Fingers crossed, Cruise’s turn in the upcoming Digger, playing an aging, arrogant Texas tycoon whose wealth has inflated his ego to the size of the state itself, marks the beginning of a bold new chapter in his career. First impressions suggest it taps into the same energy he brought to Tropic Thunder, where he was nearly unrecognizable as Les Grossman, the bald, foul-mouthed studio head who could scream just as well as he could dance. That performance, if memory serves, shocked audiences and critics alike by revealing just how funny Cruise could be when given the space to completely let go. And let go he did.

Digger, the latest film from Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, best known for Birdman and The Revenant, takes Cruise off cruise control and perhaps gives him the chance to either reclaim his edge or reinvent himself all over again.

Here, Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a powerful and eccentric billionaire who pours millions into an ecological digging venture in Greenland, only to discover that he may have triggered a man-made global disaster capable of destroying the planet and leaving American taxpayers with a multitrillion-dollar cleanup bill.

Worse yet, the President of the United States (played by John Goodman as a man of spectacular incompetence) believes there is only one person capable of cleaning up the mess: Digger himself.

“Digger here got us into this mess...
and Digger’s gonna dig us out again.”

Obviously, there are major Dr. Strangelove vibes here. Stanley Kubrick’s film remains a landmark of 1960s political satire, turning the absurdity of the Cold War into something both hilarious and terrifying. Iñárritu appears to be aiming for a similar balancing act, tapping into how political power and corporate wealth have become aligned to an almost incestuous degree. We suspect the film will take plenty of jabs at the idea that the people in power are often the same ones who put the rest of us in grave danger. And yet, somehow, we keep electing those same people to get us out of the mess they helped create. Damn. We don’t know if we should laugh... or cry. Hmm.

Joining Cruise and Goodman is a stacked ensemble that includes Riz Ahmed as the President’s assistant, alongside Sandra Hüller, Jesse Plemons, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sophie Wilde, Emma D’Arcy, Robert John Burke, and Burn Gorman.

With a screenplay co-written by Iñárritu, alongside Birdman scribes Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolás Giacobone and Mexican writer Sabina Berman (Backyard), the filmmaker is once again collaborating with his frequent cameraman, Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant, Birdman). Together, they appear to be using ultra-wide lenses and low-angle compositions to make everything feel deeply off-kilter. Paired with exquisitely detailed production design, the imagery feels distinctly Kubrickian.

Digger just might be the comedy that reminds audiences what Cruise can do when he stops running and starts taking real risks again. The film is coming to theaters and IMAX on October 2nd.

Official Synopsis:

Academy Award winner Tom Cruise stars in Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s original film “Digger,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures.

The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything.

Cruise stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar nominee Jesse Plemons. Robert John Burke, Emma D’Arcy, Burn Gorman and Sophie Wilde also star.

Iñárritu directed from a screenplay by Iñárritu & Oscar-winners Alexander Dinelaris & Nicolás Giacobone, and Sabina Berman, story by Iñárritu & Berman. The film is produced by Iñárritu, Oscar nominee Mary Parent, Cruise and Michael Sharp, and executive produced by Joshua Grode, Berman, Dinelaris, Giacobone, Jez Butterworth and Emmanuel Lubezki.

Joining Iñárritu behind the camera are previous collaborators Oscar-winning director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki; editors Conor O’Neill and Oscar winner Stephen Mirrone; Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline West; Oscar-winning makeup and hair designer Alessandro Bertolazzi; and Oscar-nominated casting director Francine Maisler; along with Oscar-winning production designer Dennis Gassner and production designer Richard Johnson, Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro, and composer Cosmo Sheldrake.

An Alejandro G. Iñárritu Film, “Digger” was shot entirely in VistaVision and will be released in theaters and IMAX® across North America on October 2, 2026, and internationally beginning 30 September 2026. It will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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The summer season has already delivered its share of hits and misses, and this week brings a new batch of releases ready to either break through or get lost in the shuffle. While nervous studio heads keep a close eye on the box office numbers, moviegoers are left to decide which films are worth leaving the house for. Meanwhile, television continues to roll out just enough intriguing new shows to keep the weekly watchlist crowded.

So whether you’re thinking of giving your local cinema some business or staying in and settling onto the couch, here are the new movies and TV shows worth keeping on your radar this week. As always, we’ve lined up the week’s most notable releases coming to theaters, streaming platforms, VOD, and television. While it seems theaters have kept the runway relatively clear for Nolan’s fantasy epic to dominate this weekend, there are still a few other titles deserving of your attention. Scroll down to see what’s arriving over the next few days. We’re sure you’ll find something worth watching.

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🎥 The Odyssey
(Fri, July 17th — wide release)

Oscar-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s ancient Greek epic into a massive IMAX-scaled adventure about war, monsters, gods, and one exhausted man trying to get home. Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, whose return from Troy becomes a brutal trial of survival and devotion, while Anne Hathaway’s Penelope holds Ithaca against circling suitors and Tom Holland’s Telemachus protects a father’s legacy. With Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, and more, this old-school studio epic turns one of literature’s oldest journeys into the kind of big-screen event only Nolan could make feel new again.

🎥 Steal Away
(Fri, July 17th — limited release)

Angourie Rice stars as a teenager whose identity starts to crack when her family takes in a refugee played by Mallori Johnson. What begins as curiosity slides into desire, jealousy, and obsession, until wanting someone else’s life becomes dangerously close to erasing her own. Written and directed by Clement Virgo, this indie drama turns adolescent fascination into something sharper, stranger, and harder to escape.

🎥 Horsegirls
(Fri, July 17th — limited release)

Lillian Carrier stars as Margarita, a 22-year-old woman with autism who finds freedom in the wonderfully specific world of hobbyhorsing. As her mother’s illness returns, that passion becomes more than an escape... it becomes a declaration of independence. Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Lauren Meyering, this heartfelt debut turns an unlikely arena into a moving story about family, self-determination, and letting go.

🎥 The Kidnapping of Arabella
(Fri, July 17th — limited release, in the NY)

Quarter-life crises usually involve career panic and questionable choices, not a runaway kid who may be your younger self. Benedetta Porcaroli stars as Holly, a restless woman stuck in a dead-end job who becomes convinced Arabella (Lucrezia Guglielmino) has crossed time to give her another shot. Written and directed by Carolina Cavalli, with Chris Pine as Arabella’s self-absorbed author father, this Italian fable turns regret and escape into a tender cosmic road story.

🎥 American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
(Fri, July 17th — limited release, at NY’s Film Forum)

Luis Valdez gets the spotlight in this cultural portrait from writer-director David Alvarado, tracing the Mexican-American playwright and filmmaker’s path from the farm fields of Delano to Broadway and Hollywood. Narrated by Edward James Olmos, who starred in Valdez’s landmark Zoot Suit and its 1981 film adaptation, the documentary revisits the founding of El Teatro Campesino, the breakthrough of Zoot Suit, and the making of La Bamba. It’s a story about art as a weapon, theater as a movement, and the Chicano voice that helped reshape the American stage.

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🎥 “The Sun Never Sets” Trailer: Dakota Fanning Reconsiders Love, Timing, and the Life She Thought She Wanted in Joe Swanberg’s Intimate Romantic Drama Co-starring Jake Johnson and Cory Michael Smith — Hitting Select Theaters August 28th, Expanding September 4th

There comes a point in adulthood when the future we once imagined begins to feel less like a promise and more like a question. Are we still moving toward the life we actually want, or simply following a plan that made sense years ago?

That uncertainty sits at the heart of The Sun Never Sets, the new romantic drama from writer-director Joe Swanberg, known for Drinking Buddies and Happy Christmas, starring Dakota Fanning in what looks like her most naturalistic, grounded performance yet as Wendy, a woman forced to reconsider her relationship and the direction of her life.

Wendy had once imagined starting a family with her boyfriend Jack, played here by New Girl’s Jake Johnson. He is older, divorced, and already has children of his own, but the two appeared ready to build something together. That changes when Jack asks for space, leaving Wendy to confront what their relationship has become and whether their futures still fit together.

During the separation, Wendy reconnects with her former flame Chuck, played by Saturday Night’s Cory Michael Smith. What begins as a return to something familiar gradually develops into an emotionally complicated love triangle, pulling her between the relationship she was building and the life she may have left behind.

Swanberg, considered one of the key figures of the 2000s mumblecore movement, once again appears less interested in easy romantic answers than in the uncomfortable gap between what people say they want and what they are emotionally prepared to choose.

The film itself also offers a platform for Fanning to make a deliberate shift, emphasizing how much she has grown as an actor. Gone is the little kid actor we all knew and loved. This, perhaps, marks the beginning of an entirely new stage in Fanning’s career; one we’re certainly eager to keep our eyes on.

Debby Ryan, Anna Konkle, Lamorne Morris, and Karley Sciortino round out the ensemble. The Sun Never Sets is set to open in select theaters on August 28th before expanding nationwide on September 4th.

🎥 “Bad Apples” International Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Makes One Very Bad Decision as a Schoolteacher Pushed to Her Breaking Point in This Twisted Satire — Arriving in UK Cinemas September 18th

The big fear surrounding Gen Alpha is that growing up in the era of COVID, smartphones, and social media has turned them into a generation that is more isolated, overstimulated, and far more disconnected from the world around them than previous generations. These kids may be harder to reach, quicker to lash out, and more prone to violent outbursts. Now, that’s the fear, and we’ll need more years of data before we can fully understand what kind of generation they will become. But if you want a movie to ease those concerns... well, this ain’t it.

Bad Apples not only highlights the difficulties of reaching and teaching these kids, but also the emotional toll carried by the adults whose job it is to keep trying, even as they are pushed past their breaking point.

In this darkly satirical British thriller, Saoirse Ronan stars as Maria, a primary-school teacher worn down by one violently disruptive pupil: ten-year-old Danny, whose idea of classroom participation usually involves fits, threats, screaming, and plenty of violent outbursts.

Pushed to her limits, Maria makes a desperate decision that changes the course of both her life and Danny’s. Cut to a few days later, and her small-town community is in a panic as Danny’s whereabouts remain unknown. With the entire town searching for the missing kid, Maria is left carrying a very dark secret; one that could destroy her life if it ever comes out.

The question becomes: how do you keep your whole town from discovering that you’ve locked the school’s worst student in your basement without anyone becoming suspicious? From there, it becomes a cascading series of increasingly bad decisions for Maria, who only wanted some peace and quiet but instead created a full-blown nightmare of her own making.

Directed by Swedish filmmaker Jonatan Etzler (One More Time) from a screenplay by Jess O’Kane, based on Rasmus Lindgren’s Swedish novel De Oönskade, the film also co-stars Eddie Waller, Jacob Anderson, Rakie Ayola, Robert Emms, Sean Gilder, and Kerry Howard.

This dark satire turns a school problem into a moral trap, where one teacher’s desperate act sets off a chain of consequences she can no longer control. It also gives Saoirse Ronan a rich playground to shine as a woman unraveling under the weight of guilt, fear, and her own increasingly impossible choices.

Following its world premiere at TIFF last year, where it received mostly positive reviews, Bad Apples is due to be released in UK cinemas on September 18th. As of yet, there is no official U.S. release date.

🎥 “The Fox” International Trailer: Jai Courtney Makes a Bad Magical Bargain with Olivia Colman’s Talking Fox — In Australian Cinemas October 29th

Don’t know what’s in the water down there, but Australian movies have always had a dark and twisted sense of humor, even in their most straightforward dramas. But when they really let go of the reins and allow that Aussie weirdness to run wild, things can get downright unhinged.

Case in point: The Fox, a twisted, F-bomb-laden dark fantasy satire featuring Olivia Colman as the voice of a puppet-controlled talking fox. And if that’s not enough to sell you, Jurassic Park’s Sam Neill is here too, voicing a vulgar magpie. Because nothing says Down Under quite like a couple of foul-mouthed talking animals causing absolute chaos while the humans around them somehow manage to be even more screwed up.

The strong ensemble of familiar Aussie actors is led by Jai Courtney as Nick, the wealthy heir to a rural estate who discovers that his fiancée, Kori, played by Emily Browning, has been unfaithful. Heartbroken and desperate for a fix, Nick takes relationship advice from Colman’s talking fox, which is obviously where his problems begin to get much, much stranger.

Nick is told that a magical hole in the woods can transform his cheating fiancée into the woman he always wanted her to be. The thing is, he learns this from a talking fox, sending his reality from emotionally messy to completely unhinged, where logic and common sense no longer seem to mean much of anything.

Also co-starring Justified’s Damon Herriman, The Boys’ Claudia Doumit, Superman’s Zlatko Burić, and The Lord of the Rings’ Miranda Otto, the film marks the feature debut of Aussie filmmaker Dario Russo, who may not be a household name yet but clearly knows how to make an entrance.

Russo is best known for co-creating the ’50s spy spoof web series Danger 5 and directing the viral parody short Italian Spiderman. After screening at SXSW and the Sydney Film Festival earlier this year, and picking up a few festival awards along the way, The Fox looks ready to find its audience. For those who like their comedies twisted, feral, and completely off the leash, this might be exactly your kind of weird.

The Fox comes to Australian cinemas on October 29th. As of yet, there’s no official U.S. release date.

🎥 “Mutiny” New Trailer: Jason Statham Turns a Cargo Ship Into a Floating Battlefield in This New Action-Packed Thriller With Annabelle Wallis — Hitting Theaters August 21st

Hey, look. It’s a new Jason Statham action movie. That can only mean a few things: he’s going to kick a lot of ass, the bad guys are going to get their just desserts, and he’s going to grunt and scowl his way through the whole thing. Hey, it’s not like we’re complaining or anything. Statham is that kind of old-school action star who knows his audience quite well. More importantly, he has no interest in pretending they came for anything else.

In Statham’s latest bone-crushing, fist-throwing, bad-guy-killing action thriller Mutiny, he takes on the role of Cole Reed, a former London cop now working as the trusted security man for a billionaire. But when his boss is suddenly murdered, Reed is framed for the crime and forced to go on the run. With nowhere else to turn, he boards a cargo ship, which might sound like he has backed himself into a corner. But for Statham, it just means the bad guys are trapped on a boat with him. And he isn’t stopping until he clears his name and sends every last one of them overboard.

Add an international human-smuggling operation into the mix, turning the ship into a floating battlefield. Bring in Annabelle Wallis as a mysterious passenger who may know more than she’s letting on but could also become Reed’s unlikely ally. “You need to trust me,” he tells her; right before she starts stabbing bad guys.

And pow! It’s all the ingredients of one hopped-up, high-seas Jason Statham brawler aimed at giving his fans exactly what they came for. And even if they didn’t, there are probably two and three more Statham movies coming down the pike. Because at this point, he isn’t just one of the last legitimate action stars we have... he’s also one of the busiest.

Also co-starring Roland Møller and Adrian Lester, Mutiny is directed by French genre filmmaker Jean-François Richet, known for such hard-edged crime thrillers as the Assault on Precinct 13 remake, Blood Father, and Plane.

Subtlety probably isn’t what anyone comes to a Jason Statham movie for. They come for the broken bones, the flying fists, the high body count, and the cold satisfaction of watching bad guys get exactly what’s coming to them... either on land or at sea.

Mutiny is coming to theaters August 21st.

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🎥 “Manhunter: The Final Cut” 4K Restoration Trailer: Michael Mann’s Genre-Defining Crime Thriller Returns to Theaters for Its 40th Anniversary — In Select U.S. Theaters July 24th

Before Anthony Hopkins scared the living hell out of audiences with his unforgettable turn as Hannibal Lecter, there was Brian Cox, of Succession fame, who first brought the character to the screen in Michael Mann’s dark 1986 detective classic. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the cult film returns in Mann’s definitive director’s cut, newly restored in 4K under his supervision. Based on Thomas Harris’s novel Red Dragon (Harris would later write its more famous sequel, The Silence of the Lambs), the film stars William Petersen as retired FBI profiler Will Graham, a man pulled back into the field to track down a serial killer targeting entire families according to the lunar cycle. To understand the murderer, Graham must once again consult the imprisoned Hannibal “Lecktor,” played by Cox, and reopen the darkest corners of his own mind. With a chilling performance from the late Tom Noonan as the Tooth Fairy killer, alongside Joan Allen and Stephen Lang, Mann’s psychological crime thriller became the first screen adaptation of Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and remains one of the coldest, most visually striking serial-killer films ever made. Hopkins might have made Hannibal a household name, but Mann and Cox gave audiences their first glimpse of the monster.

🎥 “Godzilla Minus Zero” Teaser: Oscar-Winning VFX Artist and Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki Sends the Shikishima Family Into a New Postwar Calamity — Arriving in U.S. Theaters November 6th

You want to talk about big stars with a long franchise history? Well, there’s no one bigger or more enduring than Godzilla. A follow-up to the Oscar-winning global smash Godzilla Minus One, which proved a small, dedicated team of artists could challenge any studio-backed Hollywood blockbuster, this highly anticipated sequel is set in 1949, two years after the events of the original film. This time shot for IMAX, Oscar-winning visual-effects artist and filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki brings Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe back as the Shikishima family faces another devastating calamity in a Japan still trying to rebuild. Official details are keeping the new threat close to the chest, but the emotional terrain is already clear: survival leaves scars, and giant monsters tend to have a way of finding them. Postwar recovery was never going to be simple. Not with Godzilla still roaming around, ready to remind everyone that the nightmare may be far from over.

🎥 “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” New Korean Promo: Tom Holland’s Peter Parker Awakens With Stronger Powers and an Even Greater Threat — In Theaters July 31st

Peter Parker may have been forgotten, but Spider-Man is just getting started. Tom Holland returns as the web-slinger, living alone in a New York City where no one remembers his name and devoting himself entirely to fighting crime. But as his powers dangerously evolve and an unseen enemy emerges, this Destin Daniel Cretton-directed chapter pushes Peter beyond his limits, where being stronger may not be enough to save the city... or himself.

🎥 “Nightborn” Trailer: Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla Face New-Parent Terror in Hanna Bergholm’s Finnish Forest Horror Film — Premiering July 31st on Shudder

Nothing says family bliss like an isolated childhood home in the woods and a newborn no one quite understands. Seidi Haarla and Rupert Grint star as Saga and Jon, a couple chasing the dream of a perfect family, only for their move into the Finnish forest to expose cracks in their marriage, and something far more disturbing about their baby. Directed and co-written by Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, who previously gave us Hatching, this eerie maternal horror story turns domestic anxiety into something cold, quiet, and deeply wrong. Parenthood already changes everything; this time, it may change what counts as human.

🎥 “Buddy” Teaser: ‘Too Many Cooks’ Creator Casper Kelly Turns a Cheerful Kids’ Show Into a Dark, Surreal Nightmare — In Theaters August 28th

The sing-along is over, kids. From Casper Kelly, the creator of the smash viral short Too Many Cooks, this horror-dark comedy traps children inside the bright, forced happiness of a 1990s-style TV show, where an orange unicorn host keeps everyone smiling until one girl refuses to follow the script. Delaney Quinn, Cristin Milioti, Topher Grace, Keegan-Michael Key, Michael Shannon and Patton Oswalt star in a strange little nightmare where children’s programming devolves into a pastel-colored prison where overly cheerful conformity becomes its own form of torture.

🎥 “The Gentleman Thief” Trailer: John Travolta Attempts One Last Impossible Heist in Director Randall Emmett and Writer Chris Sivertson’s Third Crime Caper — On VOD/Digital July 28th and in Select Theaters July 31st

Would you believe John Travolta has already starred as master thief Mason Goddard in two previously indie heist thrillers? Well, he’s back for one more score in this third installment, following Cash Out and High Rollers. This time, Mason is lured out of retirement to steal a priceless painting, only to discover the job is part of a deadly trap orchestrated by a ruthless kingpin. With Lukas Haas and Quavo returning alongside Sam Asghari and DJ Khaled, Mason must rely on every trick he has left to escape with the artwork... and his life. Travolta may be the ultimate gentleman thief, but this job requires a little less gentleman and a lot more thief if he hopes to survive one more score.

🎥 “Resident Evil” Featurette: Zach Cregger Talks About the Popular Video Game That Inspired His New Survival-Horror Take — Hitting Theaters September 18th

In this SYFY featurette, Zach Cregger explores the video game influences behind his upcoming take on the Resident Evil franchise, teasing an adaptation shaped by the series’ tension, dread, and creature-filled paranoia. Austin Abrams, Zach Cherry, Kali Reis, and Paul Walter Hauser star in the new film from the director of Weapons. The monsters may be familiar, but Cregger is leading this nightmare down a new path through the dark.

🎥 “Forelock” Trailer: David Krumholtz and Caleb Alexander Smith Chase One Strange Hair-Brained Hustle Across Los Angeles in This Offbeat Indie Comedy — Now Available Exclusively on the Letterboxd Video Store

Two men. One mysterious lock of hair. Seventy-two Los Angeles suburbs. Not exactly an easy journey for a superhero impersonator and a down-on-his-luck drifter. David Krumholtz executive produces and stars in writer-director-actor Caleb Alexander Smith’s offbeat L.A. comedy about a schlubby hustler (Krumholtz) and a superhero street performer (Smith) who team up for a bizarre search through the underbelly of Hollywood. While hunting for one suspiciously important lock of hair, this unlikely duo stumbles into crooked schemes, mistaken identities, and one full-blown existential detour. Because in Los Angeles, finding what you’re looking for usually means getting completely lost first.

🎥 “Above & Below” Trailer: Laura Marano Is Trapped Between Armed Hijackers and a Circling Shark in This Ocean Survival Thriller with Antonio Banderas — In Theaters July 29th

A dream diving vacation becomes a fight for survival when a group of friends is hijacked at sea and forced beneath the surface. With only minutes of oxygen, armed criminals waiting above and an apex predator circling below, there may be nowhere left to escape in this ocean-set survival thriller starring singer-actress Laura Marano alongside Antonio Banderas. When danger is coming from both above and below the water, survival could mean choosing which threat to face first... and when to risk everything for the surface.

🎥 “Warriors of the Wasteland” Trailer: A Vengeful Warrior Tears Through the Nuclear-Scarred Balkans in Serbian Filmmaker Nemanja Ćeranić’s Post-Apocalyptic Action Saga — On VOD and Digital July 7th

In the wasteland, bullets talk louder than the law, and sometimes revenge is the only justice left. Set in the nuclear-scarred West Balkans, this post-apocalyptic action tale follows a young warrior whose family is slaughtered by a deranged warlord, sending him roaring across the ruins with only a blade, a motorcycle, and revenge keeping him alive. In other words, think Mad Max with a distinctly Balkan nightmare running through its veins. Directed by Serbian filmmaker Nemanja Ćeranić and starring Igor Benčina, Isidora Simijonović, Sergej Trifunović, Marta Bjelica, and Jovo Maksić, this dystopian action thriller rides through radioactive cults, hallucinations, and the legend of the peaceful “Grain People.” Civilization is down to its last scraps, and apparently subtlety went up in the first mushroom cloud.

🎥 “Legend of the White Dragon” Trailer: Power Rangers’ Jason David Frank Steps Out of the Shadows for One Final Heroic Battle in This Action-Fantasy Thriller — In Theaters August 28th

When the city is in desperate need, heroes can’t stay hidden forever. The late actor/mixed martial artist Jason David Frank, of Power Rangers fame, stars as Erik Reed, a fugitive warrior forced to clear his name while trying to reunite with his family. Directed by Aaron Schoenke and Sean Schoenke, with Aaron Schoenke, Jason Faunt, Rachele Brooke Smith, Michael Madsen, Andrew Bachelor, David Ramsey, and Mark Dacascos joining the fight, this action-fantasy adventure gives Frank one last dragon-sized showdown where redemption may prove to be his greatest battle.

🎥 “SOULM8TE” New Trailer: Lily Sullivan and David Rysdahl Turn AI Companionship Into a Deadly Obsession in This Sci-Fi Horror — Arriving On VOD/Digital August 1st

Artificial intelligence was supposed to cure loneliness, not weaponize it. Lily Sullivan and David Rysdahl star in this sci-fi horror thriller about a grieving engineer who tests a powerful tech company’s advanced AI companion and attempts to transform her into a truly sentient soulmate. But once she begins developing desires of her own, his experiment spirals into precision-engineered violence. Directed by You Are Not My Mother filmmaker Kate Dolan, this techno-nightmare asks what happens when grief programs love... and love refuses to follow instructions.

🎥 “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” Trailer: Aang Searches for an Ancient Power in a New Avatar Universe Adventure — Premiering July 25th on Paramount+

Peace is never as finished as everyone hopes. Based on the animated series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, this new Avatar universe story follows Aang as he discovers an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With his friends by his side, he sets off on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens the fragile peace they fought to protect. Saving the world once was hard enough; preserving it may be the real test.

🎥 “Mob Psycho 100” 10th Anniversary Trailer: Crunchyroll Brings Mob’s Psychic Coming-of-Age Chaos to the Big Screen — In Theaters July 20th for One Day Event via Crunchyroll

Middle school is hard enough before your emotions can level a city. Crunchyroll Anime Nights celebrates the 10th anniversary of Mob Psycho 100 with a big-screen selection of fan-chosen episodes tracing Mob’s journey as an eighth grader with overwhelming psychic powers and one very relatable desire to be normal. Between exorcisms, bottled-up feelings, and the threat of hitting 100 percent, this anniversary event turns emotional repression into supernatural spectacle. Growing up was never supposed to be this explosive.

🎥 “Butterfly” International Trailer: Renate Reinsve and Helene Bjørneby Star as Estranged Sisters Reuniting After Their Mother’s Mysterious Death in Itonje Søimer Guttormsen’s Norwegian Drama — Coming Soon

Some families leave behind memories. Others leave unfinished business. Oscar-nominee Renate Reinsve and Helene Bjørneby star as estranged half-sisters Lily and Diana, who return to Gran Canaria after the sudden and mysterious death of their mother. Forced back to the island where they grew up, the pair must confront old wounds and the strange spiritual world their mother built far from its tourist-friendly surface. Directed by Itonje Søimer Guttormsen, this Norwegian mystical family drama asks whether grief can bring two sisters back together... or pull them even further apart.

🎥 “& Sons” International Trailer: Bill Nighy Calls His Estranged Family Home for One Very Complicated Goodbye — Arrives In UK Cinemas August 21st

Family reunions are hard enough without a deathbed secret. Bill Nighy stars as Andrew Dyer, a reclusive literary giant who summons his estranged sons because he believes he is dying, only to reveal something that pulls his former wife and decades of resentment back into the room. Directed by Pablo Trapero from Sarah Polley’s adaptation of David Gilbert’s novel, and co-starring George MacKay, Noah Jupe, Johnny Flynn, Imelda Staunton, and Dominic West, this dark family comedy asks whether one impossible confession can repair what years of silence broke.

🎥 “Someone’s Daughter” Trailer: Pascale Bussières and François Arnaud Are Stranded in the Canadian Wilderness as a Lawyer Begins to Fear the Man She Once Defended — Coming Soon

A lawyer’s job is to defend her client. Surviving him was never part of the agreement. Pascale Bussières stars as Sam, a criminal defense attorney who is kidnapped and abandoned on a remote island alongside Paul, the former client she once cleared of sexual assault charges, played by Heated Rivalry’s François Arnaud. As they fight their way through the unforgiving Canadian wilderness, Paul’s increasingly disturbing behavior forces Sam to question whether she helped an innocent man walk free... or protected someone capable of unimaginable violence. Directed by Wiebke von Carolsfeld, this Canadian survival thriller turns professional doubt into a terrifying choice no lawyer should ever have to make.

🎥 “Elize: Shadows of a Woman” Trailer: Betrayal, Jealousy, and Violence Tear Through a Marriage in This Brazilian Fictional True-Crime Drama Inspired by the Shocking Case of Elize Matsunaga — Premiering July 22nd on Netflix

Some marriages don’t merely fall apart. They break violently... and take everything down with them. Brazilian-Portuguese actress Lorena Comparato stars in this fictionalized retelling inspired by the shocking true-life case of Elize Matsunaga, following a former escort whose wealthy marriage becomes poisoned by infidelity and jealousy. This Netflix psychological thriller turns one of Brazil’s most notorious crimes into a dark portrait of betrayal pushed past the point of no return. Because once trust is gone, love can spoil beyond recognition.

🎥 “Masterplan” Teaser: Stanley Tucci, Simona Tabasco and Victor Belmondo Make the Heist of the Century a Family Business in Upcoming Crime Flick — Premieres October 16th on Prime Video

Every great robbery needs a plan. This one apparently needs relatives. Stanley Tucci, Simona Tabasco and Victor Belmondo star in this heist comedy-drama about a family joining forces to pull off the robbery of the century. But when blood ties become part of the plan, loyalty could prove to be either their greatest advantage or the mistake that brings everything crashing down. Crime may run in the family, but that doesn’t mean teamwork does.

🎥 “Plucked” Trailer: Divorce Plans Turn a Gilded Age Dinner Party Into a Night of Jealousy, Secrets, and Revenge — In Select Theaters November 13th; On VOD/Digital on February 12th, 2027

Divorce was already complicated before someone set the table. Katie Vincent stars as Katherine Greene, a woman determined to leave her emotionally unstable husband, only for that decision to erupt during a carefully staged dinner party designed to preserve appearances. Catherine Curtin, J. Anthony Crane, Susan Gallagher, Jared Canfield, and Bryant Carroll join the increasingly volatile evening as buried secrets, wounded pride, and revenge take over. Co-written and co-directed by Vincent and Usher Morgan, this Gilded Age dark comedy proves that once the knives come out, dinner is the least of anyone’s problems.

🎥 “The Boy from Below” Trailer: A Video Store Clerk Faces a Slasher Night Straight Out of the Movies in This New Horror Flick Starring Jack Norman, Spooky Madison, and Dee Wallace — On VOD/Digital August 11th

Halloween night, 1997: the rentals are not the only thing getting returned bloody. Directed by Tory Jones, this new slasher horror follows a video store clerk forced to survive when a masked killer starts bringing horror movies to life and picking off her friends one by one. Jack Norman, Spooky Madison, Dee Wallace, Felissa Rose, Chaney Morrow, Tommy Lee Wallace, and Richie Ramone star in this retro nightmare built for anyone who ever knew the horror aisle too well. Be kind, rewind, and maybe lock the door.

🎥 “Feed” Trailer: An Ancient Vampire Wakes Up Hungry in Writer-Director Marco van Belle’s Indie Horror — Coming to U.S. Theaters in August

Dinner is served... and nobody wants to be on the menu. Written and directed by Marco van Belle, this vampire horror film unleashes an ancient bloodsucker whose awakening turns survival into a nightmare of teeth, terror, and dwindling options. With Grace Collender, Clinton Liberty, Daisy Jelley, Niamh Hogan, Rhys Mannion, and Oskar Smith in the ensemble, this indie supernatural chiller keeps its threat simple, old, and very hungry. Once the feeding starts, getting out alive becomes less of a plan and more of a prayer.

🎥 “Gator Face” Teaser: A Florida Vacation Becomes an Alligator-Fueled Nightmare in This New Swampy Horror Flick — On VOD/Digital September 15th

The Sunshine State gets very toothy. Directed by Padraig Reynolds, this horror film follows a group of friends whose Florida vacation turns into a blood-soaked fight through the swamps when a savage cult begins feeding victims to alligators in the name of an ancient reptilian god. Starring Amariah Dionne, Tabitha Brownstone, Scot Scurlock, and Nikolas Kolasinski, the film turns getaway horror into a full-blown gator sermon. In these waters, faith bites back.

🎥 “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” Texas Chain Saw Day Trailer: Tobe Hooper’s Horror Landmark Returns for a One-Night 4K Theatrical Event — In U.S. Theaters August 18th

The saw is back where it belongs: on a huge screen and far too close for comfort. Tobe Hooper’s 1974 horror classic returns for a one-night 4K theatrical event, bringing Marilyn Burns, Gunnar Hansen, Paul A. Partain, and Edwin Neal back into one of cinema’s most sunbaked nightmares. Five young travelers, one rural Texas house, and Leatherface waiting inside. Road trips rarely get this loud... or bloody!

🎥 “Falling Down” 4K Trailer: Michael Douglas Snaps His Way Across Los Angeles in Joel Schumacher’s Darkly Comic Urban Rage Thriller — Coming to Limited Edition 4K UHD July 21st via Arrow Video

When this Joel Schumacher-directed thriller was released back in 1993, it was met with tepid reviews. More than three decades later, the film is now considered one of the great ’90s thrillers, tapping into a simmering rage that still cuts uncomfortably close today. Michael Douglas stars as William Foster, an ordinary-looking L.A. commuter whose boiling frustration spills into a violent cross-city odyssey, while Robert Duvall’s retiring detective tries to make sense of the chaos before Foster reaches his final stop. The film was, and still is, a cracked mirror of America’s deepening discontent and the anger of an entitled man convinced the world has moved on without him. Sound familiar?

🎥 “The Sacrifice: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Andrei Tarkovsky’s Final Film Returns to Cinemas for Its 40th Anniversary — In UK and Ireland Cinemas July 31st

You might have stumbled upon the countless online video essays on the great films of Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky... and there’s a reason for that. His films (Stalker, Solaris, Mirror, etc.) are ripe for endless interpretation and philosophical unpacking. Tarkovsky’s final feature, however, has received a 4K restoration, bringing his brand of stark, introspective, dream-like contemplative cinema back to UK cinemas this summer. The 1986 film, completed shortly before Tarkovsky’s death at 54, follows Alexander, played by Swedish actor Erland Josephson, as a birthday gathering is shattered by the threat of nuclear catastrophe. With Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, and Guðrún Gísladóttir co-starring, this apocalyptic chamber drama remains one of the filmmaker’s most haunting final statements, wrestling with faith, fear, sacrifice, and the terrifying possibility of the end. Which is, frankly, very much why Tarkovsky remains so endlessly studied and admired decades after his death.

🎥 “Hide and Go Shriek” 4K Restoration Trailer: An After-Hours Graduation Party Becomes a Deadly Game of Hide-and-Seek in This Newly Restored Trashy 1988 Cult Slasher — Coming Soon to 4K UHD and Blu-ray from Terror Vision

The store is closed, but the killing has just begun. Eight teenagers sneak into a furniture store for an all-night graduation party, only for their game of hide-and-seek to turn deadly when an unseen killer begins stalking them through the darkened showrooms. Directed by Skip Schoolnik and starring Bunky Jones, Brittain Frye, Annette Sinclair, George Thomas and Sean Kanan, this 1988 slasher returns uncut in a new 4K scan. Some games end when everyone is found. This one ends when no one is left.

🎥 “Welcome II the Terrordome” 4K Restoration Trailer: Ngozi Onwurah’s Radical Afrofuturist Dystopia Returns to the Big Screen — In Select Theaters July 31st, via Janus Films

Ngozi Onwurah’s fiercely confrontational 1995 feature imagines a near-future Britain where Black residents have been pushed into a segregated slum known as the Terrordome, and the death of a young boy threatens to ignite years of buried rage. Blending dystopian science fiction, political fury and the legacy of slavery, the film connects personal grief with systemic violence in a vision that now feels even more urgent. More than thirty years later, Onwurah’s first feature returns in 4K as both a landmark and a warning that the future is never as distant as we like to think.

🎥 “The Pornographers” 4K Restoration Trailer: Shōhei Imamura’s Landmark 1966 Satire Exposes the Seedy Underside of Japan’s Postwar Boom — Coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray August 24th in the UK

Business is booming, and so are the hypocrisies. Shōichi Ozawa stars as Subuyan, a former Buddhist monk turned underground erotic filmmaker juggling relentless production, yakuza pressure and an increasingly volatile home life with his widowed partner and her children. Adapted from Akiyuki Nosaka’s novel, Shōhei Imamura’s darkly comic satire turns one man’s seedy enterprise into a grotesque reflection of postwar prosperity, where every appetite becomes another commodity waiting to be sold.

🎥 “My Grandfather Charles Manson” Trailer: A Filmmaker’s Search for Her Family History Uncovers a Shocking Connection to One of America’s Most Infamous Killers — Premiering July 22nd on Hulu and Disney+

Filmmaker Sophia Maddox’s search for the grandfather she never knew leads to the discovery that Charles Manson may be part of her biological family, pulling her into a maze of genetic evidence, disputed histories and unreliable narrators. Co-directed with Alexandra Orton, this true-crime documentary follows Maddox as the investigation strains her relationship with her father and forces both of them to reconsider what identity, inheritance and family really mean.

🎥 “The Last Picture Shows” Trailer: A Documentary Road Trip Explores the Vanishing World of America’s Small-Town Movie Theaters — In Select Theaters Now, Coming to New York August 7th and Los Angeles August 21st

Every empty marquee holds a memory, and every vacant theater seat represents a story that no longer lingers. This new indie documentary journeys through the American West in search of what remains of the small-town movie theater, once a gathering place, a local landmark, and a shared portal into bigger dreams. The film looks for traces of a vanishing ritual, when cinema was not just something people watched, but somewhere they went together. A love letter to the local cinemas still standing, the movie communities that built their lives around them, and the fading glow of a moviegoing tradition that once brought entire towns together for a shared experience.

🎥 “An Eye for an Eye” Trailer: A Son Races to Save His Mother from Execution in This Gripping Courtroom Documentary — In Theaters and on Jolt.Film August 14th

Justice has a price, and here it is measured in blood money. This documentary follows Tahereh, a woman who killed her abusive husband in self-defense and now faces execution unless her family can pay the Diya demanded by her abuser’s relatives. Directed by Tanaz Eshaghian and Farzad Jafari, the film follows her son Mohsen through private negotiations, legal pressure, and a desperate search for outside help in a system shaped by patriarchal values and religious law, where “an eye for an eye” is not merely an expression... it can determine who lives and who dies.

🎥 “American Doctor” Trailer: A Searing New Documentary Follows Three U.S. Physicians Returning From the Devastation of Gaza — In Select Theaters August 14th

A medical oath does not end at the hospital door. Poh Si Teng’s vérité documentary follows Dr. Thaer Ahmad, Dr. Mark Perlmutter, and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa as they volunteer in Gaza’s besieged hospitals, confront mass casualties and devastated infrastructure, then return to the United States carrying the weight of what they witnessed. After premiering at Sundance, this documentary turns frontline care into a story of conscience, memory, and public responsibility.

🎥 “CardBound” Trailer: This Indie Documentary Charts a Global Search for Pokémon’s First Official Trading Card — Available July 10th on Prime Video, Plex and YouTube

Every collection has a beginning. Finding the real one is another story. Directed by Jacob Zanghi, this feature documentary follows a worldwide investigation into the origins of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, moving through rare artifacts, disputed histories and the collectors determined to separate fact from legend. Featuring Logan Paul, Deep Pocket Monster, Duke Dennis and Noah Lyles, the search eventually uncovers a previously unknown card that could challenge what fans have long accepted as Pokémon’s first official release.

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📺 “MobLand: Season 2” Teaser: Tom Hardy Tries to Hold the Harrigans Together as Civil War Threatens Their Criminal Empire — Premiering Friday, September 18th on Paramount+

Anyone who has seen the first season of the British crime series MobLand knows that Tom Hardy is kicking into a new gear. While known for his ferocious on-screen energy, Hardy mostly shines here through restraint, letting every stare, pause, and quiet threat do much of the heavy lifting. It’s still an intensely physical performance, but bottled up inside a far more nuanced and internal character. Hardy even allows his scene partners, most notably Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, to chew the scenery while he hangs back, watches carefully, and waits for the right moment to strike. It’s the same Hardy ferocity, only played in a different key.

Despite recent rumors of on-set clashes with producers (and speculation that the upcoming second season could mark the end of his run), Hardy nevertheless returns to strike fear and settle scores as mob enforcer Harry Da Souza.

Initially conceived as a British spinoff of Ray Donovan, the series was later spun into its own project after filmmaker Guy Ritchie came aboard as executive producer and director. MobLand follows Hardy’s Harry, a loyal fixer for the Harrigans, a powerful North London crime family whose business dealings tend to leave bodies, grudges, and unfinished wars in their wake.

Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren also return as Conrad and Maeve Harrigan, the formidable heads of this criminal dynasty who, following the events of Season 1, have seen their power tested and their grip on the underworld begin to slip. Brosnan plays against type here, turning Conrad into a paranoid lunatic, while Mirren’s Maeve, his supposed “better” half, is equally volatile but far more calculating and willing to stab even her own family in the back to get what she wants.

Season 2 finds Harry still grappling with that burden as he contends with a massive civil war that is leaving London bloodied and the Harrigan empire more vulnerable than ever. Harry is once again stuck in the middle as the family’s competing factions rip apart a legacy built not on allegiance but on fear, ambition, and self-preservation.

Paddy Considine reprises his role as Conrad and Maeve’s son—and Harry’s childhood friend—Kevin, while Mandeep Dhillon returns as Seraphina Harrigan, Conrad’s beloved daughter from another marriage, whom Maeve absolutely despises.

Joanne Froggatt also returns as Harry’s wife, Jan, while other returning cast members include Lara Pulver and Teddie Allen, with Anson Boon back as Eddie Harrigan, the heir apparent who might be the most psychotic of them all.

Created by Ronan Bennett, whose television credits include Top Boy, Gunpowder, and The Day of the Jackal, the series has Guy Ritchie returning to direct a few episodes while remaining among the executive producers alongside Bennett, Jez Butterworth, and David C. Glasser.

Paramount+ will release the ten-episode second season of MobLand weekly on Fridays beginning September 18th, while Season 1 is currently available to stream on the platform. It’s one of the rare Paramount+ series that isn’t produced by Taylor Sheridan.

📺 “The Gentlemen: Season 2” Teaser: Theo James and Kaya Scodelario Take Their Criminal Empire International in Guy Ritchie’s Gangster Series — Premiering Thursday, September 3rd on Netflix

Okay, so let the Guy Ritchie-fueled underworld mayhem continue.

Here’s a newly released teaser for another Ritchie-produced crime saga, this time for the second season of Netflix’s The Gentlemen, the series inspired by his 2019 gangster film of the same name... or, technically, a spinoff from the film.

Theo James returns as Eddie Horniman, the reluctant aristocratic head of his family’s weed empire, a criminal enterprise he never intended to inherit but can no longer escape.

It has now been one year since Eddie accepted his place inside the Glass organization, and he is no longer simply trying to survive the business. He wants to expand it. His next move involves crossing borders, which means pushing into territory controlled by the Italian mafia.

And crossing those borders can only lead to more bloodshed and betrayal. Eddie might have the ambition to build an empire, but whether he has the nerve to survive one is another question.

Kaya Scodelario also returns as Susie Glass, Eddie’s elegant partner in crime, while Ray Winstone, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Daniel Ings, and Giancarlo Esposito are all back for another puff of gangster action.

Guy Ritchie (damn, this guy never sleeps) is also back to direct, taking the series further into the kind of world he has been refining since his earliest crime films. So expect even more fast talkers, polished criminals, tangled schemes, and ambitious gangsters who believe they are clever enough to stay ahead of everyone else.

The Gentlemen: Season 2 is slated to premiere Thursday, September 3rd, on Netflix. Eddie may still have the manners of an aristocrat, but taking on the mafia will require something considerably less gentlemanly... and far more ruthless.

📺 “Sterling Point” Trailer: A Surprise Island Inheritance Uncovers a Hidden Sister and a Summer of Family Secrets in Megan Park’s Coming-of-Age Series Starring Ella Rubin, Amélie Hoeferle, and Keen Ruffalo — Premiering Wednesday, August 5th on Prime Video

Some summers come with beaches, laughs, and teen crushes. And if you’re lucky, a few lifelong memories. This one, however, comes with one very complicated inheritance and a whole lot of family secrets, as this new Prime Video series sets out to prove that summer might bring new beginnings, but it can also expose a family history no one saw coming.

In the new coming-of-age drama Sterling Point, Ella Rubin (Fear Street: Prom Queen, Until Dawn) stars as Annie Jacobson, a New York teenager who arrives on her estranged grandfather’s Canadian island with her twin brother Connor, played by newcomer Keen Ruffalo—yes, Mark Ruffalo’s son.

Still grieving the loss of her mother at a young age, Annie is stunned when she spots a mysterious girl on the island who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. Her name is Ramona, played by Amélie Hoeferle. And there’s a reason she looks so much like Annie’s mother: Ramona is the half-sister Annie never knew existed. So when the two accidentally come face-to-face inside their grandfather’s cabin, each initially believes the other is an intruder. But as this long-buried family secret finally comes to light, it pits the two sisters against each other while forcing them to grapple with the family bond that was kept from them.

Over the course of one defining summer, Annie, her twin brother Connor, and her newly discovered half-sister Ramona begin untangling their family history, while Annie also forms new friendships and romantic connections with the island’s other young residents.

Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Bo Bragason, and Daniel Quinn-Toye round out the ensemble, while Jay Duplass co-stars as Annie and Connor’s father and Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Ramona’s father.

Megan Park, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed coming-of-age films My Old Ass and The Fallout, created the forthcoming Amazon series and serves as showrunner alongside Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the veteran producers behind The O.C. and Gossip Girl.

All eight episodes of Sterling Point are due to premiere Wednesday, August 5th, on Prime Video.

📺 “Marshals: Season 2” Teaser: Luke Grimes Brings Kayce Dutton Back Into Montana Justice in New Season of CBS’ Yellowstone Spinoff — Coming Fall 2026 to CBS and Paramount+

The ranch may be behind him, but Montana still knows his name. Luke Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton, the former Navy SEAL and rancher now serving with an elite U.S. Marshals unit confronting violent threats across big-sky country. With Arielle Kebbel and Tatanka Means joining the ride, alongside Mo Brings Plenty as Mo and Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater, this Spencer Hudnut-showrun Yellowstone spinoff keeps Kayce caught between duty, family, and the emotional cost of drawing another line in the dirt. ’Cuz out there in Montana, a Dutton can leave the ranch behind... but trouble rarely returns the favor.

📺 “Fightland” Trailer: Howard Charles Stars as a Former Heavyweight Champion Coming Home Swinging in 50 Cent’s London-Set Crime Series with Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, and Clarke Peters — Premieres Friday, July 31st on STARZ

Rapper-turned-producer 50 Cent takes his brand of hard-hitting crime drama across the pond for a new STARZ series where revenge lands harder than any punch. Howard Charles stars as Duke Kilroy, a British-born heavyweight champion who returns to London after serving several years in prison. Determined to destroy the criminal kingpin he believes ruined his life and killed his brother, Duke infiltrates a cartel where loyalty is fragile, betrayal is everywhere, and every move could be his last. From executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, and also starring Deborah Ayorinde, Nicholas Pinnock, and Clarke Peters, the series suggests that no one ever truly leaves the fight game until the final bell rings.

📺 “The Rapture” Trailer: Ruth Jones Plays a Forensic Psychologist Investigating a Teenage Killer Who Claims She Can Predict the Future in BBC’s Psychological Thriller with India Amarteifio — Coming Soon to BBC

Some warnings sound impossible until they start coming true. Adapted from Liz Jensen’s bestselling novel, this high-stakes British thriller stars Gavin & Stacey’s Ruth Jones as forensic psychologist Gabs Fox, who begins working at a high-security psychiatric hospital and meets Bethany Krall, played by Queen Charlotte’s India Amarteifio, a 17-year-old convicted of murdering her mother who insists she is innocent. As Bethany’s psychic predictions pull Gabs toward a deeper mystery involving the girl’s estranged father and his religious movement, belief becomes its own kind of danger. The question is no longer just what Bethany did or what she knows, but what happens if she is right about the future.

📺 “Diarra From Detroit: Season 2” Trailer: Diarra Kilpatrick’s Chaotic Detroit Mystery Moves to Paramount+ With Murders, Treasure Hunts, and Trouble — Premiering Wednesday, July 29th on Paramount+

Summer plans are overrated when there’s a triple homicide to solve. Series creator/star Diarra Kilpatrick returns as Diarra Brickland, whose attempt to keep things breezy gets derailed by a furniture-recovery job that opens the door to murder, urban legends, gang conflict, a citywide treasure hunt, and a secret society. With Morris Chestnut, Phylicia Rashad, Bryan Terrell Clark, and DomiNque Perry in the mix, Season 2 sends Detroit’s messiest amateur sleuth back undercover. Some people find themselves over the summer; Diarra finds another criminal underworld.

📺 “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy” Trailer: Charlie Brown Helps Snoopy Track Down His Missing Doghouse in Apple TV’s New Peanuts Special — Premiering Friday, July 31st on Apple TV

Home is where the doghouse is. When Snoopy’s beloved little red residence is accidentally sold at a yard sale, Charlie Brown sets out to help his devastated best friend get it back. Directed by Ridd Sorensen and based on Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, this Apple TV special turns a missing house into a sweet reminder that home is built from more than wood, nails, and a really good roof. Even Snoopy knows curb appeal only gets you so far.

📺 “The Apartment Job” Trailer: A Former Gang Boss and an Aspiring Lawyer Try to Rob the System in This New Korean Crime Comedy Series Starring Ji Sung, Ha Yoon-kyoung and Park Byung-eun — Premiering Saturday, July 11th on Netflix

Real estate fraud gets a very messy tenant meeting in this new Korean crime comedy series. Ji Sung stars as a cash-strapped former gang boss who teams up with an aspiring lawyer to steal an apartment complex’s reserve fund, only to stumble into a deeper corruption scheme than either one expected. With Ha Yoon-kyoung and Park Byung-eun co-starring, the scam quickly turns into something bigger, stranger, and harder to walk away from.

📺 “A Shop for Killers: Season 2” Trailer: Kim Hye-jun Reenters the Assassin Underworld to Defend Her Uncle’s Deadly Legacy in This Korean Action Thriller — Premieres Wednesday, July 22nd on Hulu and Disney+

Surviving the shop was only the opening round. Kim Hye-jun returns as Jeong Ji-an, who protected the dangerous operation her uncle left behind but still has assassins chasing her through the shadows. With Lee Dong-wook back as Jeong Jin-man and Hyunri and Masaki Okada joining the cast, Season 2 pulls Ji-an deeper into the killer network she inherited. When the family business is murder, closing up shop is never that easy.

📺 “Though I Am an Inept Villainess” Trailer: A Palace Body-Swap Turns Deadly in Netflix’s Court Fantasy Anime — Streaming Sunday, July 12th on Netflix in Select Regions of Asia

Palace intrigue is rough enough before someone steals your body. This fantasy anime follows Keigetsu and Reirin after a body swap leaves one of them trapped in a beloved noblewoman’s dying body and the other facing punishment for crimes she did not commit. As danger coils beneath the royal court, the two unlikely allies have to untangle betrayal, survival, and identity before the palace finishes the job.

📺 “Smoking Behind the Supermarket With You” Trailer: A Burnt-Out Salaryman Finds an Unexpected Connection During Late-Night Smoke Breaks in Netflix’s Romantic Anime — Streaming Friday, July 10th on Netflix

A cigarette break is supposed to clear the head, not complicate the heart. In this new romantic anime series, burnt-out salaryman Sasaki gets through each day with cigarettes and the smile of supermarket clerk Yamada. Until one evening, a mysterious woman invites him to smoke behind the store. What begins as a quiet escape from work slowly becomes an unexpected connection, giving him something new to look forward to after closing time.

📺 “Black Clover: Season 2” Trailer: Asta and Yuno Return for a New Magical Saga on Their Road to Becoming the Wizard King — Coming to Crunchyroll in October

A new saga begins, but the dream remains the same. In a world ruled by magic, powerless Asta continues wielding his rare Anti-Magic grimoire alongside gifted rival Yuno as both face tougher enemies on their separate paths toward becoming the Wizard King. Based on Yūki Tabata’s manga, this anime fantasy adventure returns with higher stakes, stronger spells, and another reminder that giving up has never been part of Asta’s vocabulary.

📺 “Suikoden: The Anime” Trailer: Two Child Soldiers Are Pulled to Opposite Sides of a War in Konami’s Fantasy Adventure Adaptation — Airing in Japan starting in October

Two boys share the same tent, the same sky, and the same hope of surviving the war together. Lilyu and his closest friend Jowie serve as child soldiers for the powerful Highland Kingdom, believing ordinary life will return once the fighting ends. Instead, destiny grants them extraordinary power and pulls them deeper into a conflict that threatens to divide their friendship and reshape the Dunan region. Based on Konami’s Suikoden II and directed by Yūzō Satō, this anime fantasy saga suggests that protecting everything may require choosing what (and who) you are willing to lose.

📺 “Return to Fox Hollow: New Victims, Darker Secrets” Trailer: Fresh Leads Expose a More Disturbing Chapter in the Fox Hollow Farm Murders — Streaming Wednesday, July 8th on Hulu/Disney+

The case may have gone cold, but Fox Hollow is still giving up its secrets. This true-crime documentary revisits the murders linked to Herb Baumeister as new evidence, additional victims, and previously unheard sources push the investigation in unsettling directions. What once looked like a closed chapter now appears to be only part of a much larger story.

📺 “WWE: Unreal: Season 3” Trailer: John Cena Says Goodbye as WWE’s Next Generation Steps Into the Spotlight — Premieres Tuesday, July 21st on Netflix

The matches may be scripted, but the pressure behind them is very real. Season 3 follows John Cena’s farewell, the return of a fan favorite, and a new generation of WWE Superstars fighting for their place on the card as injuries, creative pivots, and career-defining decisions disrupt the road to WrestleMania 42. With cameras returning to the writers’ room and backstage corridors, this sports documentary series reveals how quickly even the biggest plans can get pinned.

📺 “The Final Problem” Teaser: A Retired Sherlock Holmes Actor Investigates a Murder Among 13 Storm-Trapped Suspects in This Spanish Mystery Series Starring José Coronado — Premiering Friday, September 25th on Netflix

Thirteen guests, one isolated hotel, and a death no one can escape. Set in 1959, this period mystery follows Basil (José Coronado), a retired actor once famous for playing Sherlock Holmes, who puts his old detective instincts to work after a woman’s apparent suicide begins looking like murder. With a storm cutting the island off from the outside world, every guest becomes a suspect and every secret offers another possible motive. Directed by Félix Viscarret and adapted from Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s novel, this locked-room mystery proves that playing a great detective and solving a real crime are two very different games.

📺 “Love in Slow Motion” Trailer: A Best Friend’s Engagement Turns Into a Friend-Zone Wake-Up Call in This Kuwaiti Romantic Comedy Series Starring Nour Al Ghandour and Ali Kakooli — Streaming Thursday, July 23rd on Netflix

Nothing complicates the friend zone quite like an engagement. Egyptian actress Nour Al Ghandour stars as Haya, a chronically single woman who has always kept romance at a safe distance, until her best friend Jawad (Ali Kakooli) announces he is getting married. As familiar feelings begin taking on an entirely new meaning, Haya must decide whether she has missed her chance or finally recognized the love that was beside her all along. Sometimes the heart moves slowly right up until time starts running out.

📺 “Death Inc.: Final Season” Trailer: A Fight Over Leadership Turns Funeral-Home Management Into a Corporate Disaster in This Spanish Workplace Comedy Finale Starring Diego Martín and Carlos Areces — Premiering Friday, August 7th on Netflix

Running a funeral home is hard enough without killing morale. In this six-episode final season, Chemi (Diego Martín) installs himself as Torregrosa’s temporary director, leaving Dámaso (Carlos Areces) torn between sabotage and shameless flattery while waiting for his promised turn. But Chemi’s corporate-minded reforms quickly prove disastrous for the funeral trade. This Spanish workplace comedy prepares to bury itself with one last round of bad decisions before closing its doors for good.

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🎥 “Dune: Part Three” Full Trailer: Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides Faces the Cost of Empire in Denis Villeneuve’s Epic Trilogy Finale With Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa and Many More — In Theaters and IMAX December 18th

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

English historian Lord Acton famously wrote that line, and it’s echoed through countless books, films, and shows ever since. But what does it really mean? One interpretation is that a person who accepts power might as well be signing up for a slow moral corrosion, where every compromise becomes easier, every ruthless decision starts to feel necessary, and every warning sign can be brushed aside in the name of control.

Now enter Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides, a manufactured savior who, despite his attempts to resist prophecy, has become trapped inside the very myth built around him. Old Lord Acton might as well have been foretelling the journey of young Paul Atreides himself.

In the upcoming epic Dune: Part Three, filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s closing chapter of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga follows Paul Atreides as the weight of prophecy, empire, and holy war finally comes due. For those who thought Paul was the hero of this story, sorry to inform you, but he’s been sliding further into the role of tyrant this whole time. And he just might be too far gone to stop.

Set nearly two decades after Paul seized control of the Imperium, Dune: Part Three finds his reign moving into darker, more haunted territory as the universe has been reshaped by his rule, his followers, and the war carried out in his name.

With multiple factions closing in with thoughts of regime change, Paul is forced to confront the empire he built, the enemies he’s made, and the possibility that his rule may have created the very future he once feared: one where he is no longer the savior, but the warning sign of unbelievable destruction.

“You have conquered the galaxy. You’ve destroyed thousands of worlds,” Jason Momoa states in this new full trailer.

Momoa returns as the clone version of the fallen Duncan Idaho, the former swordmaster of House Atreides, who is now sent to Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides as a negotiator with a peace proposal.

“What are your thoughts on that?” Paul asks in earnest.

“I think you’re way beyond redemption,” Duncan replies, landing the kind of blunt judgment Paul probably already knows but still isn’t ready to hear.

This scene, in particular, seems to be the moral center of the film, cutting straight to the question hanging over Paul’s entire reign: can a man still call himself a savior when the universe is drowning in the consequences of his salvation? Or, more simply, can a leader still be considered righteous if his leadership caused so much death, destruction, and suffering in the first place?

Frank Herbert’s Dune book series has always been about why those in power can’t be trusted so blindly or worshipped so easily. And it seems Villeneuve is ready to cap off this three-parter with that very warning front and center.

Zendaya returns as Chani, the Fremen warrior Paul once loved but also lost in his rise to power, along with returning cast members Florence Pugh as Princess Irulan, Javier Bardem as Stilgar, Charlotte Rampling as Reverend Mother Mohiam, and Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck.

Joining the cast for Part 3 is Robert Pattinson as Scytale, a shape-shifting rival who intends to put an end to Paul’s regime. Meanwhile, Anya Taylor-Joy, who was merely teased at the end of Part Two, is back as Paul’s younger sister, Alia Atreides.

Much has been made about Dune: Part Three opening in theaters and IMAX on December 18th, as it is currently set to be released on the same day as Marvel’s highly anticipated Avengers: Doomsday. Can these two behemoths share the same release date without one swallowing the other whole? Will Marvel finally flinch and move to another date? Or are we heading toward the biggest box-office showdown of the year? Well, may the best regime win.

🎥 “Idiots” Trailer: Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Mason Thames Turn a Rehab Transport Job Into a Cross-Country Disaster in Macon Blair’s Off-the-Wall Road Comedy with Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Braun, and Kiernan Shipka — Hitting Theaters August 28th

If you thought the latest Jackass movie was going to be the last time you’d see a bunch of numbskulls on the big screen, think again. ’Cuz Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., and Mason Thames (of The Black Phone and How to Train Your Dragon) are here to prove you don’t need ridiculously dumb stunts, ill-advised pranks, or painful pratfalls to act like jackasses. Sometimes all you need is a destination, a few outrageous obstacles, and three guys who probably should not be trusted with a plan, let alone the same car.

In the upcoming road-trip comedy Idiots, Franco, Jackson Jr., and Thames play said numbskulls, setting out on a cross-country trip that quickly becomes less about getting where they’re going and more about surviving every terrible decision they make along the way.

Franco and Jackson Jr. star as Mark and Davis, two delivery guys who work for a transport service tasked with hauling “rich kids” to a drug rehab facility, making sure their clients actually make it to treatment instead of slipping away for another drug-fueled binge.

Thames plays Sheridan Kimberley, a notorious social media personality who has built a reputation recording his worst behavior and somehow turning every bad impulse into content for his followers. He has also attracted some dangerous attention from people who aren’t exactly thrilled about the idea of him making it to rehab in one piece.

When Mark and Davis are assigned to take Sheridan to treatment, the car trip soon devolves into a rolling disaster of roadside trouble and bad decisions, including unhinged run-ins with a machine-gun-toting Peter Dinklage, a strung-out-looking Nicholas Braun, and a spunky Russian exotic dancer played by none other than Kiernan Shipka. What starts as a simple transport job soon becomes a road trip through the seedy side of middle America, where every gas station, motel room, and backroad detour turns into a new reason to regret taking the job in the first place.

Written and directed by actor-filmmaker Macon Blair, coming off his gonzo, ultra-violent superhero satire remake of The Toxic Avenger starring Peter Dinklage, this looks more in the vein of those dirty, low-rent road comedies where every new stop introduces another weirdo, another horrible life choice, or both.

Originally titled The Shitheads when it debuted earlier this year at Sundance to mostly positive reviews, Idiots has since been picked up by IFC Films and is now slated to open in theaters August 28th. So consider this your reminder that some road trips are less about the destination and more about discovering how many terrible decisions can fit inside one car.

🎥 “The Wrong Girls” Trailer: Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat Get High, Get Psychic, and Get in Trouble in Dylan Meyer’s Wild Stoner Comedy with LaKeith Stanfield, Kate McKinnon, Geena Davis, and Seth Rogen — Hitting Theaters August 14th

There are the right people for the job, and then... there are the wrong ones.

You know the type: absolutely clueless dunces who are nowhere near qualified for the task at hand. Well, meet Frankie and Molly, two best friends who might have just stepped into a situation way beyond their pay grade... and possibly way beyond their combined brainpower.

These bong-hit-loving ladies are The Wrong Girls. And after getting mixed up with experimental psychedelic drugs, they go from harmless slackers to being “special” for reasons they don’t quite understand yet... and might not ever want to, especially once their cat starts talking in a voice that sounds suspiciously like Seth Rogen.

In this throwback stoner comedy that feels like a cross between a brazenly dumb buddy movie and a psychedelic head trip, Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat join forces as Frankie and Molly, two inseparable best friends in Los Angeles barely making ends meet, yet still finding time for a few bong rips as they desperately cook up one get-rich scheme after another.

Their latest money-grab gets them involved with Not-Metal-Head-Dave, played here by LaKeith Stanfield, a mysterious hustler with connections to a new psychedelic designer drug that may be worth a fortune. But when Frankie and Molly decide to ingest a whole vial of this mysterious potion instead of selling it to the highest bidder, they soon find themselves with a briefcase full of bad news and no clear idea what they’ve just done to themselves.

Stranger yet, the girls might have developed telepathic powers and can now hear the thoughts of everyone close to them, including their two cats. Spoiler alert: their cats are not too impressed and have absolutely no faith they will get out of this mess alive.

Former SNL standout Kate McKinnon co-stars as Dr. Olsen, the mad genius behind the experimental drug, who is shocked Frankie and Molly are somehow still alive after drinking enough of the stuff to fry a normal person’s brain twice over. Meanwhile, screen icon Geena Davis appears as a corporate executive looking to monetize the drug, while also being amazed that Frankie and Molly have become accidental test subjects with newly formed special abilities that only mean more trouble for everyone involved.

The film is clearly an ode to old-school stoner comedies, the kind where friendship and drugs are treated less like life choices and more like the beginning of a very stupid vision quest. Picture Anna Faris’s cult slacker comedy Smiley Face injected with a little Beavis and Butt-Head and Pineapple Express.

Speaking of which, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are among the executive producers, working alongside Kristen Stewart, who is deeply involved in producing and writing the project with her spouse, writer-director Dylan Meyer.

Meyer is perhaps best known for co-writing the Amy Poehler-directed Netflix teen comedy Moxie. She makes her feature directorial debut with The Wrong Girls, which also co-stars Tony Hale and Zack Fox, with Seth Rogen as one of the voices of the pet cats.

Looking for a hit of some stoner-comedy nonsense? Well, take a deep breath and get ready to inhale when The Wrong Girls arrives in theaters August 14th.

🎥 “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” 35th Anniversary Trailer: James Cameron’s Sci-Fi Action Classic Returns to Theaters — Back In Theaters August 28th Through September 2nd, via Fathom Ent.

“Come with me if you want to live.”

“Hasta la vista, baby.”

“No problemo.”

“I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.”

Okay, we could go on for hours. But we all know the lines, and we’ve been saying these movie quotes for years. At this point, they’re practically part of the collective vernacular.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day is arguably not only the best film in the franchise, but also considered in some circles to be one of the greatest sequels ever made. And so, for those who weren’t able (or weren’t even born yet) to watch the film when it first hit cinemas 35 years ago, now’s your chance to finally see this sci-fi action landmark the way it was meant to be seen: on the big screen, popcorn in hand, fists raised, screaming, “The future is not set, baby!”

James Cameron’s 1991 classic is set to return to cinemas this summer, both to celebrate the film’s 35th anniversary and to remind us that sequels don’t have to be mere regurgitations of the original story. Sometimes, you can expand the mythology, raise the emotional stakes, and blow the whole thing up on a much bigger scale, where character motives are sharper, the peril feels more personal, and the spectacle actually has weight.

There isn’t enough talk these days about why T2 worked as well as it did. Sure, the original film was made on a much smaller budget and had a lean, stripped-down engine to the story: one unstoppable killing machine, one terrified target, and a future war slowly closing in from the edges.

But the sequel, which came out seven years after the first Terminator movie, was able to expand those ideas while actually progressing the characters’ journeys, particularly Sarah Connor, whose transformation from hunted waitress to hardened survivalist remains one of the most compelling turns in the franchise, powered by an outstanding performance from Linda Hamilton.

And flipping Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 from cold-blooded killing machine into a guardian and unlikely father figure for a teenage, angst-ridden John Connor (Edward Furlong) didn’t just give Arnold room to play a warmer, funnier version of the role. It gave the movie its emotional center, turning what could have easily been a soulless cash grab into one of the rare blockbuster sequels that actually deepens what made the original work in the first place.

For a franchise built on the image of a soulless mechanized killing machine from a dystopian future, T2 is, in a lot of ways, Cameron’s emotional plea to be more human toward each other and to understand the value of humanity before it’s too late. A sentiment that still feels pretty damn relevant these days.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day: 35th Anniversary is scheduled to arrive in theaters August 28th through September 2nd via Fathom Entertainment in the U.S.

Come for the killer cyborgs, but stay for the surprisingly human story underneath all that metal.

“I know now why you cry, but it’s something that I can never do.” See, we can quote this movie all day.

🎥 “Hope” Full Trailers: A Small Korean Town Turns Into Ground Zero in Filmmaker Na Hong-jin’s Korean Alien-Invasion Thriller — Coming to U.S. Theaters on September 9th

If we’ve learned anything from big summer sci-fi movies, it’s that cities like New York and Los Angeles are usually first in line when full-on alien invasions start raining down from the sky.

But why? Wouldn’t an alien attack be more effective if the aliens chose a less obvious target... somewhere smaller, quieter, and far less prepared to deal with an intergalactic threat? Like a small town in South Korea, where the local police force might not be ready for a surprise alien invasion dropping right on their doorstep.

That’s the premise behind Hope, an upcoming Korean sci-fi action thriller that imagines an alien invasion landing far from the usual big-city targets, right in the middle of a quiet South Korean town that has no idea what’s coming.

Hailing from acclaimed Korean filmmaker Na Hong-jin, of the hit 2016 horror thriller The Wailing and the 2008 crime thriller The Chaser, Hope just might be one of this year’s sci-fi breakouts, as it has all the makings of a tightly wound genre piece.

Small-town paranoia? Check. Human desperation? Check. Police officers in way over their heads? Check. Scary tall extraterrestrials arriving to wreak havoc? Big check.

This upcoming Korean alien-monster thriller drops viewers into a remote town already on edge after strange incidents begin spreading fear among the locals. The police chief, played by Hwang Jung-min, initially dismisses it all as nonsense, but as the situation grows more bizarre, he starts to sense that something is truly wrong in his town... and it ain’t just a wild animal loose in the woods.

Sorry, Disclosure Day, but this might be the alien-invasion movie we were waiting for.

Also starring Escape from Mogadishu’s Jo In-sung and Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon as part of the Korean ensemble, the film also includes real-life husband-and-wife duo Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, along with American actors Cameron Britton and Taylor Russell, all of whom reportedly tasked with playing the terrifying aliens through motion-capture performances.

Hope earned rave reviews when it made its world premiere at Cannes back in May. The film will be distributed in the U.S. by NEON starting September 9th, while it is set to open in South Korea this July.

With July now in full effect, the summer calendar is only getting busier and a little harder to sort through. Theaters are still pushing out their big-screen contenders, streaming platforms are stacking up new premieres, VOD has plenty of smaller titles looking for room on your watchlist, and TV isn’t exactly sitting this week out either.

As always, we’ve rounded up what’s arriving over the next few days across theaters, TV, streaming, and VOD. So whether you’re heading out to the movies this weekend to escape the scorching temperatures or staying cool inside with the remote nearby, scroll down and see what catches your eye. This week doesn’t look quite as crowded as previous ones, but there’s still plenty worth keeping on your radar.

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🎥 Moana
(Fri, July 10th — wide release)

The ocean is calling again, and Motunui is making the jump to live action. Newcomer Catherine Lagaʻaia stars as Moana, the young wayfinder whose first voyage beyond the reef sets her on a path toward Maui, with Dwayne Johnson returning as the unruly demigod. Directed by Hamilton’s Thomas Kail, this island adventure brings ancestral navigation, sweeping musical scale, and one giant coconut crab back to the big screen. This time in human form.

🎥 Evil Dead Burn
(Fri, July 10th — wide release)

Death may be permanent, but in this franchise, it’s never quiet. A grieving widow retreats to her late husband’s secluded family home with her in-laws, only to find comfort replaced by Deadite possession, family trauma, and a whole lot of spilled blood. Led by Swiss actress Souheila Yacoub and directed by French horror filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček (Infested), this new chapter drags mourning straight into demonic survival mode. Mourning the dead is hard enough... surviving them is a much bloodier problem.

🎥 Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
(Fri, July 10th — wide release)

Zoey Deutch stars as Gail, a small-town hairdresser whose engagement implodes after her fiancé uses his celebrity hall pass to “cheat” on her, sending her to Los Angeles to even the score with her own celebrity crush: Mad Men’s Jon Hamm. Directed by David Wain and co-starring John Slattery and Hamm as themselves, this oddball comedy turns heartbreak into one very ill-advised hunt through the shallow end of Hollywood. Perhaps, some celebrity crushes are better left hypothetical than actually pursued.

🎥 The Isolate Thief
(Fri, July 10th — limited release)

The frontier gets a bit colder when gold enters the picture. Mackenzie Foy stars as a lone caretaker at an isolated Civil War-era Union outpost whose quiet survival routine explodes after stolen treasure lands in her hands. When outlaws led by Sean Bean secretly targets her, endurance becomes her only weapon. Co-starring Odeya Rush, Jack Kesy, and Joe Pantoliano, this Western thriller turns winter, greed, and isolation into a brutal standoff.

🎥 Crossing
(Fri, July 10th — limited release)

With 400,000 enemy troops closing in, the Red Army is forced into a dangerous river escape. Liu Ye stars as an aging soldier bound by a sacred vow, whose path crosses with a homeless orphan caught in the retreat. Directed by Xu Zhanxiong, this historical epic finds survival, sacrifice, and duty on the same battlefield.

🎥 Remake
(Fri, July 10th — limited release)

Some films become family albums, and some become unfinished conversations. Documentarian Ross McElwee turns forty years of personal filmmaking into a reflective documentary about his son Adrian, who grew up inside his father’s work, became a filmmaker himself, and later died from a fentanyl overdose. Revisiting Adrian’s final footage alongside the stalled fictional adaptation of Sherman’s March, McElwee shapes a tender meditation on grief, memory, and how a father learns to live with what remains.

🎥 Night Nurse
(Fri, July 10th — limited release)

Cemre Paksoy stars as Eleni, a new caregiver at an upscale retirement community who finds herself drawn into a disturbing chain of scam calls aimed at elderly residents. Written, produced, and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Georgia Bernstein, this sexually charged thriller follows Eleni as her connection with the elusive Douglas twists care and concern into something more dangerous.

🎥 Mockbuster
(Fri, July 10th — limited release, also on ✅VOD/Digital)

Low budgets, massive headaches, and no time to blink. Just another day at the studio behind Sharknado. Filmmaker Anthony Frith directs and stars in this behind-the-scenes comedy documentary about his attempt at making a dinosaur-laden mockbuster for The Asylum, the notorious B-movie company that has built an entire cottage industry of blockbuster knockoffs. With only six days to shoot, shrinking resources, and production problems piling up, the real monster may be the schedule itself.

🎥 Rhythm is a Dancer
(Fri, July 10th — limited release; in select theaters)

Writer-director-star Lauren Caster leads this heartfelt indie dramedy as Ro, a struggling dancer and actor who heads home and meets her biological father (Tate Donovan) for the first time. Inspired by Caster’s own life, the film turns one unconventional family story into an emotional look at reconnection, self-discovery, and the messy ways family can find a way to become whole.

🎥 The Floaters
(Fri, July 10th — limited release, in select theaters)

Saving summer camp was never supposed to be part of the plan. GLOW’s Jackie Tohn stars as a struggling musician who takes a last-resort job from her overachieving best friend, helping wrangle a group of misfit campers at the Jewish summer camp where they both grew up. But with the camp’s future at stake and an old rival across the field, getting everyone to care may be the real uphill battle.

🎥 Black Chariot: Restoration
(Fri, July 10th — limited release, in select theaters)

Robert L. Goodwin’s 1971 independent drama returns in a 4K restoration, bringing blaxploitation icon Bernie Casey’s lead acting debut back to theaters after decades of limited visibility. Casey plays a drifter pulled into social awakening, underground resistance, and fractured American memory. Restored by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, this revival gives a nearly forgotten film its road back into view.

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🎥 “Union County” Trailer: Will Poulter Fights for Sobriety and Second Chances in Adam Meeks’ Ohio-Set Recovery Drama with Noah Centineo — Hitting Select Theaters August 14th

The term “world building” gets thrown around a lot in cinema these days, usually as shorthand for any movie that sets up a larger universe, mythology, or franchise structure. But world building doesn’t necessarily have to mean fantasies, far-off planets, or sprawling comic-book universes. Sometimes it can just mean placing actors into real environments and letting them move through them like they actually belong there.

Sometimes the most fascinating “world building” we see in films comes from the little towns, neighborhoods, backroads, diners, bars, and half-forgotten corners of everyday life that don’t usually get treated like cinematic destinations. A movie can really evolve into a fully lived-in world once the actors disappear into the minutiae of ordinary behavior: the small glances, daily routines, arguments, inside jokes, and local customs that make a place feel more concrete than fabricated.

That seems to be the vibe of the upcoming film Union County, a small-town drama starring Will Poulter in what looks like a transformative performance as Cody Parsons, an Ohio man recovering from drug addiction and trying to find his footing after completing a court-mandated rehabilitation program.

Touching on America’s ongoing opioid addiction crisis, the film is written and directed by Ohio-born filmmaker Adam Meeks, making his feature debut after a string of acclaimed short films, including one also titled Union County.

Poulter is joined by Noah Centineo as his brother, Jack Parsons, with both young men navigating sobriety, family pressure, and the long road back from a crisis that has left deep scars across their community.

Featuring many local Ohioans in supporting roles, the film appears to be reaching for a grounded sense of place rather than a polished version of small-town life. And judging by the trailer, it looks less interested in turning addiction into a headline than in capturing the daily texture of recovery. The diners, roads, homes, meetings, silences, and small conversations all become part of a kind of world building that feels quietly welcome.

Annette Deao co-stars as a tireless counselor helping guide Cody toward a sober future, while Elise Kibler, Emily Meade, and Danny Wolohan round out the cast.

Union County opens in select theaters August 14th.

Poulter has always been an actor we have kept an eye on since the days of the ridiculous road comedy We’re the Millers, but between his recent turn in the final season of The Bear and now this, he seems to be entering a more interesting stretch of his career. And now our eyes are locked in, because Union County looks like the kind of grounded character drama that could give him room to show just how much he can do with a nuanced performance stripped down to the bone.

🎥 “Hershey” Trailer: Finn Wittrock and Alexandra Daddario Build a Chocolate Empire in This Biographical Period Drama About Hershey Founder Milton S. Hershey — In Theaters November 25th

If you haven’t heard by now, the United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary this weekend. And nothing says America quite like Hershey, one of the country’s most recognizable brands. So, of course, it’s getting its own movie, which feels very American in its own right. ’Cuz turning a sugary product into big-screen entertainment might be as American as apple pie, baseball, and selling us a dream with a wrapper around it.

Cue the fireworks, people.

In this upcoming biographical drama Hershey, Finn Wittrock stars as Milton S. Hershey, the confectioner who failed more than once before building one of the most recognizable brands in American history. Alexandra Daddario also stars as Catherine “Kitty” Hershey, Milton’s wife and closest ally, in a story that appears to be less interested in chocolate as a product than in the pressure, persistence, and private cost behind the name.

Set around the turn of the 20th century, the film follows Milton as he tries to make chocolate something more than a luxury item. Before Hershey becomes the brand everyone knows, there are failed ventures, family expectations, business rivals, and the constant threat that one more bad decision could melt the whole thing down.

Directed by Mark Waters, best known for Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, and The Spiderwick Chronicles, the film puts a glossy studio-comedy veteran behind a different kind of American origin story. This one has reinvention, branding, marriage, money, idealism, and, naturally... chocolate!

The supporting cast includes Alan Ruck as Henry Hershey, Richard Kind as Joseph Royer, David Costabile as Tobias Thornhill, Heléne Yorke as Margaret, Michael Moreland Milligan as Lebbie, and Francesca Faridany as Veronica “Fanny” Hershey.

Hershey is scheduled to open in theaters November 25th. Come for the chocolate-covered curiosity, but stay for the story of a man who turned failure, ambition, and a very serious sweet tooth into an American institution.

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🎥 “Pan’s Labyrinth: 20th Anniversary” Re-release Trailer: Guillermo del Toro’s Groundbreaking Dark Fairy-Tale Masterpiece Returns to Theaters in 4K and 3D for Its 20th Anniversary — Back In Theaters and in 3D October 9th

Relive the magic and the terror as Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-winning 2006 dark fairy tale returns to theaters this October for its 20th anniversary. A defining work that cemented del Toro as a true visionary, this Spanish-language period fantasy is set in 1944 Spain, in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and follows a young girl (Ivana Baquero) who escapes the cruelty of her fascist stepfather (Sergi López) through a hidden labyrinth and a series of dangerous magical trials. Celebrated for its incredible creature work, make-up effects, and production design, the film still stands as one of del Toro’s signature achievements: a horror-fantasy masterpiece that crawled under your skin and stayed there. This anniversary release brings the film back to theaters in a new 4K restoration, presented in 3D.

🎥 “Akira: 4K Restoration” Re-Release Trailer: Katsuhiro Otomo’s Cyberpunk Anime Landmark Roars Back Into Theaters — Returning September 4th

Neo-Tokyo is calling, and the future still looks dangerous. Katsuhiro Otomo’s landmark anime classic returns to theaters in 4K, bringing Kaneda, Tetsuo, and one of cinema’s most influential cyberpunk nightmares back to the big screen. After a crash pulls Tetsuo into a military experiment and awakens a terrifying new power, Kaneda’s rescue mission spirals into madness, rebellion, and city-shaking destruction. Some masterpieces don’t age. This one just keeps reminding us animation can hit like a bomb.

🎥 “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” Meet Haymitch Promo: Joseph Zada Steps Into the Arena as Panem’s Future Survivor — In Theaters and IMAX November 20th

Before Haymitch Abernathy became District 12’s sharp-tongued mentor, he was just another tribute walking into Panem’s favorite nightmare. Joseph Zada stars in this franchise prequel, which revisits the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell, 24 years before Katniss Everdeen’s story begins. With the odds doubled and the Capitol’s spectacle machine already in full swing, this chapter turns a familiar survivor’s origin story into something crueler, younger, and far less certain.

🎥 “The Odyssey” New Promo and IMAX Featurette: Christopher Nolan Brings Homer’s Mythic Epic to IMAX on a Massive New Scale — In Theaters July 17th

The long road home just got a much bigger canvas. Christopher Nolan brings Homer’s foundational saga to the screen as a globe-spanning mythic action epic shot entirely with IMAX film cameras, following Odysseus through gods, monsters, war, temptation, and the brutal pull of destiny. Matt Damon leads a powerhouse cast that includes Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron. For diehard Nolan fans, this has been marked on the calendar since it was announced... and it’s not hard to see why.

🎥 “Dead Souls” Trailer: Repo Man Filmmaker Alex Cox Takes One Final Ride Into the Weird West With This Offbeat Spaghetti Western Satire — In Select Theaters Now, Expanding to Other Cities Throughout July

Legendary cult filmmaker Alex Cox, best known for ’80s classics like Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, heads west for his supposed final directorial effort, capping off a film career built on punk energy, political bite, and offbeat genre detours. Seemingly an ode to classic spaghetti westerns, Cox also stars as Strindler, a mysterious drifter collecting the names of dead Mexican laborers in an 1890 border town, where his strange mission quickly draws suspicion from locals, cowhands, outlaws, and officials. Loosely adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s novel of the same name, this offbeat western satire turns greed into a crooked American ledger. It’s a fitting swan song for a filmmaker who has always preferred the margins to the mainstream.

🎥 “The Stunt Driver” Teaser Trailer: Jay Baruchel Takes on Ken Carter’s Wild Rocket-Car Dream in Michael Dowse’s True Canadian Underdog Story — Opening in Canadian Theatres September 25th

Sometimes the road to glory needs a ramp. Jay Baruchel stars as Ken Carter, the Canadian stunt-driving legend determined to silence the doubters by launching a rocket car across the St. Lawrence River. Written and directed by Michael Dowse (Fubar, Goon, Take Me Home Tonight), with Ben Foster and Ed Helms riding shotgun in the madness, this mid-’70s underdog tale turns one impossible jump into a battle against fear, failure, and gravity itself.

🎥 “Don’t Look Back In Anger” Teaser: Oasis Returns to the Big Screen with Backstage Access to Their Rock ’n’ Roll Comeback — In Cinemas and IMAX This September

Some reunions come with guitars. Others come with decades of baggage. This documentary takes fans behind the scenes of Oasis’ long-awaited return, promising backstage access to the band’s highly anticipated rock ’n’ roll comeback. Built around the return of one of Britain’s defining bands, the film turns nostalgia, tension, and stadium-sized catharsis into a big-screen event. For Oasis fans, looking back was never really optional.

🎥 “Big Baby” Trailer: A Screenwriter’s Imagination Births a Masked Killer When His New Horror Script Starts Coming True in This Twisty Slasher Film From Spider One — On VOD/Digital August 7th

A new slasher horror executive produced by Cher? Well, if you beeeeelieve in life after love, then you can believe Cher and Chaz Bono have lent their support as executive producers on this new indie slasher thriller from Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One (who also just happens to be Rob Zombie’s brother... horror runs in the family). The rocker-turned-filmmaker returns with his fourth feature, a twisty genre chiller about a writer’s block-plagued screenwriter, played by Brandon Scott, whose disturbing visions of a baby-masked killer begin feeding his latest horror script. But when the murders he imagined start happening for real, his life spirals fast, putting his own loved ones in danger. Also starring Krsy Fox, this looks like a nasty little horror tale about what happens when the monster in your head becomes all too real.

🎥 “Ice Cream Man” New Trailer: Eli Roth Turns a Summer Treat Into Small-Town Horror in His Latest Chiller — In Theaters August 7th

The iceman cometh ... and he ain’t bringing sprinkles. The neighborhood ice cream man has always had horror potential; Eli Roth just decided to make it literal. Written, directed, and co-produced by Roth, this horror romp follows an idyllic summer town as a mysterious vendor starts serving children sweet treats with horrifying consequences. Ari Millen stars as the unsettling figure at the center of it all, turning soft serve into a source of childhood terror.

🎥 “Unholy Night” Teaser Trailer: An Italian Family Christmas Gets Crashed by Killer Revenants in Michael Gabriele’s Holiday Horror Comedy — World Premiering at This Year’s Fantasia

Deck the halls... and hide the bodies. Marc Bendavid stars as Gino, whose traditional Italian family Christmas Eve goes full holiday hell when his long-dead grandmother returns and starts turning dinner into a bloodbath. Written and directed by Michael Gabriele, with Shailene Garnett, Ellen David, Toni Ellwand, and Celia Owen co-starring, this Canadian yuletide horror comedy turns family dysfunction into an undead neighborhood problem. Some relatives bring gifts for Christmas. These ones bring undead mayhem.

🎥 “You’re Dead to Me” Trailer: Senior Year Turns Deadly When a Slasher Crashes Prom Weekend in This New High School Horror Thriller — On VOD/Digital July 7th

Skipping prom for a weekend party sounds like teenage freedom until someone turns up brutally murdered. Directed by Juan Pablo Arias Munoz, this new slasher horror follows three high school seniors trying to enjoy one last escape from parents, school, and responsibility while a serial killer stalks the edges of their future. With Jessica Belkin, Siena Agudong, Ella Anderson, Johanna Braddy, and Denise Richards starring, this gives graduation year one hell of a final exam.

🎥 “The Run” Trailer: Callan Mulvey Smuggles Hope Through a Fertility-Crisis Wasteland in New Dystopian Thriller — In Theaters and on VOD/Digital August 7th

Aussie actor Callan Mulvey (Batman v Superman, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) stars in this dystopian thriller as an aging smuggler trying to finish one last run through a post-pandemic world wrecked by a global fertility crisis. But when a runaway teenager and her baby become the target of ruthless criminals, survival turns into a brutal test of loyalty, morality, and what is still worth protecting. Co-starring Charlotte Maggi and Felix Cameron, this delivery job quickly turns into a fight for the future.

🎥 “Jimmy” New Trailer: KJ Apa Portrays Jimmy Stewart in Upcoming Biopic About the Actor’s Life-Changing Return From World War II — In Theaters November 6th

Before George Bailey found his way back to Bedford Falls, Jimmy Stewart had to find his way back to himself. KJ Apa stars in this true story about the beloved actor’s life-changing turn from Hollywood stardom to World War II service, trading an Academy Award win for combat missions over Europe as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot. After returning home broken and disheartened, Stewart’s path leads to It’s a Wonderful Life and the role that would help define his legacy ... and also renew his faith in the work itself.

🎥 “The Isolate Thief” New Trailer: Mackenzie Foy Guards Stolen Gold From Sean Bean’s Outlaws in This Civil War-Era Western — In Theaters July 10th

Cold weather, stolen gold, and Sean Bean on the warpath? That’s a bad day at the outpost. Mackenzie Foy stars in this Civil War-era Western as a young woman left to guard a remote Union Army outpost when a stash of stolen gold suddenly makes her the target of a vicious outlaw gang. With Odeya Rush, Jack Kesy, Ty Simpkins, Martin Sensmeier, Joe Pantoliano, and Sean Bean rounding out the cast, the film turns one frozen shelter into a deadly game of traps, nerve, and survival. In the middle of war, keeping your head may be worth more than the gold.

🎥 “On a String” Trailer: Writer-Director-Star Isabel Hagen Navigates Odd Gigs, Stranger Lives, and New York’s Classical Music Scene in This Offbeat Indie With Dylan Baker and Eric Bogosian — In Select Theaters September 11th

The freelance musician life already sounds exhausting before strangers start turning every gig into a personal detour. Written, directed by, and starring Isabel Hagen, this offbeat indie follows a Juilliard-trained musician working her way through New York City’s classical scene while living in her oddball family’s apartment. With Dylan Baker, Eric Bogosian, Frederick Weller, and Jamie Lee rounding out the cast, this looks like a sharp, character-driven comedy about art, work, family, and the strange places a paycheck can take you.

🎥 “Gypsy 83: The Director’s Cut” Trailer: Sara Rue and Birkett Turton Hit the Road for Stevie Nicks Salvation in Todd Stephens’ 4K-Restored 2001 Cult Indie Favorite — Opening August 14th at the Quad in NYC and August 21st at the Nuart in Los Angeles

Black eyeliner, big dreams, and a little Stevie Nicks devotion can take you a long way. Sara Rue and Birkett Turton star as Gypsy and Clive, two Sandusky misfits who flee small-town misery for New York’s “Night of 1000 Stevies,” chasing performance, belonging, and the hope that somewhere out there, their people are waiting. Todd Stephens’ queer outsider road movie returns as a 25th anniversary Director’s Cut, restored in 4K and expanded with over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage. Sometimes coming of age means getting in the car, turning up The Cure, and finding your witchy little corner of the world.

🎥 “Splash City” Trailer: Two Brothers Fight for Survival on the Streets of San Francisco in This Crime Thriller Starring Reed Shannon and Zach Sowers — In Select Theaters July 20th

Brotherhood gets tested when the streets start pulling them apart. Juju and Slim are two brothers trying to survive in San Francisco, only to find themselves heading down opposite paths. Basketball offers one of them a possible way out, while the other is drawn deeper into a world of smash-and-grab robberies. Directed by Alex Ferrufino and Gilbert Anthony Milam Jr. and starring Reed Shannon, Zach Sowers, TJ Atoms, and Hazel Green, this crime thriller looks at loyalty, betrayal, and the kind of street pressure that can swallow a family whole and leave nothing but damage behind.

🎥 “Les Misérables” Teaser Trailer: Vincent Lindon Stars as Jean Valjean in This French Epic New Take on Victor Hugo’s Classic — In French Cinemas October 14th

Redemption rarely arrives quietly, especially in revolutionary France. French star Vincent Lindon (Titane, The Quiet Son) takes on the iconic role of Jean Valjean, a man hardened by 19 years in prison who tries to rebuild his life under a new identity, only to be pulled back into danger after promising the dying Fantine that he will protect her daughter Cosette. Directed by Fred Cavayé and co-starring Tahar Rahim, Camille Cottin, Benjamin Lavernhe, Noémie Merlant, Vassili Schneider, Megan Northam, Marie Colomb, and Louis Peres, this sweeping adaptation sends Hugo’s tale of justice, mercy, and sacrifice back into the streets.

🎥 “Robert Richardson: The White Devil” Trailer: New Film-Lover Documentary Explores the Visionary Eye of Celebrated Cinematographer Robert Richardson — Coming Soon

Some artists don’t just light a scene. They chase the impossible until it finally looks real. Directed by Jana Hojdová, this feature documentary turns its lens on celebrated cinematographer Robert Richardson, exploring a life built around cinema, obsession, and the nerve it takes to follow a dream no one else can quite see. Featuring Richardson alongside Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Kate Hudson, and more, the film looks at the passion behind the image. Every great shot starts with a cinematographer willing to see what isn’t there yet. And Richardson might be one of the rare ones who can see it clearly before the rest of us even know where to look.

🎥 “A Toxic Love Story” Trailer: Netflix’s New True Crime Doc Digs Into a Twisted Suburban Scandal Where Victim and Villain Keep Shifting — Premiering July 22nd on Netflix

A threatening email scandal, an arrest, and a glamorous California suburb are only the starting points here. Directed by Alexandra Lacey, this Netflix true-crime documentary examines a case involving a husband, his new wife, and his ex-wife, where the truth gets buried under deception, betrayal, and competing versions of victimhood. The deeper the investigation goes, the less certain anyone looks innocent.

🎥 “Black Chariot: Restoration” Trailer: Robert L. Goodwin’s Long-Underseen 1971 Independent Film Returns in 4K, Featuring Bernie Casey’s Lead Acting Debut — In Select Theaters July 10th

Some films don’t disappear because they lack power; sometimes they simply never get the audience they deserved. Written, produced, and directed by Robert L. Goodwin, this nearly forgotten 1971 independent film stars legendary football player-turned-blaxploitation icon Bernie Casey in his lead acting debut. He plays a drifter pulled into a story of social awakening, underground resistance, and fractured American memory. Now restored in 4K by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture, this long-underseen film finally gets a new path back to the screen.

🎥 “The Abominable Snowman: 4K Restoration” Trailer: Peter Cushing Goes Looking for the Yeti in Hammer’s Long-Overdue Restoration of Its 1957 Himalayas Horror Classic — Available to Pre-Order from Hammer Films

Iconic actor Peter Cushing stars in this chilly Hammer fantasy-horror tale as Dr. Rollason, a scientist whose Himalayan expedition crosses paths with another team far more interested in exploiting the legendary Yeti than understanding it. Directed by Val Guest and written by Quatermass creator Nigel Kneale, this 4K restoration brings one of Hammer’s moodiest, most quietly thoughtful creature features back into sharper view.

🎥 “The Passion of the Christ” Re-release Trailer: Mel Gibson’s Biblical Epic Returns to Theaters in 4K with a Sneak Peek at the Follow-Up — In Theaters September 10th thru 17th

Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical epic comes back to theaters newly remastered in 4K, revisiting Jim Caviezel’s portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth through his trial, crucifixion, and resurrection. The event will also include a behind-the-scenes sneak peek at The Resurrection of the Christ: Part One, linking one landmark faith-based film to its long-awaited continuation.

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📺 “Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi” Trailer: Kara Continues Her Anime Jedi Journey in Lucasfilm and Production I.G’s New Limited Anime Series — Streaming Wednesday, August 5th on Disney+/Hulu

Whatever you make of Star Wars these days, whether the recent projects have worn you down or you’re still curious about where the franchise goes next, some would probably agree that one of Lucasfilm’s clearest bright spots has been its move into anime.

In a lot of ways, it feels like a natural progression. After all, Star Wars has always lived somewhere between science-fiction fables, space westerns, samurai lore, pulp adventure, and operatic fantasy, which makes it surprisingly well suited to the style, gestures, and visual energy that anime is known for.

A prime example is The Ninth Jedi, the standout short from Star Wars: Visions Volume 1, and its follow-up, The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope. Written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, with the follow-up written and directed by Naoyoshi Shiotani, these stories do not simply remix George Lucas’s familiar space-opera ingredients. They give Star Wars a looser, more adventurous pulse; a much-needed flair and visual personality that feels distinct and refreshingly removed from the more over-managed shape of recent Star Wars projects, many of which have unfortunately lacked any real originality.

Now Lucasfilm and Japanese anime studio Production I.G. are building that story out into its own limited series, Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi.

Set in the distant future, long after the Empire and the Rebel Alliance, the series follows Lah Kara after the Jedi and Sith have faded into legend. Kara, the daughter of legendary sabersmith Lah Zhima, joins a small fellowship of Jedi-in-training as she searches for her missing father and tries to stay ahead of dangerous Jedi Hunters.

Zhima is not just a father in need of rescue. As the only known sabersmith in the galaxy, he carries the key to something much larger: the return of the Jedi not as a memory, but as a living force again.

The series is directed by Shunsuke Tada and written by Mitsuyasu Sakai, with Kenji Kamiyama serving as supervising director. Returning English voice cast members include Kimiko Glenn as Lah Kara, Andrew Kishino as Juro, Masi Oka as Ethan, Patrick Seitz as Homen, JP Karliak as Gramps, Simu Liu as Lah Zhima, and Neil Kaplan as The Narrator.

Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi is due to premiere Wednesday, August 5th on Disney+ and Hulu.

📺 “The Bombing of Pan Am 103” Trailer: Connor Swindells, Peter Mullan, Eddie Marsan, Patrick J. Adams, and Merritt Wever Star in Netflix’s Six-Part British Miniseries Tracing the Grief, Outrage, and Search for Justice After the 1988 Lockerbie Attack — Premiering Thursday, July 30th on Netflix

For those who still remember classic network TV miniseries from the ’80s and ’90s, you’ll understand that some of the best ones were built around true-life tragedies. The TV movie of the week. The ripped-from-the-headlines event drama. We suppose their popularity derived from the emotional weight of these stories, which made for compelling dramatic material while also giving viewers a fuller view of what happened, who was affected, and how communities reacted.

Well, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, Netflix’s latest limited series, could technically be considered true crime, and yes, it does center on an investigation. But in spirit, it feels much closer to the miniseries of yesteryear: a wide-reaching dramatization of a real-world tragedy, one that seems less interested in sensationalizing the case than in tracing the grief, outrage, and long search for accountability that followed.

Featuring a strong ensemble cast led by Sex Education’s Connor Swindells, Suits star Patrick J. Adams, Emmy winner Merritt Wever, I Swear’s Peter Mullan, along with Eddie Marsan, Tony Curran, Nicholas Gleaves, and Grey’s Anatomy’s Kevin McKidd, this six-part limited series revisits the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.

Considered one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in U.K. history, the airplane bombing killed 270 people and left families across several countries searching for answers. From there, the drama follows the investigation that grew out of the disaster, beginning with the first work on the ground in Scotland before expanding into a wider international effort to identify who was responsible.

The series follows investigators, officials, and family members pulled into the same tragedy from very different sides, including the families living with the loss, the pressure on Scottish police and U.S. law enforcement, and the slow, often frustrating process of turning wreckage, testimony, and political pressure into a viable case for prosecution.

Created and written by British writer Jonathan Lee and directed by Michael Keillor (Line of Duty, Mr Selfridge), The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is seemingly a docudrama throwback that tells a historical crime story through the investigation itself, but also through the many officials, investigators, and grieving families who had to sift through the noise and confusion in search of answers.

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 premieres Thursday, July 30th, on Netflix.

Side note: the same tragedy was also dramatized in Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, the five-part Peacock series starring Colin Firth as Dr. Jim Swire, a father seeking accountability after his daughter’s death. That series premiered January 2, 2025, and is currently available to stream on Peacock.

📺 “The Greatest” First Look Teaser: Muhammad Ali’s Life Enters the Ring in Prime Video’s First Authorized Scripted Series About the Boxing Icon — Premiering November 4th on Prime Video

Jaalen Best stars as Muhammad Ali in this upcoming scripted series exploring the champion’s rise, battles, beliefs, and larger-than-life presence inside and outside the ring. Executive produced by Ali’s wife, Lonnie Ali, the series goes beyond the victories and defeats to look at the man who became a global icon without ever letting the world tell him who to be. Some fighters simply win titles; Ali changed the entire landscape of the sport.

📺 “Colin From Accounts: Season 3” Trailer: Australia’s Beloved Rom-Com Returns as Ashley and Gordon Face the Next Chapter Together — Premiering Monday, July 27th on Australia’s BINGE

Ashley and Gordon are back, and life doesn’t appear to be getting any less complicated. Aussie actors Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer return as the lovable, imperfect couple whose relationship began with an injured dog and an unlikely meet-cute. Created and written by the real-life husband-and-wife duo, this award-winning Australian romantic dramedy continues balancing heartfelt romance with awkward humor as its two leads navigate love, commitment, and whatever fresh surprises await them in Sydney.

📺 “Ms. X” Trailer: Melissa George’s Desperate Housewife Stumbles Into a Criminal Underworld in This Dark Australian Drama Series with Dean O’Gorman — Premieres in Australia on BINGE Tuesday, June 30th

What begins as a plan to scare a cheating husband quickly spirals into something far more dangerous in this offbeat Aussie drama series. Melissa George (The Slap) stars as suburban mother Mia, who teams up with an old high school friend (played by The Almighty Johnsons’s Dean O’Gorman) to teach her husband a lesson, only to find herself caught between the police, a ruthless cartel, and an increasingly hostile PTA. Created by Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, this crime drama mixes domestic chaos with escalating criminal consequences in ways that look equal parts tense and darkly funny.

📺 “Baywatch” Sneak Peek Teaser: Stephen Amell Leads Fox’s Sun-Soaked Lifeguard Reboot with a New Generation Protecting the Shoreline — Premieres January on Fox

The red swimsuits are back, but this new Baywatch is bringing a fresh crew to the sand. Stephen Amell stars as Hobie Buchannon, now a Baywatch captain following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Mitch, only for his life to get complicated when his daughter arrives ready to carry on the family legacy. Jessica Belkin, Hassie Harrison, Shay Mitchell, Thaddeus LaGrone, Noah Beck, and Brooks Nader join the cast, with Livvy Dunne making her acting debut and David Chokachi returning as Cody Madison. McG directs the premiere, while Burn Notice creator Matt Nix serves as showrunner for this Fox reboot.

📺 “Ann Droid” Trailer: Diane Morgan Becomes Sue Johnston’s Overly Attentive Robot Carer in BBC’s Near-Future Comedy — Premiering Friday, July 17th in the U.K. on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

A second-hand robot carer is not exactly the retirement gift anyone dreams about. Set in 2029, this six-part BBC comedy stars veteran British TV actress Sue Johnston (The Royle Family, Downton Abbey) as Sue, a recently widowed pensioner whose son leaves her in the care of Linda, a socially awkward “AnnDroid” eldercare robot played by comedienne Diane Morgan (Mandy). Created by Morgan and Sarah Kendall, the series turns a sharp AI premise into a story about loneliness, independence, family guilt, and the strange comfort of bad technology.

📺 “The Undeclared War: Season 2” Trailer: Simon Pegg and Hannah Khalique-Brown Return to GCHQ as Channel 4’s Cyber-Thriller Raises the Digital Stakes — Coming Soon in the U.K. to Channel 4

The cyberwar is far from over. Set in 2024, the second season of this British thriller brings the Malware Department at GCHQ back into crisis mode after a devastating Russian cyber-attack leaves the UK scrambling for control. Simon Pegg returns as Danny Patrick, Hannah Khalique-Brown returns as young coder Saara Parvin, and Siân Brooke joins as Barbara Patrick, an ex-MI6 analyst now working inside GCHQ. Written by Colin Teevan and directed across all six episodes by Paul McGuigan, the new season pushes the team toward a more dangerous threat hiding behind the attack’s aftermath.

📺 “Neuromancer” New Sneak Peek Teaser: William Gibson’s Cyberpunk Classic Finally Reaches the Screen in This Long-Awaited Sci-Fi Series — Coming Soon on Apple TV

More than four decades after William Gibson helped define cyberpunk, his ground-breaking sci-fi novel is finally making the leap to live action. Callum Turner stars as washed-up hacker Case, who is pulled into one last impossible job alongside Briana Middleton’s deadly cybernetic assassin Molly. Developed by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, with Mark Strong, Clémence Poésy, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Laird, and Joseph Lee rounding out the cast, this adaptation looks ready to dive headfirst into a future world of rogue A.I., corporate conspiracies, and digital ghosts.

📺 “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2” Teaser: A New Standalone Anime Series Returns to Night City for Another Brutal Tale of Revenge and Redemption — Streaming This Fall on Netflix

Night City is ready to create another legend. This standalone 10-episode story returns to the world of Cyberpunk 2077 with an entirely new cast of characters navigating a future driven by violence, ambition, and survival. Centered on themes of revenge and redemption, the anime looks set to expand the franchise’s dystopian universe while asking how far someone will go to leave their mark on a world obsessed with neon-tinted spectacle.

📺 “Fool Night” Teaser: A Sunless Future Pushes Humanity Toward a Strange New Form of Survival in This New Sci-Fi Anime Series — Streaming Worldwide in 2026 on Netflix

In a future starved of sunlight, warmth, and oxygen, humanity survives through Transfloration, a grim technology that turns dying people into plant life. Based on Kasumi Yasuda’s acclaimed manga, this new series follows Toshiro Kamiya, a poor young man crushed by taxes, survival, and caring for his mentally ill mother, until despair pushes him toward becoming a “Spiriflor.” Directed by Atsushi Yukawa, with series composition by Jin Tanaka and character design by Robert Sato, this Netflix anime marks the first collaboration between anime studios Sunrise and SHAFT, which is already enough to make this one worth watching closely.

📺 “The Ghost in the Shell” Trailer: This New Anime Series Reimagines Shirow Masamune’s Cyberpunk Landmark Saga of Cyborgs, Hackers, and High-Tech Crime — Streaming Tuesday, July 7th on Prime Video

One of anime’s defining cyberpunk worlds is getting a bold new interpretation. Based on Shirow Masamune’s landmark manga, The Ghost in the Shell follows full-body cyborg Motoko Kusanagi as she helps establish Public Security Section 9 while pursuing the elusive hacker known as the Puppet Master. Directed by Mokochan and produced by Science SARU, the series promises a visually striking return to the franchise’s philosophical blend of technology, phantom hackers, and high-stakes cybercrime.

📺 “STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 2nd STAGE” Trailer: Johnny Joestar and Gyro Zeppeli Ride Into the Devil’s Palm as Netflix’s Anime Saga Continues — Streaming Friday, September 25th on Netflix

The race across America is starting to look less like a sporting event and more like a supernatural trap. Set in 1890, Netflix’s anime adaptation follows former jockey Johnny Joestar and outlaw Gyro Zeppeli as they push deeper into the Steel Ball Run, a brutal cross-continent horse race with a $50 million prize and far stranger forces moving underneath it. The 2nd STAGE sends them across a 750-mile desert stretch haunted by the feared Devil’s Palm, while new players like Mountain Tim, Hot Pants, and Funny Valentine enter the ride.

📺 “The East Palace” Trailer: Ghosts, Royal Secrets, and a Cursed Palace Fuel Netflix’s Korean Fantasy Mystery — Premiering Friday, July 17th on Netflix

A feared ghost-slayer and a court lady who can hear the voices of the dead are forced into an uneasy alliance when supernatural forces begin haunting the royal palace. Nam Joo-hyuk, Roh Yoon-seo, and Cho Seung-woo lead this dark fantasy mystery as they unravel ancient secrets hidden behind the kingdom’s walls. Blending palace intrigue, folklore, and spectral horror, this Korean series looks poised to deliver a haunting mix of mystery and historical fantasy.

📺 “The Doll” Trailer: A Polish Literary Classic Becomes a Story of Desire, Wealth, and Obsession in This Titillating Period Miniseries — Premiering Wednesday, September 16th on Netflix

Love, ambition, and social status become a dangerous combination in this new adaptation of one of Poland’s most celebrated novels. Tomasz Schuchardt and Sandra Drzymalska lead the six-episode drama as two people drawn together despite the rigid barriers separating their worlds, while obsession and wealth steadily reshape their lives. Directed by Paweł Maślona, the series explores class, desire, and freedom against the backdrop of a society struggling to evolve.

📺 “The Bad Guy” Trailer: A Wrongfully Convicted Prosecutor Reinvents Himself to Take Down the Mafia From Within In This Italian Crime Series — Streaming Tuesday, July 7th on The Network App

Justice takes a back seat when revenge becomes the only path forward. Luigi Lo Cascio stars as a Sicilian prosecutor whose life is destroyed after he’s falsely accused of Mafia ties and sent to prison, prompting him to assume a dangerous new identity to strike back at those who betrayed him. Directed by Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe G. Stasi, this Italian crime drama turns one man’s search for redemption into a calculated war against organized crime.

📺 “Average Joe: Season 2” Teaser: Deon Cole Returns to Take His Family’s Mob Problems From Pittsburgh to South Africa — Streaming Wednesday, August 19th on Paramount+

Joe’s ordinary life keeps drifting further from ordinary. Deon Cole returns as the plumber whose family’s ties to the Russian mob spark another dangerous adventure, this time stretching from Pittsburgh to Cape Town as new enemies and buried secrets emerge. Blending action, comedy, and crime, the second season raises the stakes with an international chase where every decision could prove costly.

📺 “Diarra From Detroit: Season 2” Teaser: Another Detroit Mystery Pulls Diarra Into Murder, Treasure Hunts, and Secret Societies in This Chicago-set Series From Creator and Star Diarra Kilpatrick — Coming Soon to Paramount+

Diarra Brickland just wanted a carefree summer, but trouble has other plans. Creator and star Diarra Kilpatrick returns for another offbeat mystery that begins with a furniture recovery job before spiraling into homicide investigations, urban legends, and hidden conspiracies beneath Detroit. Mixing comedy, crime, and unpredictable twists, the new season promises another wildly entertaining ride through the city’s stranger corners.

📺 “Camp Rock 3” Teaser: A New Generation Competes for the Spotlight as the Jonas Brothers Return to Camp — Debuts Thursday, August 13th on Disney Channel; Streaming Next Day Friday, August 14th on Disney+

Returning to the place where their journey began, Connect 3 heads back to Camp Rock in search of the next act to join them on tour, turning the beloved music camp into a stage where ambition, talent, and friendship are all put to the test. As campers including Sage, Desi, Rosie, and others chase the coveted opportunity, rivalries intensify, romances blossom, and every performance carries a little more weight. Directed by Veronica Rodriguez and featuring Everett Andres, Orlando Lucas, Lumi Pollack, Ava Jean, Ella Lucas, Brooklynn Pitts, Liamani Segura, Casey Trotter, Hudson Stone, and the Jonas Brothers, this musical sequel aims to introduce a new generation of rising stars while celebrating the spirit that made the original music films fan favorites.

📺 “Das Boot: Season 2” Trailer: The German WWII Drama Surfaces in the U.S. with a Never-Before-Seen Season on MHz Choice — Premieres Tuesday, August 4th in the U.S. on MHz Choice

The pressure of war spreads far beyond the U-boat in Season 2 of the German WWII drama expands its story across two continents. Klaus Hoffman lands in New York and finds himself caught inside the American system, while the series continues weaving espionage, resistance, military duty, and survival into one tense wartime drama. Franz Dinda, Tom Wlaschiha, Rick Okon, Rainer Bock, Fleur Geffrier, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Kartheiser, and Lizzy Caplan star in the eight-episode season, created and written by Tony Saint and Johannes Betz.

📺 “Impractical Jokers: Season 13” Trailer: Sal, Q, and Murr Return with More Painfully Awkward Dares and Celebrity-Fueled Punishments — Premieres Thursday, July 23rd on TBS

More than a decade in, this long-running prank-laded reality comedy series is still finding new ways to make its stars squirm in public. Season 13 sends Sal, Q, and Murr back into the wild for another round of outrageous challenges where refusing a dare is never an option, and the loser faces an over-the-top punishment with help from celebrity guests.

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🎥 “Colony” Trailer: Train to Busan Director Yeon Sang-ho Turns a Sealed Outbreak Facility Into a Mutating Zombie Pressure Cooker in New Korean Horror Action-Thriller — Arriving in U.S. Theaters August 28th

Since the days of George A. Romero’s groundbreaking Night of the Living Dead film series, the mere lumbering presence of flesh-eating zombies was enough to send chills down one’s spine. Arms stretched. Gaunt faces. The slow terror of a room filling with soulless ghouls. Scary stuff. But modern audiences are looking for something faster, meaner, and a little more relentless.

Enter prolific Korean filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho, the artist behind the modern horror classic Train to Busan and its explosive sequel Peninsula. If anyone understands how to turn zombie mayhem into a pressure-cooker survival story, it’s Yeon, whose films have always treated the undead less like simple monsters and more like a force that exposes panic, pure terror, unbearable sacrifice, and whatever humanity has left as society falls apart by the second.

And after spending the last couple of years creating, producing, and directing a handful of successful supernatural horror series for Netflix, including Hellbound and Parasyte: The Grey, Yeon returns to the zombie genre. Technically, you could argue this is more of a virus outbreak that turns people into rage-fueled monsters, but at a certain point, that feels like splitting hairs.

In Yeon’s upcoming hyper-kinetic horror thriller Colony, the infection isn’t just spreading. It’s adapting.

Gianna Jun stars as Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor trapped inside a sealed conference facility after a mutating virus turns a scientific gathering into a fight for survival. As quarantine walls become a cage with no exit, Young-chul (Koo Kyo-hwan) may hold the key to the outbreak, while Hyun-seok (Ji Chang-wook) risks everything to protect his sister Hyun-hee (Kim Shin-rok).

Outside the lockdown, Seol-hee (Shin Hyun-been) races to understand a threat that is becoming more organized by the hour, with Go Soo rounding out the ensemble as another desperate player caught inside the crisis.

In other words: being stuck in a locked environment surrounded by infected bodies that sprint, scamper, and crawl with terrifying speed is downright horrifying. Sure, the old image of heavy-footed zombies stumbling toward their next meal is still nightmare-inducing, but these infected seem built for something more vicious, more coordinated, and much harder to escape.

For Yeon, Colony sounds like a natural extension of the territory that made him a major international genre filmmaker. Train to Busan turned a speeding train into a diabolical battleground. Peninsula expanded the outbreak into a post-collapse action world. Here, Yeon appears to tighten the walls again, trapping science and survival instinct inside one sealed facility where the infected may be evolving faster than the people trying to contain them.

The most unnerving part of it all? Most zombie thrillers are about surviving long enough to stay ahead of the horde. But what if the horde is already in the room, and they’re not just chasing anymore? What if they’re learning?

Colony opens in U.S. theaters August 28th. Quick warning: a dinner-and-movie night might be out of the question, as this looks like the kind of flesh-crawling outbreak thriller that could ruin your appetite before the opening credits are even over.

🎥 “Her Private Hell” New Trailer: Nicolas Winding Refn Sends Sophie Thatcher Into a Neon-Hazed Fever Dream with Charles Melton — Hitting Theaters July 24th

We come to find that there are two types of people: those who absolutely adore the films of Nicolas Winding Refn, and those who think they’re all style, no substance. To put it in blunt terms, there are defenders who see Refn as a visionary provocateur whose films are meant to elicit a certain mood, reaction, and almost hypnotic discomfort, while critics see him as a pretentious filmmaker so obsessed with image and neon-drenched cool that the story sometimes gets lost in the glimmering glow.

Well, let’s propose a third option and agree that Nicolas Winding Refn is a pretentious provocateur whose stories are often thin by design, but whose films can still be mesmerizing when the mood, imagery, and music all lock into place. And while we can agree Refn isn’t making films for the masses, there’s something undeniably fascinating about watching a filmmaker commit so fully to his own strange, stylish, self-serious wavelength. Hell, we’d rather watch one of his creative failures than sit through another piece of studio-backed IP slop.

Following its world premiere last month at Cannes, Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film, Her Private Hell, didn’t receive the warmest response from critics. It’s another divisive effort from a filmmaker who has never seemed particularly interested in meeting audiences halfway, and depending on where you stand with Refn, that’s either part of the appeal or exactly the problem. But we can all agree, the imagery is impossible to ignore.

And from the look of this new trailer, Refn’s vision is as hypnotically stylized as ever before, like a neon-hazed dream where danger moves slowly and beauty feels poisonous.

In Her Private Hell, Sophie Thatcher stars as Elle, a troubled young woman searching for her missing father as a mysterious mist spreads through a Blade Runner-tinged futuristic metropolis. But this is not just bad weather. The fog releases an elusive and deadly presence, transforming the urban landscape into something strange, hostile, and increasingly unreal.

Charles Melton co-stars as Private K, an American GI trying to rescue his daughter from Hell. As his mission crosses paths with Elle’s search, the film appears to blur trauma, violence, and myth into one of Refn’s signature fever-dream scenarios, where dream logic becomes its own kind of Hell trap.

The cast also includes Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth, Diego Calva, Dougray Scott, Shioli Kutsuna, Aoi Yamada, Hidetoshi Nishijima, and Parker Sawyers.

Refn directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Esti Giordani, a New York Puerto Rican writer who worked on the queer-driven Mexican-American East LA series Vida.

Working the lens, and seemingly giving the film its sleek, otherworldly glow, is Danish cinematographer Magnus Nordenhof Jonck, who previously collaborated with Refn on the limited series Copenhagen Cowboy.

A sci-fi horror film about mist, missing loved ones, and a city turning into a neon underworld is not exactly built for quiet realism. But that sounds exactly like the kind of film Nicolas Winding Refn would make. And honestly, we’re curious to see just how far down the glow-drenched rabbit hole he goes this time.

Her Private Hell opens in U.S. cinemas on July 24th. NEON will distribute the film in the United States, while MUBI handles the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Latin America.

🎥 “Werwulf” Trailer: Filmmaker Robert Eggers Digs Into Ancient Lycanthrope Terror in a Medieval Werewolf Horror Tale Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, and Willem Dafoe — Opening December 25th

In modern horror, the werewolf has become a symbol of man’s inability to contain violence: a beast waiting dormant beneath the skin until the right moment comes to tear its way out. There have also been other interesting takes on what the werewolf can represent: repressed desire, toxic masculinity, addiction, rage, trauma, or the terrifying realization that the monster isn’t outside of us, but buried within all of us.

Robert Eggers, a filmmaker known for his obsessive research and deep interest in the granular details of mythology and folklore, feels almost too perfectly suited for a new werewolf movie. But don’t go thinking this will be another typical full-moon monster romp with silver bullets, torn shirts, and hairy transformation scenes.

It seems Eggers is more preoccupied with exploring ancient lycanthrope mythology, where transformation is treated less like a monster-movie gimmick and more like a curse, a penance, and maybe even a spiritual punishment for one to endure. Which certainly tracks for Eggers, who has always been drawn to religious themes and Puritan horror, where old-world superstition becomes a way of understanding sin and suffering. And the terrifying idea that the body and soul can both be corrupted by forces no one fully understands just might be what Eggers is going for here.

The premise for Eggers’ latest folklore horror Werwulf seemingly fits cleanly into his wheelhouse: a medieval community is shaken by reports of a mysterious creature stalking the countryside. Whether the threat is an animal, a curse, a punishment, or something older and harder to explain, the villagers are forced to confront the possibility that an ancient myth has taken physical form.

Rather than treating the werewolf as simple beast-on-the-loose spectacle, Werwulf appears to lean into old-world paranoia, religious fear, and the brutal uncertainty of a superstitious era.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, having just worked with Eggers on Nosferatu, now leads the cast as a 13th-century villager cursed with a darkness that forces him to endure a painful transformation, putting everyone he loves in deep jeopardy. Lily-Rose Depp, another Nosferatu alum, plays Taylor-Johnson’s wife, while Willem Dafoe, an Eggers regular, takes on the role of a village elder who believes he can harness this power for his own mysterious purpose.

They are joined by Ralph Ineson, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Jack Morris, Jan Bijvoet, and Ritchi Edwards.

For Eggers fans, the presence of Dafoe and Ineson alone should raise an eyebrow, since both actors have already proven how well they fit inside his strange, superstitious, weather-beaten worlds of fear and folklore.

Eggers directs from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sjón, who previously collaborated with him on The Northman. Jarin Blaschke, Eggers’ longtime cinematographer, also returns, suggesting the film will likely carry that same textured, candlelit intensity and carefully controlled visual language that has defined much of the director’s work. It’s a look they have sharpened across four feature films, starting as an homage to silent-era expressionism and Eastern European horror before evolving into something that now feels unmistakably their own.

A werewolf story from Eggers does not sound like a clean creature thriller. It sounds like something more primal: mud, blood, prayer, suspicion, and a community slowly discovering that the monster outside may not be the only thing worth fearing. Color us very excited.

Werwulf opens on December 25th.

🎥 “The Devil’s Mouth” Trailer: Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor Get Trapped in an Underwater Cave System with a Hungry Shark in This Cave-Diving Horror Thriller — Premiering July 29th on Prime Video

There are plenty of bad places to get lost. A remote underwater cave system has to be near the top of the list. Look, when Westerners travel east for a little vacation time, it’s always best to know what they’re getting into before signing up for the kind of “once-in-a-lifetime adventure” that might end with them becoming part of the local cautionary tale.

In this case, getting lost and stuck inside an underwater cave system is bad enough. But realizing no one is coming for you, while a predatory shark circles somewhere in the dark, takes the whole “vacation gone wrong” scenario to a much nastier place.

That’s the immediate hook behind The Devil’s Mouth, a new horror thriller from director Jeff Wadlow, of Imaginary and Truth or Dare fame, that turns a scenic coastal adventure into a claustrophobic fight for survival.

Starring Ready or Not 2’s Kathryn Newton, To All the Boys’s Lana Condor, along with Nico Hiraga, Gavin Casalegno, Tommi Rose, and The White Lotus: Season 3’s Tayme Thapthimthong, the film follows five friends traveling along Thailand’s coast, looking for one final thrill before life in the real world pulls them in different directions. Their choice: a guided swim through a remote cave system known as The Devil’s Mouth, a natural wonder that looks breathtaking from the outside but quickly proves far less forgiving once they’re deep inside.

Then the situation takes a nasty turn.

A freak storm the week before has flooded the caves with sea life. Most of those creatures died in the fresh water. But something survived, and now it’s hunting them through the narrow waterways. And it’s hungry.

Shark thrillers tend to work best when the geography feels impossible and the characters have no clean way out. The Devil’s Mouth seems built around exactly that kind of pressure, where fear and exhaustion become just as dangerous as the thing waiting in the dark.

Paradise just got a whole lot less relaxing. Some vacations end with a tan. This one looks like it ends with a bite.

The Devil’s Mouth is slated to premiere on Prime Video starting July 29th.

🎥 “The Love Hypothesis” Teaser: Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman Put Fake Dating to the Test in Prime Video’s New Rom-Com — Premiering September 23rd on Prime Video

Love and science don’t seem like the most natural bedfellows, but in order to fall in love, one must first find that spark. And if romantic comedies have taught us anything, it’s that chemistry is a lot harder to control when actual emotions start messing with the experiment.

Based on Ali Hazelwood’s New York Times best-selling novel, The Love Hypothesis stars Lili Reinhart as Olive, a brilliant Ph.D. candidate trying to stay focused on her academic future. But when she realizes her best friend Ahn, played by Rachel Marsh, has fallen for her crush Jeremy, played by Nicholas Duvernay, Olive makes a wildly impulsive decision: she kisses intimidating professor Adam Carlsen, played by Tom Bateman, just to prove she has moved on.

But one fake kiss turns into a much bigger problem.

What begins as a quick act of friendship soon becomes a full fake relationship, complete with rules, boundaries, and a mutually beneficial arrangement. But as anyone who has ever seen a romantic comedy knows, the second two people start insisting the relationship is purely practical and platonic, the data usually begins pointing in another direction.

Which goes to show you that when it comes to experimenting with love, you better make sure you’re ready for the results. Science tells us chemistry can be measured, tested, and studied, but romance has a funny way of turning even the most carefully controlled experiment into a beautiful mess.

Directed by Claire Scanlon (of Netflix’s hit rom-com Set It Up) and written by Sarah Rothschild (The Sleepover), The Love Hypothesis seems aimed squarely at fans of character-driven rom-coms where love isn’t proven through data sheets and lab results, but through awkward timing, emotional misfires, and the kind of chemistry no one can fully explain.

The Love Hypothesis is due to premiere September 23rd, exclusively on Prime Video.

🎥 “Not Alone” Teaser Trailer: Timothée Chalamet Voices a Shy Rocket Mechanic Who Discovers Three Alien Fugitives in Illumination’s New Animated Adventure with Selena Gomez — Coming to Theaters April 2027

Anyone who has seen Timothée Chalamet sitting courtside at those NBA Finals games knows the Marty Supreme star can get pretty animated while cheering on his hometown Knicks.

Well, get ready to see him get animated in a whole new way, as Chalamet lends his voice to Illumination’s upcoming original animated film Not Alone, co-starring Selena Gomez.

For a studio best known for Minions, Despicable Me, Sing, The Secret Life of Pets, Migration, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, this one sounds like it’s aiming for a sweet spot between sci-fi adventure, awkward romance, and alien mayhem.

Chalamet makes his first feature-length animated film appearance as Joe, an introverted rocket mechanic who lives a quiet, solitary life. Gomez co-stars as Fran, a brilliant astro-botanist developing the world’s first plant-fueled rocket.

Naturally, Joe and Fran are brought together to prepare for the inaugural launch of this revolutionary spacecraft. There are sparks, but neither seems especially equipped for romance, giving the film its earthbound human comedy before things turn cosmic.

Because Joe’s quiet life does not stay quiet for long.

Three tiny, squishy aliens named Dunk, Welly, and Shirm suddenly take refuge in his home after going on the run from Zandro, a zealous but not exactly brilliant officer of the law. The aliens soon realize Fran’s rocket might be their best shot at getting home, turning Joe and Fran’s already complicated launch into an interplanetary rescue mission.

The alien trio is voiced by British comedy actors Rob Brydon, Diane Morgan, and Jamie Demetriou, with Brett Goldstein voicing Zandro. The supporting voice cast also includes Allison Janney and Lamorne Morris.

Not Alone is directed by Eric Guillon, whose long history with Illumination includes co-directing Despicable Me 3 and helping design the worlds of Despicable Me and Minions. He directs alongside Claire Dodgson and Jonathan Del Val, with Illumination founder Chris Meledandri producing.

Not Alone is scheduled to open in theaters April 2027.

🎥 “The Angry Birds Movie 3” Trailer: Red Takes on Parenthood in This Third Installment of the Animated Video Game-Based Comedy Franchise Starring Jason Sudeikis — In Theaters December 23rd

Parenthood has a funny way of turning even the angriest bird into a sleep-deprived problem-solver.

That appears to be the new territory for The Angry Birds Movie 3, the next animated comedy based on Rovio Entertainment’s popular video game franchise. This time, the series shifts its feather-flinging energy toward family life, as Red finds himself facing a different kind of pressure: raising kids.

Jason Sudeikis returns as Red, who is now trying to build a life with Silver while keeping up with their children: creative teen June, adventurous teen Glider, and young hatchling Olly. So instead of worrying only about pigs, slingshots, and island-sized disasters, Red now has to deal with diapers, teen attitude, baby-proofing, and the everyday hazards of being a parent. Which, honestly, might be harder.

The film brings back familiar franchise voices, including Josh Gad as Chuck, Rachel Bloom as Silver, and Danny McBride as Bomb. Joining the flock are Emma Myers as June, Walker Scobell as Glider, Psalm West as Olly, and James Austin Johnson as Fuzzy.

Red has always been the hothead of Bird Island, the character whose anger made him both a problem and a hero. But putting him into family scenario gives the series a more personal comic dynamic, where the real challenge isn’t launching himself at an enemy fortress, but learning how to be patient, present, and maybe slightly less explosive around his own kids.

John Rice, who previously co-directed The Angry Birds Movie 2, returns to direct, with Thurop Van Orman writing the screenplay. DNEG Animation handles the animation, while Heitor Pereira returns as composer.

The Angry Birds Movie 3 opens in theaters December 23rd, just in time for the holiday crowd looking for a little family-sized animated chaos.

July is here, which means fireworks, sparkles, and a summer release calendar that’s only getting brighter. We’ve already seen surprise box-office hits, a few pricey misfires, and enough reminders that summer movie season can still be hard to predict. And judging by the weeks ahead, things are only about to get busier.

So, as always, we’ve rounded up what’s arriving over the next few days across theaters, streaming, VOD, and TV. Whether you’re heading out to catch something on the big screen or staying inside with the remote close by, scroll down and see what catches your eye. Summer isn’t slowing down anytime soon, and your watchlist is starting to look as crowded as a holiday weekend cookout.

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🎥 Minions & Monsters
(Wed, July 1st — wide release)

The Minions are making a monster movie, which means the real disaster is probably happening behind the camera. Pierre Coffin returns to direct and voice the yellow chaos machines as they search for the perfect creature to star in their kaiju-sized production. Once Hollywood comes calling, their big cinematic dream spirals into pratfalls, gibberish, weaponized cuteness, and banana-fueled mayhem. Featuring the voices of Zoey Deutch, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeff Bridges, Allison Janney, and Christoph Waltz, the film keeps the franchise’s slapstick formula alive as the Minions drag their brand of global mayhem straight into monster-movie territory.

🎥 Flies
(Thu, July 2nd — limited release)

Loneliness has a way of making even the smallest intrusion feel enormous. Teresa Sánchez stars as Olga, a solitary woman whose carefully controlled routine begins to crack when a lodger secretly brings his young son into her Mexico City apartment. Shot in spare black-and-white by Mexican filmmaker Fernando Eimbcke, this intimate drama turns grief, isolation, and one unwanted houseguest into a quiet story about the strange ways connection can sneak in.

🎥 Backrooms: Everything Must Go
(Fri, July 3rd — wide release; back in theaters)

The backrooms are opening up again, this time with more footage, more lore, and more strange corners to get lost in. Directed by wunderkind Kane Parsons and based on the viral IP, this extended cut of A24’s horror smash hit adds 16 minutes of brand-new material. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell star in one of the biggest hits of the year so far, turning internet-born unease into a full theatrical descent. Everything must go, apparently, including any hope of finding the exit.

🎥 Young Washington
(Fri, July 3rd — wide release)

Before he became a national legend, George Washington was a young soldier facing brutal warfronts, personal trials, and impossible choices that would begin shaping the future of a country not yet born. William Franklyn-Miller stars in this historical drama about the pressure, sacrifice, and rebellious spirit behind the myth, with Mary-Louise Parker, Kelsey Grammer, Andy Serkis, and Ben Kingsley rounding out the cast. Just in time for America’s 250th anniversary, the Jon Erwin-directed epic tells the origin story of the man who would eventually become America’s first president.

🎥 Battle of Oslo
(Fri, July 3rd — limited release; also on ✅VOD/Digital)

One order can turn the tide of history. As German warships close in on Oslo on April 9, 1940, Colonel Birger Eriksen commands the undermanned Oscarsborg Fortress and makes the impossible call to sink the Blücher. Directed by Daniel Fahre and led by Bjørn Sundquist, this Norwegian historical war thriller shifts between the Battle of Drøbak Sound and the 1946 inquiry that forces Eriksen to defend the decision that shaped an invasion.

🎥 Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
(Fri, July 3rd — limited release)

A new documentary explores the life and legacy of Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer-winning poet whose work found mystery, healing, and meaning in nature. Featuring archival materials, personal photos, and interviews with close friends, the film captures Oliver’s private life, literary fame, and lasting influence.

🎥 Dead Souls
(Fri, July 3rd — limited release; in select cities)

Cult filmmaker Alex Cox, best known for Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, heads West for his supposed final directorial effort, starring as Strindler, a mysterious drifter collecting the names of dead Mexican laborers in an 1890 border town. When money enters the deal, suspicion spreads fast. Loosely adapted from Nikolai Gogol’s novel, this offbeat spaghetti western satire turns greed into a crooked American ledger.

🎥 Citizen Kane: 85th Anniversary
(Sun, July 5th and Wed, July 8th — re-release via Fathom Entertainment)

Some mysteries only grow larger with time. Orson Welles’ landmark classic returns to the big screen for its 85th anniversary. The film follows the mystery of Charles Foster Kane’s final word, “Rosebud,” tracing his rise from inherited wealth to newspaper power, political ambition, and personal ruin. This special anniversary release also includes exclusive insight from film critic Leonard Maltin.

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