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Patient Zero
 | Genre: Horror/Thriller Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky Written by: Mike Le Starring: Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, Stanley Tucci, Clive Standen, John Bradley, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Colin McFarlane Release date: Tue 14, Aug 2018 Plot: An unprecedented global pandemic of a super strain of rabies has turned the majority of humankind into violent ‘infected'. One victim, Morgan (Matt Smith), who is asymptomatic and can communicate with the infected, leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and to find an antidote to save humanity, including his infected wife. Aiding Morgan on the mission to find Patient Zero is CDC virologist Dr. Gina Rose (Natalie Dormer), leading the scientific research efforts, while Colonel Knox (Clive Standen) is in charge of the military front. |
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Crazy Rich Asians
 | Genre: Comedy Directed by: Jon M. Chu Written by: Adele Lim, Peter Chiarelli, Kevin Kwan Starring: Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Jimmy O. Yang, Chris Pang, Sonoya Mizuno, Jing Lusi, Ronny Chieng, Pierre Png, Fiona Xie, Kheng Hua Tan Release date: Wed 15, Aug 2018 Plot: The story follows Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), an American-born Chinese economics professor, who travels to her boyfriend Nick's (Henry Golding) hometown of Singapore for his best friend's wedding. Before long, his secret is out: Nick is from a family that is impossibly wealthy, he's perhaps the most eligible bachelor in Asia, and every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class is incredibly jealous of Rachel and wants to bring her down. |
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Alpha
 | Genre: Adventure/Drama Directed by: Albert Hughes Written by: Albert Hughes, Dan Wiedenhaupt Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Leonor Varela, Mercedes de la Zerda, Natassia Malthe Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: An epic adventure set in the last Ice Age. Europe, 20,000 years ago. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is injured and left for dead. Awakening to find himself broken and alone — he must learn to survive and navigate the harsh and unforgiving wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before the deadly winter arrives. |
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Blaze
 | Genre: Drama Directed by: Ethan Hawke Written by: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen Starring: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton, Charlie Sexton, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Richard Linklater Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement; he gave up paradise for the sake of a song. |
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Down a Dark Hall
 | Genre: Drama/Horror/Fantasy Directed by: Rodrigo Cortes Written by: Lois Duncan, Michael Goldbach, Chris Sparling Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Isabelle Fuhrman, Victoria Moroles, Noah Silver, Taylor Russell, Rosie Day, Uma Thurman, Rebecca Front, David Elliot, Kirsty Mitchell, Ramiro Blas, Jim Sturgeon, Josep Linuesa, Carl Chambers Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: “Kit (AnnaSophia Robb), a difficult young girl, is sent to the mysterious Blackwood Boarding School when her heated temper becomes too much for her mother to handle. Once she arrives at Blackwood, Kit encounters eccentric headmistress Madame Duret (Uma Thurman) and meets the school's only other students, four young women also headed down a troubled path. While exploring the labyrinthine corridors of the school, Kit and her classmates discover that Blackwood Manor hides an age-old secret rooted in the paranormal. |
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Juliet Naked
 | Genre: Drama/Comedy Directed by: Jesse Peretz Written by: Tamara Jenkins, Evgenia Peretz, Phil Alden Robinson, Jim Taylor, Nick Hornby Starring: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris Odowd Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: Annie (Rose Byrne) is the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan (Chris O'Dowd), an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe (Ethan Hawke). When the acoustic demo of Tucker's celebrated record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to an encounter with the elusive rocker himself. |
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Mile 22
 | Genre: Action/Thriller Directed by: Peter Berg Written by: Lea Carpenter, Graham Roland Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, John Malkovich Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: In a visceral modern thriller from the director of Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg stars as James Silva, an operative of the CIA's most highly-prized and least understood unit. Aided by a top-secret tactical command team, Silva must retrieve and transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to Mile 22 for extraction before the enemy closes in. |
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The Little Mermaid
 | Genre: Fantasy Directed by: Chris Bouchard, Blake Harris Written by: Blake Harris, Hans Christian Andersen Starring: Loreto Peralta, William Moseley, Poppy Drayton, Shirley MacLaine, Gina Gershon, Armando Gutierrez Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: The film follows a young girl (Loreto Peralta) and her reporter brother (William Moseley) as they travel to a small Mississippi town to meet a woman believed to be a mermaid of legend (Poppy Drayton). |
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The Wife
 | Genre: Drama Directed by: Bjorn Runge Written by: Jane Anderson, Meg Wolitzer Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Elizabeth McGovern Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man’s Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe’s literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950's. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage, thirty-plus years later—a lifetime’s shared compromises, secrets, betrayals, and mutual love. |
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
 | Genre: Drama/Romance Directed by: Susan Johnson Written by: Sofia Alvarez, Jenny Han Starring: Lana Condor, Noah Centineo, Israel Broussard, Trezzo Mahoro, Jordan Burtchett, Emilija Baranac, Madeleine Arthur, Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, John Corbett Release date: Fri 17, Aug 2018 Plot: Lara Jean Song Covey (Lana Condor)'s love life goes from imaginary to out of control when the love letters for every boy she's ever loved-five in all — are mysteriously mailed out. |
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Sharknado 6 The Last Sharknado It’s About Time
 | Genre: Action/Comedy/Thriller Directed by: Anthony C. Ferrante Written by: Thunder Levin, Scotty Mullen Starring: Tara Reid, Vivica A. Fox, Cassandra Scerbo, Ian Ziering, Charles Hittinger, Alexandre Ottoni, Raine Michaels Release date: Sun 19, Aug 2018 Plot: Our hero Fin (Ian Ziering) has battled sharks all over the globe, but in this last installment, he will tackle the final shark-tier — time travel. In the ending moments of SHARKNADO 5: GLOBAL SWARMING, Fin was seen wandering alone on Earth after it was destroyed. Now he must travel back in time to stop the Sharknado that started it all. Will Fin and the gang be able to set everything right and save the world once and for all? |
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An Interview With God
 | Genre: Drama Directed by: Perry Lang Written by: Ken Aguado Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Yael Grobglas, Charlbi Dean Kriek, David Strathairn, Hill Harper, Bobby Di Cicco, Meagan Kimberly Smith Release date: Mon 20, Aug 2018 Plot: Covering the war in Afghanistan provided journalist Paul Asher (Brenton Thwaites) with some of the best stories of his young career. But that endeavor ends up costing him so much more than he ever could have calculated. Upon returning home, Paul struggles to deal with the after-effects of his experiences, a failing marriage, and his dying faith. Not knowing where to turn, Paul dives deeply into the story of a lifetime—an interview with a mysterious man claiming to be God (David Strathairn). What does an inquisitive reporter ask God? What would you ask? Sitting down with this mysterious man over the course of three fateful days, Paul finds himself answering as many questions as he asks. While wrestling with what he knows and what he's unsure of, Paul finds himself at the crossroads we all come to in our lives: Who do we say God is? |
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A-X-L
 | Genre: Adventure/Science-Fiction Directed by: Oliver Daly Written by: Oliver Daly Starring: Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll, Eric Etebari, Dorian Kingi, Stacey Arwen Raab, Niko Guardado, Patricia De Leon, Madeline Bertani, Sam Upton, Jonathan Camp, Dominic Vedder, Maggy Vick, Chris Verdugo, Jerry DiLeo, Ashley Gibson, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Donnie Smith, Stanton Lee, Alejandro Galang, Andrew Ortenberg Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog created by the military to help protect tomorrow's soldiers. Code named by the scientists who created him, A.X.L. stands for Attack, Exploration, Logistics, and embodies the most advanced, next-generation artificial intelligence. After an experiment gone wrong, A.X.L. is discovered hiding alone in the desert by a kind-hearted outsider named Miles (Alex Neustaedter), who finds a way to connect with him after activating his owner-pairing technology. Together, the two develop a special friendship based on trust, loyalty and compassion. Helping Miles gain the confidence he's been lacking, A.X.L. will go to any length to protect his new companion, including facing off against the scientists who created him and who will do anything to get him back. Knowing what is at stake if A.X.L. is captured, Miles teams up with a smart, resourceful ally named Sara (Becky G) to protect his new best friend on a timeless, epic adventure for the whole family. |
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Arizona
 | Genre: Comedy/Thriller Directed by: Jonathan Watson Written by: Luke Del Tredici Starring: Danny McBride, Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Wilson, Lolli Sorenson, Elizabeth Gillies, Kaitlin Olson Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: Cassie (Rosemarie DeWitt), a single mom and realtor, hustles to sell increasingly worthless subdivision houses in the midst of the 2009 housing slump, even as she dodges collection calls on her own multiple past-due mortgage payments. When the unstable Sonny (Danny McBride), a disgruntled buyer in danger of losing his home, turns up at Cassie's office, things quickly spiral out of control. Despite Sonny's assertion that he's ‘a really good person', he knocks Cassie out, kidnaps her, and drags her along on his impulsive spree of violence. An extensive game of cat-and-mouse between the two ensues set within a sparsely inhabited housing development. |
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Blue Iguana
 | Genre: Comedy/Thriller Directed by: Hadi Hajaig Written by: Hadi Hajaig Starring: Sam Rockwell, Ben Schwartz, Phoebe Fox, Peter Polycarpou, Peter Ferdinando, Simon Callow, Frances Barber, Amanda Donohoe, Al Weaver Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: Small time crooks Eddie (Sam Rockwell) and Paul (Ben Schwartz) are in over their heads when a cute London lawyer hires them to steal a rare jewel. Meanwhile, a mullet-haired gangster wants the gem for himself. Bullets and sparks fly in this pond-hopping comedic caper. |
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Destination Wedding
 | Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance Directed by: Victor Levin Written by: Victor Levin Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: The film tells the story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests (Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder), both pariahs at this affair, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves. But to act on those feelings would be to trust hope over experience, a foolish choice indeed. |
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Papillon
 | Genre: Biography/Drama Directed by: Michael Noer Written by: Aaron Guzikowski, Henri Charriere Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Tommy Flanagan, Rami Malek, Roland Moller, Eve Hewson, Ian Beattie, Michael Socha, Yorick van Wageningen, Nina Senicar, Joel Basman, Antonio de la Cruz, Nikola Kent Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: Based on the international best-selling autobiographic books 'Papillon' and 'Banco', the film follows the epic story of Henri 'Papillon' Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), a safecracker from the Parisian underworld who is framed for murder and condemned to life in the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island. Determined to regain his freedom, Papillon forms an unlikely alliance with a convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek), who in exchange for protection, agrees to finance Papillon's escape. |
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Support the Girls
 | Genre: Comedy Directed by: Andrew Bujalski Written by: Andrew Bujalski Starring: Regina Hall, Haley Lu Richardson, Shayna McHayle, Brooklyn Decker, Jana Kramer, James Le Gros, Dylan Gelula, AJ Michalka, Lea DeLaria Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall) is the last person you'd expect to find in a highway-side ‘sports bar with curves'– but as general manager at Double Whammies, she's come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely — but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction… Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in it? |
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The Happytime Murders
 | Genre: Action/Comedy Directed by: Brian Henson Written by: Todd Berger, Dee Austin Robertson Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Joel McHale, Leslie David Baker, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, Elizabeth Banks Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: No Sesame. All Street. THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS is a filthy comedy set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (Melissa McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show. |
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What Keeps You Alive
 | Genre: Horror/Thriller Directed by: Colin Minihan Written by: Colin Minihan Starring: Hannah Emily Anderson, Brittany Allen, Martha MacIsaac, Joey Klein Release date: Fri 24, Aug 2018 Plot: How much can you really know about another person? The unsettling truth that even those closest to us can harbor hidden dimensions drives this thrillingly unpredictable, blood-stained fear trip. Jackie (Hannah Emily Anderson) and Jules (Brittany Allen) are a couple celebrating their one year anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules' normally loving wife, as Jackie (if that even is her real name) begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side—all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves most in a terrifying fight to survive. Defying expectations at every turn, Director Colin Minihan delivers a nerve-twisting cat and mouse thriller built around a shattering tale of heartbreak and betrayal. |
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A Prayer Before Dawn
 | Genre: Drama/Thriller Directed by: Jean-Stephane Sauvaire Written by: Jonathan Hirschbein, Nick Saltres Starring: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Panya Yimmumphai, Nicolas Shake, Pornchanok Mabklang, Billy Moore, Somlock Kamsing, Chaloemporn Sawatsuk, Sakda Niamhom, Sura Sirmalai, Komsan Polsan Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: In Klong Prem there are ten rules. If you break them you will almost certainly die. If you don't break them you will definitely die. This is the true story of Billy Mooreʼs incarceration in one of Thailand's most barbaric and deadly prisons where life has no value – Klong Prem, the notorious Bangkok Hilton. Refusing to die, Billy masters the lethal martial art of Muay Thai Boxing. If he can survive the ring, he can survive anything. A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN is the shocking story of a manʼs descent into hell and his incredible journey to redemption. |
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BlacKkKlansman
 | Genre: Drama Directed by: Spike Lee Written by: Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Ron Stallworth Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Ryan Eggold, Topher Grace, Laura Harrier, Corey Hawkins, Robert John Burke, Jasper Paakkonen, Paul Walter Hauser, Craig muMs Grant, Ken Garito, Ryan Preimesberger, Michael J. Burg Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. |
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Dog Days
 | Genre: Drama/Comedy Directed by: Ken Marino Written by: Elissa Matsueda, Erica Oyama Starring: Eva Longoria, Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Lauren Lapkus, Thomas Lennon, Adam Pally, Ryan Hansen, Tone Bell, Jon Bass, Finn Wolfhard Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: A hilarious and heartfelt ensemble comedy that follows the lives of multiple dog owners and their beloved fluffy pals around sunny Los Angeles. When these human and canine's paths start to intertwine, their lives begin changing in ways they never expected. |
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Elizabeth Harvest
 | Genre: Thriller Directed by: Sebastian Gutierrez Written by: Sebastian Gutierrez Starring: Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino, Matthew Beard, Dylan Baker Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: Nothing is as it seems in this brain-bending plunge into our darkest desires. Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), a beautiful young newlywed, arrives at the palatial estate of her brilliant scientist husband Henry (Ciarán Hinds). Ensconced in modernist luxury with an obedient—if slightly unsettling—house staff (Carla Gugino & Matthew Beard), she has seemingly everything she could want. But one mystery tantalizes her: what is behind the locked door to Henry's laboratory that he has forbidden her to enter? When an inquisitive Elizabeth dares to find out, everything she thought she knew about her husband—and about herself—will change. Elizabeth Harvest casts a spell of creeping Gothic menace as it unravels a disturbing tale of identity, obsession, and twisted love. A machine that can bring back dead loved ones seems like a great idea — until you unleash the wrong spirits. |
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Slender Man
 | Genre: Horror Directed by: Sylvain White Written by: David Birke Starring: Joey King, Julia Goldani-Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Javier Botet Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of SLENDER MAN. When one of the girls goes mysteriously missing, they begin to suspect that she is, in fact, HIS latest victim. |
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Summer of 84
 | Genre: Drama/Thriller Directed by: Anouk Whissell, François Simard, Yoann-Karl Whissell Written by: Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith Starring: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory Gruter-Andrew, Tiera Skovbye, Rich Sommer Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: Summer, 1984: The perfect time to be 15 years old and free. But when neighborhood conspiracy theorist Davey Armstrong begins to suspect his police officer neighbor might be the serial killer all over the local news, he and his three best friends begin an investigation that soon turns dangerous. |
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The Meg
 | Genre: Drama Directed by: Jon Turteltaub Written by: Steve Alten, Belle Avery, Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber, James Vanderbilt Starring: Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Jessica McNamee, Olafur Darri Olafsson, Robert Taylor, Cliff Curtis, Bingbing Li, Masi Oka, Page Kennedy Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: Five years ago, expert sea diver and Naval Captain Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) encountered an unknown danger in the unexplored recesses of the Mariana Trench that forced him to abort his mission and abandon half his crew. Though the tragic incident earned him a dishonorable discharge, what ultimately cost him his career, his marriage and any semblance of honor was his unsupported and incredulous claims of what caused it – an attack on his vessel by a mammoth, 70-foot sea creature, believed to be extinct for more than a million years. But when a submersible lies sunk and disabled at the bottom of the ocean – carrying his ex-wife among the team onboard – he is the one who gets the call. Whether a shot at redemption or a suicide mission, Jonas must confront his fears and risk his own life and the lives of everyone trapped below on a single question: Could the Carcharodon Megalodon – the largest marine predator that ever existed – still be alive … and on the hunt? |
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The Package
 | Genre: Comedy Directed by: Kevin Burrows, Matt Mider Written by: Kevin Burrows, Matt Mider Starring: Geraldine Viswanathan, Daniel Doheny, Luke Spencer Roberts, Eduardo Franco, Sadie Calvano Release date: Fri 10, Aug 2018 Plot: When a group of teenage friends goes on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race against time to save their friend's most prized possession. |
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