August Movie Preview

August 2nd

• 2 Guns: Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg team up as agents from different agencies after a failed bank robbery for a drug cartel blows both of their covers.

August 7th

• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters: The mythological YA series returns as Percy and his friends must go on a quest to recover the legendary Golden Fleece in order to save their home.
• We’re the Millers: A bumbling pot dealer is offered a big payday if he can smuggle back a shipment from Mexico and gathers a fake family, including his stripper neighbor, in order to avoid suspicion.

August 9th

• Elysium: Neill Blomkamp’s follow up to District 9 finds Matt Damon as blue collar factory worker in a dystopian future who is given five days to live after an accident and decides to do whatever it takes to get to Elysium, a space station where the world’s wealthy live without crime, disease or any other concerns.
• Planes: From “the skies above the world of Cars”, Planes is a spin off that follows lowly crop duster, Dusty, who dreams of being an air race champion.

August 16th

• Jobs: Ashton Kutcher stars as Steve Jobs and this biopic follows his rise from a small garage in Silicon Valley to a cultural icon and innovator.
• Kick-Ass 2: Hit Girl and Kick Ass are joined by new superhero allies as they face down a group of supervillains led by The MotherF***er.
• Lee Daniels’ The Butler: Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, a butler in the White House who witnessed many of the most important events of the 60’s and 70’s.
• Paranoia: Liam Hemsworth stars as a hot shot corporate spy who gets caught between two powerful rivals, played by Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman.

August 21st

• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: Another YA fantasy/action/romance series is adapted for the big screen as Lily Collins stars as a seemingly ordinary girl who discovers she has magical abilities and uncovers a secret magical world in a quest to save her kidnapped mother.

August 23rd

• The World’s End: A group of friends reunite for an epic pub crawl but may be humanity’s only hope when apocalyptic events start happening.
• You’re Next: A family reunion turns deadly when a group of animal mask wearing psychopaths invade the family’s vacation home.

August 28th

• Closed Circuit: Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall star as British defense lawyers who take on the case of defending an alleged terrorist but may be targets of a conspiracy.

August 30th

• Getaway: A man whose wife is kidnapped steals a car and makes the car’s owner his unwitting partner in his quest to rescue his wife.
• One Direction: This is Us 3D: The tween band is highlighted in a concert film/biography