Paramount+ | 29 July
Honor’s sole focus is getting into Harvard. Willing to do whatever it takes, Honor concocts a plan to take down her top three competitors, until things take a turn when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition.
Stars Angourie Rice, Gaten Matarazzo, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Armani Jackson, Amy Keum, Ben Jackson Walker.
Streams on Paramount+ from Friday, 29 July.
Apple TV+ | August 5
Think you know about luck? Thankfully, Bob the Cat is about to drop some truth. The curtain is pulled back on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects everyday lives.
From Skydance Animation comes the story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world! Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, she must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.
Stars Eva Noblezada, Jane Fonda, Simon Pegg, Lil Rel Howery, Flula Borg, John Ratzenberger, and Whoopi Goldberg.
Streams on Apple TV+ from 5 August.
Theatre Release | 12 August
Emily is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef. Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.
Stars Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Jonathan Avigdori, Kim Yarbrough, Gina Gershon, Bernardo Badillo.
Releases in cinemas on Friday, 12 August.
Hulu | 29 July
An ambitious young woman, desperate for followers and fame, fakes a trip to Paris to up her social media presence. When a terrifying incident takes place in the real world and becomes part of her imaginary trip, her white lie becomes a moral quandary that offers her all the attention she’s wanted.
“Not Okay” follows Danni Sanders, an aimless aspiring writer with no friends, no romantic prospects and — worst of all — no followers, who fakes an Instagram-friendly trip to Paris in the hopes of boosting her social media clout. When a terrifying incident strikes the City of Lights, Danni unwittingly falls into a lie bigger than she ever imagined. She “returns” a hero, even striking up an unlikely friendship with Rowan, a school-shooting survivor dedicated to societal change, and scooping up the man of her dreams, Colin. As an influencer and advocate, Danni finally has the life and audience she always wanted. But it’s only a matter of time before the facade cracks, and she learns the hard way that the Internet loves a takedown.
Stars Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, Mia Isaac, Tia Dionne Hodge, Negin Farsad, Nadia Alexander, Embeth Davidtz, Karan Soni, and Sarah Yarkin.
Streams on Hulu from Friday, 29 July.
Ahem…
And also…
Oh snap, my bad.
Did you guys see about this new LOTR show?
And remember, with every Amazon Prime subscription, you get one free Twitch Subscription that you need to use every month, or Jeff Bezos gets to keep the money.
Cinema Release & AMC+ | 19 August
When the manager of an American chain restaurant is selected to attend a special training program in Italy, her head swims with dreams of European glamour and romance. But the trip turns out to be much different – and possibly more dangerous – than the exotic getaways she imagines.
Flown to an Italian immersion program on her company’s dime, what starts as a romantic getaway devolves into chaos in this wild new comedy.
Stars Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Alessandro Nivola, Molly Shannon, Tim Heidecker, Ayden Mayeri, Zach Woods, Ben Sinclair, and Fred Armisen.
Releases in cinemas and on AMC+ on Friday, 19 August.
Aubrey Plaza needs to be together with Alison Brie in something regular on the small screen. Her in Parks and Rec and Alison Brie in Community should be enough reason for someone to put them together.
Cinema and On Demand Release | 19 August
Mike and Kate, a seemingly perfect couple, join a psychological experiment to compete for 5 million dollars if they can last 50 days in a sleek, white room in complete isolation. No phones, no family – only the Voice of the Immaculate Room keeping them in check if they think of straying. But as the clock ticks down, the Room becomes more than it seems, putting them through cruel tests to break their resolve and resurfacing private demons which they may not survive.
Stars Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene, M. Emmet Walsh, Alex Sgambati, and Tiffany Smith.
Releases in cinemas and On Demand on Friday, 19 August.
An intriguing premise for a psychological experiment. And I’m sure there’s a host of reality TV pitches being prepared right now to capitalise on it. Big Brother Extreme.
In my weekly DnD game we have had a lot of adventures… And somehow a lot of these adeventures made it into a movie, it seems!
I miss the luggage…
Michelle Rodriguez? I’m in.
Prime Video| 26 August
25 years ago, the world’s greatest hero vanished.
Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty years ago, Granite City’s super-powered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most believe Samaritan perished in the fire, but some in the city, like Sam, have hope that he is still alive. With crime on the rise and the city on the brink of chaos, Sam makes it his mission to coax his neighbor out of hiding to save the city from ruin.
Stars Sylvester Stallone, Javon “Wanna” Walton, Pilou Asbæk, Dascha Polanco, Moises Arias, Martin Starre.
Streams on Prime Video from Friday, 26 August.
Netflix | December
A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy.
Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi’s classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion musical directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
Stars the voice talents of a veritable Hollywood whos-who: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, Finn Wolfhard, Christoph Waltz, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, and Burn Gorman.
Streams on Netflix in December.
Not to be confused with the Tom Hanks Disney+ live action Pinocchio releasing in September.
Apple TV+ | 12 August
When summer ends, the classroom fun begins. Start the school year with the Peanuts gang when Lucy’s School.
The Peanuts gang is nervous about going to a new school, so Lucy starts her own. She soon learns that teaching is tougher than she thought - and that change can be a good thing.
Streams on Apple TV+ from 12 August.
Netflix | 28 September
Discover a life both known and unknown in this boldly imaginative film that explores the complicated life of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Carol Oates.
Stars Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, and Julianne Nicholson.
Streams on Netflix from 28 September.
From the little bits of the trailers I have seen, Ana struggles with her Cuban accent.
