This week’s new releases don’t include many big franchises, but they do include a whole lot of star power. This week’s new releases include a thriller about a music mogul that finds himself in a life-or-death moral dilemma when he is targeted in a ransom plot, an action film about a former assassin who finds himself pulled back into his old life once again after thwarting a home invasion, a biopic about a fearless pro-life activist who paid the ultimate price for standing for her convictions, and much more!
Americana (R)
The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town.
Directed by Tony Tost
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hause, Halsey, Eric Dane, Joe Adler
Release date: August 15
Highest 2 Lowest (R)
When a titan music mogul is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
Directed by Spike Lee
Starring: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky, Aubrey Joseph
Release date: August 15
The Knife (R)
After the mysterious appearance of a stranger in their home, a young Black family must deal with the fallout of their choices, big and small, as a steadfast detective tries to crack the case over the course of one fateful night.
Directed by Nnamdi Asomugha
Starring: Nnamdi Asomugha, Melissa Leo, Aja Naomi King, Manny Jacinto, Amari Alexis Price
Release date: August 15
Nobody 2 (R)
Suburban dad Hutch Mansell, a former lethal assassin, is pulled back into his violent past after thwarting a home invasion, setting off a chain of events that unravels secrets about his wife Becca’s past and his own.
Directed by Timo Tjahjanto
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Sharon Stone, Colin Hanks
Release date: August 15
Pardon Me: The Bevelyn B. Williams Story
Pardon Me: The Bevelyn B. Williams Story is a bold and gripping new biographical drama that brings to light the harrowing true story of a fearless pro-life activist who paid the ultimate price for standing on her convictions.
Directed by Josh Webber
Starring: Blac Chyna, Josie Davis, Jason Mitchell, Columbus Short, Erica Hubbard
Release date: August 15
Red Sonja (R)
An adaptation of the comic book, Red Sonja, a vengeful warrior known as a “She-Devil with a sword”.
Directed by M.J Bassett
Starring: Matilda Lutz, Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Luca Pasqualino, Michael Bisping
Release date: August 13
Shin Godzilla (PG-13)
Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno
Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ôsugi, AKira Emoto
Release date: August 14
Went Up the Hill
Jack ventures to remote New Zealand for the funeral of his estranged mother and meets her widow Jill. But his mother’s spirit returns to inhabit each of their bodies, instigating a life-threatening three-way nocturnal dance.
Directed by Samual Van Grinsven
Starring: Dacre Montgomery, Vicky Krieps, Joel Tobeck, Arlo Green, Sarah Peirse
Release date: August 15
Witchboard (R)
A cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession and deception.
Directed by Chuck Russell
Starring: Madison Iseman, Aaron Dominguez, Mel Jarnson, Charlie Tahan, Antonia Desplat
Release date: August 15
