In our monthly movie feature, ThisWeekinWorcester.com lists the best films to look forward to that are coming each month to local theaters and streaming services like HBOMax, Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+ and more.
In August, there are 11 movies to look forward to, including the much-hyped “Bullet Train,” Sylvester Stallone’s super hero flick “Samaritan,” horror film “The Invitation” and Idris Elba in safari thriller “Beast.”
August 5
From IMDB.com: When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.
From IMDB.com: Five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common.
From IMDB.com: Set around a family gathering to celebrate Easter Sunday, the comedy is based on Jo Koy’s life experiences and stand-up comedy.
August 12
From IMDB.com: Best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves at the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower.
From IMDB.com: A fictionalized depiction of the life of Inu-oh (“King Dog”), a 14th-century Japanese performer of music drama at the time of its transition from the folk art of sarugaku (“monkey music”) into the formalized traditions of Noh and kyôgen.
From IMDB.com: A 30-year-old writer (Elizabeth Lail) spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into a 70-year-old (Diane Keaton).
August 19
From IMDB.com: A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.
From IMDB.com: The Red Ribbon Army from Goku’s past has returned with two new androids to challenge him and his friends.
August 26
From IMDB.com: A young woman is courted and swept off her feet, only to realize a gothic conspiracy is afoot.
From IMDB.com: A young boy learns that a superhero who was thought to have gone missing after an epic battle twenty years ago may in fact still be around.
August 31
Three Thousand Years of Longing
From IMDB.com: A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Lead image credit: Idris Elba, Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley in “Beast”/Lauren Mulligan for Universal Pictures – © 2022 Universal Studios.
