Movies Released August 7, 2020

Friday, August 7

The Secret Garden PG

Tells the story of Mary Lennox (Dixie Egerickx, Genius, The Little Stranger and A Royal Winter), a prickly and unloved 10-year-old girl, born in India to wealthy British parents. When they suddenly die, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven (Academy Award® and BAFTA-winner Colin Firth – A Single Man, The King’s Speech, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Bridget Jones’s Baby) on his remote country estate deep in the Yorkshire moors. There, she begins to uncover many family secrets, particularly after meeting her sickly cousin Colin (Edan Hayhurst – Genius, There She Goes), who has been shut away in a wing of the house. Together, these two damaged, slightly misfit children heal each other through their discovery of a wondrous secret garden, lost in the grounds of Misselthwaite Manor. A magical place of adventure that will change their lives forever.
David Heyman, Colin Firth, Edan Hayhurst, Amir Wilson, Marc Munden, Rosie Alison, Jane Robertson, Jack Thorne
Adaptation Family Period
85 mins

Beast No More

Young biologist Mary Jane doesn't have the perfect life, she does however have what she considers the perfect son. Tragedy strikes and her world is turned upside down. Fleeing reality, she escapes to the Australian bush. In the isolated and surreal landscape, it becomes clear that someone is stalking her camp. The opportunity to be a mother again presents itself, only it comes at a cost.
Erin Conner, Jennifer Van Gessel, Jessica Tovey, Joel Franco, Aaron Warwick, Matthew J. Schelle, Janine Van Gessel, Dan Ewing
Thriller Horror
VOD / Digital
4 / 5
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123 mins

Out Stealing Horses

November 1999: 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård), lives in self-imposed isolation and looks forward to welcoming in the new millennium alone. As winter arrives he meets one of his few neighbors, Lars (Bjørn Floberg), and realizes he knew him back in the summer of 1948. 1948 – the year Trond turned 15. The summer Trond grew up.
Tobias Santelmann, Danica Curcic, Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgard, Bjørn Floberg, Jon Ranes
Drama
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85 mins

Paydirt

A parolee teams up with his old crew determined to find a buried bag of cash stolen a decade ago from a DEA bust gone bad, while being tracked by a retired Sheriff.
Val Kilmer, Christian Sesma, Luke Goss, Mike Hatton, Mercedes Kilmer
Action Thriller Crime
VOD / Digital
Limited
4 / 5
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Creem: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine

Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself, the film explores CREEM Magazine's humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit, follows its upward trajectory from underground paper to national powerhouse, then bears witness to its imminent demise following the tragic and untimely deaths of its visionary publisher, Barry Kramer, and its most famous alum and genius clown prince, Lester Bangs, a year later. Fifty years after publishing its first issue, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" remains a seditious spirit in music and culture.
Michael Stipe, Joan Jett, Scott Crawford, Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Kirk Hammett
Documentary
VOD / Digital
1 / 5
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94 mins

Made in Italy R

A bohemian London artist returns to Italy with his estranged son (Micheál Richardson) to make a quick sale of the house they inherited from his late wife.
James D'Arcy, Liam Neeson, Pippa Cross, Micheál Richardson, Lindsay Duncan, Valeria Bilello
Drama Comedy
VOD / Digital
Limited
4 / 5
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84 mins

She Dies Tomorrow R

A woman is obsessed with the notion that she is going to die tomorrow. Her paranoia causes an emotional spiral that might be contagious.
Michelle Rodriguez, Amy Seimetz, David Lawson Jr, Jane Adams, Chris Messina, Tunde Adebimpe, Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson
Thriller Horror
VOD / Digital
1 / 5
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Work It

After being rejected from her high school's dance team, an awkward teenage girl assembles a crew of bold and fearless misfits to compete against them in a natural dance championship.
Leslie Morgenstein, Alicia Keys, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton, Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, Keiynan Lonsdale
Comedy Teen
95 mins

The Tax Collector

David (Bobby Soto) and Creeper (Shia LaBeouf), are “tax collectors” for the crime lord Wizard, collecting his cut from the profits of local gangs’ illicit dealings. But when Wizard’s old rival returns to Los Angeles from Mexico, the business is upended, and David finds himself desperate to protect what matters more to him than anything else: his family.
Shia LaBeouf, Lana Parrilla, George Lopez, David Ayer, Chris Long, Bobby Soto, Cinthya Carmona
Action Thriller Crime
Apple TV+
Limited
3 / 5
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96 mins

I Used To Go Here

Following the lackluster launch of her debut novel, 35-year-old writer Kate Conklin (Gillian Jacobs) receives an invitation from her former professor and old crush (Jemaine Clement) to speak at her alma mater. With her book tour cancelled, and her ego deflated, Kate decides to take the trip, wondering if returning to her old college as a published author might give her the morale boost she sorely needs. Instead, she falls into a comical regression – from misadventures with eccentric twenty-year olds to feelings of jealousy toward her former professor’s new favorite student. Striking the balance between bittersweet and hilarious, Kate takes a journey through her past to redefine her future.
Kate Micucci, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Jemaine Clement, Hannah Marks, Jorma Taccone, Josh Wiggins, Forrest Goodluck
Comedy
VOD / Digital
5 / 5
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80 mins

SamSam

SamSam seems like he has it all: great family, great friends, and even his own flying saucer. But he’s still trying to find one thing that will make his life even better - actual superpowers. Thanks to Mega, a mysterious new student in school, SamSam’s about to find them - while learning what it really takes to fight monsters and how many ways there are to be a hero.
Valérie Magis, Tanguy de Kermel, Didier Brunner, Damien Brunner, Gaëtan David, André Logie, Jean Regnaud, Isaac Lobé-Lebel
Sci-Fi Animation
VOD / Digital
Limited
5 / 5
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Below the Fold NR

Without a trace, Susie Potter vanished from her home in the quiet town of Skidmore, Missouri. Ten years later two reporters uncover a harrowing new detail, which leads them on an obsessive hunt for the truth.
Clayton Scott, Sarah McGuire, Davis DeRock, Kaylin Mally, Jeffrey Staab
Thriller
102 mins

Waiting for the Barbarians

Centers on a magistrate; a loyal servant (Mark Rylance) of "the Empire" who is working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the so-called "barbarians." After he witnesses the cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war, he reconsiders his role in the regime and carries out a quixotic act of rebellion.
Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Greta Scacchi, Ciro Guerra, J.M. Coetzee, Mark Rylance, Gana Bayarsaikhan
Drama Action Adventure
VOD / Digital
3 / 5
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101 mins

Max Reload and The Nether Blasters

When small-town video game store clerk Max Jenkins (Tom Plumley) discovers and plays the only known copy of Nether Dungeon, the legendary lost installment of the Nether Game series, he accidentally unleashes the ancient "Curse of The Ages," turning friends and family into possessed ghouls hell-bent on destroying civilization. It's up to Max and his best friends Reggie (Joey Morgan) and Liz (Hassie Harrison) along with old-school gaming gurus Eugene Wylder (Greg Grunberg) and Barton Grabowski (Joseph D. Reitman) to figure out how to beat the dark forces of The Nether before it's GAME OVER for humanity.
Lukas Gage, Scott Conditt, Jeremy Tremp, Tom Plumley, Hassie Harrison, Joey Morgan, Joseph D. Reitman, Greg Grunberg
Action Adventure Sci-Fi
VOD / Digital
2 / 5
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92 mins

In the Life Of Music

In the Life of Music follows the journey of Hope, a young American girl visiting her relatives in Cambodia for the first time. Determined to learn the history of her parents, Hope discovers the story of how one song, “Champa Battambang” played an integral part of three generations. Starting with how her parents met and fell in love in 1968, to their fight for survival during the war-torn Khmer Rouge years of the 1970’s and finally finishing in the modern day with Hope getting the answers she has longed for.
Sok Visal, Caylee So, Ellen Wong, Sareth Has, Dane Styler, Sreynan Chea, Small World Small Band, Daniel Chea
Drama
VOD / Digital
1 / 5
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84 mins

How To Fake A War

When an unexpected outbreak of peace leads to a ceasefire between Russian forces and Georgian rebels, arrogant rock star Harry Hope (Jay Pharoah) fears for the success of his heavily hyped Piece of Peace global charity concert. Desperate, he dispatches his PR consultant, Kate and her naïve intern, Pegg, to create a fake war story – until the concert, at least.
Katherine Parkinson, Raid Sabbah, Lily Newmark, Rudolph Herzog, Tim Price, Jay Pharoah
Comedy
VOD / Digital
1 / 5
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Black Water: Abyss

Deep in the forests of Australia, a group of friends explore a remote cave system when a tropical storm hits. As rising flood waters trap them deep below the surface, something even deadlier emerges from the darkness – killer crocodiles.
Andrew Traucki, Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Amali Golden, Anthony J. Sharpe, Benjamin Hoetjes, Rumi Kikuchi
Action Horror
VOD / Digital
1 / 5
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Friday, August 7