The Best Films To Watch At The Cinema This Month
Keen on a cinema night (but you’ve already seen The Odyssey and Spider-Man)? Then read on for our roundup of the films you need to catch in August- from Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony to Jacob Elordi’s post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars. Plus, Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro star in unique romcom One Night Only.
The Dog Stars
Based on Peter Heller’s acclaimed novel, The Dog Stars is a post-apocalyptic drama directed by veteran filmmaker Ridley Scott and starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley. It takes place years after a devastating pandemic has wiped out much of humanity, with former pilot Hig (Elordi) living a lonely existence at an abandoned airfield alongside his dog. Despite the dangers of the world around him, Hig continues searching for signs that other communities may still exist. When he picks up a mysterious radio transmission, he and former marine Bangley (Brolin) embark on a journey across the wilderness in the hope of finding something he thought had disappeared forever: a future.
Releases: August 28th
One Night Only
What if there was only one night per year that single people were able to have sex? That’s the Purge-like premise of upcoming romcom One Night Only starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner. The pair play total strangers who cross paths in New York on that one night of the year, and both feel a spark when they meet. But both of them are looking for something more than a quick hookup: Owen (Turner) has been recently dumped and wants to find trust with someone new, while Allie (Barbaro) is an old-school hopeful romantic. A series of mishaps and detours unfold on the least romantic evening of the year- but can love still be found?
Releases: August 28th
End of Oak Street
While Anne Hathaway might not get to fight any monsters in The Odyssey, she gets her turn in the action spotlight here alongside Ewan McGregor in the JJ Abrams-produced The End of Oak Street. When a mysterious cosmic event suddenly occurs and rips the nondescript Oak Street out of its suburban surroundings, Denise (Hathaway) and Greg (McGregor) Platt are shocked to find their neighbourhood has been completely transformed. With their home now unrecognisable, the Platts must band together to survive as they evade terrifying dangers and apparently prehistoric creatures roaming the street.
Releases: August 14th
Tony
Culinary legend and much-loved presenter and writer Anthony Bourdain gets the biopic treatment in A24’s Tony. Directed by Matt Johnson, who previously helmed BlackBerry, Tony stars The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa as Bourdain. Rather than focusing on the chef when he was at the height of his fame, Tony is set during a very specific chapter of his life covered in Bourdain’s seminal Kitchen Confidential. 19 years old and with little discipline and plenty of attitude, Tony takes a summer job cooking at a restaurant under the tutelage of “Chef”, played by Antonio Banderas.
Releases: August 14th
Spa Weekend
The writers of The Hangover and Bad Moms return with another deliciously chaotic comedy in Spa Weekend. Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Michelle Buteau star as three lifelong friends who decide to escape their chaotic lives for a relaxing, luxury retreat. However, their carefully planned idyllic weekend quickly goes off the rails when their other, very unpredictable friend Mel (Isla Fisher? turns up, and the getaway soon spins into a messy disaster. What was supposed to be a few days of massages and self-care soon becomes a string of increasingly ridiculous mishaps, and the four friends are unsure whether their close relationship will make it out intact.
Releases: August 21st
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The follow-up to I Saw The TV Glow, one of the most acclaimed horror films of the decade, Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma stars Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Hannah Einbinder (Hacks). A slasher film about slasher films, it follows filmmaker Kris (Einbinder) who is hired to direct the latest instalment of fictional horror franchise Camp Miasma. Kris, however, begins to become obsessed with casting Billy Presley (Anderson), a reclusive former actress who played the “final girl” in the original Camp Miasma. What follows is a psychological spiral that ends with chaotic consequences.
Releases: August 21st
