After a successful run on the festival circuit, 99 Homes is finally heading to theatres. Starring Andrew Garfield and Michael Shannon, Ramin Bahrani's gripping film follows a father (Garfield) who struggles to get his home back after being evicted from it. However, standing in his way is a greedy real estate broker (Shannon), who's not making things easy.
Opening in theatres last week was Screen Gems' new thriller The Perfect Guy. Focusing on a woman who "gets involved with a man who seems almost too good to be true," the film sports a very watchable cast (Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut and Sanaa Lathan) and an intriguing story that while not entirely original, is executed well enough to be worth a watch.
Peter Bogdanovich is back behind the camera for She's Funny That Way, his first feature film in over a decade. A throwback to the screwball comedies of old, the flick focuses on a love triangle that forms "on the set of a playwright's new project between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production."
Horror is always a hard genre to do something refreshing and unique in, so when a film like Cooties comes along, there's definitely a reason to be excited. For those unfamiliar with it, the plot focuses on an elementary school where a virus has broken out, turning the children into "a feral swarm of mass savages."
Sports comedies aren't always the easiest thing to pull off, but when done right, the results can be incredibly enjoyable. Case in point: Jay Karas' Break Point, a new film revolving around tennis and in particular, "two estranged brothers reunite to make an improbable run at a grand slam tournament."
Making his directorial debut this month is Chris Evans, whose new film Before We Go is turning a lot of heads due to its sweet and irresistible story and charming performances from the two leads (Evans and Alice Eve).
Revving up its engines and crashing into theatres today is The Transporter Refueled, the fourth film in the action-packed Transporter series. Gone is franchise star Jason Statham and in his place is the perfectly capable Ed Skrein, who plays Frank Martin, a "former special-ops mercenary who enters into a game of chess with a femme-fatale and her three sidekicks who are looking for revenge against a sinister Russian kingpin."
Currently playing in theatres is the new action thriller from Drew and John Erick Dowdle, No Escape. The film follows Jack (Owen Wilson) and Annie Dwyer (Bell), an American couple that have recently moved their family to an overseas country for a new job. Upon arrival, however, they find themselves caught in the middle of a political coup, and frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Currently playing in theatres is the new drama from writer/director Joe Swanberg (Happy Christmas, Drinking Buddies), called Digging for Fire. The film stars Jake Johnson as Tim, who decides to throw a party when his wife (Rosemarie DeWit) and baby go away for the weekend. During the party, however, he discovers a bone and guns, which leads him on exciting adventure with a mysterious woman named Max (Brie Larson).
Opening in theaters on August 21st is the new comedic drama from director Isabel Coixet, Learning to Drive. The film stars Academy Award-nominee Patricia Clarkson as Wendy, a Manhattan writer in the process of a divorce.
