Mark Vader Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 The final month of the Summer movie season arrives and tries to get the final bit of box office money, before kids head back to school and football starts. The Summer Olympics also will be a big distraction. As has been lately the case for most months, a comic book movie is the big headliner. Warner Bros. & DC release "Suicide Squad". A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency. After a mild reception to "Batman V. Superman", Warner Bros. is hoping for a reprieve with this take on DC villains. Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, & Viola Davis. Disney continues it's re-makes of classics, this time it's "Pete's Dragon". The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence & Karl Urban. Columbia Pictures releases the animated "Sausage Party". A sausage strives to discover the truth about his existence. Starring the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Salma Hayek, Bill Hader, James Franco & Edward Norton. Jonah Hill & Miles Teller star in "War Dogs". Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. Also starring Bradley Cooper. Jason Statham stars in "Mechanic: Resurrection". Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents. Also starring Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba & Michelle Yeoh. "Ben-Hur" is, the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption. Starring Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi & Morgan Freeman. Meryl Streep is "Florence Foster Jenkins". The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice. Also starring Hugh Grant. In "Don't Breathe", A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong. Starring Jane Levy, Stephen Lang, Dylan Minnette & Daniel Zovatto. In the animated "Kubo and the Two Strings", A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past. Starring the voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes & George Takei. Finally in "Nine Lives", A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat. Starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Robbie Amell, Cheryl Hines & Christopher Walken. Calendar with Trailers 8/5 "Suicide Squad": http://www.suicidesquad.com/ "Nine Lives": http://www.ninelivesmovie.com/ 8/12 "Pete's Dragon": http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2304422937?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_1 "Sausage Party": http://www.sausagepartymovie.com/site/ "Florence Foster Jenkins": http://www.florencefosterjenkinsmovie.com/ 8/19 "Ben-Hur": http://www.benhurmovie.com/ "War Dogs": http://www.wardogsthemovie.com/ "Kubo and the Two Strings": http://www.kubothemovie.com/ 8/26 "Mechanic: Resurrection": http://www.mechanic.movie/ "Don't Breathe": http://www.dontbreathe-movie.com/site/ That's all for now.....Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 BUMP Does anyone even care about this month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Planning to see Sausage Party this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I have to decide between Star Trek and Suicide Squad on Friday. I'm not sure if Star Trek will still be getting many showings at that point, but that is my first priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I have to decide between Star Trek and Suicide Squad on Friday. I'm not sure if Star Trek will still be getting many showings at that point, but that is my first priority. All of the negative reviews of Suicide Squad -- combined with my lack of knowledge of those characters -- means this will be a "wait for HBO" movie for me... Star Trek was awesome, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 This is the best movie in theaters right now, by a long shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 All of the negative reviews of Suicide Squad -- combined with my lack of knowledge of those characters -- means this will be a "wait for HBO" movie for me... Star Trek was awesome, though. Suicide Squad is right up my alley. I'll go see it just to see if they do justice to the Harley Quinn character. I'll probably save that one though until I can get my brother out to the theater too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Suicide Squad is right up my alley. I'll go see it just to see if they do justice to the Harley Quinn character. I'll probably save that one though until I can get my brother out to the theater too. ive seen both and I can tell you that Harley Quinn steals the show completely. 100% worth it just to see her IMO. Star Trek was alright. I kept falling asleep because it was the 3rd movie I watched at the drive in and didn't start until after 1am. I was up for most of it but I think the fact that I fell asleep got me out of the loop of what was happening. I really need to see it again but I'll wait until Blu Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I loved Suicide Squad, wished there was more Joker, Harley Quinn was perfect. Sausage Party was funny as ****. I always like Star Trek not as good as the first two but I still loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I wish there was LESS Jared Leto's Joker in it. Evidently a lot of film was cut and he is very, very mad (the extremes he went into to get in the mood may be part of the madness). I am sorry this film was not "The Joker and the Suicide Squad" as he wanted it to be. Maybe he can convince the film company to make a "Joker's cut" as well as a Director's cut and let the market determine who is right. My takes: Deadshot - Will Smith did a decent job but he would have been better in Bronze Tiger role. Harley Quinn - she does steal the show which is good if that is what you were going to see movie for "Captain" Boomerang - he threw 1 boomerang and mostly just used knives; did they exhaust the special effects budget? He was only there to convince another character to be stupid and sell some stupid pink toy I guess. He did give a reason for Flash cameo. Killer Croc - best character in film. It appears director did not know what to do with him Katana - 2nd best character in film and a lot better than I thought she would be knowing source material very well El Diablo - conflicted on this, acted well and was set up to be the baddest of the bad guys due to his history. but did not feel right Enchantress - IMO completely off track and character as written has no chance to lead into Justice League Dark. She went from witch doctor appearance to a Inca / Aztec priestess with little reasoning. Rick Flag - well done with what was given but mixing a seal team with Suicide Squad was very odd Amanda Waller - really not liked what they did with her but will not add a spoiler why. By end of film I was hoping she was dead. Slipknot - token character, less said about it better. Evidently there was a whole buildup on how he was supposed to be a serial rapist but it got cut making his appearance meaningless. Batman - good job without a lot of screen time. He had the amount of screen time the Joker should have had. No idea why not credited. The story just did not fit. I'd rather they have written it differently but they appeared to do it that way to allow lots of killing but little blood. This could have been done SO MUCH BETTER by targeting Ra's Al Ghul's League of Assassins. It still can have Batman be involved which they wanted to help drive sales. they would not have had to have the molten men special effects cost, and they could have more locations. Evidently studio involvement really messed up the message of the film. Well. Worth seeing but I am hoping for a better, more coherent Director's cut, If the come out with Joker's cut I'll skip it until the bargain bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 This is the best movie in theaters right now, by a long shot: Just bumping this because I think this movie is in most theaters now... if you haven't seen it, check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 I enjoyed suicide squad. They pretty much focused on Lawton, Harley, and Flag, and to me, that worked. One thing just didn't seem right with Harley though. Maybe I can't get the cartoon/video game versions out of my head, but she seemed to have an accent at some points and then not have it later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Just bumping this because I think this movie is in most theaters now... if you haven't seen it, check it out. Doesn't look interesting. Reminds me a lot of the Depp movie. I'll wait for it on Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Doesn't look interesting. Reminds me a lot of the Depp movie. I'll wait for it on Netflix. I was on the fence going in myself. It was worth the trip and also worth seeing on the big screen for the cinematography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Christ Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Don't Breath was pretty good.......will mess with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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