New movies being released in August 2017 include Logan Lucky, The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature and The Dark Tower.
THE DARK TOWER
There are other worlds than these.
Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Starring: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor
In theaters: August 4
After a boy with visions of another realm enters the land only he can see, he meets a gun-toting knight sworn to protect a sinister structure that maintains balance between both worlds.
WIND RIVER
Nothing is harder to track than the truth.
Mystery | Crime
Director: Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Jon Bernthal
In theaters: August 4
When a skilled gametracker finds a teenager’s remains on a remote Native American reservation, he teams up with the lone FBI agent investigating the case to hunt down whoever’s responsible for the girl’s death.
STEP
A real life story.
Documentary
Director: Amanda Lipitz
Starring: Tayla Solomon, Paula Dofat, Cori Grainger
In theaters: August 4
Senior-year students at an all-girl high school in Baltimore use step dance to cope with the inner-city’s unrest while also attempting to become the first members of their families to enroll in college.
DETROIT
It’s time we knew.
Crime | Drama
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor
In theaters: August 4
Set during one of Detroit’s darkest hours, this film chronicles the true story of how a police raid in the summer of 1967 led to deaths of three young men and one of the most significant race riots in American history.
ANNABELLE: CREATION
You don’t know the real story.
Mystery | Thriller
Director: David Sandberg
Starring: Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman
In theaters: August 11
The second installment of this frightening franchise - set in the same universe as The Conjuring films - focuses on an orphan girl who moves into the home of a dollmaker, his wife and a possessed puppet the couple created to replace their deceased daughter.
THE NUT JOB 2: NUTTY BY NATURE
Get ready. Get set. Get nuts!
Adventure | Comedy
Director: Callan Brunker
Starring: Will Arnett, Jackie Chan, Katherine Heigl
In theaters: August 11
An adventurous squirrel and his furry friends do whatever it takes to stop the mayor of Oakton from bulldozing their much-loved home to make way for a substandard amusement park.
THE GLASS CASTLE
Find beauty in the struggle.
Drama
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Starring: Brie Larson, Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson
In theaters: August 11
As the daughter of unorthodox parents reaches adulthood, Jeannette Walls - the author whose best selling memoir the move is based on - reflects back on her unconventional childhood and struggles to come to terms with her folks’ wacky worldview.
BRIGSBY BEAR
He will do anything to save him.
Drama | Comedy
Director: Dave McCary
Starring: Kyle Mooney, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill
In theaters: August 11
After his favorite children’s TV show is unceremoniously canceled, a grown man sets off on a mission to film a movie that delivers a satisfying conclusion to the program’s plot.
THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK
Drama
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Callum Turner, Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges
In theaters: August 11
A recent college graduate winds up falling for his father’s mistress during his attempt to end his dad’s adulterous affair.
INGRID GOES WEST
Obsess much?
Drama | Comedy
Director: Matt Spicer
Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Aubrey Plaza, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
In theaters: August 11
A troubled young woman who stalks seemingly perfect people she finds on social media moves to California to pursue her latest victim: an Instagram-famous influencer.
GOOD TIME
Crime | Drama
Directors: Joshua Safdie, Ben Safdie
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Safdie
In theaters: August 11
When the younger of two brothers is arrested after attempting to rob a bank, the older sibling tries to save his little bro by navigating through the city’s seedy underbelly.
LOGAN LUCKY
See how the other half steals.
Comedy
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, Riley Keough
In theaters: August 18
Two dim-witted brothers from West Virginia attempt to end their family’s string of bad luck by busting an expert robber out of jail to help steal $14 million from the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
HITMAN’S BODYGUARD
Everyone’s out to get them...if they don’t kill each other first.
Action | Adventure
Director: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek
In theaters: August 18
The world’s best bodyguard is tasked with protecting the life of the foul-mouthed hitman he despises during a 24-hour trip from England to the Hague’s International Court of Justice.
PATTI CAKE$
Drama
Director: Geremy Jasper
Starring: Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay
In theaters: August 18
An unorthodox Jersey girl faces an uphill battle as she attempts to break free of her crappy life by becoming the world’s next hip-hop superstar.
TULIP FEVER
Deception can be murder.
Drama | Indie
Director: Justin Chadwick
Starring: Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz
In theaters: August 25
The trophy wife of a 17th-century nobleman falls in love with the young artist hired to paint her, then attempts a daring escape before starting over from scratch.
