Saturday, August 2, 2014

2014 Summer Movie Previews - August

August 1st

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero: When a group of friends enjoying a bachelor cruise in the Caribbean stumble upon a research facility on a remote island, a deadly virus is unleashed. The group must find a way to survive before the flesh eating virus consumes them all.
Trailer here.

Calvary: After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest (Brendan Gleeson) must battle the dark forces closing in around him. Also starring Chris O'Dowd.
Trailer here.

Get On UpA chronicle of James Brown's (Chadwick Boseman) rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. Also starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Nelsan Ellis.
Trailer here.

Guardians of the GalaxyIn the far reaches of space, a thief named Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an ancient and dangerous artifact. Also starring Zoe Saldana and Dave Bautista, with the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel.
Trailer here.

The Olivia Experiment: Olivia (Skye Noel) is a 27-year-old grad student who's beginning to suspect she's an asexual. To help clear up her issues, she accepts a friend's offer to try sex with her own boyfriend. But much goes wrong in Olivia's first foray into sex.
Trailer here.

August 8th

The Hundred Foot Journey: The Kadam family clashes with Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren), proprietress of a celebrated French restaurant, after they open their own nearby eatery, until undeniable chemistry causes the Madame to take gifted young chef Hassan under her wing.
Trailer here.


Into the StormStorm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton.
Trailer here.

Step Up: All InAll-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Trailer here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesDarkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Trailer here.


What IfWallace (Daniel Radcliffe), burned out from failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry (Zoe Kazan), who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life. Co-starring Adam Driver.
Trailer here.

August 13th

Let's Be CopsTwo struggling pals (Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr.) dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted "heroes" get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.
Trailer here.

August 15th

As Above, So Below: When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
Trailer here.

The Expendables 3: The infamous team is infused with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, their co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of the Expendables. Starring an insane number of classic action stars; I refuse to do all that hyperlinking.
Trailer here.

FrankJon (Domhnall Gleeson), a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a man who always wears a gigantic fake head. Co-starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Trailer here.


The GiverIn a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man (Jeff Bridges) about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world. Costarring Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes, and apparently Taylor Swift.
Trailer here.

Life After BethA young man's (Dane DeHaan) recently deceased girlfriend (Aubrey Plaza) mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her. Costarring John C. Reilly and Molly Shannon.
Trailer here.

The One I Love: Struggling with a marriage on the brink of falling apart, a couple (Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss) escapes for a weekend in pursuit of their better selves, only to discover a bizarre phenomenon.
Trailer here.


RagnarokThe ancient and modern worlds collide when archaeologist Sigurd Svendsen finds the true meaning of the secret runes found in the Oseberg ship.
Trailer here.

The Trip to ItalyA follow-up to their critically acclaimed tv-show-edited-into-a-movie, The Trip, actors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon have turned their second season into another film following their antics as fictionalized versions of themselves on an eating tour of Italy.
Trailer here.

August 22nd

If I StayLife changes in an instant for young Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined.
Trailer here.

Island of Lemurs: MadagascarA documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman that follows Dr. Patricia C. Wright's mission to help lemurs, the highly evolved creatures who arrived on Madagascar millions of years ago as castaways but are now highly endangered.
Trailer here.

Love is StrangeAfter Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina) get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.
Trailer here.

The Possession of Michael King: A supernatural debunker makes himself the center of an experiment - allowing demonologists, necromancers, and various occult practitioners to try their darkest spells and rituals on him - to disprove the paranormal. But something does happen. An evil and horrifying force has taken over Michael King. And it will not let him go.
Trailer here.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: In a sequel to Robert Rodriguez's acclaimed Sin City, some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants. Starring even more - and more relevant - movie stars as the Expendables.
Trailer here.

Two Night StandA snowstorm forces two people (Miles Teller, Analeigh Tipton) who made an online connection to unwillingly extend their one-night stand.
Trailer here.

When the Game Stands Tall: The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur (Jim Caviezel), who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport and guided them through eventual losses, both on the field and off.
Trailer here.

August 27th

November Man
Trailer here.

August 29th

The Congress
Trailer here.

Jessabelle
Trailer here.

Leprechaun: Origins
Trailer here.

Life of Crime
Trailer here.

The Loft
Trailer here.

One Chance
Trailer here.

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