Friday August 21

Countdown 7 days until Colony Seven days remain until Colony arrives in theaters, a South Korean outbreak horror film from director Yeon Sang-ho, the filmmaker behind Train to Busan. This time the setting shifts from a moving train to a sealed biotech facility, where a rapidly mutating virus gets loose during a conference and traps a small group of survivors inside with the infected.

Thursday August 20

Trailer drop A new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday shows what Doom can do to Thor A second trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is out, unveiled at Disney's D23 showcase in Anaheim on August 14 and released online the next day. The first trailer in July was a roll call, a fast tour of the Avengers, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men sharing a screen. This one slows down and spends its two minutes on the villain.

Wednesday August 19

Countdown 7 days until The Last Sunrise Seven days remain until The Last Sunrise arrives, a romantic drama built around one last summer that matters more than most. Ry, a college student managing a chronic illness, escapes to Mallorca with her mother, only to fall for someone local and start genuinely living in the moment for the first time in a while. On this day Imperium turns 10 Imperium turns ten this year, a tense undercover thriller inspired by real events that still holds up as one of the more overlooked crime dramas of its decade. Daniel Radcliffe plays Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent sent undercover to infiltrate a radical white supremacist network, forced to maintain a false identity while trying not to lose his own convictions in the process.

Tuesday August 18

Now at home Toy Story 5 is ready to come home Toy Story 5 has been playing in theaters since June 19, and from today it is available to buy or rent digitally in the US on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home. A Disney+ date follows on September 23, so this is the first chance to watch it at home for anyone who missed the big-screen run. On this day War Dogs turns 10 War Dogs turns ten this year, and it remains one of the sharpest dark comedies to come out of the mid 2010s. The film follows David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, two young men in their twenties who exploit a loophole allowing small businesses to bid on federal contracts, and end up winning a $300 million deal to arm American allies in Afghanistan. Upcoming this week This week's new releases: Toy Story 5, Lanterns and more Toy Story 5 is the headline arrival, and it is a home-viewing one: after two months in theaters it lands on digital purchase and rental on Tuesday, August 18, with Disney+ to follow on September 23. The story is set two years after Toy Story 4. Bonnie's new obsession is a tablet named Lilypad, and the sudden competition for her attention forces Buzz, Woody and Jessie back into a job they thought they had already finished. Andrew Stanton directs, co-writing with Kenna Harris, and Greta Lee voices the tablet itself. It sits at 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it plays as a genuinely emotional continuation rather than a victory lap.

Thursday August 13

On this day Ten years of Hell or High Water Ten years ago this month, Hell or High Water opened in theaters and quietly became one of the best American films of its decade. A lean, sunbaked crime story set in West Texas, it followed two brothers robbing branch after branch of the bank about to take their family's farm, and turned a modest budget into one of 2016's most acclaimed releases, a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes among the evidence.

Tuesday August 11

What to watch tonight Watch tonight: Lucky, a heist gone wrong on Apple TV Lucky opens with the heist already unraveling. Con artist Luciana Armstrong, who goes by Lucky, loses her grip on a multimillion dollar score, and the show never really slows down from there. The FBI is closing in from one side and a crime boss's people from the other, and every safe house is temporary. Her own father, a con man doing time for a job that collapsed the same way hers just did, is tangled up in the fallout too. The best horror on HBO Max right now HBO Max has quietly turned into horror's biggest streaming address, mostly because Warner Bros and New Line keep sending their theatrical horror hits there within months of release. That means the app currently holds some of the last two years' most talked about horror alongside a deep run of franchise catalog, from killer sharks to haunted house procedurals. These twelve are the ones worth clearing an evening for, moving from the newest arrivals into the genre's steadier standbys.

Monday August 10

On this day American Pie 2 turns 25 American Pie 2 opened in theaters on August 10, 2001, two years after American Pie turned into a surprise hit and a franchise starter. 25 years on, it holds up as the film that decided whether that first success was a fluke. The sequel reunites the same friends for one more summer, a year and a batch of new schools later, regrouping at a rented beach house to see whether the old chemistry still holds.

Sunday August 9

Upcoming this week This week: Minions & Monsters goes digital, The End of Oak Street opens in theaters The week splits cleanly between multiplex counterprogramming and a rare event picture. Family franchises dominate the schedule, from a digital arrival to two theatrical openings, while genre fans get something rarer: a filmmaker back after a long break, working at real scale.

Saturday August 8

On this day Stand by Me turns 40 Stand by Me opened on August 8, 1986, turning Stephen King's novella The Body into one of the defining coming of age films of its decade.

Friday August 7

What to watch tonight Grave of the Fireflies is worth revisiting, and it's streaming on Netflix Grave of the Fireflies is Isao Takahata's 1988 animated drama about two siblings orphaned during the final months of World War II in Japan, and it rewards anyone willing to sit with a genuinely devastating story rather than the whimsical reputation most people associate with its studio. Countdown The End of Oak Street arrives in theaters next week The End of Oak Street opens in theaters one week from now, on Friday, August 14, closing out the countdown to David Robert Mitchell's next film after It Follows and Under the Silver Lake.

Wednesday August 5

On this day The Change-Up turns 15 The Change-Up opened on August 5, 2011, putting two lifelong friends into each other's bodies after a drunken wish and then letting the fallout run for the rest of the movie.

Tuesday August 4

On this day Talladega Nights turns 20 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby opened in theaters on August 4, 2006, turning NASCAR spectacle into one of the decade's most quotable comedies. Now at home The Death of Robin Hood is ready to watch at home The Death of Robin Hood is now available to rent or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home, after opening in theaters on June 19. What to watch tonight Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is streaming tonight on Paramount Plus Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender picks up the search for an ancient power that could save Aang's people from extinction, sending him and his friends across the world before it falls into the wrong hands. The best thrillers on Netflix right now Netflix's thriller lineup right now swings from a classic that's decades old to franchise entries still finding their footing, with a few genuine surprises in between.

Monday August 3

On this day Suicide Squad turns 10 Suicide Squad opened in US theaters on August 5, 2016, ten years ago this week, putting DC's incarcerated supervillains to work as deniable government assets and kicking off one of the more contentious chapters of the DC Extended Universe. Trailer drop The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday puts Robert Downey Jr. on Doom's throne The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, released on July 20, gives the first proper look at Robert Downey Jr. back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this time as Doctor Doom rather than Tony Stark. The casting itself is not news: Downey unmasked as Doom on stage at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024. What the footage adds is how the Russo brothers intend to use him. The best sci-fi movies on HBO Max right now HBO Max's science fiction shelf covers a lot of ground right now, from a movie that's nearly four decades old to a clone comedy from last year, with real emotional stakes tucked between the spectacle in almost every pick below.

Sunday August 2

Upcoming this week What's new the week of August 2, from Evil Dead Burn to Ice Cream Man This week runs horror heavy, opening with a sequel arriving on digital on Tuesday and closing with a pair of cinema slashers on Friday, plus a romantic detour in between.

Saturday August 1

On this day Boyka: Undisputed IV turns ten Ten years ago this year, Boyka: Undisputed IV brought Yuri Boyka back into the ring, premiering at Fantastic Fest in September 2016 before reaching a wider audience on home video. It was built as the closing chapter for a character who had grown from supporting menace in the first Undisputed into the reluctant, damaged champion of three sequels. A decade on is enough distance to judge whether that ending actually holds.

Friday July 31

What to watch tonight WALL·E is still Pixar's boldest bet on silence WALL·E follows a lone robot who has spent centuries compacting garbage on an abandoned Earth, filling his days with whatever odd scraps catch his interest. When a sleek scout robot named EVE arrives on a mission from a distant ship, the story turns into one of Pixar's most tender love stories, told with almost no dialogue at all. It rewards viewers who do not need a wall of exposition to feel invested in two characters who barely speak. Countdown Eli Roth's Ice Cream Man arrives in theaters Friday, August 7 Ice Cream Man arrives in theaters on Friday, August 7, seven days from now. Eli Roth's newest film sends an ice cream truck through a picture postcard American summer town, and by the time the jingle stops, that town has completely lost its mind. Countdown The End of Oak Street opens in two weeks, on Friday, August 14 The End of Oak Street opens in North America on Friday, August 14, 2026, now just two weeks away. Warner Bros is sending David Robert Mitchell's fourth feature exclusively into theaters and IMAX, the first time Mitchell has built a film around the format from the earliest stages of preproduction.

Wednesday July 29

On this day Fifteen years of Crazy, Stupid, Love. Crazy, Stupid, Love. opened in theaters in July 2011, and this year marks fifteen years since Cal Weaver's tidy, suburban life came apart in a single conversation. His wife Emily wants a divorce, and a man who assumed his story was settled has to start over in his forties.

Tuesday July 28

On this day Bad Moms turns 10 this week, and the premise still holds up Bad Moms opened in theaters on July 29, 2016, and this week marks ten years since three worn out mothers decided they were done apologizing for wanting a life outside the school run and the packed lunches.