Dramatic July In Cinema Theatres
If you think that July is all about easy summer days and entertainment, new screen releases would tell you to think twice. Even eleven drama movies await their audience hoping for a deeper emotion than just a laugh or a scary scream. Though comedies, horror movies and action thrillers are also on July list. With the return of Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Tarzan and even the adorable heroes from Ice Age. Take a look and make your preferences:
DRAMA
Director: Daniel Scheinert, Dan Kwan Written by: Daniel Scheinert Dan Kwan Starring: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Plot Synopsis: Hank (Paul Dano), a hopeless man stranded in the wild, discovers a mysterious dead body (Daniel Radcliffe). Together the two embark on an epic journey to get home. As Hank realizes the body is the key to his survival, this once-suicidal man is forced to convince a dead body that life is worth living.
Director: Matt Ross Written by: Matt Ross Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks, Charlie Shotwell, Ann Dowd, Erin Moriarty, Missi Pyle, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn Plot Synopsis: Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he's taught them.
Director: Brad Furman Written by: Ellen Sue Brown, Robert Mazur Starring: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger, Amy Ryan, Joseph Gilgun, Benjamin Bratt, Juliet Aubrey, Yul Vazquez, Said Taghmaoui Plot Synopsis: During the 1980s, DEA agent Robert Mazur (Byran Cranston) uses his undercover alias Bob Musella to become a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash. Later, he infiltrates the world's largest cartels and helps discover the money-laundering organization of drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Director: Nathan Parker Written by: Nathan Parker Starring: Nicholas Hoult-Silas, Kristen Stewart-Nia, Guy Pearce, Jacki Weaver-Bess, Kate Lyn Sheil-Kate, David Selby, Aurora Perrineau-Iris Plot Synopsis: In a futuristic utopian society, human emotions have been eradicated and everyone lives in peace but when a new disease surfaces, everything changes for illustrator Silas (Nicholas Hoult). He becomes an outcast once infected and is drawn to his writer co-worker Nia (Kristen Stewart), whom is also infected but hiding her condition. In order to survive, they have to escape together.
Director: Patricia Rozema Written by: Patricia Rozema, Jean Hegland Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Wendy Crewson, Bethany Brown, Jordana Largy, Simon Longmore, Sandy Sidhu, Brittany Willacy Plot Synopsis: A gripping story about two sisters (Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood) who must fend for themselves after a massive power outage throws North America into chaos. Hidden away at their family's remote country house, Nell and Eva gradually become aware of the severity of their situation, as the blackout continues and supplies dwindle. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness, and starvation. Over the course of the story, they are transformed from helpless though refined young women to powerful but completely primitive creatures.
Director: Brady Corbet Written by: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold Starring: Berenice Bejo, Liam Cunningham, Stacy Martin, Robert Pattinson, Tom Sweet Plot Synopsis: A chronicle of the childhood of a post-World War I leader.
Director: Meera Menon Written by: Amy Fox Starring: Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner, Lee Tergesen, Samuel Roukin Plot Synopsis: Equity tells the story of a top female investment banker fighting to keep her Wall Street firm in the lead as she shepherds the IPO for an emerging tech company and struggles to balance business and ethics in the post-financial crisis world where regulations are tight but aspirations remain high.
Director: James Schamus Written by: James Schamus, Philip Roth Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon Plot Synopsis: It's 1951, and among the new arrivals at Winesburg College in Ohio are the son of a kosher butcher from New Jersey and the beautiful, brilliant daughter of a prominent alum. For a brief moment, their lives converge in this emotionally soaring film based on the novel by Philip Roth.
Director: Sian Heder Written by: Sian Heder Starring: Ellen Page, Allison Janney, Tammy Blanchard, Evan Jonigkeit, Uzo Aduba Plot Synopsis: A rootless young woman (Ellen Page) takes a toddler from a wealthy, negligent mother and passes the baby off as her own in an effort to protect her. This decision connects and transforms the lives of three very different women.
Director: Steven Caple Jr. Written by: Steven Caple Jr. Starring: Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Moises Arias, Rafi Gavron, Ezri Walker, Machine Gun Kelly, Robert Hunter Plot Synopsis: Teenage buddies Cisco, Boobie, Junior, and Patty Cake skateboard the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, dreaming of getting discovered by a sponsor and skating their way out of poverty. That is until the boys discover a bag full of pills in the back of a stolen car. Cisco's entrepreneurial instincts take over, and in a flash their lives get better. But no one counted on having to come face to face with the cold, calculating, and notorious drug queenpin, ‘Momma', who runs the toughest gang in town.
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Written by: Christopher Landon, Barbara Marshall Starring: Analeigh Tipton, Sofia Black-Delia, Travis Tope, Michael Kelly, Brianne Howey Plot Synopsis: Struggling after a recent family tragedy, teenager Emma Drakeford (Sofia Black-D'Elia) begins a video documentary about her life for a school project. Her life is turned upside down as a terrifying virus sweeps through her small town, turning her friends and neighbors into vicious monsters. Quarantined with her family, Emma believes they are out of harm's way but when the contagion finally infiltrates their home Emma and her family are faced with an impossible decision: if someone you love becomes a threat, do you kill them in cold blood or save them at the risk of your own life? From the executive producer of Cloverfield comes a terrifying new twist on the monster movie that is the first in a trilogy.
ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Steven C. Miller Written by: Michael Cody, Chris Sivertson Starring: Christopher Meloni, Bruce Willis, Dave Bautista, Adrian Grenier Plot Synopsis: When a bank is hit by a brutal heist, all evidence points to the owner (Bruce Willis) and his high-powered clients. But as a group of FBI agents (Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista and Adrian Grenier) dig deeper into the case - and the deadly heists continue - it becomes clear that a larger conspiracy is at play.
Director: Susanna White Written by: John Le Carre, Hossein Amini Starring: Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgard, Damian Lewis, Naomie Harris Plot Synopsis: A couple find themselves lured into a Russian oligarch's plans to defect are soon positioned between the Russian Mafia and the British Secret Service, neither of whom they can trust.
Director: David Yates Written by: Stuart Beattie, Craig Brewer, Adam Cozad Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Margot Robbie Plot Synopsis: Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Director: Paul Feig Written by: Katie Dippold, Paul Feig Starring: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth, Andy Garcia, Michael Kenneth Williams, Matt Walsh, Cecily Strong Plot Synopsis: Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy) are a pair of unheralded authors who write a book positing that ghosts are real. A few years later, Erin lands a prestigious teaching position at Columbia University, but her book resurfaces and she is laughed out of academia. Erin reunites with Abby and others when ghosts invade Manhattan and she and her team have to save the world.
Director: J.J. Abrams Written by: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman Starring: Chris Pine, Idris Elba, Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Karl Urban Plot Synopsis: The Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Written by: Jessica Sharzer, Jeanne Ryan Starring: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, Juliette Lewis, Kimiko Glenn Plot Synopsis: Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts), has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger (Dave Franco), the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
