Last Summer Day With New August Comedy, Horror And Animation

Was this summer enough for you to leave it with a smile? Or is it too horrible to embrace an upcoming fall? Wave your summer away accordingly with new August comedy or horror movies to fit into your mood chart. Or do it with your family together by watching new August animation and family releases:

COMEDY

SHORTCOMINGS

Plot Synopsis: Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites--Ben Tanaka, Miko Hayashi and Alice Kim--as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.

CORNER OFFICE

Plot Synopsis: As Orson, The Authority's newest employee, finds himself trapped in the absurdities of corporate life, his alienation deepens when he discovers a room he's told doesn't exist.

LOVE IN TAIPEI

Plot Synopsis: 21 year-old Ever Wong, who is sent from Ohio to Taipei to study Mandarin for the summer but turns out to be a teen free-for-all that is dubbed "Loveboat."

THE POD GENERATION

Plot Synopsis: In a not-so-distant future, tech giant Pegazus offers couples the opportunity to share their pregnancies via detachable artificial wombs or pods. And so begins Rachel and Alvy's wild ride to parenthood in this brave new world.

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE

Plot Synopsis: When the feud between the son of the American President and Britain's prince threatens to drive a wedge in U.S./British relations, the two are forced into a staged truce that sparks something deeper.

BACK ON THE STRIP

Plot Synopsis: A young man moves to Las Vegas to pursue his dream of being a magician, only to end up joining a male stripper group.

LANDSCAPE WITH INVISIBLE HAND

Plot Synopsis: When an occupying alien species' bureaucratic rule and advanced technology leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, two teenagers hatch a risky plan to ensure their families' futures.

THE ADULTS

Plot Synopsis: The plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as Eric finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game.

MIGUEL WANTS TO FIGHT

Plot Synopsis: A coming of age comedy about a 17-year-old in who asks his three best friends to help him get in his first fight ever before he moves to a new city.

BOTTOMS

Plot Synopsis: Two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation.

SCRAPPER

Plot Synopsis: Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.

YOU ARE SO NOT INVITED TO MY BAT MITZVAH

Plot Synopsis: Stacey Friedman prepares for her Bat Mitzvah, but her plans comedically unravel and threaten to ruin the event.

SLOTHERHOUSE

Plot Synopsis: Emily Young, a senior, wants to be elected as her sorority's president. She adopts a cute sloth, thinking it can become the new mascot and help her win, until a string of fatalities implicate the sloth as the main suspect in the murders.

HORROR

THE PASSENGER

Plot Synopsis: A man is forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past. He must find a way to survive when his co-worker snaps and goes on a violent killing spree.

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER

Plot Synopsis: A crew sailing from Carpathia to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo.

BIRTH/REBIRTH

Plot Synopsis: A morgue technician successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing, she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl's mother, a nurse, discovers her baby alive, they enter into a deal that forces them both down a dark path of no return.