Release Date: 08/22/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Thriller. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Republic Pictures. The Verdict: A Maybe There's a sense of irony in actress-turned-director Carlson Young calling her latest film Trust , because it's something she asks of her audience when going along with her for the multi-genred ride that is her latest film. But is it something she actually gains?   Part survivalist horror, home invasion thriller, Hollywood industry takedown, and occasional com

Release Date: 08/22/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Crime. Mystery. Thriller. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Focus Features. The Verdict: A Mistake I live for a 90-minute or less runtime film. It calls to me—it says, I am a quick paced, compact story that hits all the points and check marks but usually still leaves you feeling you had a full experience without wasting your entire day. However, sometimes a 90 minute film can drag, or leave out details you wish could have been includ

Season Two. [Episodes 1 - 5] Aired On: HBO Max. Release Date: 08/21/25. Genre: Action. Adventure. Comedy. Crime. Fantasy. SciFi. The Verdict: A Must-See Peacemaker shouldn’t work. The character is basically a MAGA Captain America in a shiny toilet bowl helmet, spouting about peace while mowing down anyone who looks at him sideways. It’s a one-joke gag stretched across decades of DC obscurity. And yet – under James Gunn’s now trademark freakshow stewardship – this thing rock

Release Date: 08/20/25 [Prime Video] Genre: Drama. Romance. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Prime Video. The Verdict: A Must-See The Map That Leads to You feels familiar in a lot of ways, a budding romance mixed with a critical secret that could upend everything. It’s an occasionally sweet, occasionally romantic, and occasionally heartbreaking European adventure.    Madelyn Cline plays Heather, a woman about to start a new job working for a high profile bank and decides to t

Release Date: 08/15/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Comedy. Crime. Thriller. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Universal Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See The original Nobody took an unlikely action star in Bob Odenkirk ( Better Call Saul ) and made a badass flick that has long lingered since its release in 2021. While the first film’s director does not make a comeback, the John Wick writer Derek Kolstad does return for this action-packed delight of a sequel where chaos reigns and v

w/ Director Tony Tost and Paul Walter Hauser. SYNOPSIS The lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine when a rare Lakota Ghost shirt falls onto the black market in a small South Dakota town.   ​Cinefied's Josh Davis had the opportunity to speak with Director Tony Tost and Paul Walter Hauser about their contemporary western, Americana ... ​ ​ READ Our Americana  Review HERE

Release Date: 08/15/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Crime. Drama. Mystery. Thriller. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: A24. Apple TV. The Verdict: A Must-See It's a bold decision to remake a beloved classic - especially if that classic is legendary director Akira Kurosawa's procedural thriller High and Low . However, Spike Lee is a titan filmmaker in his own right, and has a unique angle on the story adapted from the Ed McBain novel. Instead of following a show mogul in the throes of a mor

Release Date: 08/15/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Crime. Drama. Western. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Lionsgate. The Verdict: A Must-See In Americana , the American West isn’t just a backdrop; it’s a living, breathing stage where myth, greed, and heartbreak jostle for screen time. Tony Tost, the showrunner of Poker Face and creator of Longmire , makes his feature debut here as the writer/director – and he comes out swinging.    The film’s opening scene is a knockout, equal par

Release Date: 08/15/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Horror. SciFi. MPAA: Not Rated. Distributor: The Horror Section. Iconic Events Releasing. The Verdict: A Must-See From the very beginning of Joe Begos’ Jimmy and Stiggs , it’s very clear that this is gonna be a unique experience that takes numerous creative liberties. Starting with a first person perspective from our lead Jimmy’s POV including blinks as he goes from smoking to drinking in aggression when he learns a project of his isn’

Release Date: 08/13/25 [Netflix] Genre: Adventure. Animation. Comedy. Romance. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Netflix. The Verdict: A Mistake Fixed may not be my particular cup of tea… maybe it’s just not the type of humor I find particularly funny. The fact of the matter is the idea of taking a story in the vein of The   Secret Life of Pets and making it a sex comedy is a wild concept just on paper alone, imagine that in a 87 minute package.    The story follows Bull (Adam

Season One. [Premiere] Aired On: Hulu. Release Date: 08/12/25. Genre: Horror. SciFi. Thriller. The Verdict: A Must-See From its very first moments, Alien: Earth signals its connection to the franchise’s origins. The pilot opens with the crew gathered around a table, sharing breakfast and casual conversation after waking from stasis—a deliberate echo of the Nostromo’s introduction in Alien (1979), where an unhurried meal and everyday banter set the stage for the horrors ahe

Release Date: 08/10/50 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Drama. MPAA: Approved. Distributor: Paramount Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See SUNSET BOULEVARD - 75 Years Later: A HOLLYWOOD STORY Sunset Boulevard is a perfect depiction of fame, jealousy, ego and how the passage of time can wipe the slate clean for even the most notable. Celebrating its 75th anniversary, this feature from 1950 is a glorious black and white depiction of the cruelty of the Hollywood system.    The film focus

Release Date: 08/08/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Family. Fantasy. MPAA: Rated PG. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See Hollywood has become obsessed with remakes, reboots, and reimaginings. So it was only a matter of time before it resurrected the early 2000s box office darling, Freaky Friday , and gave it a sequel. The 2003 movie was already a remake. The original from 1976 starred Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris. Twenty-seven years later Disney decided

Release Date: 08/08/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Horror. Mystery. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Warner Bros. The Verdict: A Must-See Zach Cregger had some big shoes to fill with the highly-anticipated Weapons . His previous film, 2022’s Barbarian , was a slow burn success, with word-of-mouth and social media buzz making it a sleeper horror hit. Weapons had a lot more money – and marketing – behind it, and luckily for him, the huge cinematic swing turned out to be a hit. ​ Weapons had

Release Date: 08/08/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Drama. Horror. Mystery. SciFi. Thriller. MPAA: Not Rated. Distributor: RLJE Films. Seen for SXSW 2025. The Verdict: A Must-See Peter Cilella’s Descendent is a remarkable piece of filmmaking that intertwines extraterrestrials and the anxiety of fatherhood into one haunting experience.    Ross Marquand leads the film as Sean Bruner, a soon to be father struggling with the toll of his future. Sean is a hard worker with a desire to succee

Season Two. Aired On: Apple TV. Release Date: 08/06/25. Genre: Comedy. The Verdict: A Must-See Season One of Apple TV+’s Platonic was refreshing for its refusal to sexualize a friendship between two adults of the opposite sex. There were no “oops we kissed” moments, no will-they-won’t-they tension, no last-minute coupling that betrayed the premise. It was a comedy that dared to say “these two people love each other – but not like that.” ​ Rose Byrne’s Sylvia, a married, sli

Release Date: 08/06/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Adventure. Comedy. Fantasy. MPAA: Rated PG. Distributor: Angel Studios. The Verdict: A Must-See If Inside Out got tangled up in a box of crayons and ran through the woods with Jurassic Park on its mind, you’d get something like Sketch – a scrappy, sincere, beautifully weird little film about grief, imagination, and the things we do to cope with how we feel. ​ First-time writer-director Seth Worley has made no bones about Spielberg’s

Season Fourteen. Aired On: Hulu. Release Date: 08/04/25. Genre: Comedy. Drama. The Verdict: A Must-See In this modern era of legacy sequel shows ranging from That 90s Show to Fuller House to The Connors , season 14 of King of the Hill could have gone a lot of different directions. Thankfully, it retains enough of the spirit of the original run to be a very enjoyable revival for fans of the show. In present day, Hank and Peggy return to Arlen, TX to start their retirement

Release Date: 08/01/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Comedy. Crime. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Paramount Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See Akiva Schaffer has truly outdone himself with his latest feat in the director’s chair as The Naked Gun beats all expectations and becomes one of the funniest films in nearly a decade’s comedy drought. For those unaware of the original trilogy or better yet the short run of the television series Police Squad , truly be ashamed that you hav

Release Date: 08/01/25 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Adventure. Comedy. Crime. Family. MPAA: Rated PG. Distributor: Universal Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See The 2020s have been a revolutionary time for computer animation. Where the 2010s felt defined by the pursuit of photo-realism, the 2020s have seemed to create a greater focus on defined styles. Across the Spider-Verse , Puss in Boots: The Last Wish , Netflix’s Cyberpunk 2077 , and Arcane are all series which have pushed t