Movies to watch in August 2023

The film that revived, albeit in a very truculent way, summer nightmares “made up” Shark Steven Spielberg is back with an even more intermedia sequel, but not without deliberate irony. Once again, macho fighter Jason Statham, nicknamed sub Jonas Taylor, becomes the main character, leading a group of explorers in the depths of the ocean, among colossal and prehistoric sharks (!).

An unfavorable release date for the latest film by one of the most revered French directors, Arnaud Desplechin. Melville Pupo and Marion Cotillard are titled brother and sister: insults separate them for many years, but on the threshold of fifty they are forced to find each other again. Another film about life and its times, which often do not coincide with those we love.

Thomas Hardiman’s debut is dizzying murder mystery set in the world of hairdressing. After a stylist is found dead in a hair contest, the remaining contestants spend the evening trying to uncover the killer. The rivalry and distrust escalate when the participants suspect that someone is trying to fix the race… Presented at the Locarno Film Festival in 2022.

Rachel Stone is a Secret Service agent, but also the only woman standing between her powerful, world-famous peacekeeping organization and the loss of her most valuable and dangerous asset. Gal Gadot is the protagonist of what already promises to be a new franchise between Bond and Bourne, but for women. Jamie Dornan also plays the title role.

Alex Claremont-Diaz (Taylor Zahar Perez), the son of the President of the United States (Uma Thurman), and Prince Henry of England (Nicholas Golitsyn) have a lot in common: attractive looks, undeniable charisma, international fame … and complete contempt for each other. But we know that, as someone said, all great love begins with “fuck you.” Based on the novel by Casey McQuiston, the feature debut of Tony Award-winning playwright Matthew Lopez.Heritage).

Straight out of DC Comics, this is the perfect summer toy for the big boys. Upon graduation, Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) is chosen to become the symbiotic host of the Scarab, an ancient alien biotech relic that gives him powerful exoskeleton armor, transforming him into the superhero Blue Beetle. Don’t worry, it’s easier than it looks. Susan Sarandon also stars.

After Tones of love, Ira Sachs returns to the story of a homosexual couple (played by Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw), which, however, has an “other” element inserted: a woman (Adele Exarchopoulos) who will make one of them lose his head. The aria Nouvelle Vague for a story set in Paris speaks of fluidity without compulsion. This is just one of the many “steps” possible today in a beautifully written and acted film.

Another turn, another blockbuster, designed primarily for a younger audience. A single mother and her son move into a mansion: they soon discover that it is haunted. To fight the spirits, they hire a former paranormal investigator, priest, psychic, and college history professor. Starring Owen Wilson and Rosario Dawson.

The most anticipated movie of the month, without any if and but. Three hours chronicle the life of physicist Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project that led to the creation of the first atomic bomb. Again (pre-)military territory for Nolan and the usual giant cast: there’s also Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Casey Affleck, Kenneth Branagh and many more.

The entire Sandler family – Adam, his wife Jackie, daughters Sadie and Sunny – are together on screen to tell the story of a Jewish girl struggling with her Bat Mitzvah, which she would like to make epic but proves to be very difficult. obligation. A teen comedy in perfect Netflix sauce with, among many faces, also Idina Menzel, who finds Sandler on screen after a dazzling Rough diamonds the Safdie brothers.

Shooting between Rome and Naples for the third chapter in the saga of a now-retired former CIA agent played by Denzel Washington, but also ready to fight from a small town in southern Italy where he has decided to isolate himself. Specialist Antoine Fuqua is still directing, and Dakota Fanning, who meets in Washington twenty years after man on fire.

The opening film of the last Cannes Film Festival, as well as the one that relaunched Johnny Depp’s career after a forced break due to the court. Thanks to her charm and intelligence, Marie-Jeanne Becou (Mayvenn, also a director) becomes the favorite of the French Louis XV (Depp), who invites her to move to Versailles. The king is back.