August Film Preview: Board the Bullet Train, celebrate Easter Sunday, and more must-see movies

With Brad Pitt, Jamie Foxx, Diane Keaton, and not one but two Idris Elba flicks, this month is particularly star-studded

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August Film Preview: Board the Bullet Train, celebrate Easter Sunday, and more must-see movies
Clockwise from bottom left: Day Shift (Parrish Lewis/Netflix), Bullet Train (Scott Garfield / Sony), Easter Sunday (Ed Araquel/Universal Pictures), Three Thousand Years Of Longing (Courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Inc) Image: Libby McGuire

Summer blockbusters continue to arrive hot and heavy in August, with a particularly star-studded slate of films on tap. Brad Pitt invites everyone aboard a Bullet Train, while Diane Keaton reminds us of her rom-com chops in Mack & Rita. Not content with just one Idris Elba feature? Try two. And Rebecca Hall, Amber Midthunder, Nathalie Emmanuel, and even Pete Davidson are all bringing the horror. Read on for these and more August 2022 titles that belong on your moviegoing radar.

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BULLET TRAIN - Official Trailer 2 (HD)

Theaters everywhere August 5If you’ve seen any of the trailers for Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train, you know what to expect—and you may know too much, considering the studio’s eagerness to showcase this star-studded story without so much as a spoiler alert. Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bad Bunny, and more play a colorful cavalcade of spies and assassins aboard a train from Tokyo to Kyoto, where the simple mission assigned to Pitt’s Ladybug—steal a briefcase—goes violently and delightfully awry. The best casting choice, though, may be a mulleted, smoky-eyed Sandra Bullock as the person assigning Pitt that mission (it’s her second action-comedy with Pitt this summer after ). Zak Olkewicz’s adaptation of Kōtarō Isaka’s satirical thriller novel is directed by John Wick and Atomic Blonde helmer David Leitch, who’s proven his ability to stage elaborate action sequences without sacrificing comedic timing.  [Jack Smart]

4 Comments

  • stormylewis-av says:

    2022 is a bad year for Beast.  Even Idris Elba probably won’t be able to get me to root for humanity over lions.  Maybe don’t eat the kids though.

  • anotherevilmonkey-av says:

    When done well, these pictures demand to be seen on the biggest screen possible, on opening night, with a rowdy audience ready to have fun.That sounds like a terrible time

  • dwmguff-av says:

    Gotta mention The Ghost and the Darkness if you’re going to name-drop movies in response to Beast. Give Val his due!

  • minsk-if-you-wanna-go-all-the-way-back-av says:

    He plays chief hostage negotiator Eli Bernard opposite John Boyega’s
    Brian Brown-Easley, a downtrodden Marine veteran who was owed na $892
    disability check and resorted to the most drastic of measures to call
    attention to the injustice.

    “owed na”?

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