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Movies Opening in Cinemas On August 22

Every Monday Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, If I Stay, When The Game Stands Tall, Love Is Strange, Are You Here and The One I Love.

Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.

Opening in Cinemas This Week:

[hero heading=”Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” tagline=”102 minutes – Action, Crime, Thriller”]

Some of Sin City’s most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

Directors: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”If I Stay” tagline=”106 minutes – Drama”]

Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined.

Director: R.J. Cutler
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley, Joshua Leonard

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”When The Game Stands Tall” tagline=”115 minutes – Drama, Sport”]

The journey of legendary football coach Bob Ladouceur, who took the De La Salle High School Spartans from obscurity to a 151-game winning streak that shattered all records for any American sport.

Director: Thomas Carter
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Alexander Ludwig, Michael Chiklis, Laura Dern

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”Love Is Strange (limited release)” tagline=”94 minutes – Drama”]

After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing — a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

Director: Ira Sachs
Stars: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Tatyana Zbirovskaya, Olya Zueva

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”Are You Here” tagline=”112 minutes – Comedy”]

Two childhood best friends embark on a road trip back to their hometown after one of them learns he has inherited a large sum of money from his recently deceased estranged father.

Director: Matthew Weiner
Stars: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Poehler, Jay Gates

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”The One I Love” tagline=”91 minutes – Comedy, Drama, Romance”]

Struggling with a marriage on the brink of falling apart, a couple escapes for a weekend in pursuit of their better selves, only to discover an unusual dilemma that awaits them.

Director: Charlie McDowell
Stars: Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss, Ted Danson, Kiana Cason

International Release Dates

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So how about you: do any of these appeal to you – which would you see in cinema, which would you see at home – or not at all?

Sound off in the comments! 😀

(top image source: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For – Dimension Films)

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