Movies Opening in Cinemas On August 15

Every Monday, Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Expendables 3, Let’s Be Cops, The Giver, The Trip To Italy and Life After Beth.

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=”The Expendables 3″ tagline=”126 minutes – Action, Adventure, Thriller”]

Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his associates.

Director: Patrick Hughes
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”Let’s Be Cops” tagline=”104 minutes – Action, Comedy”]

Two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party and become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

Director: Luke Greenfield
Stars: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”The Giver” tagline=”94 minutes – Drama, Sci-Fi”]

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world.

Director: Phillip Noyce
Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”The Trip To Italy” tagline=”108 minutes – Comedy, Drama”]

Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner, Claire Keelan

International Release Dates

[/hero] [hero heading=”Life After Beth (limited release)” tagline=”91 minutes – Comedy, Horror, Romance”]

A young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.

Director: Jeff Baena
Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon

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: Life After Beth – A24)