‘Insidious’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Good Omens’, & More: Every New Movie and Show Out This July
Escape the summer heat with July’s big movies and shows. This month is packed with action, drama, and scares.
Insidious: The Red Door – Theaters July 7
The story shifts to the Lambert family in the fifth installment of the franchise – we haven’t seen them since 2013’s Insidious: Chapter 2. Dalton and Josh chose to suppress their memories to try to stop them from astral projecting into The Further entirely. The Red Door takes place a decade later. Dalton has to deal with his abilities as he leaves home for college, where he meets new people and starts having terrifying dreams after he attends an art class. It becomes clear that the suppression didn’t work, and The Further is creeping back into the Lamberts’ lives.
Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 – Theaters July 12th
“Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission – not even the lives of those he cares about most.“
What We Do in the Shadows S5 – FX/Hulu July 12th
Bird Box: Barcelona – Netflix July 14th
“An expansion of the film that riveted audiences in 2018. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.“
Foundation S2 – AppleTv+ July 14th
As Season Two looks to be moving into the next chapter of Asimov’s saga. The uprising is raging, and the Foundation has become a threat to the Empire. A war is coming. The Foundation has to be ready to fight.
Terrifier Re-Release – Theaters July 19th
In case you missed this gore fest back in 2016.
They Cloned Tyrone – Netflix July 21st
“A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, and Jamie Foxx) onto the trail of a nefarious government experience conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper.“
Cobweb – Theaters July 21st
“Eight-year-old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tap, tap from inside his bedroom wall – a tapping that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter’s fear intensifies, he believes that his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. And for a child, what could be more frightening than that?“
Barbie – Theaters July 21st
“To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.“
Oppenheimer – Theaters July 21st
Oppenheimer follows the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man credited with inventing the atomic bomb. He was a primary contributor to the government-run Manhattan Project that was tasked with researching and developing nuclear weapons in the 1940s. He went on to be the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory, where the weapons were built. While a celebrated scientist, his achievements came with a massive human toll.
Justice League: Warworld – Digital/Blu-ray July 25th
“Until now, the Justice League has been a loose association of superpowered individuals. But when they are swept away to War World, a place of unending brutal gladiatorial combat, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the others must somehow unite to form an unbeatable resistance able to lead an entire planet to freedom.“
Paradise – Netflix July 27th
In a not-too-distant future, a biotech start-up AEON develops a method of transferring years of your life from one person to another. It changes the world forever and turns AEON into a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company with significant power. They turn youth into a commodity that can be repossessed.
Twisted Metal – Peacock July 27th
Video game adaptations are once again the hot new thing – and they’ve been pretty good this year. Peacock has decided to jump in with an adaptation of… Twisted Metal. The post-apocalyptic action comedy series is from Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It looks like they’re replacing arena-based vehicular combat with a delivery run across a wasteland filled with well-armed enemies, but that doesn’t mean they can’t throw it in later.
The Witcher S3 Part 2 – Netflix July 27th
Sympathy for the Devil – Theaters/Digital July 28th
Joel Kinnaman plays against type as a man who just wants to support his wife as she has a baby. He has no idea how he ended up in this situation and is doing his best to make it out alive and back to his wife. Cage leans hard into type as a carjacker with unknown motives. He exists to create chaos and has no problem yelling or shooting his way out of a problem.
Haunted Mansion – Theaters July 28th
“Inspired by the classic theme park attraction, “Haunted Mansion” is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.“
Talk to Me – Theaters July 28th
“When a group of friends discovers how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill – until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.“
Good Omens S2– Prime Video July 28th
Good Omens Season 2 begins in Aziraphale’s bookshop in London. An unexpected messenger arrives–Gabriel. The archangel has no memory and is wandering through Soho. Aziraphale and Crowley try to hide him from the heavenly host and the pits of hell while they try to figure out what the heck is going on. The mystery will take the pair will a journey through time, space, and beyond.
Heels S2– Starz July 28th
“Heels is a drama that follows Jack (Stephen Amell) and Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig), two brothers and rivals who war over their late father’s wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia. In the ring, one is a villain, or “heel,”; the other a hero, or “face.” Season 2 begins after a spectacular showing at the South Georgia State Fair, the Duffy Wrestling League’s popularity is suddenly on the upswing.“