Spoiler alert! The following article reveals the ending of “A Quiet Place Part II.” Stop reading if you have not seen the movie, now in theaters.
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It’s the end of the world, but the kids are alright.
In the final scene of John Krasinski’s post-apocalyptic horror thriller “A Quiet Place Part II” (now in theaters), the deaf Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and her younger brother Marcus (Noah Jupe) step up and become the heroes of the movie, protecting the adults from the talon-clawed, razor-toothed monsters that are terrorizing Earth.
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Fleeing the creatures following a deadly rampage, Regan and fellow survivor Emmett (Cillian Murphy) find shelter inside an abandoned radio station, where Emmett comes face to face with yet another alien. Knowing the monsters’ hyper-sensitivity to sound, Regan hooks her hearing aid up to the radio tower, creating a strident noise that temporarily paralyzes the beast before she fatally beats it with a metal pipe.
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Regan (Millicent Simmonds) braves the unknown in “A Quiet Place Part II.”
‘A Quiet Place Part II’: John Krasinski recounts the scariest scene for wife Emily Blunt
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Regan (Millicent Simmonds, left) and Emmett (Cillian Murphy) become allies in “A Quiet Place Part II.”
The piercing feedback is successfully broadcast across the countryside, where Marcus and their mom, Evelyn (Emily Blunt), are backed into a corner by a monster inside an old steel mill. Just as the creature looks primed to kill the injured Evelyn, Marcus picks up a rifle and fatally shoots it.
The kids’ parallel acts of bravery pack a powerfully poignant punch, given that Regan and Marcus’ dad, Lee (Krasinski), was brutally killed by an extraterrestrial at the end of the first “Quiet Place,” released in 2018.
“The events leading up to this were quite horrific, so I think for her, it was very emotional,” Simmonds, 18, who is deaf, tells USA TODAY through an interpreter by Zoom. “Regan felt that she had to take over her dad’s role now that he’s gone and be sure her family survives. She ultimately wanted to do him justice, and that was her guiding point in helping navigate this world and develop as a young woman.”
Adds Jupe, 16: “It’s a huge moment for Marcus, of him almost becoming a man. He’s very fearful, but this is him being brave and trying to do what his dad would have done.”
The young actors admit their empowering final moments looked decidedly less cool in reality. Because the CGI aliens were digitally added later, Simmonds was sometimes thrashing at thin air on set.
“If it was a straight-on shot, there was nothing there,” she says. “But if they could, they’d bring in an actor in a green suit and he’d act everything out. They’d also bring in a soft pillow, so when I’m hitting him with a pipe, I’m obviously not hurting a real human being. I was just beating a pillow.”
Jupe, meanwhile, had never shot a gun before that scene.
“I remember that being a big worry for me,” he recalls with a laugh. “I practiced once and then they were like, ‘OK, we’re going to do it properly.’ So I just remember being like, ‘Is it gonna recoil? What’s gonna happen when I shoot? Is it gonna explode?’ It was quite an interesting experience shooting a gun for the first time.”
Marcus spends much of the film hiding inside a bunker and caring for his newborn sibling, played by twin babies who “were better (behaved) than me,” Jupe jokes. His character is sidelined early in the movie by a horrific foot injury, after Marcus runs into a bear trap while trying to escape a monster.
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Evelyn (Emily Blunt, left) attempts to muffle Marcus’ (Noah Jupe) pained screams during a harrowing moment of “A Quiet Place Part II.”
“I lost my voice because I screamed a lot that day,” Jupe says of shooting the gruesome moment, which calls to mind the equally squirmy scene when Evelyn steps on an exposed nail while walking down stairs in the first movie.
“John was like, ‘We’re gonna give you the nail of “A Quiet Place 2,” ‘ recalls Jupe. “I remember what a huge reaction the nail got in the first one, so if this was the equivalent, I was happy it was happening to me, which is kinda strange.”
Krasinski wrote and directed both “Quiet Place” movies, but will be handing off duties to filmmaker Jeff Nichols (“Take Shelter”) for an already announced third film. Jupe says he hasn’t had any discussions yet about returning for No. 3, but remains hopeful because “Marcus still has a ways to go on his journey. Now that his mother is injured as well (after being gashed by a monster), he’s having to deal with that and carry on from there.”
There’s more story left for Regan, too. After learning that a radio signal has been broadcasting Bobby Darin’s “Beyond the Sea” on an endless loop, Regan spends much of the sequel away from her family searching for the signal’s source. She eventually finds it on an island that’s occupied by other survivors. (The aliens, thankfully, can’t swim.)
“I have my own speculations of what may happen (next), but we haven’t talked,” Simmonds says. “We don’t know whether or not the next film would focus on new characters, or perhaps the same family. I think with a potential third film, there’s so many opportunities and so many things to uncover. There’s a lot of material to work with for a third film, so absolutely fingers crossed.”
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“Above Suspicion” (May 7, theaters and VOD): In the action thriller, a newly minted FBI agent (Jack Huston, center) recruits a a young woman desperate to escape a life of crime and drugs in a Kentucky coal mining town as his informant for a high-profile case.
“Here Today” (May 7, theaters): Billy Crystal directs and stars in the comedy/drama as a veteran TV writer who meets a New York singer (Tiffany Haddish) when she wins a lunch date with him, and afterward they form an unlikely but touching friendship.
“Initiation” (May 7, theaters and VOD): In the horror thriller, a murder during a university’s pledge week kicks off a spree of sinister social-media messages, and the campus scrambles to stop the masked killer before he strikes again.
“Mainstream” (May 7, theaters and VOD): In Gia Coppola’s comedy, Andrew Garfield stars as a charismatic guy who makes YouTube videos and brings a woman seeking Internet stardom into his fold until both discover the dark side of going viral.
“Monster” (May 7, Netflix): Kelvin Harrison Jr. (center, with A$AP Rocky, Dorian Missick and Jennifer Ehle) stars as a Harlem honor student at an elite high school whose world is rocked when he’s implicated in a felony murder in the courtroom drama.
“The Water Man” (May 7, theaters): Hoping to help his ailing mom, young Gunner (Lonnie Chavis, with Amiah Miller) searches for a mythical figure in the forest who’s said to hold the key to immortality in director David Oyelowo’s family adventure.
“PInk Skies Ahead” (May 8, MTV/Pop TV): In Kelly Oxford’s coming-of-age drama, Jessica Barden (left, with Odeya Rush) plays a young college student who moves back home and is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, which she’s skeptical about until she has her first panic attack.
“Oxygen” (May 12, Netflix): In the survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja, Mélanie Laurent plays a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic pod with no idea how she got there, and she must rebuild her memory before her oxygen runs out.
“Army of the Dead” (May 14, theaters; May 21, Netflix): Zeus (left, Richard Cetrone) is the leader of the smart, speedy and very organized Las Vegas zombies that get in the way of mercenaries pulling off a massive casino heist in Zack Snyder’s action horror film.
“The Djinn” (May 14, theaters and VOD): Ezra Dewey stars as a mute 12-year-old who, grieving the loss of his mother, discovers a book of magic spells, performs a ritual to finally have a voice and unleashes a sinister djinn in the horror film.
“Finding You” (May 14, theaters): The romantic dramedy stars Rose Reid as a violinist who travels to a coastal Irish village to study abroad and falls for a movie star (Jedidiah Goodacre) who’s there to film the latest installment of his medieval fantasy-adventure franchise.
“High Ground” (May 14, VOD): In the adventure drama, an aboriginal man (Jacob Junior Nayinggul, right) teams up with a former sniper (Simon Baker) to find his uncle, who also happens to be the most dangerous warrior in the outback.
“The Killing of Two Lovers” (May 14, theaters): In the relationship drama, Clayne Crawford (far left) stars as a man struggling to keep a family of six together after separating from his wife (Sepideh Moafi) and refusing to accept her new boyfriend (Chris Coy).
“Profile” (May 14, theaters): Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller plays out entirely on a computer screen as an undercover British journalist (Valene Kane) tries to expose a terrorist recruiter through social media without being lured into being a militant extremist herself.
“Riders of Justice” (May 14, theaters; May 21, VOD): The Danish action drama stars Mads Mikkelsen (far right) as a soldier who comes home to take care of his daughter (Andrea Heick Gadeberg) and exacts vengeance on the street gang responsible for his wife’s death.
“Spiral: From the Book of Saw” (May 14, theaters): Max Minghella (left) and Chris Rock star as detectives investigating a series of murders marked by an eerie symbol that point to a copycat Jigsaw Killer in the latest film from the long-running “Saw” horror franchise.
“Those Who Wish Me Dead” (May 14, theaters and HBO Max): Angelina Jolie stars as a smokejumper and Nicholas Hoult is an assassin pursuing her and a young boy through the wilderness in the thriller directed by Taylor Sheridan.
“Take Out Girl” (May 18, VOD): Hedy Wong stars in the thriller as a young Asian American woman who turns her family restaurant delivery expertise into a successful drug hustle to help her immigrant mother.
“American Fighter” (May 21, theaters and VOD): Needing cash to save his ailing mother, a college wrestler (George Kosturos, left, with Tommy Flanagan) enters the hidden and very blood world of underground fighting.
“Dementia Part II” (May 21, theaters; June 1, VOD): A parolee is hired to do home maintenance work for a seemingly benign older woman (Suzanne Voss) but she’s hiding a very dark secret and he gets a face full of evil in the horror film.
“Dream Horse” (May 21, theaters; June 11, VOD): The drama stars Toni Collette as a small-town Welsh bartender who convinces the townfolk to chip in to raise a horse and turn it into a champion racer.
“The Dry” (May 21, theaters and VOD): The thriller stars Eric Bana (right, with Keir O’Donnell) as a federal agent who returns to his drought-ravaged hometown when a childhood friend dies and the investigation opens up the cold case of a murdered teenager.
“New Order” (May 21, theaters): Diego Boneta stars in the dystopian thriller that follows a high-society wedding in Mexico taking place as protests about the gap between social classes rages on outside and the festivities are interrupted amid a violent coup d’etat.
“Pink: All I Know So Far” (May 21, Amazon Prime): The Grammy-winning singer gives her son a smooch in a scene from the documentary, which follows Pink being a mom, wife and performer on the road during her 2019 “Beautiful Trauma” world tour.
“Seance” (May 21, theaters and VOD): In the horror film, a group of girls (including, from left, Stephanie Sy, Inanna Sarkis and Djouliet Amara) at a prestigious school try to conjure the spirit of a deceased former student – then one of them ends up dead the next morning.
“Baggio: The Divine Ponytail” (May 26, Netflix): The docudrama follows the 22-year career of Italian soccer star Roberto Baggio (played by Andrea Arcangeli), from disastrous injuries early on as a young player to deep rifts that developed with some of his coaches.
“Ghost Lab” (May 26, Netflix): The Thai horror film stars Thanapob Leeratanakachorn as a medical doctor who sees a “ghost” for the first time. Soon, he and a buddy become obsessed with finding a scientific explanation for spirits and proof of an afterlife.
“Blue Miracle” (May 27, Netflix): Dennis Quaid (center) stars as a boat captain in the uplifting drama, based on true story of a Mexican boys home that entered the world’s biggest fishing tournament to save their orphanage.
“Cruella” (May 28, theaters and Disney+): Emma Stone plays classic Disney villainess Cruella De Vil during her younger 1970s punk-rock fashionista days when she teams up with thieves and takes on a baroness in the live-action film.
“Endangered Species” (May 28, theaters and VOD): The action thrillerr casts Rebecca Romijn (center) as a mom on a dream vacation in Kenya with her kids (Michael Johnston and Isabel Bassett) who have to survive an angry rhino, a deadly leopard and a clan of hyenas.
“Moby Doc” (May 28, theaters and VOD): Moby narrates the biographical documentary that touches on everything from his personal life to his music, featuring concert footage as well as interviews with David Lynch, David Bowie and more.
“Port Authority” (May 28, theaters; June 1, VOD): After getting kicked out of his Pennsylvania home, Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives in New York City and a fleeting encounter leaves him entranced by Wye (Leyna Bloom), a trans woman of color.
“A Quiet Place Part II” (May 28, theaters): After facing tragedy in the first film, Evelyn (Emily Blunt) braves the unknown and tries to keep her kids safe amid a landscape filled with monsters in director John Krasinski’s horror sequel.
“The Sound of Identity” (June 1, VOD): The documentary profiles singer Lucia Lucas’ career and a historic performance as she becomes the first transgender woman to perform a principal role in opera history.
“The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” (June 4, theaters and HBO Max): Julian Hilliard plays a boy from a cursed family tormented by something seriously creepy coming out of his water bed in the newest chapter of the “Conjuring” horror universe.
“Flashback” (June 4, theaters and VOD): The mind-bending thriller stars Dylan O’Brien as a young man who begins having terrifying visions of a girl who vanished in high school and he goes deep within his own memories to figure out the mystery.
“Grace and Grit” (June 4, theaters and VOD): Based on the Ken Wilber book, the love story stars Mena Suvari (left, with Rebekah Graf) as a philosopher’s wife whose breast cancer diagnosis threatens their relationship.
“Gully” (theaters, June 4; VOD, June 8): Kelvin Harrison Jr. (far left), Charlie Plummer and Jacob Latimore star in the crime drama as three childhood friends raised in one of LA’s roughest neighborhoods who engage in an out-of-control night of partying.
“Undine” (June 4, theaters and VOD): A new dramatic spin on the classic myth stars Franz Rogowski as a diver in love with a woman cursed to kill any man who betrays her (aka her cheating ex) and return to the water permanently.
“Good Funk” (June 8, VOD): The family drama starring Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris (far left), Leonay Shepherd, William Nadylam and Kalae Nouveau follows three generations of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in a Brooklyn neighborhood on the verge of gentrification.
“Awake” (June 9, Netflix): When global event takes out all electronics and people’s abilities to sleep, an ex-soldier (Gina Rodriguez, left) with a troubled past discovers the key to a cure might be her daughter (Ariana Greenblatt).
“Upheaval” (June 9, VOD): With archival materials and interviews, the documentary digs into the life, work and legacy of Menachem Begin (left), the former prime minister of Israel seen here chatting with President Jimmy Carter.
“The Five Rules of Success” (June 11, VOD): The crime thriller stars Santiago Segura an enterprising ex-con who finds a way to overcome tragedy by designing a modern-day self-help guide to navigating a society that’s failed him.
“Holler” (June 11, theaters and VOD): Jessica Barden (with Gus Halper) plays a young woman in working-class Ohio who gets accepted to college and risks everything when she joins a scrap-metal crew to help pay for tuition.
“The Misfits” (June 11, theaters; June 15, VOD): An infamous international thief (Pierce Brosnan) escapes authorities and falls in with a mysterious group of modern-day Robin Hoods who need his help to pull off the heist of the century in Renny Harlin’s action adventure.
“Sublet” (June 11, theaters; July 9, VOD): After a tragedy, a journalist (left, John Benjamin Hickey) visits Tel Aviv and becomes revived by the city’s energy and a relationship with a younger man (Niv Nissim) in director Eytan Fox’s drama.
“12 Mighty Orphans” (June 11, theaters): Rusty Russell (Luke Wilson, far left), Snoggs (Jacob Lofland) and Doc Hall (Martin Sheen) discuss the next play in the football drama about an underdog team of scrawny orphaned Texan boys who become a winning squad.
“Queen Bees” (June 11, theaters and VOD): When her home undergoes repairs, Helen (Ellen Burstyn) moves into a retirement community, where she runs into elderly mean girls, makes friends and strikes up a close relationship with Dan (James Caan) in the comedy.
“It’s a Wonderful Plight” (June 15, VOD): Justin Rhodes directs and stars in the hip-hop musical as Josef the Hotep, a mysterious figure who takes a white man (Brian Shorkey) on a journey about the Black history, art and culture as well as the guy’s own privilege.
“No Ordinary Love” (June 15, VOD): DeAna Davis and Lynn Andrews III star in a romantic drama about two women who, betrayed by their manipulative husbands, begin to plot their escape.
“Triumph” (June 15, VOD): Inspired by a true story, a determined high school senior (RJ Mitte) with cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler and goes to extremes to prove his abilities as well as inspire others.
“The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” (June 16, theaters): Hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson, left) has another adventure with bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) – and this time, Darius’ spouse is involved – in the action comedy sequel.
“The Birthday Cake” (June 18, theaters and VOD): On the 10th anniversary of his father’s death, Gio (Shiloh Fernandez, top center) brings a cake to a memorial hosted by his mob boss uncle (Val Kilmer), and Gio begins to figure out what really happened to hjs dad.
“Fatherhood” (June 18, Netflix): Directed by Paul Weitz (“About a Boy”) and based on a true story, the drama stars Kevin Hart as a single dad who has to raise his daughter following his wife’s unexpected death a day after giving birth.
“Gaia” (June 18, theaters): Carel Nel stars in the South African eco-horror fantasy as a survivalist with a strange religion who takes in an injured park ranger while also being beset by terrifying creatures transformed by nature.
“Luca” (June 18, Disney+): In the Pixar animated adventure, Luca (voiced by Jacob Tremblay, left) and Alberto (Jack Dylan Grazer) are two sea monsters who look human when they’re out of the water and form a bond one summer hanging in an Italian seaside town.
“Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” (June 18, theaters): In the family comedy sequel, the mischievous Peter (James Corden) escapes the garden and his bunny family – Cottontail (Aimee Horne), Mopsy (Elizabeth Debicki), Benjamin (Colin Moody) and Flopsy (Margot Robbie) – has to find him.
“Siberia” (June 18, theaters and VOD): The psychological thriller casts Willem Dafoe as an English-speaking bartender in Siberia who suffers from hallucinations and goes on a dog-sled journey that finds him confronting past memories of his family.
“Skater Girl” (June 11): The coming-of-age film stars Rachel Saanchita Gupta (right, with Shafin Patel) as a teen growing up in rural India who’s introduced to skateboarding and fosters dreams of competing in the national championship.
“The Sparks Brothers” (June 18, theaters): Edgar Wright’s debut documentary profiles the eccentric California-bred brothers of the band Sparks – Ron Mael (left) and Russell Mael – and their continually evolving music over the past 50-plus years.
“Take Back” (June 18, theaters and VOD): The action thriller stars Gillian White as a woman who heroically foils a robbery – but the ensuing notoriety draws out elements of her mysterious past and puts the lives of her family in danger.
“Good on Paper” (June 23): A stand-up comic (Iliza Shlesinger, who also wrote the film) thinks she’s found Mr. Right, but when he seems too perfect she and her pals (Rebecca Rittenhouse and Margaret Cho) look into the situation in director Kimmy Gatewood’s comedy.
“F9” (June 25, theaters): Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) again gets his crew together to save the world but this time has to face his bad-guy younger brother in director Justin Lin’s latest film in the “Fast and Furious” action franchise.
“False Positive” (June 25, Hulu): The thriller stars Justin Theroux and Ilana Glazer as a couple who find their dream fertility doctor but after becoming pregnant with a healthy baby girl, they begin to uncover the disconcerting truth about the medical professional.
“Fathom” (June 25, Apple TV+): The documentary follows two scientists, including Dr. Michelle Fournet (right, with Natalie Mastick Jensen), on opposite sides of the world focused on the study of humpback whale songs and social communication.
“The Ice Road” (June 25, Netflix): The action thriller stars Liam Neeson as an ice road driver called into emergency duty to rescue trapped workers facing freezing waters and a huge storm after a remote Canadian diamond mine collapses.
“Werewolves Within” (June 25, theaters; July 2, VOD): The horror comedy stars Sam Richardson as a newly arrived forest ranger who has to keep residents of a small town safe from each other after a proposed oil pipeline causes division – and safe from a vicious beast.
“America: The Motion Picture” (June 30, Netflix): George Washington (voiced by Channing Tatum, far left), Benedict Arnold (Andy Samberg) and Abraham Lincoln (Will Forte) go to the theater in a tongue-in-check, animated bit of revisionist history.
“Zola” (June 30, theaters): Riley Keough plays a sex worker who embroils multiple people in 48 hours of chaos, including her idiot boyfriend (Nicholas Braun) in director Janicza Bravo’s comedy/drama based on the wild viral Twitter thread.
“All Light, Everywhere” (June, theaters): Theo Anthony’s timely Sundance documentary explores our relationship with surveillance technologies, inherent bias in human perception, and how weapons, cameras, policing and justice intersect.
“LFG” (late June, HBO Max): The documentary features star Megan Rapinoe and other women’s soccer stars and chronicles their ongoing fight for pay equity.
“The Forever Purge” (July 2, theaters): After the annual Purge is abolished, a group of masked outlaw Purgers in Texas refuse to give up the fight in director Everardo Gout’s fifth and final movie in the dystopian horror franchise.
“Kid Candidate” (July 2, VOD): The documentary follows 24-year old experimental musician Hayden Pedigo’s unlikely run for city council in Amarillo, Texas, after a Harmony Korine-inspired spoof campaign video goes viral.
“Let Us In” (July 2, VOD): In the sci-fi thriller, a spirited 12-year-old girl (Makenzie Moss) and her best friend (O’Neill Monahan) are on the case and look for clues when several teens sudden disappear in their small town.
“Some of Our Stallions” (July 2, theaters and VOD): Executive produced by Mike Judge, the comedy stars Al Di (left) and Carson Mell as best friends just released from a mental hospital who go looking for love and find various misdventures.
“Summer of Soul” (July 2, theaters and Hulu): Questlove’s directorial debut is a documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of artists (including The 5th Dimension) at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which brought a divided community together by celebrating Black art.
“Black Widow” (July 9, theaters and Disney+): Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson, right) battles the mysterious Taskmaster, who can mimic an opponent’s fighting style and moves, in the Marvel superhero film.
“The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52” (July 9, theaters; July 16, VOD): The documentary follows the journey to find the “52 Hertz Whale,” which scientists believe has spent its life in solitude calling out at a frequency different from every other whale.
“Ailey” (July 16, theaters and VOD): With archival footage and interviews, the documentary profiles artist and dancer Alvin Ailey, who founded his own dance company at 27 and choreographed performances centered on African American experiences.
“Great White” (July 16, theaters and VOD): A fun getaway goes very wrong when a group of seaplane passengers (Katrina Bowden and Aaron Jakubenko) are stranded miles from shore and are hunted by an underwater menace in the adventure thriller.
“How to Deter a Robber” (July 16, theaters and VOD): In a desolate Wisconsin town, a young woman (Vanessa Marano) and her boyfriend (Benjamin Papac) face off against a pair of amateur burglars in the dark home-invasion comedy.
“No Ordinary Man” (July 16, theaters): Actor Marquise Vilsón is among the many artists featured in the documentary who celebrate the life of jazz musician Billy Tipton, an early trailblazer in the history of the transgender community.
“Rising Wolf” (July 16, VOD): Charlotte Best stars in the sci-fi thriller as a young environmentalist who wakes up trapped in an elevator in a high-rise building after being kidnapped and is now at the mercy of the villains responsible.
“Space Jam: A New Legacy” (July 16, theaters and HBO Max): Basketball star LeBron James teams up with Elmer Fudd, Tweety Bird and other Looney Tunes characters for an epic hoops game in the live-action/animated comedy.
“Pink Opaque” (July 20, VOD): The drama stars Elijah Boothe as a film student trying to finish his documentary thesis project who reconnects with an estranged uncle and fosters a romance with a fashion designer (Ruby Park).
“Through Her Eyes” (July 20, VOD): Rayven Symone Ferrell stars as a Black student who drums up the courage to attend an integrated school under extreme racial tensions in director Trenton Lumpkin’s indie drama.
“All the Streets Are Silent” (July 23, theaters): New York City skate legend Jefferson Pang is one of the subjects spotlighted in the documentary that looks at the convergence of hip hop and skateboarding culture in Manhattan in the late 1980s and early ’90s.
“Old” (July 23, theaters): Thomasin McKenzie and Alex Wolff play members of a family on holiday who visit a secluded beach that ages people extremely rapidly in M. Night Shyamalan’s supernatural thriller.
“Settlers” (July 23, theaters and VOD): Remmy (Nell Tiger Free) and her parents are refugees from Earth living in peace on the outskirts of Mars until strangers appear in the hills beyond their farm in the sci-fi drama.
“Resort to Love” (July 29): The romantic comedy stars Christina Milian as an aspiring pop star who ends up as the entertainment at her former fiance’s island wedding, and Sinqua Walls is her ex’s brother trying to keep the two from falling back in love.
“The Green Knight” (July 30, theaters): Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s headstrong nephew, runs into ghosts, giants and thieves on his epic quest to confront the formidable, emerald-skinned Green Knight in David Lowery’s fantasy.
“Jungle Cruise” (July 30, theaters): The action adventure based on the Disney theme-park ride stars Dwayne Johnson as a punny skipper on the Amazon and Emily Blunt as a doctor looking for a ancient tree said to have healing properties.
“The Last Mercenary” (July 30, Netflix): Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in the action comedy as an enigmatic ex-secret service agent who returns to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking following a government blunder.
“Masquerade” (July 30, theaters and VOD): Bella Thorne stars in the thriller as the leader of a group of intruders who break into a family’s home to steal priceless artwork and also find an 11-year-old girl, who has to survive the night.
“Nine Days” (July 30, theaters): Winston Duke stars in the sci-fi drama as a man tasked with conducting a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born and he finds a connection with one of them (Zazie Beetz).
“Midnight in the Switchgrass” (July, theaters and VOD): In the crime thriller, an FBI agent (Megan Fox) gets involved in an investigation of a serial killer before getting kidnapped herself, with time running out before she’s the assailant’s latest victim.
“Monuments” (Aug. 3, VOD): After the death of his wife (Marguerite Moreau), a grieving widower (David Sullivan) travels cross-country in a stolen pick-up so he can scatter his wife’s ashes in Chicago in the adventure comedy.
“John and the Hole” (Aug. 6, theaters and VOD): In the dark family fable, a teenage boy drugs his dad (Michael C. Hall, far left), sister (Taissa Farmiga) and mom (Jennifer Ehle) and sticks them at the bottom of an unfinished bunker while he lives life his own way.
“The Last Matinee” (Aug. 6, theaters; Aug. 24, VOD): In the horror film, an audience attending the last showing of a scary movie in a cinema are killed one by one by a mystery assailant, and the only person who notices is the projectionist’s daughter (Luciana Grasso).
“The Suicide Squad” (Aug. 6, theaters and HBO Max): Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior, far left), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Bloodsport (Idris Elba), King Shark (voiced by Sylvester Stallone) and Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian) run into trouble in the superhero film.
“The Kissing Booth 3” (Aug. 11, Netflix): In the teen comedy, best buds Lee (Joel Courtney) and Elle (Joey King) enjoy each other’s company and face big decisions about their future during the summer before college.
“CODA” (Aug. 13, theaters and Apple TV+): Emilia Jones stars as a teenage girl and only hearing member of a deaf family who has to balance her passion for singing with the demands of working on her mom and dad’s struggling fishing boat.
“Don’t Breathe 2” (Aug. 13, theaters): Set years after the 2016 hit, the horror sequel catches up with blind veteran Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang), who’s been living in an isolated cabin but has his solace interrupted when past sins catch up to him.
“Free Guy” (Aug. 13, theaters): Guy (Ryan Reynolds) is an ordinary bank teller whose daily grind becomes much more interesting when he puts on special sunglasses and he realizes he’s a character in a video-game world in the action comedy.
“Demonic” (Aug. 20, theaters and VOD): Chris William Martin stars in writer/director Neill Blomkamp’s horror film about creepy supernatural forces unleashed due to a mother and daughter’s decades-old rift.
“The Night House” (Aug. 20, theaters): Rebecca Hall stars in the psychological thriller as a widow whose husband has just died unexpectedly. When she begins to see visions while living alone in the lakeside house he built for her, she uncovers all sorts of his dark secrets.
“Sweet Girl” (Aug. 20, Netflix): In director Brian Andrew Mendoza’s action thriller, Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa) is a man out to take revenge on the people who murdered his wife but also has to protect his daughter, the only family he has left.
“Candyman” (Aug. 27, theaters): Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays a Chicago artist who uses a terrifying supernatural story as inspiration in this revamp of the 1992 horror classic directed by Nia DaCosta and produced by Jordan Peele.
“He’s All That” (Aug. 27, Netflix): The gender-swapped spin on the 1990s teen film “She’s All That” features TikTok star Addison Rae as a teen influencer taking on the challenge of turning the school loser (Tanner Buchanan) into a prom king.
“Beckett” (August, Netflix): In director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino’s Europe-based action thriller, John David Washington stars as one half of a couple on vacation who fall trap to a violent conspiracy with tragic consequences.
“Habit” (August, theaters and VOD): In the Tarantino-esque thriller, Bella Thorne plays a L.A. party girl who goes on the run with her BFFs. The group hide out dressed up as nuns when they run afoul of a dangerous drug lord.
“No Man of God” (August, theaters and VOD): The real-life thriller focuses on the strange and complex relationship between FBI agent Bill Hagmaier (Elijah Wood, far left, with Hugo Armstrong and Aleksa Palladino) and incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy (Luke Kirby).
“Ride the Eagle” (Late summer, theaters and VOD): Jake Johnson co-writes and stars in the heartfelt comedy as a man who inherits his late mom’s Yosemite cabin and has to complete her elaborate to-do list and make amends.
“Worth” (September, Netflix): Timed to the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, this biopic stars Michael Keaton as Kenneth Feinberg, an accomplished lawyer tasked by Congress with allocating financial compensation to the victims of the tragedy.
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