YOUR GUIDE TO AUGUST’S HOTTEST RELEASES THEY’RE NOT THAT NICE OVER 40 REVIEWS INSIDE INCLUDING: THE BOSS BAD NEIGHBOURS 2 CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR VV34_01_FrontCover_v2.indd 1 15/07/2016 1:59 pm Coarse language, violence and Strong sex scene nudity Scan Trailer Scan Trailer Strong sex Strong coarse scenes, coarse Mild themes language language and drug use Scan Trailer Scan Trailer Scan Trailer August.indd 1 5/07/2016 1:07 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 15/07/2016 6:12 pm AUGUST 2016 P.13 You ready for more internecine superhero warfare? Then get ready for the year’s second big comicbook blockbuster, the self-explanatory 5-8 NEWS From the biggest Hollywood Captain America: Civil War. As we What have the bold and blockbusters to unsung gems point out in our review on page 14, the beautiful of fi lm and TV premiering on DVD and Blu-ray, it’s essentially a mini-Avengers movie, been up to lately? We check we cast our eye over the but it also has the added draw of out the latest reports from month’s biggest new movie P.14 introducing some new characters home and beyond. and television releases. in the ever-expanding Marvel universe, Black Panther and the 12-13 THRILLER latest incarnation of Spider-Man. And the second Captain America sequel 14-15 ACTION is just one of a number of action blockbusters hitting the shelves in 10-11 THE NICE GUYS 16-17 COMEDY August – as well The Huntsman: Writer-director Shane Black Winter’s War, we recommend that reunites with his Lethal 18-19 TV you check out The Nice Guys, a Weapon producer Joel brilliant throwback to the classic Silver for a new spin on 20 DRAMA buddy movies of the ‘80s. Other titles the buddy cop movie. worth adding to your wishlists this 22 FAMILY month include the wonderful live action reboot of the Disney animated P.17 classic The Jungle Book, the dark shocker The Green Room and the sci-fi thriller Midnight Express. THE TEAM P.19 P.10 P.22 Publisher: Tilo Grieco [email protected], Editor: Kit Razer Sub Editor: Chelsea Graham, Contributors: Robert Hislop, Accounts: Tracy Kingman [email protected], Production: Al Netherclift, Design: Rebecca Rowlands, Contributor: Scott Hocking Address: Scribal Publishing Pty. 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However, he begins been renewed for a to have second thoughts second season. about his new family when he The reboot – which realises that their lifestyle is premiered in the US in June funded by criminal activities. – transposes David Michôd’s Ellen Barkin plays the family award-winning Melbourne matriarch – the role played by crime drama to a Californian Jackie Weaver in the movie – beach town and tells the story while other members of the of Josh (Finn Cole, Peaky clan include Scott Speedman Blinders), a 17 year old who and Shawn Hatosy. BLUNT IS A MUM AGAIN Emily Blunt, who can be seen this month in the fantasy epic The Huntsman: Winter’s War, and husband John Krasinksi are parents again. The latter revealed on Twitter that their second child, a daughter Violet, was born on July 4. “What better way to celebrate the 4th... than to announce our 4th family member!!!,” he tweeted. In the Huntsman sequel, Blunt plays the sister of the evil queen, once again played by Charlize Theron, who threw a baby shower for her co-star back in May. Blunt will next be seen on the big screen adaptation of the bestseller The Girl On The Train. IRON WOMAN? Tony Stark is handing over his Iron Man suit to a teenage black girl… well, in the Marvel Comics series at least. Riri Williams made her fi rst appearance in Invincible Iron Man #7 – part of ‘Road To Civil War II’ series – and is a brilliant 15-year-old college student who builds her own armoured suit in her dorm. She will meet the billionaire inventor Stark – played in the movies by Robert Downey Jr – in a new installment due for release this month and will then headline a rebooted Invincible Iron Man series. Of course, Marvel’s Cinema Universe is very different from its comicbook world – we’re only up to the fi rst Civil War – but with Downey Jr indicating that he may soon be hanging up his Iron Man suit, it’s interesting food for thought. • The latest Marvel blockbuster Captain America: Civil War is reviewed on page 14. 5 TKE34_05-08_NewsReel.indd 5 15/07/2016 8:15 am Aaron Sorkin NEWSREEL SORKIN IN DIRECTOR’S CHAIR Celebrated screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is poised to make his directorial debut with the poker drama Molly’s Game. Currently in pre-production, the fi lm is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, a former Olympic hopeful who is targeted by the FBI for the high stakes poker nights Idris Elba she staged at the Los Angeles club The Viper Room. Jessica Chastain, who can be seen this month in The Huntsman: Winter’s War, will play Molly, while Idris Elba – whose latest fi lm Bastille Day is also released this month – will play her lawyer. Sorkin won an Oscar for The Social Jessica Chastain Network and his other screen credits include Steve Jobs, Moneyball and A Few Good Men, plus the TV series The West Wing and Newsroom. A RIOTOUS COMEDY “There is nothing more faces such as Damon satisfying than getting people Herriman, David Field to laugh at something they feel and Marshall Napier. like they shouldn’t be laughing Forsyth believes there is no at,” says Australia writer- better way of saying something director Abe Forsythe of his meaningful than under the new fi lm Down Under, which guise of comedy. “By tackling opens in cinemas this month. the subject matter contained in A black comedy set during this fi lm, my aim is to provoke the aftermath of the Cronulla a reaction not usually found riots, Down Under tells the in comedy. All my favourite story of two carloads of comedies are tragedies and hotheads from both sides of what happened to our national the community heading for a identity on the day of the showdown. The cast is headed Cronulla riots was a tragedy. up by rising stars like Lincoln The humour in this fi lm comes Younes (Hiding), Rahel Romahn from a place of truth. In a lot of (Underbelly: The Golden Mile) cases the truth is ugly, but it is and Alexander England (Gods only refl ecting what is going of Egypt), along with familiar on with us as a nation.” 6 TKE34_05-08_NewsReel.indd 6 15/07/2016 8:16 am SETH ZAC ROSE CHLOË ROGEN EFRON BYRNE GRACE MORETZ ™ Strong sexual references, drug AVAILABLE ON BLU-RAY & DVD use and coarse language 25 AUGUST © 2016 UNIVERSAL SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. BAD NEIGHBOURS 2 - LEADING EDGE FP AD 26730.indd 1 30/06/2016 4:48 PM AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 15/07/2016 5:53 pm ABC HIT STILL www.leadingedgemusic.com.au NEWSREEL WELL LIKED Filming has begun in Melbourne on a fourth season of the quirky ABC comedy/drama Please Like Me. 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