SoCal new movies, Aug. 7-14: ‘Borderlands,’ ‘Cuckoo,’ ‘War Game’ and more
SoCal new movies, Aug. 7-14: ‘Borderlands,’ ‘Cuckoo,’ ‘War Game’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and current releases screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for arts & entertainment at the Los Angeles Times.
New this week
• Starts Wednesday, Aug. 7
‘Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande’ Tim MacKenzie-Smith’s 2022 documentary profiles a British funk band comprised of Caribbean immigrants that formed and disbanded in the 1970s only to find new fame in the hip-hop era. 93 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Starts Friday, Aug. 9
‘Borderlands’ Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett stars as a fortune hunter who leads a ragtag crew on a mission to rescue a powerful arms dealer’s daughter in this 2024 sci-fi/action comedy directed by Eli Roth and based on the videogame series. With Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramírez, Ariana Greenblatt, Gina Gershon and Jamie Lee Curtis. 102 mins. Rated PG-13. borderlands.movie
‘A Carpenter’s Prayer’ A pastor and family man enlists a carpenter with a troubled past to help build a church in rural Michigan in the 1970s in Matt Webb’s fact-based 2024 drama. With David Bianco and Stephen Baldwin. 91 mins. Not Rated. acarpentersprayer.com
‘Cuckoo’ An American teen (Hunter Schafer) goes to live with her father and his new family in a resort town in the Bavarian Alps — and then things get weird — in writer-director Tilman Singer’s 2024 horror thriller. Dan Stevens and Jessica Henwick also star. 102 mins. Rated R. cuckoo.film
‘Dance First’ Gabriel Byrne portrays Nobel Prize-winning 20th century Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in this 2023 bio drama directed by James Marsh. Aidan Gillen and Sandrine Bonnaire also star. 100 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Four Souls of Coyote’ A present-day Native American tribal elder retells the story of his people’s creation myth in this environmentally-themed animated 2023 fable directed by Áron Gauder. 103 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Good One’ A queer teen joins her father and his cantankerous best friend on a backpacking trip in the Catskills in India Donaldson’s 2024 relationship drama. With Lily Collias and James Le Gros. 89 mins. Rated R. landmarktheatres.com
‘A Halloween Feast’ The matriarch (Lynn Lowry) of a dysfunctional family begins acting rather strangely in this 2024 horror comedy directed by Guile Branco. 103 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
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