Top new movies releasing in July includes a selection of animation, comedy, horror, drama, romance and thrillers. Here are the ones we recommend:

Red 2
The Hunt
The Look of Love
Crystal Fairy
The To Do List
The Wolverine

Red 2
Fri July 19th
Genre: Action
Director: Dean Parisot
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung Hun Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren

Synopsis: In Red 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing, next-generation lethal device that can change the balance of world power. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the technologically advanced super weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process.

The Hunt
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Fri July 19th
Genre: Drama
Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larson, Annika Wedderkopp, Anne Louise Hassing

Synopsis: “The Hunt” is a disturbing depiction of how a lie becomes the truth when gossip, doubt and malice are allowed to flourish and ignite a witch-hunt that soon threatens to destroy an innocent man’s life. Mads Mikkelsen plays Lucas, a highly regarded schoolteacher who has been forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce. Just as things are starting to go his way, his life is shattered. An untruthful remark throws the small community into a collective state of hysteria. The lie is spreading and Lucas is forced to fight a lonely fight for his life and dignity.

The Look of Love
Fri July 19th
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Studio: Mongrel Media Starring: Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel

Synopsis: based on a true story. Steve Coogan plays Paul Raymond, the ‘King of Soho’, so dubbed by the press due to his huge club and Property Empire, which, along with his porn business, amassed him, a fortune of billions of pounds. The film follows the businessman from his start in the 1950s to the end of his career in the early 1990s.

Crystal Fairy
Fri July 26th
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sebastián Silva
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Agustín Silva, José Miguel Silva, Juan Andrés Silva

Synopsis: On a trip through Chile a boorish American expat named Jamie (Michael Cera) and three Chilean brothers plan to set off in search of the prized San Pedro cactus and its promise of beachy hallucinations. But in the previous night’s drunken stupor Jamie invites a free-spirited fellow American (Gaby Hoffmann), whose devil-may-care worldview gives them more of an adventure than any of them had bargained for.

The To Do List
Fri July 26th
Genre: Comedy
Director: Maggie Carey
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Johnny Simmons, Alia Shawkat

Synopsis: Set in 1993, valedictorian Brandy Clark wants to shed her uptight image before college, so she assembles a to do list of all the “activities” she missed out on in high school. Quickly realizing that she’s way out of her depth, Brandy solicits her best friends, older sister and burnt-out boss for their help and advice. If the group is going to complete the list by September they’ll need plenty of imagination and very open minds.

The Wolverine
Fri July 26th
Genre: Action
Director: James Mangold
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee

Synopsis: Based on the celebrated comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.

Christophe Chanel