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

Jobs
Kick-Ass 2
The Butler
Drinking Buddies
The World’s End

Jobs
Fri Aug 16th
Genre: Drama
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Studio: Open Road Films
Starring: Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Amanda Crew, James Woods

Synopsis: The extraordinary story of Steve Jobs, the original innovator and ground-breaking entrepreneur who let nothing stand in the way of greatness. The film tells the epic and turbulent story of Jobs as he blazed a trail that changed technology and the world forever!

Kick-Ass 2
Fri Aug 16th
Genre: Action
Director: Jeff Wadlow
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Synopsis: The costumed high-school hero Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) joins with a group of normal citizens who have been inspired to fight crime in costume. Meanwhile, the Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) reborn as The Mother F%&*^r hunts down our heroes.

The Butler
Fri Aug 16th
Genre: Drama
Director: Lee Daniels Studio: Entertainment One Starring: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Alan Rickman, James Marsden, Liev Schreiber

Synopsis: The film tells the true story of Eugene Allen (Forest Whitaker) who plays as Cecil Gaines, African American who served eight American presidents over three decades. The film traces the dramatic changes that swept American society during this time, from the civil rights movement to Vietnam and beyond, and how those changes affected this man’s life and family.

Forest Whitaker stars as the butler with Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, John Cusack as Richard Nixon, Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan, James Marsden as John F. Kennedy, Liev Schreiber as Lyndon B. Johnson, and many more.

Drinking Buddies
Fri Aug 23rd
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Swanberg
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston

Synopsis: Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a craft brewery. They have one of those friendships that feels like it could be something more. But Kate is with Chris (Ron Livingston), and Luke is with Jill (Anna Kendrick). And Jill wants to know if Luke is ready to talk about marriage. The answer to that question becomes crystal clear when Luke and Kate unexpectedly find themselves alone for a weekend.

The World’s End
Fri Aug 23rd
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edgar Wright
Studio: Focus Feature
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine

Synopsis: Twenty years after attempting an epic pub crawl, five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End. As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries.

Christophe Chanel