august

Disney+ New Releases: August 2020

In the new pandemic era of streaming entertainment, Disney+ has seemingly built up its own strategy. Every summer month has thus far been highlighted by one major movie (Artemis Fowl, Hamilton) and then complemented with the typical Disney content. For August 2020, the big original movie of the hour is Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe. This will be the second Phineas and Ferb movie and the first to make its premiere via streaming. The film premieres on August 28 and finds the Phineas and Ferb gang back together again as they set out across the galaxy…
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Sky Cinema: What’s New in August 2020?

The Clown Prince of Crime is coming to Sky Cinema in August. Todd Phillips’ DC offering Joker created a grim and violent big screen origin tale for the villain last year, and provoked wildly different reactions from its audiences. If you were waiting for an opportunity to check it out when all the hubbub died down, you’ll get your chance next month! Here’s everything else you’ve got to look forward to in August… Premieres Joker – 7th August on Sky Cinema and Sky Cinema Pass on NOW TV The aforementioned 80s-set blockbuster is first up. Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix as…
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Class Action Park Documentary to Premiere on HBO Max in August

There was nothing in the world like Action Park. Their ads promised you’d be at the center of the action, but they didn’t mention you’d be pulled out of it in on a gurney. Although they did post pictures of little wounded water warriors at the entrance of some of the rides. Vernon, N.J., the town the world’s most dangerous water park was in, had to buy triple its fleet of ambulances when it opened. Also known as “Traction Park” and “Accident Park” at the time, HBO Max bought the rights to the documentary with the most realistic vintage nickname,…
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New One Piece English Dubbed Episodes to Arrive in August

It’s been a difficult road for fans of the One Piece dub. The series’ release schedule is often sporadic with lengthy gaps in between arcs and fans are always left with some level of doubt that the newest batch of episodes could be the last and that a dub is not longer worth doing. Despite these ups and downs, it’s been an exciting few months for One Piece fans and the news of even more dubbed episodes shows that this trend isn’t changing. Funimation released the start of the series’ Punk Hazard Arc on June 2, which included episodes 575-587.…
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FrightFest 2020 August live event postponed

UK horror celebration FrightFest has announced that its annual five day event which takes place in August isn’t going to go ahead – instead the plan is to extend the annual Halloween event. The news comes as no surprise after many major events across the UK and US have been put on hold, due to Covid-19 and the need for social distancing.  2020 would have marked the 21st year of the annual horror event which usually takes place in London’s Leicester Square and attracts fans and talent from all over the world. The fest happens over five days during the…
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The New Mutants Sets August 2020 Release Date

The New Mutants has managed yet again to find a new lease on life for a theatrical release after its most recent setback, which saw the X-Men spinoff movie pulled from its previous April 2020 release (alongside other Disney tentpole offerings,) due to coronavirus concerns. Disney, the inheritor studio of the 20th Century Fox-produced movie, has announced that The New Mutants is now scheduled to hit theaters on August 28, 2020. The new date might make for a bit of déjà vu, seeing as the 2017-shot film was, at one point, scheduled to hit theaters on August 2, 2019, a…
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The Hottest August

The Hottest August gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The film’s point of departure is one city over one month: New York City, including its outer boroughs, during August 2017. It’s a month heavy with the tension of a new President, growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists, and unrelenting news of either wildfires or hurricanes on every coast. The film pivots on the question of futurity: what does the future look like from where we are standing? And what if we are not all standing in the same place? The…
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