Top films for July
We are, yet again, at a new calendar month so it’s now time for my monthly movie preview for July.
Bizarrely, outside of the Big Marvel Movie, July is quite a quiet month on the UK release schedule. This doesn’t usually happen during the summer! Anyway, here’s what’s on offer over the next few weeks.
Thor: Love and Thunder
The God of Thunder is back for yet another standalone movie. Taika Waititi is back at the helm so you can rest assured that it will continue the comedy flavour of Thor: Ragnarok. Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson return, Natalie Portman makes a comeback as the revamped Jane Foster and Christian Bale makes his MCU debut as the villain, Gorr the God Butcher. In cinemas Thursday. My review.
The Gray Man
Netflix’s most expensive film ever is finally about to hit our screens. The action movie, directed by the Russo Brothers, stars Ryan Gosling (yes please) as a CIA black ops mercenary who is forced to go on the run after uncovering secrets about the agency. Chris Evans (another yes please) goes against type as the psychopathic fellow colleague who leads the manhunt. I’m expecting great things from this! In cinemas from 15th July and on Netflix from 22nd July. My review.
Where the Crawdads Sing
The movie adaptation of Delia Owens’ popular novel stars Daisy Edgar-Jones (of Normal People fame) as the ‘marsh girl’ Kya, an outcast from society who lives alone in the North Carolina marshes. Her life is upended when she becomes involved in a murder investigation. I quite liked the book so I’m intrigued to see how it’ll be brought to life. In cinemas from 22nd July. My review.
Persuasion
Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis star in Netflix’s movie adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic Persuasion. Several years after Anne Elliot is persuaded against marrying her fiance, Captain Frederick Wentworth, they meet each other once again. Will they try for a second chance at love? In cinemas from Friday and Netflix from 15th July. My review.
The Railway Children Return
More than 50 years after the release of The Railway Children, the franchise is back for another outing based at the same train station. This time around, the action focuses on Lily, Pattie and Ted, three children who have been evacuated from Manchester during World War II. They end up staying with Bobbie –Jenny Agutter reprising her role from the original – and her daughter, played by Sheridan Smith. It’s a lovely and nostalgic film. In cinemas from 15th July. My review.
Also out this month – Brian and Charles, The Good Boss, Don’t Make Me Go, Thirteen Lives, Not Okay, and more.