THE BLACKENING
Universal Pictures
Released Wednesday 23 August
Synopsis: The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin.
Cast: Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, X Mayo
Director: Tim Story
Cert: 15
THE DIVE
Vertigo Releasing
Released Friday 25 August
Synopsis: A deep-sea diving trip turns into a fight for survival for two sisters when a catastrophic landslide sends rocks tumbling into the ocean, trapping one of them below the surface.
Cast: Sophie Lowe, Louisa Krause
Director: Maximilian Erlenwein
Cert: 15
THE INNOCENT
Met Film
Released Friday 25 August
Synopsis: The audience-friendly plot involves a troubled thirtysomething, Abel (Garrel), lured by family connections into assisting with a heist in order to protect those he loves. In addition to this conscience-plagued hero, the cast of characters include Abel’s free-spirited mother (Anouk Grinberg), a reformed — or is he?
Cast: Louis Garrel, Roschdy Zem, Noémie Merlant
Director: Louis Garrel
Cert: 15
MOB LAND
Altitude Films
Released Friday 25 August
Synopsis: In a small town struggling with addiction, a local sheriff tries to maintain the peace when desperate family man Shelby robs a pill mill. The supposedly easy score takes a violent turn, alerting the New Orleans mafia’s revenge-seeking enforcer.
Cast: Jake Arzola, Ashley Benson, Kevin Dillon, Tia DiMartino
Director: Nicholas Maggio
Cert: 15
THEATER CAMP
Walt Disney
Released Friday 25 August
Synopsis: Eccentric staff members of an upstate New York theatre camp must band together when their beloved founder falls into a coma.
Cast: Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro
Directors: Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman
Cert: 12A
Also released this week:
AFIRE
Curzon
Release date: Friday 25 August | Cert: 12A
THE RED SHOES: NEXT STEP
Miracle/ Dazzler
Release date: Friday 25 August | Cert: 12A