New This Week in Theaters, August 9, 2018

 The Meg (PG-13)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Ruby Rose, Jason Statham, Rainn Wilson, Jessica McNamee

After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.

 Dog Days (PG)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, Finn Wolfhard, Lauren Lapkus

Dog Days follows a group of interconnected people in Los Angeles who are brought together by their lovable canine counterparts.

 BlacKkKlansman (R)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier, Topher Grace

Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

 Summer of ’84 (NR)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

 Slender Man (PG-13)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Joey King, Javier Botet, Julia Goldani Telles, Annalise Basso

Slender Man tells the story of a tall, thin, horrifying figure with unnaturally long arms and a featureless face, who is reputed to be responsible for the haunting and disappearance of countless children and teens.

 Madeline’s Madeline (UR)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Helena Howard, Molly Parker, Miranda July, Okwui Okpokwasili

A theater director’s latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.

 Skate Kitchen (R)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Kabrina Adams, Tom Bruno, Thaddeus Daniels, Kobi Frumer

A teenaged skateboarder makes friends with a bunch of other skateboarding girls in New York City.

 A Prayer Before Dawn (R)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Joe Cole, Pornchanok Mabklang, Panya Yimmumphai, Vithaya Pansringarm

The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand’s most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.

 BuyBust (NR)
Opens on Friday, August 10
Starring: Anne Curtis, Brandon Vera, Victor Neri, Arjo Atayde

An anti-drug enforcement agency stages a massive drug bust in the slums of Manila.

Synopsis by IMDB.

 

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