Welcome to this week’s edition of Back Lot 605’s Coming Soon column! The dog days of summer are here, but there’s still a fair amount of new movies coming out way… led this week by one of the most anticipated horror movies of the year! Here’s what coming soon for the week of August 27th, 2021:
Featured Title: Candyman
There’s only one major theatrical release this weekend, but it’s one that the Back Lot crew has been waiting for ever since it was announced! And now, after being delayed several times from its original June 12th, 2020 date due to COVID, it’s finally here! This is the part-reboot, part-sequel to the 1992 horror classic; the original movie’s housing projects have now been gentrified, and an upstarting visual artist (Yayha Abdul-Mateen II, aka Black Manta from Aquaman and Dr. Manhattan from HBO’s Watchmen miniseries) encounters the Candyman legend the hard way! Also starring Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo… and, in some unknown capacity, Tony Todd himself!
This movie is directed and co-written by Nia DaCosta (whose next film is The Marvels, the MCU’s sequel to Captain Marvel), and produced and co-written by Jordan Peele. And by the way… if you haven’t already, be sure to listen to our milestone 100th episode from last October, where we reviewed the original 1992 Candyman as part of our Clive Barker series! (Opens Friday, August 27th in theaters nationwide, including the Century Stadium 14 & XD, the Century East at Dawley Farm, and the West Mall 7 in Sioux Falls.)
New to Streaming and VOD
He’s All That
Vacation Friends
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
No Man of God
Mosquito State
Valentine Crush Screening at the Orpheum!
Returning to Theaters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Stripes
Lupin III: The Third
Showing at the State!
Whiplash
This week’s entry in the State’s ongoing summer music series is the incredible 2014 jazz drama from writer/director Damien Chazelle, who went on to win a Best Director Oscar for 2016’s La La Land (and also made 2018’s Neil Armstrong biopic First Man). Miles Teller stars as a young drummer who joins a prestigious jazz school… only to be tormented by his exacting bandleader (J.K. Simmons, in the role that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar). ALso starring Melissa Benoist and Paul Reiser. (Showing Friday, August 27th and Sunday, August 29th at the State Theatre.)
National Lampoon’s Vacation
The other movies at the State this week are holdovers from last weekend… but they’re all great and beloved movies that are worth watching or rewatching if you haven’t checked them out at the State yet! Starting the weekend is the 1983 comedy that kicked off the long-running Griswold vacation franchise, as Clark (Chevy Chase), Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall) and Audrey (Dana Barron) road-trip from Chicago to L.A. to go to Wallyworld! Also starring Randy Quaid as Uncle Eddie, Imogene Coca as Aunt Edna, Christie Brinkley as the mystery woman, and John Candy as the Wallyworld security guard. Directed by Harold Ramis (Caddyshack, Groundhog Day). (Showing Thursday, August 26th, Saturday, August 28th, and Sunday, August 29th at the State Theatre.)
The Sandlot
“You’re killing me, Smalls!” “This kid is an L-7 weenie!” “You play ball like a girl!” “For-ev-er!!!” You know all the lines… now don’t miss the rare chance to see the 1993 baseball classic on the big screen! Starring Tom Guiry, Karen Allen, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, and “The Beast”! (Showing Friday, August 27th and Saturday, August 28th at the State Theatre.)
Casablanca
Moonlight Movies Finale: Incredibles 2!
New This Week to Blu-ray and 4K
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
- Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
- The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971 – new 4K UHD edition from Arrow)
- Two Evil Eyes (1990 – new 4K UHD edition from Blue Underground)
Older Movies New to Streaming
Netflix:
- The November Man (2013) (premieres Wednesday, August 25th)
- The Water Man (2021) (premieres Wednesday, August 25th)
Hulu:
- Disobedience (2017) (premieres Thursday, August 26th)
- Feral State (2021) (premieres Thursday, August 26th)
- Love & Monsters (2020) (premieres Thursday, August 26th)
- Chaos Walking (2021) (premieres Friday, August 27th)
- Four Good Days (2021) (premieres Saturday, August 28th)
- Horizon Line (2021) (premieres Sunday, August 29th)
- Spell (2020) (premieres Monday, August 30th)
Amazon Prime:
- The Courier (2021) (premieres Friday, August 27th)
- Alpha (2018) (premieres Saturday, August 28th)
Shudder:
- No additional movies dropping on Shudder this week. Sorry!
Disney+:
- Cruella (2021) (premieres Friday, August 27th)
- Dan in Real Life (2007) (premieres Friday, August 27th)
- Underdog (2007) (premieres Friday, August 27th)
HBO Max:
- Magic Mike XXL (2015) (premieres Saturday, August 28th)
Peacock:
- The Hurricane (1999) (premieres Tuesday, August 31st)
Paramount+:
- Love & Monsters (2020) (premieres Thursday, August 26th)
- Horizon Line (2021) (premieres Sunday, August 29th)
- Spell (2020) (premieres Monday, August 30th)
The Criterion Channel:
- Friday, August 27th: Double Feature: Wet Hot Delon Summer: Purple Noon (1960), La piscine (1969)
- Saturday, August 28th: Saturday Matinee: Top Spin (2014)
- Monday, August 30th: True Stories: Kings of Pastry (2009)
- Tuesday, August 31st: Short + Feature: Under the Volcanoes: Islands of Fire (1955), Stromboli (1950)
The Shameless Plugs
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