By George Bate & Josh Bate
Joy Ride
When: July 7
Where: In theaters
Plot: This comedy follows four Asian-American friends as they bond and discover the truth of what it means to know and love who you are, while they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers.
Insidious: The Red Door
When: July 7
Where: In theaters
Plot: Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut as the Lamberts return 10 years after the last installment.
The YouTube Effect
When: July 7
Where: In theaters
Plot: In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
When: July 12
Where: In theaters
Plot: Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt returns as the IMF agent tracks down a key to a deadly weapon.
Full Circle
When: July 13
Where: Max
Plot: Director Steven Soderbergh heads this TV project starring Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, and Zazie Beetz about a kidnapping gone wrong.
Gran Turismo
When: July 16
Where: In theaters
Plot: Based on a true story, this is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional race car driver.
Justified: City Primeval
When: July 18
Where: Hulu/FX
Plot: U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens returns in a continuation of the hit series.
Oppenheimer
When: July 21
Where: In theaters
Plot: Christopher Nolan writes and directs the story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Barbie
When: July 21
Where: In theaters
Plot: To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a ken. Margot Robbie stars alongside Ryan Gosling in Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated comedy fantasy.
Twisted Metal
When: July 27
Where: Peacock
Plot: This video game adaptation follows drivers in armed and armored cars in a post-apocalyptic demolition derby.
Talk to Me
When: July 28
Where: In theaters
Plot: A group of friends’ attempts to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand goes wrong in this new A24 horror film.
Haunted Mansion
When: July 28
Where: In theaters
Plot: Disney adapts a new adaptation of their classic spooky ride in this film starring Rosario Dawson, Lakeith Stanfield, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, and Tiffany Hadish.