Get to the Theater For the 13 Best Films of August

After a UFO crashes into his backyard, an elderly man (Ben Kingsley) forms a bond with the alien that was inside. Involving two of his neighbors (Harriet Sansom Harris and Jane Curtin), they soon become a strange quartet.

Sloths – adorable slow-moving creatures or creepy killers? This movie supposes the latter (have you seen their claws?) as a pet slowly wreaks havoc on a sorority house. You’ll be laughing so hard at this horror-comedy that you won’t have time to think about the implausibility of it all.

This R-rated comedy stars some pretty dirty dogs (voiced by Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx) on an epic adventure, looking for a home.

The heroes in a half-shell are back to entertain a new generation. Voiced by a mix of newcomers and all-stars (including Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Seth Rogen and John Cena) these turtle brothers just want to be accepted by their native New York as normal teens, so they perform heroic acts, guided by their new friend April.

Helen Mirren stars as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in this glimpse at her leadership during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Liev Schreiber co-stars as US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

A bigger, more action-packed gnarlier sequel to “The Meg,” reminiscent to “Jaws 3-D” finds Jason Statham playing cat and mouse with a posse of ginormous megalodon sharks at a beach resort. Yes, you can see this film in 3-D as well.

Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat”) directs this indie comedy about a young filmmaker in Berkeley, unsure of what he wants romantically. When his girlfriend moves to New York, Ben explores the dating world with the help of his best friend Alice, a queer grad student.

One chapter in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” was the inspiration for this story about a cargo ship bringing wooden crates from Romania to London. Strange things begin to happen on board, and soon the crew is fighting for their life against an evil force onboard.

This sharp satire, set in the not-so-distant future, stars Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a couple who decide to have a baby. Their baby grows in an artificial pod so they can share the experience equally, but it comes with added pressure for them as well.

Jaime Reyes, a directionless young man, finds the Scarab, an ancient alien artifact which grants him sleek blue exoskeleton armor and secret powers. He becomes Blue Beetle, a DC superhero and part of the DCU.

Based on a true story, this film combines a gamer, a race car driver (David Harbour) and an executive (Orlando Bloom) to form a real-life racing team.

A prequel to “Wonder,” this movie tells the story of Julian’s grandmother (Helen Mirren) during her youth in Nazi-occupied France. She recounts to Julian how a classmate and his family risked everything to keep her hidden during World War II.

Merlin moves to Las Vegas to become a magician but gets hired to be part of the revival of the Chocolate Chips, a once-famous Black male stripper crew. Luther (Wesley Snipes) tries to reunite the crew and get them in shape so they can save the hotel where they used to perform.