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Movies by Month - August 2014

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Upcoming films Australian release dates 2014
Upcoming films Australian release dates 2014
Upcoming films Australian release dates 2014

Click to see which movies are scheduled for release in Australia that month.

click here for films with release dates still to be announced (TBA)

2014: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec,

Note: movie release dates change considerably, which means that some films may be released several days or weeks before or after the date in the original announcements.

Movie reviews are linked to month-by-month entries and in the movie reviews index. When we receive posters, trailers, credits or official site details we put those up on info pages awaiting review.


Due for release 1 st
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I Am Evangeline

In a dark and amoral city Evangeline, a naive runaway clone, desperately tries to change her fate and find the cure she hopes will make her human. (source: IMDB)


Due for release 7 th
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Guardians of the Galaxy

In the far reaches of space, an American pilot named Peter Quill finds himself the object of a manhunt after stealing an htm coveted by the villainous Ronan. (source: IMDB)


Due for release 7 th
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And So It Goes

Self-obsessed real estate agent (Michael Douglas) life is turned upside down after his estranged son leaves a granddaughter he didn't know about in his care. Directed by Rob Reiner.


Due for release 7 th
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Begin Again

A dejected music business executive forms a bond with a young singer-songwriter new to Manhattan. (source: IMDB) Keira Knightley & Mark Ruffalo


Due for release 14 th
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Expendables 3

Barney and his team, known as "The Expendables", come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables' co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team. (source: IMDB)


Due for release 21 th
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The Giver

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world. (source: IMDB)


Due for release 21 th

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The Inbetweeners Movie 2

Jay, Neil, Simon, and Will reunite in Australia for a holiday (source: IMDB)


Due for release 21 th
review

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The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

After a long and eventful life, Allan Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. He climbs out the window and embarks on an unexpected journey.


Due for release 21 th
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In Search of Chopin

For four years, Phil Grabsky has travelled the globe in his quest to lay bare the life and music of Chopin. By talking to acclaimed musical historians such as Jeremy Siepmann and bringing to the screen performances by such esteemed musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes, Lars Vogt, Daniel Barenboim, Ronald Brautigam and Kevin Kenner he hopes to answer those questions. In Search of Chopin is narrated by renowned stage and screen star Juliet Stevenson (Truly Madly Deeply), and David Dawson (Luther) brings life to the letters of Chopin himself.


Due for release 28 th
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Predestination

A time traveller (Ethan Hawke) posing as a bartender must stop the Fizzle Bomber before he kills thousands in 1975 New York.


Moved to July 31th
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Lucy

Writer/director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita and The Professional & The Fifth Element,) directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy, an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.


Due for release 28 th
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The House of Magic

Thunder, an abandoned young cat seeking shelter from a storm, stumbles into the strangest house imaginable, owned by an old magician and inhabited by a dazzling array of automatons and gizmos. ANIMATED. (source: IMDB)


Due for release 28 th

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Felony

Three male detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in a coma. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to both disguise and unravel the truth? (source: IMDB)


Due for release 28 th

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If I Stay

Mia Hall thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams... (source: IMDB)


Due for release 28 th
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Magic in the Moonlight

A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue. (source: IMDB) Written and directed by Woody Allen.


Due for release 30 th
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Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return is a animated musical based on the adventure books by Roger Stanton Baum, the great-grandson of L. Frank Baum. A continuation of one of the world's most popular and beloved fairy tales, Legends of Oz finds Dorothy (Lea Michele) waking to post-tornado Kansas, only to be whisked back to Oz to try to save her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), the Lion (Jim Belushi), the Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer) and Glinda (Bernadette Peters) from a devious new villain, the Jester (Martin Short).

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