Late summer refuses to settle into a single mood this week. The big screen moves from unruly highway comedy and a high-concept New York romance to small-town horror, bold independent filmmaking and family favourites returning to cinemas. Here is the essential, spoiler-free Movieversalfilm line-up for Friday 7 August 2026 in the US and UK.
Cinema availability varies by location, so check local listings before travelling.
Featured Releases – Friday 7 August 2026
Super Troopers 3 (2026)
- Release: US wide and UK cinemas — 7 August 2026
- Distributor: Searchlight Pictures (US) / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (UK & Ireland)
- Runtime: Approximately 104 minutes
- Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Broken Lizard’s highway patrol returns for a third helping of deliberately broad, chaotic comedy. A wedding crisis and a new drug-ring investigation put the familiar ensemble back on duty, making this the week’s most unapologetically fan-facing sequel.
Movieversalfilm watch note: Best suited to viewers already tuned into the troupe’s absurdist chemistry and long-running in-jokes.
One Night Only (2026)
- Release: US wide — 7 August 2026
- UK release: Scheduled for later in August
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Director: Will Gluck
Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner play two romantically hopeful strangers negotiating one unusually permissive night in a heightened New York City. Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, Molly Ringwald and LeVar Burton are among the supporting cast.
Movieversalfilm watch note: A rare star-led romantic comedy conceived for a cinema audience rather than as streaming wallpaper.
Ice Cream Man (2026)
- Release: US wide — 7 August 2026 / UK cinemas during the same release week
- Distributor: Iconic Releasing (US) / StudioCanal (UK)
- Runtime: Approximately 86 minutes
- Genre: Horror-thriller
Eli Roth directs and stars in this small-town nightmare about a mysterious vendor whose arrival brings increasingly violent events. The BBFC warns of strong bloody violence and gore, making this firmly the week’s adult horror option.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The clearest choice for horror audiences seeking a loud, splattery late-summer scare.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
- Release: US limited — 7 August 2026
- Distributor: MUBI
- Director: Jane Schoenbrun
- Starring: Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson
A fading slasher franchise becomes the setting for a surreal collision of authorship, fandom and identity when an enthusiastic young director meets the property’s reclusive original star.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The adventurous alternative to conventional franchise horror—knowingly camp, formally strange and designed for midnight-movie conversation.
Tony (2026)
- Release: US limited — 7 August 2026
- Distributor: A24
- Director: Matt Johnson
- Starring: Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas
Dominic Sessa plays a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain whose summer in the unruly world of a Provincetown restaurant kitchen begins to shape his future. The premise concentrates on the heat, noise and camaraderie of one formative season rather than surveying a famous life from a distance.
Movieversalfilm watch note: The indie pick for viewers drawn to food culture, restless ambition and character-led drama.
UK Family and Repertory Choices
PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie (2026)
- UK release: In cinemas this release week
- Distributor: Paramount Pictures UK
- Runtime: Approximately 88 minutes
- Content advice: Very mild threat and language
The pups enter prehistoric territory for a rescue mission involving a mysterious island and Mayor Humdinger. Its concise runtime and mild content make it the straightforward younger-family choice.
Flushed Away (2006)
- UK re-release: 7 August 2026
- Distributor: Park Circus
- Runtime: Approximately 85 minutes
- Content advice: Very mild threat, violence and rude humour
David Bowers and Sam Fell’s animated underground-London adventure returns as a brisk family option, combining slapstick chases with an eccentric vision of the capital beneath the drains.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
- UK re-release: 10th-anniversary return during the week
- Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
- Runtime: Approximately 101 minutes
- Director: Taika Waititi
Sam Neill and Julian Dennison lead this New Zealand comedy-adventure about a foster child and his reluctant guardian becoming accidental fugitives in the bush. Funny, tender and expansive, it remains an excellent cinema rediscovery.
The Movieversalfilm Weekend Watchlist
- US wide-release pick: One Night Only, for a welcome change of rhythm at the multiplex.
- UK cinema pick: Hunt for the Wilderpeople, returning with its warmth and eccentricity intact.
- Horror pick: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, for viewers seeking the week’s boldest genre experiment.
- Family pick: Flushed Away, a compact animated adventure built for a shared cinema trip.
What will you be watching this weekend? Share your pick in the comments and return to Movieversalfilm for the weekend box-office report.