Scroll on for Media Mole's round-up of the major releases due out at the UK and Ireland box office in the coming days.
The Courier
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Thriller
Certificate: 12
Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
Director: Dominic Cooke
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley
Plot: Historical spy movie about a British businessman recruited to gather Soviet intel during the Cold War.
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Free Guy
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy
Certificate: 12A
Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
Director: Shawn Levy
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi
Plot: Truman Show-style movie about a man who becomes aware that he is actually a character in a computer game.
The Paw Patrol Movie
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Kids
Certificate: U
Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
Director: Cal Brunker
Cast: Iain Armitage, Marsai Martin, Yara Shahidi, Kim Kardashian, Randall Park, Dax Shepard, Jimmy Kimmel, Tyler Perry
Plot: In the first big-screen outing, Chase and the gang are called to Adventure City to save it from evil Mayor Humdinger.
Minamata
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Drama
Certificate: 15
Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
Director: Andrew Levitas
Cast: Johnny Depp, Akiko Iwase, Katherine Jenkins, Bill Nighy
Plot: An American photographer documents the effects of mercury poisoning on the residents of Minamata, Japan in the 1970s.
Don't Breathe 2
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Horror
Certificate: 18
Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
Director: Rodo Sayagues
Cast: Stephen Lang, Brendan Sexton III
Plot: The Blind Man's home is targeted yet again by intruders.
Wildland
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Crime
Certificate: 15
Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
Director: Jeanette Nordahl
Cast: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Joachim Fjelstrup, Elliott Crosset Hove
Plot: Danish thriller about a 17-year-old girl who moves in with her estranged aunt and family - unaware that they are violent criminals.
Escher: Journey Into Infinity
Released: Friday, August 13
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: PG
Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes
Director: Robin Lutz
Plot: Documentary about the life and work of Dutch graphic artist M C Escher.
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