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 Forever Purge
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Horror
Certificate: 15
Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
Director: Everardo Valerio Gout
Cast: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, Cassidy Freeman
Plot: The fifth instalment in the dystopian franchise, set at a time when the annual Purge is back with the original rules.
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Kids / Animation
Certificate: U
Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
Director: Malcolm D Lee
Cast: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Zendaya, Cedric Joe
Plot: LeBron James and his son Dom find themselves trapped in a virtual game space.
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Horror
Certificate: 15
Runtime: 1 hour 28 minutes
Director: Adam Robitel
Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Moore, Indya Moore, Holland Roden, Thomas Cocquerel, Carlito Olivero
Plot: Zoey and Ben find themselves trapped in yet more deadly escape rooms with other survivors.
Summer Of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: 12A
Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
Director: Questlove
Cast: N/A
Plot: The story of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, which had high-profile performers such as Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight but bizarrely remains an obscure pop culture event.
The Birthday Cake
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Thriller
Certificate: 15
Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
Director: Jimmy Giannopoulos
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Shiloh Fernandez, Val Kilmer, Lorraine Bracco, Ashley Benson, Penn Badgley, William Fichtner
Plot: A young Italian-American continues the tradition of taking a birthday cake to his family house to mark the anniversary of his dad's death, but after he witnesses a murder he's left questioning everything.
Nowhere Special
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Drama
Certificate: PG
Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
Director: Uberto Pasolini
Cast: James Norton, Daniel Lamont
Plot: A 35-year-old single father learns he only has months to live so sets about searching for the perfect replacement family for his young son.
The Croods 2: A New Age
Released: Friday, July 16
Genre: Kids / Animation
Certificate: U
Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
Director: Joel Crawford
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Cloris Leachman, Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann, Kelly Marie Tran
Plot: The Croods must learn to live with their new neighbours The Bettermans.
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