Next Attraction: Movies, series showing this August 2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine is still riding high from the country's performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but once the Games are over, people will be back to looking for things to watch.

August certainly won't leave everyone wanting, given the selection of movies and shows to see, highlighted by the films competing at the 2024 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival.

Here is a list of films and series premiering this month in local theaters and on streaming platforms:

"Borderlands" (August 7)
Directed by Eli Roth
Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Edgar Ramirez, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Gina Gershon, and Jamie Lee Curtis

Synopsis: An adaptation of the video game of the same name following an outlaw who returns to where she grew up forming an alliance of misfits to find the missing daughter of the most powerful man in the universe.

"It Ends With Us" (August 7)
Directed by Justin Baldoni
Starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, and Hasan Minhaj

Synopsis: An adaptation of the Colleen Hoover's 2016 novel of the same name about a woman in a new relationship being reminded about her own parents' relationship.

"Unang Tikim" (August 7)
Directed by Roman Perez Jr.
Starring Angeli Khang, Robb Guinto, Matthew Francisco, Audrey Avila, and Susan Africa

Synopsis: An engaged woman begins to have second thoughts after meeting her first love again.

"When the World Met Miss Probinsyana" (August 7)
Directed by JP Bautista-Ninalga
Starring Rhian Ramos and Sid Lucero

Synopsis: The true-to-life story of a woman from the province breaking into the male-dominated BPO industry.

"Un/Happy for You" (August 14)
Directed by Petersen Vargas
Starring Joshua Garcia, Julia Barretto, Kaila Estrada, Nonie Buencamino, Ketchup Eusebio, and John Lapus

Synopsis: Ex-lovers try to navigate feelings of anguish and deep affection for each other.

"Alien: Romulus" (August 14)
Directed by Fede Alvarez
Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archi Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu

Synopsis: Set between the first two "Alien" movies, a group of young space colonists, while scavenging a derelict space station, comes face to