New Movies: The Thursday Murder Club, Jaws, The Roses, The Toxic Avenger, and Caught Stealing

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, and more star in this week's new releases

From The LifeMinute.TV Team

August 29, 2025

The Thursday Murder Club streaming on Netflix 
Four irrepressible retirees spend their time solving cold case murders for fun, but their causal sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands. Based on Richard Osman’s bestselling novel and starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie.

Jaws in theaters in Real D, 3D, 4DX and IMAX
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws when the thrilling summer blockbuster returns to theaters. The classic film begins when a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town. Ichthyologist Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and grizzled ship captain Quint (Robert Shaw) offers to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man vs. nature.

The Roses in theaters
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition and hidden resentment ignites. The Roses is a reimagining of the 1989 classic film The War of the Roses, based on the novel by Warren Adler.

The Toxic Avenger in theaters
When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community. In a world where greed runs rampant… justice is best served radioactive. The film stars Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Taylour Paige, Jacob Tremblay, and Jane Levy.

Caught Stealing in theaters
Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) was a high-school baseball phenom who can’t play anymore, but everything else is going okay. He’s got a great girl (Zoë Kravitz), tends bar at a New York dive, and his favorite team is making an underdog run at the pennant. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank suddenly finds himself caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. They all want a piece of him; the problem is he has no idea why. As Hank attempts to evade their ever-tightening grip, he’s got to use all his hustle to stay alive long enough to find out.