August is here and the end of summer is drawing nigh! But although summer might be ending, that doesn’t mean it’s any less hot --- in fact, these past few weeks have been sweatier than ever. With that in mind, closing off your summer with a fun trip to the cool movie theatre might be the best way to go! And with school starting up again, either now or in a few weeks, there’s less and less time to go and see these fun, book-based flicks.

In theatres this August we have The Little Prince, based off of the iconic children’s book that many of us loved as kids. This touching animated film is sure to be a great way to wrap up your summer fun. Another recently released movie, perfect for comic book fans, is Suicide Squad. This one is sure to be a fun ride all the way through and provide you superhero --- or supervillain --- fans with a way to relieve the stress that always comes with the beginning of school. On TV, meanwhile, if you don’t feel like getting off the couch, Netflix will be debuting the series "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events."

In Theaters:

Ben-Hur
Cast: Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Distributor: Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: August 19th
Based on: BEN-HUR: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

The epic story of Judah Ben-Hur, a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother, an officer in the Roman army. After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.

The Little Prince

Cast: [voices of] Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco
Director: Mark Osborne
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG
Release Date: August 5th
Based on: THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.

A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)
Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars
Director: Hannes Holm
Distributor: Nordisk Film
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: August 23rd (limited)
Based on: A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman

Fifty-nine year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terraced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools.

Suicide Squad
Cast: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne
Director: David Ayer
Distributor: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: August 5th
Based on: Suicide Squad comic book series by John Ostrander

A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

On TV:

"American Experience: The Boys of '36"
Cast: Daniel James Brown, Eric Cohen, Timothy Egan, Oliver Platt
Director: Margaret Grossi
Network: PBS
Airdate: August 2nd
Based on: THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured gold at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Their unexpected victory, against not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers, gave hope to a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression.

Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman, Patrick Warburton, Aasif Mandvi
Network: Netflix
Airdates: August 2016
Based on: LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS by Daniel Handler

After the loss of their parents in a mysterious fire, the three Baudelaire children face trials and tribulations attempting to uncover dark family secrets.

On DVD:

The Jungle Book
Cast: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken
Director: Jon Favreau
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
MPAA: PG
DVD Release Date: August 30th
Based on: THE JUNGLE BOOKS by Rudyard Kipling

An orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther.

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Cast: Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Stephen Fry, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam
Director: Matt Brown
Distributor: IFC Films
MPAA: PG-13
DVD Release Date: August 23rd
Based on: THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY by Robert Kanigel

The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Ramanujan, a self-taught Indian mathematics genius traveled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he forged a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor GH Hardy, and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematic genius to the world.

Me Before You
Cast: Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Charles Dance, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matthew Lewis, Vanessa Kirby
Director: Thea Sharrock
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Release Date: August 30th
Based on: ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes

Adapted from the bestselling novel by Jojo Moyes, Me Before You tells the story of the unexpected relationship that blossoms between a contented small town Englishwoman and the wealthy, paralyzed Londoner who hires her as his caretaker.