Ari Aster revisits the pandemic, Adam Sandler tees off again and Lamb Chop gets an origin story in July movies

The month's film releases include 'Eddington,' 'Happy Gilmore 2' and 'Shari & Lamb Chop'

'Eddington' (2025) directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal
Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal star in 'Eddington,' directed by Ari Aster, out July 18
(Image credit: BFA / A24 / Alamy)

Summer movies are off to an explosive start. July's new releases include a pandemic excavation from one of Hollywood's hottest horror directors, a sequel to a beloved Adam Sandler golf comedy, a documentary about a famous children's puppet and two sick romances — one involving a classic millennial situationship-gone-wrong and the other a forced intertwining of flesh.

'Eddington'

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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold has worked as a story editor at The Week since 2024. She previously worked at FLOOD Magazine, Woman's World, First for Women, DGO Magazine and BOMB Magazine. Anya's culture writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Jezebel, Vice and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others.