August 2025 was a great month for comedy, with films like The Naked Gun and Freakier Friday. The month ends with a smart new comedy from the director behind the Austin Powers movies and Meet the Parents. The Roses, directed by Jay Roach, stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as Theo and Ivy Rose, two lovers experiencing tensions in their marriage. The movie adapts Warren Adler's novel, The War of the Roses, which was first adapted in 1989.

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