10 Blockbuster Movies to Watch During the FXM August Free Preview
From classic ‘90s action movies and comedies to newer horror films, beat the heat with these blockbusters during the FXM August free preview.
It’s summer blockbuster season, but instead of spending a fortune taking the family out to the movies, let Sling bring the biggest hit movies to you for free during our FXM August free preview. Whether you’re in the mood for a slide-splitting comedy, a classic western, skin-crawling horror, or exhilarating action, FXM has the box office smashes you love. Here’s a sampling of 10 of the best blockbusters to watch on FXM during our free preview this August. To watch hit movies on FXM all year long, add the Hollywood Extra pack to your Sling subscription using the link below!
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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
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Release Date: Nov. 24, 1993
Box Office: $441.3 million
Critical Quote: “You will laugh till your ribs ache -- not because director Chris Columbus of the Home Alone movies has a gift for farce, which he does, but because Williams is to funny what the Energizer Bunny is to batteries. He keeps going and going and going.” - Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Tombstone (1993)
Release Date: Dec. 25, 1993
Box Office: $73.2 million
Critical Quote: “A tough-talking but soft-hearted tale that is entertaining in a sprawling, old-fashioned manner.” - Emanuel Levy, Variety
Alien: Romulus (2024)
Release Date: Aug. 12, 2024
Box Office: $350.9 million
Critical Quote: “Alien: Romulus really shines when it plays like a straightforward Alien movie -- and doesn’t pander to the demands of franchisable intellectual property. There’s yucky pleasure to be had in watching these young people flounder.” Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Release Date: March 13, 1992
Box Office: $64.1 million
Critical Quote: “Marisa Tomei, as Vinny's fiance, imbues the most obligatory reactions with either a startling ferocity or a farcical ambiguity worthy of her character's name: Mona Lisa Vito.” - Michael Sragow, The New Yorker
Con Air (1997)
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Release Date: June 6, 1997
Box Office: $224 million
Critical Quote: “[Writer] Scott Rosenberg's sarcastic, tough-guy dialogue is full of lean-and-mean one-liners, and the superbly cast actors know how to milk them for all they're worth.” - Todd McCarthy, Variety
There’s Something About Mary (1998)
Release Date: July 15, 1998
Box Office: $369.9 million
Critical Quote: “What a blessed relief is laughter.” - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Release Date: June 22, 2018
Box Office: $1.31 billion
Critical Quote: “This is without question the best Jurassic Park sequel - smart, scary, and even emotionally powerful.” - Matthew Rosza, Salon.com
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Release Date: June 18, 2004
Box Office: $168.4 million
Critical Quote: “This masterpiece of modern cinema depends upon a single truism: A guy getting hit in the nuts a hundred times in a row is funny a hundred times.” - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Halloween (2018)
Release Date: Oct. 19, 2018
Box Office: $259.9 million
Critical Quote: “Finally, Hollywood has made a good Halloween sequel. It took them only 40 years.” - Johnny Oleksinski, New York Post
Armageddon (1998)
Release Date: July 1, 1998
Box Office: $553.7 million
Critical Quote: “Sci-fi, adventure, black comedy, action movie, ensemble piece, even romance: it's all there, and most of it is pulled off with some aplomb.” - Quentin Curtis, Daily Telegraph