May

 

4th

Lean on Pete (2018)

Teenager ‘Charley Thompson’ is used to living a nomadic life, moving from town-to-town in the Pacific Northwest with his grifter dad, with their latest move giving him the chance to work the local stables and form a bond with a spirited racehorse named ‘Lean on Pete’. But when tragedy unexpectedly strikes, Charley embarks on an impromptu cross-country voyage with his trusty equine friend, in the hope of finding some real belonging—only to learn some grim life-lessons before his sobering journey is through.

Directed by Andrew Haigh and staring Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi and Travis Fimmel among others.

Genre: Adventure, Drama

UK Release: 4th of May   US Release: 30th of March

 

 

 

Tully (2018)

A struggling mother-of-three is unexpectedly gifted a nanny to ease her burden, but this strong-willed and self-styled new addition to the family will completely transform their lives in this quirky comedy tale of modern motherhood from the writer and director of ‘Juno’.

Directed by Jason Reitman and starring Charlize Theron, Ron Livingston and Mackenzie Davis among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 4th of May   US Release: 4th of May

 

 

 

The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

A night’s stay at a secluded and seemingly abandoned mobile home park turns into a horrific struggle for survival for a family of four, when a sinister trio of masked assailants tests their instincts to run, hide and fight in this follow-up to the 2008 horror/thriller ‘The Strangers’.

Directed by Johannes Roberts and starring Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson and Bailee Madison among others.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 4th of May   US Release: 9th of March

 

 

 

I Feel Pretty (2018)

After an almighty bump on the head, an insecure average woman wakes to see a stunning beauty in the mirror, when everyone sees her as she truly is, with hilarity ensuing when she flaunts her newfound confidence to the world—but what happens when her head clears and the superficial mist lifts?, as Amy Schumer leads this comedy about self-image and ‘beauty in the eye of the beholder’.

Directed by Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein and starring Amy Schumer, Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 4th of May   US Release: 20th of April

 

 

 

11th

Entebbe (2018)

In the summer of 1976, two Palestinian extremists and two German ones hijack a plane and take the passengers hostage, forcing it to land in Idi Amin’s Uganda in a bid to further their cause in the Arab-Israeli conflict—prompting a dangerous rescue mission by the Israeli special forces in this dramatisation of the ‘Operation Entebbe’ incident.

Directed by José Padilha and starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl and Eddie Marsan among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: 16th of March

 

 

 

Anon (2018)

In a dystopian future with no privacy or anonymity but almost no crime as a result, a detective investigating a series of murders encounters a mysterious off-the-grid woman, who threatens to subvert a carefully controlled society and expose its systems, in this bleak sci-fi vision of the future with timely themes from the writer/director of ‘Gattaca’ and ‘Lord of War’.

Directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried and Colm Feore among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: N/A (Netflix)

 

 

 

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)

At the height of Punk in 70s British suburbia, an inexperienced young lad is drawn to a beautiful and peculiar girl and her unique associates, only to find that she’s an alien caught between her distant galaxy and a fascination with Earth and one of its inhabitants.

Directed by John Cameron Mitchell and starring Alex Sharp, Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman among others.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Cured (2018)

After a virulent disease that creates blood-thirsty zombies is reversed, a ‘cured’ man returns to his family only to find a society which discriminates against his kind, leading him to its militant elements who threaten the fabric of society in this Irish horror indie with timely social undertones.

Directed by David Freyne and starring Sam Keeley, Ellen Page and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor among others.

Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: 23rd of February

 

 

 

Life of the Party (2018)

After her marriage falls apart, a middle-aged housewife and mother-of-one goes back to college and re-invents herself as a party animal, joining her reluctant daughter in the student life in this comedy from the husband and wife team of Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy.

Directed by Ben Falcone and starring Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon and Gillian Jacobs among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 11th of May US Release: 11th of May

 

 

 

Revenge (2018)

Abused, bloodied and left for dead by her lover and his dodgy associates, a beautiful young woman fires up her considerable survival instincts and embarks on a brutal vengeance mission across the desert, in this feminist empowerment revenge thriller with exploitation film tendencies from directorial debutante Coralie Fargeat.

Directed by Ben Falcone and starring Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon and Gillian Jacobs among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: 11th of May

 

 

 

Godard Mon Amour (2017)

Biographical comedy from the writer/director of ‘The Artist’, following legendary French ‘New Wave’ filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard as he begins a love affair with young actress Anne Wiazemsky—20 years his junior—during the existential period in the late 1960s when his Marxist world view and outsider persona was truly crystallised.

Directed by Michel Hazanavicius and starring Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin and Bérénice Bejo among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: 20th of April

 

 

 

Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

When Gnomeo & Juliet move to a new home with their fellow garden gnomes it looks like their destiny to live happily ever after is fulfilled, but when all their fellow gnomes inexplicably disappear, only the great detective Sherlock Gnomes can solve this London mystery in the follow up to 2011’s hit family animation ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’.

Directed by John Stevenson and starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt and Johnny Depp among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

UK Release: 11th of May   US Release: 23rd of March

 

 

 

15th

Deadpool 2 (2018)

Everyone’s favorite 4th wall-breaking, wisecracking and quick-healing superhero returns with more clever quips and bad intentions, reuniting with familiar faces and joining forces with some unlikely new ones to face an even more dangerous threat in trademark irreverent self-referential style.

Directed by David Leitch and starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and Morena Baccarin among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy

UK Release: 15th of May   US Release: 18th of May

 

 

 

18th

Cargo (2018)

In a post-apocalyptic Australia ravaged by infectious savagery, a father crosses a desolate and unforgiving landscape as he struggles to keep his baby alive and deliver her to safety before it’s too late, in this Netflix original film and directorial debut for Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke.

Directed by Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke and starring Martin Freeman, Anthony Hayes and Susie Porter among others.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of May (Netflix)   US Release: 18th of May (Netflix)

 

 

 

On Chesil Beach (2018)

A young newlywed British couple in the 1960s sees an idyllic romance give way to struggles with physical connection in emotional silence, in this melancholy period drama adapted from the Ian McEwan novel.

Directed by Dominic Cooke and starring Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle and Emily Watson among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 18th of May   US Release: 18th of May

 

 

 

Submergence (2017)

A British spy and an oceanographer share a French romance, only to be separated a year later when he is captured by jihadists in Africa and she embarks on an expedition to the Greenland seas, but the two lost souls are bound by their experience of isolation in this adaptation of the J.M. Ledgard novel from the director of ‘Paris, Texas’ and ‘Buena Vista Social Club’.

Directed by Wim Wenders and starring Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy and Alexander Siddig among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of May   US Release: 18th of May

 

 

 

24th

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Before he was an infamous space pirate and hero of the rebel alliance, Han Solo was cutting his teeth under the tutelage of questionable characters and forming alliances with some formidable figures—of both the hairy and caped variety—as Disney brings us the origin story for the galaxy’s most beloved rogue, and the second of their ‘Star Wars’ stand-alone ‘Anthology’ films.

Directed by Ron Howard and starring Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson and Donald Glover among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 24th of May   US Release: 25th of May

 

 

 

25th

The Breadwinner (2017)

After her father is taken away by the Taliban, a young Afghani girl disguises herself as a boy to provide for her family, only to find that the oppressive world around her becomes her oyster in her new guise, as she uses her imagination to embark on an adventure to find her dad in this in this animation adaptation of the Deborah Ellis children’s novel from the makers of ‘Song of the Sea’.

Directed by Nora Twomey and starring Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya and Noorin Gulamgaus among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family

UK Release: 25th of May   US Release: 17th of November 2017

 

 

 

Zama (2017)

Set in a small 18th century Spanish colony in the Americas, a minor officer struggles with the moral and existential decline of the locals and imperialists, as he longs for a transfer to the city where his family live, in this adaption of Antonio Di Benedetto’s acclaimed Argentinian novel.

Directed by Lucrecia Martel and starring Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas and Matheus Nachtergaele among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 25th of May   US Release: 13th of April

 

 

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