May

 

3rd

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Still reeling from the events of the blip and the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill and his family of heroic galactic misfits come together for a universe-saving mission which will test their bond to the limit and place them on a collision course with a powerful new figure who could be friend or foe, in this latest and last instalment of the franchise in this era of Disney Marvel.

Directed by James Gunn and starring Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and Will Poulter among others.

Genre: Comic-book, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 3rd of May   US Release: 5th of May

 

 

 

5th

Return to Seoul (2022)

Raised in France by her adoptive parents but born in a Korea she’s never known, a young woman travels to her country of birth to find her identity and connect to a part of herself which has been a stranger, finding friendships with the locals while plunging into the the self doubts which come with abandonment when she tracks down her biological parents and tries to come to terms with their decisions.

Directed by Davy Chou and starring Park Ji-min, Oh Kwang-rok and Guka Han among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 5th of May   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Blue Caftan (2022)

The life of a middle-aged Moroccan tailor is thrown upside down by the arrival of an alluring young new apprentice, who stirs up unexpected feelings and questions about his sexuality which threaten a carefully cultivated facade and his complicated marriage.

Directed by Maryam Touzani and starring Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri and Ayoub Missioui among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 5th of May   US Release: 10th of February (limited)

 

 

 

12th

The Mother (2023)

Forced to abandon her newborn child to save it from fearsome criminals, a skilled former operator and assassin returns from a long wilderness isolation to find the tween daughter she never met and protect her from the dangerous people seeking revenge upon them . . . while dealing out some retribution of her own.

Directed by Niki Caro and starring Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes and Gael García Bernal among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller

UK Release: 12th of May (Netflix)   US Release: 12th of May (Netflix)

 

 

 

Book Club 2: The Next Chapter (2023)

After spicing up their lives with their book club the ladies re-unite for a European girl’s trip when Vivian becomes engaged, as their Italian bachelorette party takes a bunch of wild and unexpected but welcome turns while they aim to misbehave in this sequel to the 2018 all-star later life feelgood comedy.

Directed by Bill Holderman and starring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 12th of May   US Release: 12th of May

 

 

 

Plan 75 (2022)

In a near future dystopian Japan where the government plan to address an ageing society is to encourage an incentivized programme of euthanasia for the over 75s, the lives of three disparate people from different generations unexpectedly intertwine through the shared loneliness of an entire society.

Directed by Chie Hayakawa and starring Chieko Baisho, Hayato Isomura and Stefanie Arianne among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 12th of May   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

19th

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

After the sudden death of the mother who so influenced his anxious personality, a meek neurotic man embarks on a surreal nightmarish voyage through place and his own time to get home in this latest dark but altogether more quirky exploration of the human condition from the visionary writer/director of ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar‘.

Directed by Ari Aster and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone and Parker Posey among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror

UK Release: 19th of May   US Release: 21st of April

 

 

 

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)

Impending adolescence in the 1970s for tween New Yorker Margaret gets complicated when her family moves from the city to the New Jersey suburbs, as she’s confronted with the awkward struggles of new friendships and family strife while dealing with a changing body & mind, in this big screen adaptation of the beloved coming-of-age novel by Judy Blume.

Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 19th of May   US Release: 28th of April

 

 

 

Fast X (2023)

The Toretto crew embark on another major high-octane globetrotting vehicular adventure when the family and their many associates are threatened by a dangerous drug kingpin with vengeance in his heart and devious plans for them all, in the latest instalment and first of a 2-part finale for the lucrative action blockbuster series.

Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jason Momoa among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime

UK Release: 19th of May   US Release: 19th of May

 

 

 

26th

The Little Mermaid (2023)

A spirited young mermaid princess defies the plans of her kingly father to embark on an adventure beyond her ocean to the surface world where she forbiddenly falls for a dashing young human prince, forcing her to make a choice and opt for a pact with a sea witch which soon puts herself and her people in danger, in Disney’s latest hybrid live-action adaptation of one of its beloved animated films.

Directed by Rob Marshall and starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy and Javier Bardem among others.

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical

UK Release: 26th of May   US Release: 26th of May

 

 

 

About My Father (2023)

A blue-collar New Yorker’s 4th of July weekend with his waspy wealthy future fiancée and in-laws is turned upside down when his frank and colourful old-school Italian immigrant father Robert De Niro is invited to the festivities, as a classic clash-of-cultures ensues where they learn what it is to be family in this fish out of water comedy inspired by the life of its star/writer Sebastian Maniscalco.

Directed by Laura Terruso and starring Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco and Leslie Bibb among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 26th of May   US Release: 26th of May

 

 

 

Master Gardener (2023)

A dedicated and stoic horticulturist tending a wealthy dowager’s estate takes on her grandniece as a young apprentice, only to be revisited by a dark and shadowy past when he gets drawn back into the crime world in this latest sobering human drama mediation on broken people with a past from the mind that brought us ‘Taxi Driver’ and ‘First Reformed’.

Directed by Paul Schrader Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

UK Release: 26th of May   US Release: 19th of May

 

 

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