May

 

2nd

The Fall Guy (2024)

Taken for granted and fresh from a near career-ending accident, a fearless wisecracking stuntman is pulled out of semi-retirement by his director ex when her star is kidnapped and her career is threatened as a result, as he jumps on the case to find him and save the day . . . with hilarious all-action consequences in this blockbuster ode to the 1980s TV series, from the stuntman-turned-director of ‘Atomic Blonde’ and ‘Deadpool 2’.

Directed by David Leitch and starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance

UK Release: 2nd of May   US Release: 3rd of May

 

 

 

The Idea of You (2024)

A 40-year-old single mum’s trip to a music festival turns her life upside down when she falls for and begins a passionate relationship with the 24-year-old lead singer of the world’s hottest boy band, as they struggle to maintain their eyebrow-raising relationship in the glare of global media and fan fervour.

Directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine and Annie Mumolo among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 2nd of May (Amazon Prime Video)   US Release: 2nd of May (Amazon Prime Video)

 

 

 

3rd

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Beguiled by a strapping stranger, a lonely gym manager forms a romantic bond with a travelling bodybuilder and is confronted by a dark past, placing her on a collision course with her estranged fearsome father and his underworld associates in the American south-west of the late 1980s.

Directed by Rose Glass and starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian and Ed Harris among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

UK Release: 3rd of May   US Release: 8th of March

 

 

 

Unfrosted (2024)

In the early 1960s, two of America’s biggest food companies Kellogg’s and Post compete to create a line of toaster pastries and corner the breakfast market, creating a fierce race with hilarious consequences in this ensemble comedy dramatisation of the Pop-Tarts story.

Directed by Jerry Seinfeld and starring Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy and Jim Gaffigan among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy

UK Release: 3rd of May (Netflix)   US Release: 3rd of May (Netflix)

 

 

 

Tarot (2024)

A group of young friends fatefully tempt fate a step too far when they violate the sacred laws of Tarot card reading after they use a stranger’s mysterious deck and unleash an evil within, plunging them into a struggle for survival and a race against the gruesome deaths they seem destined to meet.

Directed by Spenser Cohen & Anna Halberg and starring Harriet Slater, Avantika and Jacob Batalon among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

9th

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Generations after Caesar’s reign led the apes to freedom and victory against the last stand of humanity, a young ape defies the tyrannical leader of the dominant apes and their rule over the planet and its scattered human remnants, embarking on a journey which challenges their beliefs about the past and defines a new future for both species in this latest instalment of the rebooted classic sci-fi franchise.

Directed by Wes Ball and starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan and Kevin Durand among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 9th of May   US Release: 10th of May

 

 

 

10th

La Chimera (2023)

A colourful Italian odyssey titled after that which one seeks but never manages to find, following a grieving British archaeologist with seeming metaphysical abilities who seeks redemption though a voyage of discovery in Tuscany of the 1980s, joining a rag-tag group of Italian grave robbers and artifact hunters to find a priceless Etruscan relic which he hopes will open the door to another plane.

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher and starring Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte and Isabella Rossellini among others.

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 10th of May   US Release: 29th of March

 

 

 

17th

IF (2024)

Struggling with loss and grief, a young girl discovers her unusual gift—the ability to see and talk to everyone’s abandoned childhood imaginary friends—as she joins forces with a similarly gifted adult on a journey to reconnect all these fantastical “IFs” to their forgotten former kid friends.

Directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming and Steve Carell among others.

Genre: Family, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

UK Release: 17th of May   US Release: 17th of May

 

 

 

Hoard (2024)

Scarred by loss, grief and troubling fleeting recollections of her unconventional upbringing with a working-class hoarder mother, a peculiar British teenager in foster care forms an unlikely bond with slightly older former fellow foster resident, as their friendship evolves and she finds bizarre ways of reconnecting with repressed childhood memories and the image of her lost mother.

Directed by Luna Carmoon and starring Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Joseph Quinn and Hayley Squires among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 17th of May   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)

Forced to spend the night in a remote cabin in the woods after their car breaks down in an unsettling small town, a young couple’s impromptu retreat turns into a nightmare and struggle for survival after three mysterious masked strangers begin to stalk them with sinister intentions but no apparent motive, in this first of a three-part horror series origin story/remake from the director of ‘Cliffhanger’ and ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight’.

Directed by Renny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso and Rachel Shenton among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 17th of May   US Release: 17th of May

 

 

 

Thelma the Unicorn (2024)

Humble little farm pony Thelma’s dreams of being a big time pop star become reality when a freak accident seemingly turns her into a unicorn, as her look captures the attention of the globe and she holds it with her undeniable musical talents, embarking on a perilous journey through showbiz and celebrity while facing the risk of her truth being revealed whilst finding her true self, in this animated animal adventure from the director of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ and ‘Nacho Libre’.

Directed by Jared Hess & Lynn Wang and starring Brittany Howard, Will Forte and Jon Heder among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 17th of May (Netflix)   US Release: 17th of May (Netflix)

 

 

 

24th

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Many years before she became the heroine of the Citadel and teamed up with Max to free it from the claws of the tyrannical Immortan Joe, a young Furiosa is abducted from her home and plunged into a brutal post-apocalyptic struggle for survival in the desert wasteland where she hones her fighting and hard-driving skills, in this origin story prequel to 2015’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’.

Directed by George Miller and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Thriller

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

 

 

 

The Garfield Movie (2024)

Everyone’s favourite lazy, lasagna-eating orange tabby is back on the big screen with the beloved comic strip getting a new animated adaptation, as Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his deadbeat dad pulls him and Odie into an adventure as they go on the run from an animal underworld boss.

Directed by Mark Dindal and starring Chris Pratt, Nicholas Hoult and Samuel L. Jackson among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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

 

 

 

Atlas (2024)

In an advanced but dystopian future defined by artificial intelligence, a cynical tech analyst is drawn into a defining battle against dangerous AI to save humanity from extinction, only form a bond with that which she mistrusts in order to save both lifeforms from themselves and annihilation.

Directed by Brad Peyton and starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu and Sterling K. Brown among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 24th of May (Netflix)   US Release: 24th of May (Netflix)

 

 

 

31st

Sting (2024)

A young girl’s relationship with her very special pet spider takes a turn when her unusual arachnid rapidly begins to grow bigger and more ravenous, plunging her family and the whole apartment building into a terrifying struggle for survival.

Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner and starring Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr and Jermaine Fowler among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 31st of May   US Release: 12th of April

 

 

 

Young Woman and the Sea (2024)

In 1926 a young New York swimmer defies the odds and social expectations of the time to break a glass ceiling and become the first woman to swim across the English Channel, as the Trudy Ederle true story gets the big screen Disney treatment.

Directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Daisy Ridley, Stephen Graham and Tilda Cobham-Hervey among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Sport

UK Release: 31st of May   US Release: 31st of May

 

 

 

The Beast (2024)

In an advanced but dystopian near future where human emotions are suppressed and Artificial Intelligence is king, a French woman undergoes an immersive procedure to purge her pain by delving into memories and past lives, as she continually falls in love with different incarnations of a British man in different eras of recent history in the hopes of connecting with him in the present, only for their best laid plans to go awry.

Directed by Bertrand Bonello and starring Léa Seydoux, George MacKay and Dasha Nekrasova among others.

Genre: Drama, Sci-fi, Romance

UK Release: 31st of May   US Release: 31st of May

 

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