MAY '18 MOVIE RELASES | BIGSCREEN | ONSCREEN
- ONSCREEN
- May 13, 2018
- 8 min read
IF NOT INTERESTED IN COMEDY OR THE BIG BLOCKBUSTERS THIS MONTH, THEN THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES . CHECK OUT THE REST OF THIS MONTHS BIGSCREEN RELEASES BELOW. SEE OUR OT SCHEDULE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU CAN SEE THIS MONTH ON THE BIGSCREEN , SMALLSCREEN AND ANY OTHER SCREEN YOU CAN THINK OF.
THE TWO BIG BLOCKBUSTERS OF THE MONTH... DEADPOOL 2 AND SOLO : A STAR WARS STORY ARE ARRIVING THIS MONTH, MAY 15 AND MAY 24. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE LAID BACK THEN THERE IS CHARLIZE THERON'S TULLY (MAY 04) OR THE FEEL GOOD, (LOVE YOUR INNER SELF) COMEDY , I FEEL PRETTY STARING COMEDIAN AMY SCHUMER.
MAY / 04
🇬🇧🇺🇸 TULLY, 2018
COMEDY / DRAMA | 15 / RATED R | BRON STUDIOS / RIGHT WAY PRODUCTIONS / DENVER AND DELILAH PRODUCTIONS
DIRECTOR Jason Reitman | SCREENWRITERS Diablo Cody
TAGLINE | See How the Mother Half Lives.
STARING Charlize Theron / Mackenzie Davis / Mark Duplass / Ron Livingston
PLOT SUMMARY | Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis)
🇬🇧 I FEEL PRETTY, 2018
COMEDY | 12A | HUAYI BROTHERS PICTURES / VOLTAGE PICTURES / WONDERLAND SOUND AND VISION | 🇺🇸APRIL 24 2018
DIRECTOR +SCREENWRITERS | Abby Kohn / Marc Silverstein
TAGLINE | Change Everything without Changing Anything.
STARING Amy Schumer / Michelle Williams / Rory Scovel / Emily Ratajkowski
PLOT SUMMARY | Renee Barrett (Amy Schumer) is intelligent, funny, and capable, but has never felt like one of the pretty girls, but her entire outlook changes when she accidentally gets knocked unconscious and wakes up believing she’s beautiful – and unstoppable.
🇺🇸 BAD SAMARITAN, 2018
HORROR / THRILLER | 15 / RATED R | ELECTRIC ENTERTINMENT
🇬🇧AUGUST 24 2018
DIRECTOR Dean Devlin | SCREENWRITERS Brandon Boyce
TAGLINE | One Bad Night.. One Bad Decision . Can Haunt Your Forever.
STARING Kerry Condon / David Tennant / Robert Sheehan
PLOT SUMMARY | A pair of burglars stumble upon a woman being held captive in a home they intended to rob.
🇺🇸 THE CLEANSE, 2016
COMEDY / DRAMA | 15 / RATED R | BRON STUDIOS / BRON STUDIOS / ALCIDE BAVA PICTURES
DIRECTOR + SCREENWRITER Bobby Miller
TAGLINE | We All Have Our Demons.
STARING Johnny Galecki / Anna Friel / Kyle Gallner / Oliver Platt / Anjelica Huston
PLOT SUMMARY | A heartbroken, unemployed, down and out man (Johnny Galecki) attends a spiritual retreat to cleanse himself and fix his broken life. There he meets a fellow lost soul, and together they discover that "the cleanse" releases more than everyday toxins...a lot more. [Limited, On Demand, Digital]
OTHER MAY 04 RELEASES...
🇬🇧🇺🇸 OVERBOARD, 2018
COMEDY / ROMANCE
PLOT SUMMARY | A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 THE GUARDIANS, 2018
DRAMA / ROMANCE
PLOT SUMMARY | Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.
MAY / 10
🇬🇧 LIFE OF THE PARTY, 2018
COMEDY | PG-13 | NEW LINE CINEMA / ON THE DAY / WARNER BROS.
🇺🇸MAY 11 2018
DIRECTOR Ben Falcone | SCREENWRITERS Ben Falcone + Melissa McCarthy
TAGLINE | Old School. Meets New Life.
STARING Gabrielle Union / Billy Burke / Richard Cabral
PLOT SUMMARY | After her husband abruptly asks for a divorce, a middle-aged mother returns to college in order to complete her degree.
MAY / 11
🇬🇧🇺🇸 BREAKING IN, 2018
THRILLER | PG- 13 | BREAKING IN PICTURES / WILL PACKER PRODUCTIONS / UNIVERSAL PICTURES
DIRECTOR James McTeigue | SCREENWRITERS Ryan Engle
TAGLINE | Payback is a Mother.
STARING Gabrielle Union / Billy Burke / Richard Cabral
PLOT SUMMARY | A woman fights to protect her family during a home invasion.
🇺🇸 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES,2018
COMEDY / MUSIC / ROMANCE / SCI-FI | 15 / RATED R | LITTLE PUNK / SEE-SAW FILMS | 🇺🇸MAY 18 2018
DIRECTOR John Cameron Mitchell | SCREENWRITERS Philippa Goslett / John Cameron Mitchell
TAGLINE | Talk to the Girl. Save the World.
STARING Ellie Fanning / Nicole Kidman / Ruth Wilson / Joanna Scanlan / Stephen Campbell Moore / Alex Sharp / Matt Lucas / Elarica Johnson
PLOT SUMMARY | An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.
🇺🇸 BEAST[aka THE JERSEY AFFAIR], 2018
DRAMA | 15 / RATED R | AGILE FILM / BFI FILM FUND / BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (BFI) / FILM4 / SRAY BEAR PRODUCTION | 🇬🇧APRL 27 2018
DIRECTOR + SCREENWRITERS Michael Pearce
TAGLINE | Be Careful What You Unleash.
STARING Jessica Buckley / Johnnny Flynn / Geraldine James / Trystan Gravelle
PLOT SUMMARY | A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 REVENGE, 2017
ACTION / THRILLER | 15 / RATED R | M.E.S. PRODUCTIONS
DIRECTOR + SCREENWRITERS Coralie Fargeat
STARING Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz / Kevin Janssens / Vincent Colombe / Guillaume Bouchède
PLOT SUMMARY | Never take your mistress on an annual guys' getaway, especially one devoted to hunting - a violent lesson for three wealthy married men.
OTHER MAY 11 RELEASES...
🇺🇸 LIFE OF THE PARTY, 2018[SEE MAY 10 2018]
COMEDY
PLOT SUMMARY | After her husband abruptly asks for a divorce, a middle-aged mother returns to college in order to complete her degree.
🇺🇸 ALWAYS AT THE CARLYE, 2018
DOCUMENTARY
PLOT SUMMARY | The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet-set as well as a favourite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
🇺🇸 ANYTHING, 2017
DRAMA / ROMANCE
PLOT SUMMARY | This is a story about the infinite possibility of love.
🇺🇸 BOOM FOR REAL:THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT, 2017
DOCUMENTARY
PLOT SUMMARY | Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tEctonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.
🇺🇸 CLASS RANK, 2017
COMEDY / FAMILY / ROMANCE
PLOT SUMMARY | Two high school outsiders join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
MAY / 15
🇬🇧 DEADPOOL 2, 2018
ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY / SCI-FI / COMIC BOOK ADAPTION
15 / RATED R | MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT / TWENTIETH CENURY FOX 🇺🇸MAY 18 2018
DIRECTOR David Leitch | SCREENWRITERS Rhett Reese / Paul Wernick / Ryyan Reynolds
TAGLINE | Be the first to see the second coming.
STARING Ryan Reynods / Josh Brolin / Morena Baccarin / Zazie Beetz / Brianna Hildebrand / Bill Skarsgård / T.J Miller / Terry Crews / Rob Delaney
PLOT SUMMARY | Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy of supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling mutant, Cable.
MAY / 17
🇬🇧🇺🇸 LU OVER THE WALL, 2017
ANIMATION / ANIME / ADVENTURE / COMEDY / CHILDREN + FAMILY / FANTASY / MUSIC
PG | TWIN ENGINE / FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK
DIRECTOR Masaaki Yuasa | SCREENWRITERS Reiko Yoshida / Masaaki Yuasa
TAGLINE | Kimi no "suki" wa boku o kaeru (Your "like" will change me)
STARING Kanon Tani / Shôta Shimoda / Shin'ichi Shinohara
PLOT SUMMARY | The story centers on Kai, a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, a mermaid. [LIMITED RELEASE]
MAY / 18
🇺🇸 FIRST REFORMED, 2017
DRAMA / THRILLER | 15 / RATED R | A24 / KILLER FILMS / FIBONACCI FILMS / ARCLIGHT FILMS / OMEIRA STUDIO PARTNERS | 🇬🇧... N/A
DIRECTOR + SCREENWRITERS Paul Schrader
STARING Ethan Hawke / Amanda Seyfried / Cedric The Entertaineer
PLOT SUMMARY | A former military chaplain is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, setting the plot in motion.
🇺🇸 DARK CRIMES, 2016
CRIME / DRAMA / THRILLER | 15 / RATED R | SABAN FILMS / LOS ANGELES MEDIA FUND / RAT PAC ENTERTAINMENT | 🇬🇧...
DIRECTOR Alexandros Avranas | SCREENWRITERS Jeremy Brock
TAGLINE | It Takes A Dark Mind To Solve A Twisted Crime
STARING Jim Carrey / Charlotte Gainsbourg / Maron Csokas
PLOT SUMMARY | A murder investigation of a slain business man turns to clues found in an author's book about an eerily similar crime. Based on the 2008 article "True Crimes - A postmodern murder mystery" by David Grann.
🇬🇧🇺🇸 ON CHESIL BEACH, 2017
DRAMA / ROMANCE | 15 / RATED R | BBC FILMS / NUMBER 9 FILMS
DIRECTOR Dominic Cooke | SCREENWRITERS Ian McEwan
TAGLINE | A Different Time. A different Love.
STARING Saoirse Ronan / Emily Watson
PLOT SUMMARY | Based on Ian McEwan's novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
🇺🇸 SNOW DOGS, 2018
ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY | PG | OPEN ROAD FILMS / RIVERSTONE PICTURE | 🇬🇧MAY 25 2018
DIRECTOR Raja Gosnell | SCREENWRITERS Max Botkin / Marc Hyman
TAGLINE | Unleashed and Undercover
STARING Will Arnett / Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges / Jordin Sparks / Alan Cumming / Stanley Tucci / Natasha Lyonne / Rupaul / Shaquille O'Neal
PLOT SUMMARY | Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
OTHER MAY 18 RELEASES...
🇺🇸 BOOK CLUB, 2018
COMEDY
PLOT SUMMARY | Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
🇺🇸 DEADPOOL 2, 2018 [SEE MAY 15 2018]
ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY / SCI-FI / COMIC BOOK ADAPTION
PLOT SUMMARY | Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (AKA. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy of supernatural abilities from the brutal, time-traveling mutant, Cable.
🇺🇸 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES, 2018
[SEE MAY 11 2018]
COMEDY / MUSIC / ROMANCE / SCI-FI
PLOT SUMMARY | An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London suburb of Croydon.
🇺🇸 POP FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD
DOCUMENTARY / BIOGRAPHY
PLOT SUMMARY | Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
MAY / 24
🇬🇧 SOLO:A STAR WARS STORY, 2018
ACTION / ADVENTURE / FANTASY / SCI-FI | PG-13 | LUCASFILM / WALT DISNEY PICTURES
DIRECTOR Ron Howard | SCREENWRITERS Jonathan Kasdan / Lawrence Kasdan
STARING Charlize Theron / Mackenzie Davis / Mark Duplass / Ron Livingston
PLOT SUMMARY | Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story,' an adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga's most unlikely heroes.
MAY / 25
🇺🇸 SUMMER 1993, 2017
COMEDY / DRAMA | 15 / RATED R | AVAION / CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA
DIRECTOR Jason Reitman | SCREENWRITERS Diablo Cody
STARING Charlize Theron / Mackenzie Davis / Mark Duplass / Ron Livingston
PLOT SUMMARY | Marlo (Charlize Theron), a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother (Mark Duplass). Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a unique bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (Mackenzie Davis)
OTHER MAY 25 RELEASES...
🇺🇸 SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, 2018
COMEDY
PLOT SUMMARY | Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
🇬🇧 SHOW DOGS, 2018
ACTION / ADVENTURE / COMEDY
PLOT SUMMARY | Max, a macho, solitary Rottweiler police dog is ordered to go undercover as a primped show dog in a prestigious Dog Show, along with his human partner, to avert a disaster from happening.
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