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There’s a mighty current of new releases that’s about to splash onto your screens, including an inspirational swimming tale, a terrifying creepy-crawly throwback horror, the story of a pioneering puppeteer, and the third (and best?) of a magical film series…
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CAST: Daisy Ridley, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Stephen Graham, Kim Bodnia, Christopher Eccleston, Glenn Fleshler, Jeanette Hain, Sian Clifford
CREW: Joachim Rønning (director), Jeff Nathanson (writer, producer), Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman (producers), Amelia Warner (composer), Oscar Faura (cinematographer), Úna Ní Dhonghaíle (editor)
PLOT: In 1926, American competition swimmer and Olympic champion Gertrude Ederle (Ridley) sets out to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the English Channel…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Young Woman and the Sea is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, Guslagie Malanda, Dasha Nekrasova, Martin Scali, Elina Löwensohn, Marta Hoskins, Julia Faure, Kester Lovelace, Félicien Pinot, Laurent Lacotte, Weronika Szawarska, Jasmine Van Deventer, Xavier Dolan, Bertrand Bonello
CREW: Bertrand Bonello (director, writer, producer, composer), Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin Charbit (writers), Justin Taurand (producer), Anna Bonello (composer), Josée Deshaies (cinematographer), Anita Roth (editor)
PLOT: In the year 2044, artificial intelligence controls a society wherein humans voluntarily erase their emotions. One such human, Gabrielle (Seydoux), is haunted by memories of her past lives from Belle Époque-era Paris to 21st century Los Angeles, where her previous selves shared romantic connections with people who all happen to be different variations of a man named Louis (MacKay)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Beast is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Alyla Browne, Jermaine Fowler, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Silvia Colloca, Noni Hazlehurst, Robyn Nevin, Danny Kim, Alcira Carpio, Tony J. Black, Rowland Holmes
CREW: Kiah Roache-Turner (director, writer, editor), Chris Brown, Jamie Hilton and Michael Pontin (producers), Anna Drubich (composer), Brad Shield (cinematographer), Jeff Cummings and Luke Doolan (editors)
PLOT: On a cold and stormy night in New York, a mysterious egg falls from the sky and smashes through the window of imaginative but isolated 12-year-old Charlotte (Browne), hatching a strange little spider that she decides to keep as a pet named Sting. Soon, though, Sting grows to monstrous size, and after developing a taste for blood, it soon sets its sights on Charlotte’s neighbours, unless she can stop the creature in its tracks…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Sting is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Johnny Harris, Miley Locke, Sheherazade Makhoul Farrell, Rebecca Calder, Souad Faress, Mouna Hawa, Shaden Kanboura, Makram Khoury, Riyad Sliman, Rebecca Esmeralda Telhami
CREW: Muayad Alayan (director, writer, producer), Rami Musa Alayan (writer, producer), Dorothe Beinemeier, Alastair Clark, Giorgos Karnavas, Hanneke Niens, Rachel Robey and Abeer Salman (producers), Alex Simu (composer), Sebastian Bock (cinematographer), Rachel Erskine (editor)
PLOT: After the death of her mother, Jewish-British girl Rebecca (Locke) and her father Michael (Harris) move from the UK to Jerusalem for a fresh start. However, after settling into a house located in a neighbourhood known as the Valley of the Ghosts, a series of unusual events puts Rebecca in hot water…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
A House in Jerusalem is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Matthew Modine, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Jahking Guillory, Leslie David Baker, Sean Astin, Jackson Kelly, Damien Diaz, Zach Robbins, Jaxon Goldenberg, Judah Mackey
CREW: R.J. Daniel Hanna (director, writer), Christian Sander (writer, producer), Andrew Brick Johnson (composer), Mack Fisher (cinematographer), Eva Schrodek (editor)
PLOT: At a medium security correctional school in Colorado, cycling coach Greg (Modine) gathers an unlikely band of incarcerated students for a seemingly impossible bike ride from Denver to the Grand Canyon…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Hard Miles is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Kumud Mishra, Abhishek Banerjee, Rajesh Sharma, Arpan Das, Zarina Wahab, Purnendu Bhattacharya, Himanshu Jaykar
CREW: Sharan Sharma (director, writer), Nikhil Mehrotra (writer), Hiroo Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta (producers), Manan Bhardwaj and Amit Trivedi (composers), Anay Goswami, Yash Khanna and Manush Nandan (cinematographers), Nitin Baid (editor)
PLOT: After their union following an arranged marriage, Mahendra (Rao) and Mahima (Kapoor) discover a shared passion for cricket, with him being a failed local talent. When he discovers that Mahima is a natural at the sport, Mahendra becomes his wife’s coach as she prepares to become a professional cricketer…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Mr. and Mrs. Mahi is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Jim Henson, Jane Henson, Frank Oz
CREW: Ron Howard (director, producer), Mark Monroe (writer, producer), Sara Bernstein, Margaret Bodde, Brian Grazer, Christopher St. John and Justin Wilkes (producers), David Fleming (composer), Vanja Cernjul, John Chater, Igor Martinovic and Jenni Morello (cinematographers), Paul Crowder and Sierra Neal (editors)
PLOT: The life of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets and a pioneer of puppet-led entertainment…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Jim Henson: Idea Man is streaming exclusively on Disney+ from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Joe Anders, Samuel Small, Jack Davenport, Alison Sudol, Susan Wokoma, Ray Panthaki, Josh O’Connor, Nina Wadia, Ellie Kendrick, Josh Cowdery
CREW: Julia Jackman (director), Mike Gilbert (writer), Stephanie Aspin, Campbell Beaton and Helen Simmons (producers), Chris Hyson (composer), Jonas Mortensen (cinematographer), Jason Rayton (editor)
PLOT: In 2006, George (Anders) is a 16-year-old teenager who’s obsessed with music, and hopes to write a winning song for his school’s talent show. When he befriends charismatic new student Max (Small), the son of a famous pop duo, they collaborate to create the song, growing much closer in the process…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Bonus Track is streaming exclusively on Sky Cinema from Saturday 1 June 2024
CAST: Tony Abuerto, Micah Bunch, Nichole Dukes, Nathaly Garcia, Makai Garza
CREW: Bill Ross and Turner Ross (directors, writers, producers, cinematographers, editors), Michael Gottwald and Carlos Zozaya (producers), Casey Wayne McAllister (composer)
PLOT: After graduating high school, five teenagers (Abuerto, Bunch, Dukes, Garcia and Garza) embark on one last trip together toward the Pacific Coast, five hundred miles from their home in inland Oregon…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Gasoline Rainbow is streaming exclusively on MUBI from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: J.K. Simmons, Isabelle Anaya, Fernanda Urrejola, Allen Leech, Nathan Vincenti, Graham Patrick Martin, Andres Velez, Kevin Quinn, Olivia Simmons
CREW: Michelle Schumacher (director, writer), Carolyn Carpenter (writer), Randle Schumacher (producer), Joe Simmons (composer), Pete Villani (cinematographer), Evan Ahlgren (editor)
PLOT: Miranda (Anaya), a teenager suffering from anxiety due to a past incident, finds herself suddenly hunted in the woods by Wade (Simmons), a sociopathic killer who is in the midst of an unhinged murdering spree…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
You Can’t Run Forever is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 27 May 2024
CAST: Diego Tinoco, Hemky Madera, Thomas Jane, Luke Hemsworth, Tyrese Gibson, Xzavier Estrada, Nick Cassavetes, Julia Hartman, Paul Johansson, Ashley Olds
CREW: John Stalberg Jr. (director, producer), Rex New and Nick Turner (writers), David Frigerio and Roy Scott McFarland (producers), Nima Fakhrara (composer), Pieter Vermeer (cinematographer), Bella Erikson (editor)
PLOT: Felix (Tinoco), an undocumented Ecuadorian immigrant who is in desperate need to provide for his family, takes a job with fellow day-labourer Alfonso (Madera) for a seemingly simple construction job in the middle of the desert. However, when they become targeted after a botched drug deal involving their psychopathic employers, Alfonso relies on his own criminal skills to help Felix and himself escape with their lives…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Bad Hombres is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 27 May 2024
CAST: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Harry Melling, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Chris Rankin, Bonnie Wright, Mark Williams, Tom Felton, Jamie Waylett, Josh Herdman, Matthew Lewis, Devon Murray, David Bradley, Robert Hardy, Pam Ferris, Lee Ingleby, Jim Tavaré, Dawn French, Julie Christie, Warwick Davis
CREW: Alfonso Cuarón (director), Steve Kloves (writer), Chris Columbus, David Heyman and Mark Radcliffe (producers), John Williams (composer), Michael Seresin (cinematographer), Steven Weisberg (editor)
PLOT: As Harry Potter (Radcliffe) and his friends Ron Weasley (Grint) and Hermione Granger (Watson) prepare to enter their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, they receive news that convicted criminal Sirius Black (Oldman), who previously betrayed Harry’s parents to the evil Lord Voldemort, has escaped from Azkaban Prison. However, as Harry, Ron and Hermione investigate the circumstances surrounding Black’s apparent betrayal, they discover something much more surprising…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is showing in cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
CAST: Brandon Lee, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, Anna Levine, David Patrick Kelly, Angel David, Laurence Mason, Michael Massee, Tony Todd, Jon Polito, Bill Raymond, Marco Rodríguez
CREW: Alex Proyas (director), David J. Schow and John Shirley (writers), Jeff Most and Edward R. Pressman (producers), Graeme Revell (composer), Dariusz Wolski (cinematographer), Dov Hoenig and Scott Smith (editors)
PLOT: One year after being brutally murdered by thugs, musician Eric Draven (Lee) suddenly comes back to life with regenerative powers, which he uses to avenge his slain girlfriend Shelly (Shinas)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Crow is showing cinemas from Friday 31 May 2024
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