ONSCREEN Magazine May/June 2023

Indy’s back on the big screen, where many unmissable dates with destiny await.

Get ready for a classic whip-cracking adventure with Indiana Jones as one of cinema’s most legendary action heroes returns and rolls back the years to start a spectacular summer of cinema in style.

Before that, join your favourite band of misfits on one final ride in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, face the beginning of the end of the road in Fast X, and meet the new breed of robot in disguise joining the battle in Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts.

Enjoy two enchanting adventures under the sea as Disney’s The Little Mermaid becomes part of our world and DreamWorks debut their mermaid-meetsher-destiny tale: Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.

Marvel and DC unleash more multiversal madness as Miles Morales swings Across The Spider-Verse and The Flash sees metahumans, Kryptonians, and caped crusaders from past and present collide.

Take a warm and funny trip to Italy in Book Club: The Next Chapter, discover Jennifer Lawrence’s naughty side in No Hard Feelings, and see good dogs go bad in the star-studded Strays. There’s more laughs with Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, composed drama from Chevalier, and some real scares from The Boogeyman.

A huge summer is on the way, thankfully there’s plenty to get us warmed up.

Lee Curtis Editor

All information enclosed is correct at time of print, however release dates are subject to change and not all films included in the publication may be shown at your local cinema.

NOTE:

The eyes have it! Name the eight famous faces that appear in an upcoming film.

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ANSWERS

1. Halle Bailey /

2. Vin Diesel /

3. Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) / 4. Jennifer Lawrence

5. Harrison Ford / 6. Ezra Miller / 7. Kelvin Harrison Jr / 8. Phoebe Waller-Bridge

RELEASES

IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3

IN CINEMAS 3 MAY

Director James Gunn / Starring Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldaña, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Will Poulter / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Our beloved band of intergalactic misfits are settling into life on Knowhere, but it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life – a mission that, if not completed successfully, could possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

No Hard Feelings

IN CINEMAS 23 JUNE

Director Gene Stupnitsky / Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti / Genre Comedy

On the brink of losing her childhood home, Maddie discovers an intriguing job listing: wealthy helicopter parents looking for someone to “date” their introverted nineteen-year-old son, Percy, before he leaves for college. To her surprise, Maddie soon discovers the awkward Percy is no sure thing. From the director of Good Boys and the co-writer of Bad Teacher comes an outrageous, laugh-out-loud, edgy comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence as you’ve never seen her before. The Academy Award-winner unleashes her bad side and leads a cast that includes Andrew Barth Feldman, Natalie Morales, Laura Benanti, and Matthew Broderick.

DISCOVER THE HERO JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN

IN CINEMAS 30 JUNE

Directors Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl / Starring Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Jaboukie Young-White, Jane Fonda / Genre Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Sweet, awkward sixteen-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective super-mum, has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water. But when she breaks her mum’s #1 rule, Ruby discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea creatures and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is bigger than she ever dreamed.

The Kraken are sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids who have been battling with them for eons. Ruby is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas. There’s one major, immediate problem: the school’s beautiful, popular new girl just so happens to be a mermaid. Now, Ruby will need to embrace who she is and go big to protect those she loves most.

Elemental IN CINEMAS 16 JUNE

In Element City, where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.

Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts IN CINEMAS 9 JUNE

Returning to the incredible action and spectacle that have captured cinemagoers around the world, the epic new chapter in the Transformers franchise takes audiences on a nineties globe-trotting adventure with the Autobots and introduces a whole new breed of robot in disguise – the Maximals – to the existing battle on Earth between Autobots and Decepticons.

Fast X

IN CINEMAS 19 MAY

Director Louis Leterrier / Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Brie Larson Jason Momoa / Genre Action, Thriller

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved, and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced as the end of the road begins. Emerging from the shadows of the past and fuelled by blood revenge, Dante is determined to shatter the Fast family and destroy everything – and everyone – that Dom loves, forever.

The Boogeyman

IN CINEMAS 2 JUNE

Director Rob Savage / Starring Chris Messina, Sophie Thatcher, David Dastmalchian / Genre Horror, Thriller

A high school student and her younger sister are reeling from the recent death of their mother and aren’t getting much support from their father, a therapist who’s dealing with his own pain. When a desperate patient unexpectedly shows up at their home seeking help, he leaves behind a terrifying supernatural entity that preys on families and feeds on the suffering of its victims in a new horrorthriller from the mind of Stephen King.

The Little Mermaid

IN CINEMAS 26 MAY

Director Rob Marshall / Starring Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy / Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

Disney’s live-action reimagining of the beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid princess who longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea. As mermaids are forbidden from interacting with humans, Ariel makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life, and her father’s crown, in jeopardy.

A LEGEND WILL FACE HIS DESTINY RETURN TO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

IN CINEMAS 30 JUNE

Director James Mangold / Starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Boyd Holbrook / Genre Action, Adventure

Harrison Ford returns as the legendary hero archaeologist for a new adventure in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. Finding himself in a new era and approaching his retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip to prevent an ancient and powerful artefact from falling into the wrong hands in the highly-anticipated fifth instalment of the beloved swashbuckling series of films.

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

IN CINEMAS 2 JUNE

Directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers / Starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac / Genre Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Spider-Verse saga continues as Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, Miles Morales, reunites with Gwen Stacy and is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he meets a team of Spider-People who protect its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new villain more powerful than anything they’ve ever encountered, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.

WORLDS COLLIDE

THE FLASH

IN CINEMAS 16 JUNE

Director Andy Muschietti / Starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

Worlds collide when Barry Allen uses his superpowers to travel back in time to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no superheroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian… albeit not the one he’s looking for.

To save this world and return to the future he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

Ezra Miller reprises their role in the DC superhero’s first-ever standalone feature film and leads an ensemble cast that includes rising star Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, and Antje Traue, with Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton as Batman.

Strays

IN CINEMAS 9 JUNE

After being abandoned by his lowlife owner, a naïve and relentlessly optimistic Border Terrier, Reggie, falls in with a streetwise and foul-mouthed Boston Terrier, Bug. Together, the strays embark on an epic adventure to get Reggie home… and get his revenge. Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx lead a powerhouse comedic cast in this hilarious subversion of the dog movies we know and love.

Beau Is Afraid

IN CINEMAS 19 MAY

Joaquin Phoenix stars as a paranoid man who embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new horror from Ari Aster, the acclaimed writer/director of Hereditary and Midsommar.

About My Father

IN CINEMAS 26 MAY

America’s hottest comic Sebastian Maniscalco joins forces with legendary Italian-American and two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro for a new culture-clash comedy where a man reluctantly agrees to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father, Salvo, to meet his fiancée’s super-rich and exceedingly eccentric family.

Chevalier

IN CINEMAS 9 JUNE

Director Stephen Williams / Starring

Kelvin Harrison Jr, Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton / Genre Biography, History

Kelvin Harrison Jr portrays legendary maestro Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges in a film inspired by the incredible true story of the eighteenthcentury violinist and composer. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated virtuoso and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a royal falling out with Marie Antoinette.

Love Again

IN CINEMAS 12 MAY

Director Jim Strouse / Starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion / Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance

What if a random text message led to the love of your life? Dealing with the loss of her fiancé, Mira Ray sends a series of romantic texts to his old number… not realising it’s been reassigned to Rob Burns’ new work phone. As a journalist, Rob is captivated by the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Celine Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira… and win her heart.

Asteroid City

IN CINEMAS 23 JUNE

Director Wes Anderson / Starring Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Scarlett Johansson / Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi

Wes Anderson assembles an all-star ensemble cast for his eleventh feature film that’s set in the fictional American desert down Asteroid City circa 1955. The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention – organised to bring students and parents from across the country together for fellowship and scholarly competition – is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

IN CINEMAS 19 MAY

Director Kelly Fremon Craig / Starring Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Elle Graham, Benny Safdie, Kathy Bates, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Isol Young / Genre Comedy, Drama

For over fifty years, Judy Blume’s classic, groundbreaking novel has impacted generations with its timeless coming-ofage story, insightful humour, and candid exploration of life’s biggest questions. In the big-screen adaptation, eleven-yearold Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey, going through the tumultuous throes of puberty with new friends in a new school. She relies on her mother, who’s also struggling to adjust to life outside the big city, and her grandmother, who isn’t happy they moved away.

Book Club: The Next Chapter

IN CINEMAS 12 MAY

Director Bill Holderman / Starring Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson / Genre Comedy, Romance

Our beloved quartet are back and taking their book club to Europe in the highly-anticipated sequel to their feel-good hit. After a surprise engagement, the best friends jet off to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had. When things go off the rails and secrets are spilled, their relaxing holiday turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure. Book Club: The Next Chapter stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Giancarlo Giannini, Craig T. Nelson, Andy Garcia, and Don Johnson.

BASED ON THE JUDY BLUME BOOK LOVED BY MILLIONS

SLIGHTLY SCANDALOUS TOTALLY FABULOUS

PART OF YOUR WORLD

Ariel

The Little Mermaid

IN CINEMAS 26 MAY

Director Rob Marshall / Starring

Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Javier Bardem, Jonah Hauer-King / Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Musical

In this majestic return to the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, Ariel, the youngest of King Triton’s daughters, longs to leave the ocean and find out what it is to be human. Already fascinated by the world above her, she falls deeply in love with a prince she saves from a shipwreck, but her father has forbidden any mermaid from visiting the surface.

Opportunity arises in the tentacled form of sea witch Ursula, who makes the naïve Ariel an offer she can’t refuse. After trading her beautiful singing voice for the chance to walk among the humans, Ariel discovers the simple spell comes with a catch. Now, she must receive true love’s kiss before time runs out and she’s trapped in the depths forever.

It’s over three decades since Ariel and her friends under the sea splashed onscreen in the animated classic, now in the year we celebrate one-hundred years of Disney, their beloved story comes alive in a visually-stunning live-action reimagining starring Halle Bailey,

Jonah Hauer-King, Javier Bardem, Melissa McCarthy, and more.

The film also features the collaborative forces of multi-awardwinning songwriters Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken, who bring four new songs and reworkings of well-loved classics to a film that keeps the heart and soul of the original and breathes new life into the cherished tale.

The Little Mermaid herself is played by pop sensation Halle Bailey. Her beauty, boldness, and breathtaking voice make her a pitch-perfect fit.

Prince Eric

Jonah Hauer-King plays the handsome Prince Eric, a human who searches for the mythical creature with the beautiful voice that saves him from certain death.

Ursula

Comedy star Melissa McCarthy trades her laugh for a cackle to embody the iconic sea witch.

King Triton

The king of Atlantica is portrayed by Academy Award-winner Javier Bardem, a commanding screen presence you wouldn’t dare disobey.

Sebastian, Flounder & Scuttle

Ariel’s famous friends under the sea are brought to life by Disney magic, and the voices of Daveed Diggs, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina.

A young mermaid makes a deal with an evil sea witch to experience life on land, but faces dire consequences to herself and the kingdom under the sea in the film that brings Disney’s beloved classic to life.

WORDS HARRY FAINT

Fast X

IN CINEMAS 19 MAY

Director Louis Leterrier / Starring

Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Momoa, Brie Larson, Jason Statham, Rita Moreno / Genre Action, Thriller

Just when you thought the Fast & Furious franchise couldn’t get any more ambitious with its car-based action, F9 launched Dominic Toretto’s crew out of this world… literally!

Fast X, however, the first of an epic two-part finale, brings them crashing back to the tarmac where they’ll face their most dangerous threat yet: Jason Momoa’s Dante.

Emerging from the rubble of Fast Five’s mind-blowing bridge battle, the son of drug lord Hernan Reyes is hell bent on getting revenge for his father’s death.

Of course, retconning past events in this way is a well driven track for the Fast & Furious films, but tying Fast X to one of the franchise’s best-loved entries proves there’s still plenty of gas in the tank.

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Briefly hanging up his hero suit for a terrific turn as a bad guy, the Aquaman star joins the Fast family as a villain he describes as “sadistic, androgynous, and a bit of a peacock.” It’s clear, there’s more to fear than muscle.

Vin Diesel and the rest of the beloved crew – including the late Paul Walker, who will feature via flashback – return alongside John Cena, Helen Mirren, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, and more franchise favourites, with some exciting new additions on board, too.

The end of the road might be in sight, but things are anything but slowing down as Dom’s fight to protect his family continues in another exciting instalment. Prepare for a return to death-defying racing, family drama, and thrilling action set pieces rolled into one, Fast X is going full throttle!

Family is at the heart of all things Fast & Furious and now we know more about Dom’s history, his long-lost brother Jakob, and their father’s death, Fast X introduces his grandmother, played by the West Side Story star.

It’s pedal to the metal as Dom and the Fast family are launched onto one last ride when a blast from their notorious past catches up with them. WORDS AARON POTTER

Captain Marvel herself makes her Fast & Furious debut as a rogue agent working on behalf of Kurt Russell’s Mr Nobody. Director Louis Leterrier has teased her character’s strong connection to the crew’s past.

The hat. The whip. That unmistakable score. It all means one thing… Harrison Ford is donning the fedora for one more thrilling adventure as Indiana Jones faces his destiny.

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny

IN CINEMAS 30 JUNE

Director James Mangold / Starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkselsen, John Rhys-Davis, Antonio Banderas / Genre Adventure

Arguably the coolest film character ever, Harrison Ford’s archaeologist adventurer returns in Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny. Plot points are as elusive as the Ark of the Covenant, but all you need to know is… Indy’s back!

Starring alongside Ford, John Rhys-Davis resurfaces as fan-favourite Sallah and Fleabag’s Phoebe WallerBridge debuts as Indy’s companion, Helena. Meanwhile, Mads Mikkelsen carries on collecting franchise roles like Indy collects ancient artefacts; relishing another menacing role as a foe from Indy’s past.

Logan director James Mangold is at the helm of this grand finale and having delivered a perfect send off for Wolverine, fans can rest assured our ageing hero and his legacy are in very capable hands.

In an era of CGI, Mangold, directing under the guidance of executive

producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, insists on practical effects wherever possible to ensure this throwback instalment stands up alongside Indy’s most iconic moments. Think the famous boulder run, the collapsing rope bridge, and punching Nazis on top of an in-transit tank, but in even more luscious far-flung locales.

In short, be sure you see Indy’s grand, globe-trotting, whip-cracking adventure on the biggest screen possible; they literally don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

Ageless Treasure

Tony Stark

In Captain America: Civil War, Marvel use visual wizardry to turn back the clock to show us a teenage Robert Downey Jr as a pre-Iron Man Tony Stark.

The Irishman

Visual artistry hits new heights in Martin Scorsese’s gangster epic as Robert De Niro delivers his most transformative performance in depicting the rise and fall of a nefarious mafia hitman.

Indiana Jones

Taking de-ageing tech even further, Lucasfilm dive into their archive to recover footage of Harrison Ford from his forty years

Bad

The Boogeyman

IN CINEMAS 2 JUNE

Director Rob Savage / Starring Chris Messina, Sophie Thatcher, David Dastmalchian / Genre Horror, Thriller

Pennywise. Zombie pets. The Overlook Hotel. Stephen King is the mind behind some of cinema’s most nightmare-inducing horrors. Yet, none of these onscreen scares compare to the monster under your bed, the one hiding in your closet, or what’s lurking in every dark corner of your room.

Those childhood frights come to terrifying life as A Quiet Place writing duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, Black Swan writer Mark Heyman, and Host director Rob Savage shape one of Stephen King’s scariest short stories into one of the most anticipated horrors of the year.

Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer are in the throes of grief, not only from the recent death of their mother, but also the consequent loss of their psychiatrist father, who’s thrown himself into his work to deal with his pain. Little do they know, the strain on their relationship opens the door to something evil.

David Dastmalchian plays the key role of Lester

WORDS LEE CURTIS

Billings, a tortured man who believes the “accidental” deaths of his children are in fact murders by a sinister entity that preys on children when their parents aren’t paying attention. Upon hearing his patient’s tale, Dr Harper determines it’s nothing more than a story conjured by someone suffering such tragedy. But, the nightmare is very real and now, while he’s so consumed by grief, his own children are about to become the latest victims of The Boogeyman.

HELL RAISER

British filmmaker Rob Savage’s remarkable rise to status as a master of horror in the making came at the height of COVID restrictions when he unleashed his chilling debut, Host: a quarantinemade Screenlife scarer that sees a group of friends stuck in lockdown conduct a séance over Zoom and unwittingly invite an evil spirit into their call. He built on that success with Dashcam, a provocative found footage horror filmed entirely on an iPhone that follows an arrogant young American woman as she flees LA for London, steals her friend’s car, and livestreams the most terrifying night of her life. Now, one of the most exciting new voices in modern horror departs the micro-budget indie scene for his first major horror.

dreams about scary monsters under your bed become a real nightmare for two sisters in the horrifying adaptation of Stephen King’s terrifying tale.

▲ SCAN ME ▲

GOOD GIRL GOES BAD

Jennifer Lawrence reveals her bad side in an outrageous coming-of-age comedy from the director of Good Boys.

WORDS LEE CURTIS

No Hard Feelings

IN CINEMAS 23 JUNE

Director Gene Stupnitsky / Starring

Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew Broderick, Laura Benanti, Andrew Barth Feldman / Genre Comedy

She made her name as Katniss before achieving superhero-level stardom and Oscar success, now Jennifer Lawrence adds another string to her bow with the raunchiest role of her career.

In the edgy new comedy, the Academy Award-winner stars as Maddie, a promiscuous, but constantly down-on-her-luck Uber driver whose life swerves out of control when her car is repossessed. Facing the loss of the house left to her by her late mother, she must do whatever it takes to save her childhood home.

She finds her solution where she least expects it: in an intriguing classified ad.

It’s Good To Be Bad CLASSIFIEDS

BAD TEACHER

Cameron Diaz earns a world’s worst teacher mug as the lazy, manipulative, and downright mean teacher who doesn’t give an F about anything other than herself in a riotously funny comedy co-written by No Hard Feelings director Gene Stupnitsky.

Matthew Broderick and Laura Benanti portray rich, eccentric, and overprotective parents who are about to see their nineteenyear-old son, Percy, leave home for university. They want to be sure he’s ready for everything college life has in store, so they’ve placed a job listing for a young woman to “date” him before he flies the nest. Best of all, the payment is a car!

Maddie takes the job believing it’ll be an easy ride, but the naïve, socially awkward Percy is no sure thing and all of Maddie’s advances and attempts at seduction only result in increasingly humiliating –and hilarious – outcomes.

Can Maddie bring him out of his shell and earn her payday? Find out in the wild comedy featuring Jennifer Lawrence as you’ve never seen her before.

DIRTY GRANDPA

Screen legend Robert De Niro really breaks bad as a foul-mouthed pensioner who tricks his grandson, played by Zac Efron, into driving him to a spring break party that they – or we – will ever forget!

WE’RE THE MILLERS

Jennifer Aniston flips the “goodgirl-gone-bad” concept upside down as a stripper who poses as the plain wife of Jason Sudeikis’ smalltime dealer to smuggle drugs into America. Buckle up for this wild road trip – you’ll have no ragrets.

Movie Maestros Amadeus

Chevalier

IN CINEMAS 9 JUNE

Director Stephen Williams / Starring Kelvin Harrison Jr, Lucy Boynton, Samara Weaving, Minnie Driver / Genre Biography, Drama, History

Following notable supporting performances in such Oscarnominated lyrical spectacles as Joe Wright’s Cyrano and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, as romantic hero Christian and legendary musician B.B. King respectively, former BAFTA Rising Star-nominee Kelvin Harrison Jr steps into the spotlight to lead a historical biopic based on the incredible life of eighteenth-century French virtuoso Joseph Bologne.

Chevalier is the latest film in the recent trend of biopics to focus on composers – fictional or otherwise. Critics sang the praises for Andrew Garfield’s tragic turn as Jonathan Larson in Tick, Tick… Boom!, while Cate Blanchett received even more rapturous acclaim for her titular performance in Tár.

There’s even early buzz for Bradley Cooper’s forthcoming Maestro, in which he directs and stars in the story of Leonard Bernstein, of West Side Story fame.

There’s similarly high hopes for Harrison Jr’s star turn in this true story of an African slave and French plantation owner’s illegitimate son and his remarkable rise to the heights of French society. Chevalier follows Bologne’s struggles throughout his life; be it music, prejudice, and even romance as he finds himself caught between allegiances to Lucy Boynton’s Marie Antoinette and Samara Weaving’s Marie-Josephine.

There’s more to being a musical prodigy than simply talent, as documented by this powerful story that’s sure to strike a chord.

Tom Hulce portrays the iconic Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Miloš Forman’s epic biopic that’s primarily told from the viewpoint of a lesser-known composer. Despite its name, F. Murray Abraham steals the show as the equally good, but less lauded Antonio Salieri.

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle makes a storming debut directing a story about a brighteyed student’s journey to perfecting his instrument and the sacrifices he must make to be the best. J.K. Simmons is more menace than mentor as his ruthless instructor, Fletcher.

Tár

Part fictious biopic and part psychological drama, Cate Blanchett owns the screen as the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Lydia Tár. However, it’s what goes on away from the music that’s truly disturbing.

From slave’s son to musical maestro, witness the unexpected rise of France’s most celebrated violinist virtuoso in the biopic that tells the untold true story of a musical genius. WORDS AARON POTTER

WEB SLINGERS ASSEMBLE! WEB SLINGERS ASSEMBLE! WEB SLINGERS ASSEMBLE!

Spider-Men

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

IN CINEMAS 2 JUNE

Directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K Thompson / Starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Oscar Isaac / Genre Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

As a young adult, it’s tough working out where you belong in the world, let alone the expansive Multiverse. And that’s right where we find our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man in one of the most must-see superhero films of the year, back in Brooklyn and contemplating his role before being whisked back into the Spider-Verse. While the arachnid adventurers from all over the Spider-Verse got on like a house on fire first time around, things are less acrimonious on this occasion as Shameik Moore’s Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld’s Gwen Stacy receive a less than warm reception from a slew of new Spideys. Let’s hope they can come together before they get taken out for good by a villain with unprecedented power.

Into The Spider-Verse was as Amazing and Spectacular as any Spider-Man film should be and won the whole world over, picking up the Best Animated Feature Film at the Academy Awards on the way to being recognised by many as the finest Spider-Man film to date.

With creators Phil Lord and Chris Miller picking up the pen again, Oscar Isaac and Daniel Kaluuya adding their voices to an already enticing cast, and the promise of more innovative animation styles, Spidey senses are suggesting that this sequel is filling its successor’s sizeable shoes, and then some.

Alongside Miles Morales, Jake Johnson’s middle-aged Peter B. Parker returns and is joined by Oscar Isaac’s snarky Spider-Man 2099, a self-made mutant Spidey who appears in the credit sting of the last adventure. Add Daniel Kaluuya’s Spider-Punk, complete with electric guitar, and this sequel is going to get loud!

Spider-Women

The motorbike-riding SpiderWoman makes her big onscreen debut and is voiced by Issa Rae. Also, Hailee Steinfeld’s fan-fave Ghost Spider makes her return as she helps Miles in the Multiverse.

Spider-What?

The first film introduces Spider-Ham, but things gets much weirder the further you venture Across The SpiderVerse. Look out, here comes Werewolf Spider-Man, SpiderCop, and Bombastic Bagman (Spidey with a paper bag on his head).

Kingpin is defeated, but an even bigger evil has emerged. Stakes are high and the expectation even more so as we swing back into Miles Morales’ world for an adventure Across The Spider-Verse.

WORDS ROBB SHEPPARD

THE WORLD FOREVER CHANGES

OPPENHEIMER

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Christopher Nolan / Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh / Genre Biography, Drama, History

The twelfth feature film from acclaimed writer and director Christopher Nolan is an epic, IMAX-shot thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it.

Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Emily Blunt as his wife, biologist and botanist Katherine “Kitty” Oppenheimer. Oscar-winner Matt Damon portrays General Leslie Groves Jr, the director of the Manhattan Project, and Robert Downey Jr plays Lewis Strauss, a founding commissioner of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Florence Pugh plays psychiatrist Jean Tatlock, Benny Safdie plays theoretical physicist Edward Teller, Michael Angarano plays Robert Serber, and Josh Hartnett plays pioneering American nuclear scientist Ernest Lawrence.

Oppenheimer also stars Oscar-winner Rami Malek and reunites Nolan with eight-time Oscar-nominated actor, writer, and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh. Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, and Matthew Modine complete the ensemble for the explosive film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph And Tragedy Of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Greta Gerwig / Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Eccentric and individualistic, Barbie is exiled from Barbie Land because of her imperfections. When her home world is in peril, Barbie returns with the knowledge that what makes her different also makes her stronger. The beloved Mattel toy comes to life in an extravagant fantasy adventure starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, with Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Emma Mackey, Ariana Greenblatt, and more completing a spectacular supporting cast.

Haunted Mansion

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director Justin Simien / Starring Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Owen Wilson / Genre Comedy, Family, Horror

In search of a fresh start, a single mother and her nineyear-old son move into a strangely affordable mansion, but soon discover that their new home is much more than they bargained for. Desperate for help, they enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to rid their home of supernatural squatters in this spooky family adventure that’s inspired by Disney’s classic theme park attraction.

Mission: Impossible –Dead Reckoning Part One

IN CINEMAS 12 JULY

Director Christopher McQuarrie / Starring Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg / Genre Action, Adventure

IMF agent Ethan Hunt is thrust onto his most dangerous mission yet in the first instalment of an epic two-parter. Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Ving Rhames return alongside more familiar faces and exciting newcomers as more ghosts from Ethan’s past emerge.

Blue Beetle

IN CINEMAS 18 AUGUST

Director Angel Manuel Soto / Starring Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Recent college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches for his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when he finds an ancient relic of alien biotechnology that chooses him as its symbiotic host. Now bestowed with a suit with incredible and unpredictable powers, his destiny is forever changed as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

The Last Voyage Of The Demeter

IN CINEMAS 11 AUGUST

Director André Øvredal / Starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, David Dastmalchian, Javier Botet / Genre Horror

Strange events befall the doomed crew of the merchant ship Demeter as they attempt to survive their ocean voyage carrying private cargo – fifty unmarked wooden crates – from Carpathia to London in this terrifying tale based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel Dracula.

Insidious: The Red Door

IN CINEMAS 7 JULY

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

IN CINEMAS 31 JULY

Directors Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears / Starring Nicolas Cantu, Shamon Brown Jr, Micah Abbey, Brady Noon, Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Jackie Chan / Genre Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

From permanent teenager Seth Rogen, a new generation of heroes will rise from the sewer in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them. The animated adventure boasts an all-star voice cast, including Ayo Edebiri, Rose Byrne, Hannibal Buress, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Seth Rogen, John Cena, Paul Rudd, Maya Rudolph, and Jackie Chan, with Nicolas Cantu, Shamon Brown Jr, Micah Abbey, and Brady Noon as the young heroes in a half shell.

Director Patrick Wilson / Starring Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor / Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Josh Lambert drops his son Dalton off at an idyllic university, but Dalton’s college dream becomes a nightmare when the repressed demons of his past return to haunt them both.

Joy Ride

IN CINEMAS 4 AUGUST

Director Adele Lim / Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu / Genre Comedy, Drama

Four unlikely friends embark on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in this hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery from the co-writer of Crazy Rich Asians.

Gran Turismo

IN CINEMA 11 AUGUST

Director Neill Blomkamp / Starring Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom / Genre Action, Adventure, Sport

Based on the true story of an impossible dream, Gran Turismo follows a skilled teenage gamer who wins a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.

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Barbie

IN CINEMAS 21 JULY

Director Greta Gerwig / Starring

Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Barbie Land seems like the perfect place to be. It’s a pink and vibrant world that looks flawless on the surface, but open the doors to even the prettiest dream house and you might uncover its true colours within. When one particular Barbie reveals her imperfections, she finds herself exiled from her fantastic plastic life and forced to fend for herself in the real, human world.

But she won’t be going alone. Where there’s a Barbie, there’s always a Ken, though they’re normally sold separately. In this fantasy adventure, this unique Barbie sets out on her defining journey of self-discovery and one of the most handsome Kens in Barbie Land follows close behind as he tries to prove there’s more to him than looks.

Lady Bird and Little Women director Greta Gerwig and fellow Academy Award-nominee Noah Baumbach bring a fresh take on the timeless toy that’s adored by generations. Margot Robbie trades Harley Quinn’s hot pants and hammer for a handbag and even brighter hot pants to star as Barbie, with Ryan Gosling and Shang-Chi’s Simu Liu leading the supporting cast of Kens who seek the Barbies’ approval. Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, and Sex Education star and Robbie lookalike Emma Mackey also feature in an exciting ensemble cast starring in this colourful film that brings Mattel’s global phenomenon to the big screen like never before.

Tour Guide Barbie

In the aisles of Al’s Toy Barn, our heroes of Pixar’s Toy Story 2 find a friend in the form of a fast-talking doll who helps their search for Woody.

Barbie As Rapunzel

Before Disney’s take on the princess with exceptionally long hair, Barbie starred in a Rapunzel story that sees her locked in a tower with a magical hairbrush that can paint portals.

Barbie In The Nutcracker

The Christmas classic became a Barbie animation where the famous fashionista dresses up as Clara, a girl who seeks the Sugarplum Princess to undo a shrinking spell.

to Barbie Land, a place that’s meant to be perfect. But as one doll discovers, everything isn’t as awesome as it seems, so she sets out to find a place where she belongs in this glamorous toy story.

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