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Laugh, cry, shout, and scream as you start a summer of cinema bursting with feeling.
Jump for joy – and so much more – as Inside Out 2 takes us back into young Riley’s mind as she enters a whole new era of emotions… her teenage years!!!
Fix sad feelings with a wild, fun-filled adventure as the laziest and hungriest cat in the world pounces onto the big screen like never before in The Garfield Movie. Then, Ryan Reynolds and an all-star cast of imaginary friends reveal a hidden world that has to be believed to be seen in the fantasy family comedy, IF. You’d be mad to miss the return to the Fury Road to witness the origins of Furiosa and a trip to a far future Earth where humans are top of the food chain no more in Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes. Two action-comedy icons buckle up for more mayhem in Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, while Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, and Jodie Comer are also hitting the road in their gritty crime drama, The Bikeriders.
There’s lots to fear, too! Experience the day the world goes silent in A Quiet Place: Day One, watch M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter follow in her father’s footsteps with her debut horror The Watched, see a group of friends summon a deadly fate in Tarot, and meet masked invaders in The Strangers: Chapter 1. Get ready to feel it all!
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HE’S ONLY THE STUNTMAN, BUT HE’S STEALING THE SHOW
THE FALL GUY
IN CINEMAS 2 MAY
Director David Leitch / Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu / Genre Action, Comedy, Thriller
Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman who, having left the business a year earlier to focus on both his physical and mental health, is drafted back into service when the star of a mega-budget studio movie – being directed by his ex, Jody Moreno, played by Emily Blunt – goes missing. While the film’s ruthless producer manoeuvres to keep the disappearance of star Tom Ryder a secret from the studio and the media, Colt performs the film’s most outrageous stunts while trying –with limited success – to charm his way back into Jody’s good graces. But as the mystery around the missing star deepens, Colt will soon find himself ensnared in a sinister, criminal plot that will push him to the edge of a fall far more dangerous than any stunt he’s ever performed.
From acclaimed filmmaker and real-life stuntman, David Leitch – the blockbuster director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, and Bullet Train and the producer of John Wick, Nobody, and Violent Night – comes his most personal film yet. A new, hilarious, hard-driving, all-star apex-action thriller and love letter to action movies and the hard-working and underappreciated crew of people who make them: The Fall Guy.
IN CINEMAS 9 MAY
Director Wes Ball / Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allen, Kevin Durand, William H. Macy / Genre Action, Sci-Fi
Acclaimed director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic Planet Of The Apes franchise with its highlyanticipated fourth instalment. Set several generations after Caesar’s reign, apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new, tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape, Noa, undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all that he’s known about the past and force him to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
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THE GARFIELD MOVIE INDOOR CAT. OUTDOOR ADVENTURE
IN CINEMAS 18 MAY
Director Mark Dindal / Starring Chris Pratt, Nicholas Hoult, Samuel L. Jackson / Genre Animation, Adventure, Family
Garfield, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagneloving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, Vic, Garfield and his canine friend, Odie, are forced from their perfectly pampered life into a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
The first fully-animated film based on the characters created by Jim Davis features an ensemble cast with Chris Pratt as the voice of Garfield, Samuel L. Jackson as Vic, Nicholas Hoult as Jon, and Harvey Guillén as Odie.
Among the characters they meet on their wild adventure, Hannah Waddingham is Jinx, Brett Goldstein is Roland, Cecily Strong is Marge, Bowen Yang is Nolan, Janelle James is Olivia, Ving Rhames is Otto, and Snoop Dogg is a cat!
Young Woman And The Sea
IN CINEMAS 31 MAY
Daisy Ridley stars in the extraordinary true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Though she’s a determined and accomplished swimmer, Trudy must overcome adversity and the animosity of a patriarchal society to rise through the ranks of the Olympic swimming team and complete the staggering achievement... a twenty-one-mile trek from France to England.
Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us
IN CINEMAS 21 JUNE
When Lily Bloom meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid, she believes she’s finally found her soulmate. Soon, however, their blossoming relationship is jeopardised when Lily’s complicated past catches up with her in this adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestseller starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, and Brandon Sklenar.
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Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
IN CINEMAS 5 JUNE
Directors Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah / Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence / Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
This summer, the world’s favourite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your-seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a fresh twist: Miami’s finest are now on the run. When the late Captain Howard is framed for corruption, Will Smith’s Mike Lowrey and Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett team up once again, putting everything on the line to clear his name and take down the dangerous criminals behind the plot.
Tarot
IN CINEMAS 3 MAY
Directors Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg Starring Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, Jacob Batalon / Genre Horror
Never use someone else’s deck. When a group of friends recklessly violates this sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and race against death to escape the future foretold in their readings. Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, Avantika, and Jacob Batalon star in this new horror based on the book Horrorscope.
Sting
IN CINEMAS 31 MAY
Director Kiah Roache-Turner / Starring Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin / Genre Horror, Thriller
On a stormy night in New York City, a mysterious egg falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. From it a strange little spider emerges and is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious, lonely twelve-year-old girl who’s completely obsessed with comic books. She names it Sting. As Charlotte’s fascination with the spider increases, so does Sting’s insatiable appetite. Growing at a monstrous rate, neighbours and their pets start to go missing. Soon, Charlotte’s family realise that they have all become the prey of a ravenous supersized arachnid with a taste for human flesh… and young Charlotte is the only one who knows how to stop it. Arachnophobes beware, your biggest fear just got bigger!
IN CINEMAS 28 JUNE
Director Michael Sarnoski / Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff / Genre Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Experience the day the world went quiet in a new, nerve-shredding chapter of A Quiet Place. The prequel story, from franchise co-creator John Krasinski and writer-director Michael Sarnoski, turns back the clock to follow an all-new set of characters – played by Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff – during the outbreak of the apocalypse where silence is the only key to survival.
Inside Out 2
IN CINEMAS 14 JUNE
Director Kelsey Mann / Starring Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Maya Hawke / Genre Animation, Adventure, Family
Return to the now-teenage mind of Riley Anderson just as Headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Amy Poehler’s Joy, Phyllis Smith’s Sadness, Lewis Black’s Anger, Tony Hale’s Fear, and Liza Lapara’s Disgust –who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts – aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out 2 sees the five core Emotions welcome Maya Hawke’s Anxiety, Ayo Edebiri’s Envy, Adèle Exarchopoulos’s Ennui, and Paul Walter Hauser’s Embarrassment to complete this group of Emotions perfectly suited for the teenage years.
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REMEMBER HER FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
IN CINEMAS 24 MAY
Director George Miller / Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Academy Award-winning mastermind George Miller returns to the iconic dystopian world he created more than thirty years ago and turns the page once again with an all-new, original, standalone action-adventure that reveals the origins of the powerhouse character from the multiple Oscar-winning global smash, Mad Max: Fury Road.
As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Citadel, presided over by The Immortan Joe. While the two Tyrants war for dominance, Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.
The Strangers: Chapter 1
IN CINEMAS 17 MAY
After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple, Maya and Ryan, are forced to spend the night in a remote rental cabin in the woods. Panic ensues as they’re terrorised by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in the chilling first entry of this home invasion horror film series.
The Watched IN CINEMAS 14 JUNE
Dakota Fanning stars in Ishana Night Shyamalan’s directorial debut which follows Mina, a twenty-eight-yearold artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night. You can’t see them, but they see everything.
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The Crow
IN CINEMAS 7 JUNE
Director Rupert Sanders / Starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston / Genre Action, Crime, Horror, Romance
Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of The Crow in this modern reimagining of the graphic novel by James O’Barr. Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.
Love Lies Bleeding
IN CINEMAS 3 MAY
Director Rose Glass / Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Ed Harris / Genre Crime, Romance, Thriller
In an electric new love story, reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family. Oscar-nominee Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Dave Franco, and Oscar-nominee Ed Harris star in the new romantic thriller from Saint Maud director Rose Glass.
IF
IN CINEMAS 11 MAY
Director John Krasinski / Starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Steve Carell / Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Enter a world you have to believe to see in a live-action/cganimation hybrid family comedy from the wild imagination of writer-director John Krasinski. IF tells the story of a young girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends –and what she does with that superpower – as she embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids.
IF features an unbelievable all-star cast that includes Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, and Fiona Shaw, as well as the voices of Steve Carell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Matt Damon, Sam Rockwell, Awkwafina, Louis Gossett Jr, Emily Blunt, and many more as the wonderfully unique characters that all showcase the incredible power of a child’s imagination.
The Bikeriders
IN CINEMAS 21 JUNE
Director Jeff Nichols / Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist / Genre Crime, Drama
Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Michael Shannon, and Norman Reedus star in the gritty ensemble crime drama that follows the rise of a midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals. Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.
Kinds Of Kindness
IN CINEMAS 28 JUNE
Director Yorgos Lanthimos / Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe / Genre Comedy, Drama
Fresh from her Oscar and BAFTA-winning glory, Emma Stone reunites with the Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Favourite and Poor Things to star in his new film. Kinds Of Kindness is a triptych fable that follows a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who’s alarmed that his wife who was missingat-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who’s destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader. Starring alongside Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, and Hunter Schafer complete the cast.
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IN CINEMAS MAY 17
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John Krasinski, Ryan Reynolds, and the rest of an all-star cast let their imaginations run wild in this new family-friendly film built on unconditional love and a new kind of superpower.
WORDS CHLOE HOWARD
IN CINEMAS 11 MAY
Director John Krasinski / Starring
Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Dealing with a hard time in her life, young Bea develops an interesting coping mechanism – the ability to see all of the imaginary friends created by children. The only problem? The kids have all grown up and left their imaginary friends behind.
Discovering a world that has to be believed to be seen and now only the second person who can see the make-believe friends, Bea becomes an unlikely sidekick to Ryan Reynolds’ Cal. Like any film starring the Deadpool star, expect the classic sarcastic wit as he and Bea set out together to save the IFs by finding them new friends. Only this time, it’s much less martial arts and a lot more family friendly fun.
Wilson
Cast Away on a remote island, the only companion for Tom Hanks’ Chuck is a silent but thoughtful volleyball. An emotive friend – maybe even his best performance to date.
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Haven’t we all imagined what it would be like for our favourite celebrity to be our friend? Ratatouille sees Remi take this to new heights when he befriends the ghost of his celebrity chef idol to learn important lessons in life and cooking.
A banana with no pants, a fluffy unicorn, the invisible Keith, and pretty much anything a child could imagine, get ready to encounter all manner of IFs on this fantastical journey. The most notable of them all is Blue. Voiced by Steve Carell, he’s a big, fluffy lump of a friend who’s sure to warm some hearts.
Bing Bong
Inside Out introduces a welldressed pink elephant who’s made entirely of candy floss and cries candy tears. The poster-friend for a toddler’s make-believe bestie.
Join the unbelievably starry cast of Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Maya Rudolph, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Sam Rockwell, and more – in shapes, sizes, and colours you’ve never seen them before – as you make some unforgettable new friends!
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Take a trip back inside Riley’s brain as she enters a whole new world of feeling. Disney and Pixar’s sequel sees her five core Emotions ride the rollercoaster of her teenage years.
WORDS JIM ROBERTS
Inside Out 2
IN CINEMAS 14 JUNE
Director Kelsey Mann / Starring Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Maya Hawke / Genre Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Who could forget Joy’s journey from Long-Term Memory, through the Subconscious, Goofball Island, and Dream Productions, and aboard the Train of Thought with Bing Bong to get Sadness back to the command console in eleven-year-old Riley Andersen’s head? Through their trademark imaginative, fun, and beautifully animated storytelling, Pixar’s Inside Out teaches us the value of all emotions and the key part they play in the adventure of life.
Since then, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust have kept things relatively in check at Headquarters, but that’s about to change in a sequel that takes things to a whole new level.
Riley, now thirteen, faces the ups and downs of puberty as
well as school pressure, evolving relationships, possible first love, and other huge changes on the outside that have a drastic impact on things inside.
A new chapter in life brings allnew Emotions to the mix as the core Emotions must evolve beyond their originally limited boxes and contend with Anxiety, Embarrassment, Envy, and Ennui in the battle to balance Riley’s being.
All ages are welcome to ride this enthralling rollercoaster though the uncharted territory of the teenage mind that’s sure to leave you pondering your own innerworkings and the intricate dance of emotions that make each of us who we are.
Welcome to the recently-renovated Headquarters, where a colourful cast of Emotions push the buttons:
joy
Amy Poehler’s persistently-optimistic leader will need to collaborate with new and often negative Emotions inside Riley’s growing brain.
sadness
Life isn’t always fun, but The Office star Phyllis Smith’s soothing voice will help Riley through the serious and sensitive times.
fear
The voice of Toy Story 4’s Forky, Tony Hale, is the Emotion who’s more important than ever as Riley struggles to forge her identity in an increasingly complex world.
disgust anger
anxiety
Maya Hawke’s frazzled Emotion arrives with lots of baggage, plus Paul Walter Hauser’s Embarrassment, Adèle Exarchopolous’ Ennui, and Ayo Edebiri’s Envy close behind.
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Lewis Black is back in the role of the Emotion who always has something to say.
Liza Lapira replaces Mindy Kaling, but she’ll make sure standards stay high.
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Re-enter the orbit of the Planet Of The Apes with an epic new chapter that sees a courageous new ape hero rise up against a tyrant to help humanity fight for a place among the primates.
WORDS JIM ROBERTS
Kingdom Of The Planets Of The Apes
IN CINEMAS 9 MAY
Director Wes Ball / Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allen, Kevin Durand / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Three hundred years after the death of Caesar. Apes hunt humans for sport. Apes keep humans as slaves. Apes rule the world.
A bright-eyed young chimpanzee, Noa, senses something’s not right and sets out to bring some balance to this new natural order. However, tyrant bonobo leader Proximus only wants more oppression, even turning on his own kind and experimenting on captured humans in a chilling reversal of our animal testing reality and the distressing scenes that started this film series.
Wes Ball, director of The Maze Runner trilogy, reignites the franchise with a bold new vision that stands
alone from the recent film trio, yet remains connected to it and furthers its legacy. Expect more jaw-dropping visual effects, striking cinematography, and another beautifully-composed score in a cinematic world that’s still ripe for more big screen battles and adventures. The exciting new cast includes Kevin Durand, Freya Allen, William H. Macy, Peter Macon, and a new lead. As Noa, Owen Teague was mentored by motion-capture pioneer Andy Serkis – who wowed audiences as Caesar – to create a compelling new ape messiah.
In a world where apes are the dominant species, it’s Noa’s compassion, curiosity, and unlikely companionship with captive human, Mae, that enables him to dream of a more inclusive world. Together, ape and human must work together to take down Proximus and lead the fight for freedom.
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
A young chimp named Caesar suffers cruelty while used as testing for a drug meant to cure Alzheimer’s in humans. Gaining incredible intelligence, he leads his fellow apes in an escape from captivity.
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Ten years later, Simian Flu has wiped out most of humanity and Caesar’s apes have grown in power. Vengeful ape Koba leads a coup against Caesar in a bid to raise an army to eradicate humankind forever.
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
After Woody Harrelson’s brutal human Colonel kills Caesar’s wife and son, war escalates between the species. Caesar ultimately sacrifices himself to free his kind and lead them to the promised land.
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MOST WANTED
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back in action as Miami’s finest get caught in a criminal conspiracy. When Bad Boys become fugitives, it’s Ride Or Die.
Bad Boys: Ride Or Die
IN CINEMAS 5 JUNE
Directors Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
Genre Action, Crime, Comedy, Thriller
Their last mission was meant to be their “one last time,” but you never stop being a Bad Boy. After all, it’s Bad Boys For Life!
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Lawrence’sBackin1995,Martinfastfood-loving familymanMarcusBurnettand WillSmith’sfast-livingladies’ manMikeLowreyburstonto thesceneastwoverydifferent detectivesridingtogetheras oneofcinema’smostfamous partners.andbelovedbuddycomedyShootouts,drugbusts, andexplosiveactioninMiami’s betterunderworld,nobodydoesit–orbigger.They’veeven gottheirownthemesong!
So, when Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett discover that their beloved, foul-mouthed, former Captain Howard, who they shockingly saw killed last time out, is now being framed for corruption, they get back in action to clear his name.
It’s the most dangerous mission they’ve ever faced: one that puts Miami’s finest in the firing line of not only the criminals behind the plot, but also the same police department they’ve been part of for over thirty years. As self-proclaimed Bad Boys, the renegade rule-breakers
stunts to survive.
Michael Bay hasn’t been at the helm since Bad Boys II, but returning Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah ensure the Bad Boys still bring their particular brand of Bayhem with their trademark blend of insane, blood-pumping action and outrageous buddy comedy antics.
But it’s not been all plain sailing. Near-death experiences, Mike’s on/off relationship with Marcus’s sister, and Marcus’s struggles with mind, body, and soul… they’ve stuck together through it all. Their one constant, until recently: long-suffering Captain Howard. Tragically killed in the last film, he’s left them video messages so he can still berate from the beyond the grave as the Bad Boys face their toughest mission yet.
Booking tickets is whactha gonna do when Bad Boys: Ride Or Die comes to a cinema near you.
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Return to the Fury Road in an anarchic prequel where Anya Taylor-Joy buckles up for a wild ride that reveals the origins of the wasteland’s most badass warrior.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Director George Miller / Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Alyla Browne, Tom Burke / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Mad Max: Fury Road remains one of the most celebrated action movies of the twenty-first century, lauded for its incredible stunts, practical effects, gorgeous visuals, and pulse-pounding soundtrack. Acclaimed filmmaker George Miller returns to this postapocalyptic wasteland of his own creation once again – this time in a prequel set years before the events of Fury Road. Winding the clock back means introducing a new cast, new characters, and new, unexplored corners of a world rife with madness.
Anya Taylor-Joy is in the driver’s seat this time, stepping into the titular role immortalised by Charlize Theron.
Furiosa’s journey begins when she’s snatched away from the idyllic Green Place and forced into the clutches of Chris Hemsworth’s Warlord Dementus, who chews the gritty scenery in a role with all the charm and look of Thor, but with heroism swapped for gleeful villainy.
Furiosa’s odyssey to get back to her family takes place across fifteen years and is stacked full of vehicular mayhem and explosions galore.
Although a prequel, Furiosa promises to deliver our best look at the Mad Max universe yet, ironically in the absence of the iconic antihero, though he’s definitely somewhere in the expansive background. This Mad Max Saga is sure to light up cinemas just as much as its predecessor as it goes full throttle in delivering more chaotic, genre-defining action.
Tales From The Waste
28 Weeks Later
A direct sequel to Danny Boyle’s breakout “zombie” masterpiece moves the timeline on to show the destitution on UK shores as a result of rampant infection. The battle against the Rage Virus will continue in 28 Years Later.
The Book Of Eli
Denzel Washington is the lone wanderer tasked with delivering a mysterious book to a safe location somewhere in the post-apocalyptic American wasteland. Its twist ending is one to never forget and a prequel series focussing on a young Eli is in development.
Borderlands
An all-star crew of intergalactic misfits team up to track down a treasure-filled vault in the forthcoming adaptation of the beloved video game series.
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An unsuspecting group of college friends unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within cursed cards when they break the age-old rules of tarot reading.
WORDS HANNAH TAYLOR
Tarot
IN CINEMAS 3 MAY
Directors Spenser Cohen, Anna Halberg / Starring Avantika, Jacob Batalon, Harriet Slater / Genre Horror
Last year, Evil Dead Rise taught us to never recite passages from mysterious books and Talk To Me saw teens pay the ultimate price for taking a party game too far. Now, a group of college friends find their fate in a deck of cards after recklessly violating the rules of tarot.
Soon learning that you must never use someone else’s deck, the friends face the wrath of a strange, supernatural entity. As an evil curse starts picking them off one by one in ways that relate back to their readings, they must join forces and work together to solve the mystery before time runs out for them all.
Avantika, most recently seen as Karen in Mean Girls, and Jacob Batalon, you’ll know as Spider-Man’s bestie Ned, are the most notable
names in a cast of up-andcoming stars including Harriet Slater, Adain Bradley, and Larsen Thompson. They’re joined by Olwen Fouèrè, who returns to horror following her role in Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Drag Me To Hell
When loan officer Christine Brown refuses to provide an extension on a loan, an elderly lady gets her revenge by placing the Lamia curse on her life until Christine is dragged to hell.
Horror has seen its fair share of evil curses that connect to the afterlife.
Tarot is the latest supernatural horror from Screen Gems, who helmed Deliver Us From Evil, The Unholy, and The Invitation. With an exciting young cast largely making their mainstream horror debuts and writing duo Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg as first-time directors, it’s hard to know exactly what’s on the cards… but it’s sure to be scary.
It Follows Connecting With Spirits
Ouija
A group of friends accidentally awaken a dark spirt after they attempt to communicate with their deceased friend using an antique Ouija board.
After a strange sexual encounter, university student Jay is pursued by an evil malevolent force that can shapeshift to become anyone. Jay and her friends fight for a way to escape this evil.
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REBELS WITHOUT A CAUSE
Welcome to the Vandals, a club for leather-clad outsiders who live for the bare-knuckled thrill of motorcycles. But what happens when the good times turn to violence and criminality in this gritty drama?
WORDS CHARLOTTE BLACKLOCK
The Bikeriders
IN CINEMAS 21 JUNE
Director Jeff Nichols / Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy / Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
The sixties was the golden age for motorcycle riders, making it the perfect backdrop for this furious tale. Headstrong Kathy recounts her time as a member of the Vandals and the reckless evolution of the club. Amongst this grease-covered crew, she meets her husband, Benny, a rebellious rider who lives for the rumbling of bikes and the respect of their unfaltering leader, Johnny.
Kathy wrestles to tame Benny’s wild nature as she watches him get sucked into a more sinister and
dangerous side of Johnny’s gang. Jeff Nichols’ ode to the sixties subculture of bikeriders takes a turn from Easy Rider to Goodfellas, leaving the characters at a crossroads as they make choices about their loyalty to the Vandals.
Expect an acting masterclass all round as Jodie Comer’s Kathy tells the tale in a flawless Midwestern accent. Austin Butler swaps his blue suede shoes for bike leathers for a smouldering performance reminiscent of James Dean, while Tom Hardy has the air of a Marlon Brando, leading this revved-up pack as Johnny. We can’t wait for this trio to don their leathers and speed into view.
The Great Escape
It doesn’t get much more iconic than Steve McQueen attempting to evade Nazi capture by launching a bike into a sixty-foot jump. Although he gets snagged on barbed wire, it remains one of the coolest motorbike scenes in cinema history.
Easy Rider
Arguably the ultimate motorbike film. Peter Fonda’s Wyatt and Dennis Hoppers’ Billy set the pace for making motorbike culture cool as they ride across America. These freewheeling bad boys became icons of nonconformity.
Mission: Impossible
In classic Tom Cruise fashion, Ethan Hunt keeps his cool while riding his bike at pulse- racing speeds into oncoming traffic. No stranger to motorbike chases or stunts, he wields the roaring engine to get out of the trickiest spots.
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DON’T MAKE A SOUND
A Quiet Place: Day One
IN CINEMAS 28 JUNE
The city that never sleeps must go silent as the A Quiet Place prequel takes us back to the day the alien invasion began. WORDS HANNAH TAYLOR horror Us, and must now learn to survive in silence.
Director Michael Sarnoski / Starring
Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff / Genre Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Revealing the origin story of how the world became A Quiet Place, Day One follows a new set of characters based in New York City as they experience the alien invasion from the start. This spin-off prequel focuses on Sam and Eric as they’re thrown together in this bleak new reality. They’re just two completely opposite strangers who must now think and live like family to survive.
Shifting away from the Abbott family, this new instalment in the franchise finds a new leading star. Lupita Nyong’o is no stranger to horror, having previously starred in Jordan Peele’s sinister psychological
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The terrifying silence also welcomes Hereditary star Alex Wolff and Stranger Things sensation Joseph Quinn. A Quiet Place alumni Djimon Hounsou also reprises his role to explore the origins of his character known only as the Man On Island, who gives Cillian Murphy’s Emmett and the surviving Abbotts sanctuary only to meet a tragic demise in Part II.
Experience new levels of nerveshredding, edge-of-your-seat tension in a new story from the day the world went quiet that intensifies and connects to everything we’ve seen so far. The alien creatures that hunt by sound are coming.
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A Quiet Place introduces us to the Abbott family, who navigate a new world filled with silence. John Krasinski’s Lee, Emily Blunt’s Evelyn, Millicent Simmonds’ Regan, and Noah Jupe’s Marcus quietly work together and use sign language to communicate, all because they’re living in constant fear of blind, noise-sensitive creatures that hunt anything that makes a sound. A
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After Lee’s sacrifice and Regan’s discovery of a way to keep the creatures at bay by playing highfrequency audio, the surviving Abbotts go in search of other survivors. They soon learn, however, that the alien creatures aren’t the only threats lurking in the world outside of their home.
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FROM DIRECTOR KIAH ROACHE-TURNER YOUR BIGGEST FEAR JUST GOT BIGGER
TWISTERS
IN CINEMAS 19 JULY
Director Lee Isaac Chung / Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
This summer, the epic studio disaster movie returns to cinemas with an adrenaline-pumping, seat-gripping, bigscreen thrill ride that puts you in direct contact with one of nature’s most wondrous – and destructive – forces.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star as opposing forces who come together to try to predict, and possibly tame, the immense power of tornadoes in a current-day chapter of the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser who’s haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, is lured back to the open plains by her friend to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. There, she crosses paths with Tyler Owens, the charming and reckless socialmedia superstar who posts his storm-chasing adventures with his crew – the more dangerous the better. As storm season intensifies, terrifying never-before-seen weather phenomena are unleashed. Now, Kate, Tyler, and their competing teams find themselves in the paths of multiple storm systems converging in the fight of their lives.
From the Oscar-nominated writer-director of Minari, Twisters features an exciting cast that also includes Anthony Ramos, David Corenswet, Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, Daryl McCormack, Kiernan Shipka, Nik Dodani, and Maura Tierney.
IN CINEMAS 12 JULY
Directors Chris Renaud, Patrick Delage / Starring Steve Carell, Will Ferrell / Genre Animation, Family
Everyone’s favourite supervillain-turned-Anti-VillainLeague-agent returns for an exciting, bold new era of Minions mayhem in Illumination’s Despicable Me 4. Following the phenomenon of Minions: The Rise Of Gru, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru, Lucy, and their girls – Margo, Edith, and Agnes – welcome a new member to the family, Gru Jr, who’s intent on tormenting his dad. The first Despicable Me film in seven years will also see the Gru family forced to go on the run as Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend, Valentina.
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Borderlands
IN CINEMAS 9 AUGUST
Director Eli Roth / Starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis / Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black star as a team of unlikely heroes who must battle alien monsters and dangerous bandits to find a missing girl who may hold the key to unimaginable power. The fate of the universe could be in their hands – but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other. Based on one of the most best-selling videogame franchises of all time, welcome to Borderlands.
Harold And The Purple Crayon
IN CINEMAS 2 AUGUST
Director Carlos Saldanha / Starring Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Zooey Deschanel / Genre Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Inside of his book, adventurous Harold can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. After he grows up and draws himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold finds he has a lot to learn about real life – and that his trusty purple crayon may set off more hilarious hijinks than he thought possible. When the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take every bit of Harold and his friends’ creativity to save both the real world and his own.
Alien: Romulus
IN CINEMAS 16 AUGUST
Director Fede Álvarez / Starring Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, Aileen Wu, Archie Renaux / Genre Horror, Sci-Fi
The Alien franchise returns to its roots with a horror-thriller that follows a group of young space colonisers as they come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
IN CINEMAS 25 JULY
Director Shawn Levy / Starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Matthew Macfadyen, Emma Corrin, Jennifer Garner / Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
The “Merc with a Mouth” is back in action and making a surprising friend in the new, highlyanticipated instalment in the MCU. Ryan Reynolds returns as Wade Wilson aka Deadpool who’s finally getting the chance to become a hero among heroes when he’s recruited by the Time Variance Authority for a special mission that sets him on a collision course with a Marvel legend. Hugh Jackman reprises his role as Wolverine in a film that promises to change the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever.
Blink Twice
IN CINEMAS 23 AUGUST
Director Zoë Kravitz / Starring Channing Tatum, Naomi Ackie, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan / Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When tech billionaire Slater King invites Frida to join him on his private island, her dream trip turns into a nightmare as she slowly realises that there’s something wrong with this paradise.
Kraven The Hunter
IN CINEMAS 30 AUGUST
Director J.C. Chandor / Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, Ariana DeBose / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Sony’s Spider-Man Universe expands as another classic Marvel antihero makes his cinema debut in a violent actionthriller starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Kraven The Hunter.
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