Rueben's Ramblings

Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons website and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in May:

Greetings From Tim Buckley
May 3

The film follows the journey Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) took in grappling with the legacy of his late musician father, (Ben Rosenfield) leading up to and culminating with his legendary 1991 performance of his father’s songs. The cast includes Imogen Poots and William Sadler.

Iron Man 3
Opens: May 3

The third film in the franchise finds Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) [Robert Downey, Jr.] facing a powerful enemy, the Mandarin (Sir Ben Kingsley) set after the events that occurred in The Avengers. Left only to rely on his instincts, he must embark on a harrowing quest to find those responsible for destroying his personal life. The Mandarin is a powerful enemy with 10 Rings that grant him immense power. The film also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, William Sadler and James Badge Dale.

Love is All You Need
Opens: May 3

The film is about a young couple, Patrick and Astrid, who are to be married at a villa on the coast at Sorrento owned by Patrick’s English widower father Philip (Pierce Brosnan). Astrid’s Danish mother Ida (Trine Dyrholm) is in the late stages of chemotherapy while her philandering husband Leif (Kim Bodnia) is having an affair. They all turn up for the wedding weekend where the sparks fly.

Peeples (also known as Tyler Perry Presents Peeples)
May 10

The film centers around the Peeples, a well-off East Coast family celebrating a reunion weekend in the Hamptons. But their retreat is interrupted when their daughter Grace’s (Kerry Washington) fiancé Wade (Craig Robinson) crashes to announce their surprise engagement. The film also stars Diahann Carroll and David Alan Grier.

The Great Gatsby
Opens: May 10

The novel is, once again, being adapted to the big screen, featuring cast members Leonardo Di Caprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Isla Fisher and Joel Edgerton.

Black Rock
May 17

Abby (Kate Bosworth) has invited her childhood friends Lou (Lake Bell) and Sarah (Katie Aselton) to return to a remote island that they once spent time at in their youth, in the hopes of drawing the now distant group back together. On the island they run into Henry (Will Bouvier), Derek (Jay Paulson), and Alex (Anslem Richardson), three hunters and veteran soldiers. The two groups are initially friendly, but things grow tense after the three men mention that they had been dishonorably discharged from the military while serving in the Middle East. Relatively unperturbed, Sarah wanders off to have sex with Henry, but changes her mind partway through. In an attempt to stop what is now rape, Sarah accidentally kills Henry, which prompts his two friends to stalk and hunt the three women.

Star Trek Into Darkness
Opens: May 17

After being called back home, the crew of the USS Enterprise find a seemingly unstoppable force which has attacked Starfleet and left Earth in chaos. Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and the crew of the Enterprise are tasked with leading the deadly manhunt to capture the party responsible and settle an old score. The film stars Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Alice Eve, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Noel Clarke and Peter Weller.

The English Teacher
May 17

Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) is a high school English teacher in the small town of Kingston, Pennsylvania. She is passionate about her subject and popular with her students, but lives alone in a simple existence. When her former pupil Jason Sherwood (Michael Angarano) returns after failing to succeed as a playwright, Linda convinces him to produce his play at the school. Jason’s overbearing father, Dr. Tom Sherwood (Greg Kinnear), pressures him to attend law school instead. The cast includes Nathan Lane, Lily Collins and Nikki Blonsky.

Before Midnight
May 24

This is the sequel to Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, set nine years after the conclusion of the latter with Jesse and Celine (Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) living in Paris as a couple, parents to twin girls conceived when they got together. Jesse is also struggling to maintain his relationship with his teenage son, Hank, who lives in Chicago with Jesse’s (now) ex-wife. Jesse has continued to find success as a novelist, while Celine is at a career crossroads, considering a job in government.

Epic
Opens: May 24

In this animated feature, the story follows a teenager who finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where she must band together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to save both their world – and ours. The cast will include voices by Colin Farrell, Amanda Seyfried, Beyonce Knowles, Christoph Waltz and Josh Hutcherson.

Fast & Furious Six
Opens: May 24

The next film in the franchise is an action-toned ensemble heist film that reunites cast members Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Dwayne Johnson (among other returnees) as well as Luke Evans as the villain.

Mud
Opens: May 26

The story follows the unlikely friendship between a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) and two Arkansas teenage boys who help him escape and reunite with his lost love (Reese Witherspoon). The cast introduces Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland and also stars Sarah Paulson.

After Earth
Opens: May 31

Will Smith and his son Jaden star in a film set a millennium after humanity abandoned Earth. A legendary General (the elder Smith) is returning home from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family. His 13-year-old son (the younger Smith) is onboard as well when an asteroid storm damages his craft, forcing them down on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. With the dad incapacitated and slowly dying in the cockpit, the young teen must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. The cast includes Isabelle Fuhrman, David Denman and Sophie Okonedo.

Now You See Me
Opens: May 31

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco star as The Four Horsemen, a hugely popular super-group of illusionists who pull off the trick of robbing a bank on another continent. An FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) enlists the help of an Interpol detective (Melanie Laurent) and a famed magic debunker (Morgan Freeman) to stop them before they pull off their final and most audacious heist yet. The film also stars Michael Caine.

The East
May 31

Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is an operative for a private intelligence firm called Hiller-Brood that is hired by corporations to protect their interests. She is sent to infiltrate an anarchist collective known as The East that has executed attacks on corporations. While she lives amongst them, she finds herself falling for the group’s charismatic leader. The cast includes Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Shiloh Fernandez, Julia Ormond, Patricia Clarkson and Jason Ritter.

The Purge
Opens: May 31

With the United States wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has issued a decree which allows the populace one-night every year to commit any crimes (including murder) within a 12-hour window without facing consequences. The police can’t be called, hospitals suspend help and the citizenry must regulate itself. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey, Max Burkholder, Rhys Wakefield and Adelaide Kane.

Movies coming out in June will be posted at the end of May.

Enjoy!

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