I set aside time to work on this so I could do a little blurb about each of these new releases. However, the job that pays the bills had other plans. That said, it’s probably the most hotly anticipated release weekend of the year, so far, and it will be a good litmus test to see what the state of the box office really looks like. With a lot of counterprogramming options, here’s a look at everything that’s on deck.
New In Theaters
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (+IMAX)
Director(s): George Miller | Writer(s): George Miller, Nick Lathouris
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
The Garfield Movie
Director(s): Mark Dindal | Writer(s): Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove, David Reynolds, Jim Davis
Stars (voices): Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham
Sight
Director(s): Andre Hyatt | Writer(s): Andre Hyatt, John Duigan, Buzz McLaughlin
Stars: Terry Chen, Greg Kinnear, Natasha Mumba
Limited Release
Meet Me Where I Am (May 21st)
Written & Directed by: Grant Garry
Stars: Anthony Rapp, John Farley, Cynthia O’Neal
Dead Wrong (May 21st)
Director(s): Rick Beiber| Writer(s): Rick Bieber, Kenneth Clark
Stars: Derek Smith, Katrina Bowden, Rob Schneider
Hit Man
Director(s): Richard Linklater | Writer(s): Richard Linklater, Glen Powell, Skip Hollandsworth
Stars: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Retta
The Keeper
Director(s): Angus Benfield, Kendall Bryant Jr. | Writer(s): George Eshleman, Todd Tavolazzi
Stars: Angus Benfield, Bailey McCann, Shanna Franceschini
Maestra
Director(s): Maggie Contreras
Stars: Marin Alsop, Deborah Borda, Mélisse Brunet
Queen of the Deuce
Director(s): Valerie Kontakos | Writer(s): Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki, Christos Asteriou
Stars: Chelly Wilson, Bondi Walters, Don Walters
International Marketplace
20,000 Species of Bees
Written & Directed by: Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren
Stars: Sofía Otero, Patricica López Arnaiz, Ane Gabarain
Kidnapped
Director(s): Marco Bellocchio | Writer(s): Marco Bellocchio, Susanna Nicchiarelli, Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli, Daniele Scalise
Stars: Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi
Solo
Written & Directed by: Sophie Dupuis
Stars: Théodore Pellerin, Félix Maritaud, Anne-Marie Cadieux
Songs of Earth
Written & Directed by: Margaret Olin
Stars: Jørgen Mykløen, Magnhild Mykløen
Streaming & Digital
Darkness of Man (VOD/Digital May 21st)
Director(s): James Cullen Bressack | Writer(s): James Cullen Bressack, Alethea Hnatko-Cho, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Emerson Min, Kristanna Loken
Princess Halle and the Jester (VOD/Digital May 21st)
Written & Directed by: Christopher Lombardi
Stars: Emma Duchesneau, Byron Herlong, Donovan Kirkpatrick
Rhapsody In Justice (VOD/Digital May 21st)
Written & Directed by: Anthony J. Dixon
Stars: Chantal Maurice, Ambre Anderson, Aixa Kendrick
The Irritable Heart (VOD/Digital May 21st)
Director(s): Richard Poller
In Good Hands 2 (Netflix May 23rd)
Director(s): Ketche | Writer(s): Hakan Bonomo
Stars: Kaan Urgancioglu, Mert Ege Ak, Meilsa Pamuk
Atlas (Netflix)
Director(s): Brad Peyton | Writer(s): Leo Sardarian, Aron Eli Coleite
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Sime Liu, Sterling K. Brown
The Beach Boys (Disney+)
Director(s): Frank Marshall, Thom Zimny | Writer(s): Mark Monroe
Stars: The BEach Boysm Lindsey Buckingham, Janelle Monáe
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