Welcome to our new monthly rundown of movies hitting the big screen each month… May see’s some big blockbusters hitting the screen, and theres no better way to watch a movie than at Vue Cinema at the Greenbridge Retail Park in ultimate luxury!
Thunderbolts (Disney) – 2nd May:
The fifth and final movie of Phase Five of the MCU. Based on Marvel Comics Thunderbolts, an ensemble of heroes with no super powers produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, David Harbour, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, this will be the 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which follows a group of antiheroes caught in a deadly trap and forced to work together on a dangerous mission! Oh… Did I say, they have no super powers…
Finally the MCU have brought out a movie that is worth watching!… Since Avengers End Game, the MCU has been very disjointed and put out some poor movies, and those that were great like ‘Eternals’ seems to have had the brakes put on and filed into the bin with little or no hope of getting a sequel. The dots are rejoining, it seems the MCU is getting its magic back, the magic it had all the way to the end of End Game! Bringing back Bucky Barns (Winter Soldier) feels like we are back on track and as he assembles an unconventional team of anti-heroes, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late?
Ocean with David Attenborough – 8th May:
The powerful documentary film from Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios is set for release as a global cinema event from 8 May (2025), which also coincides with David Attenborough’s 99th birthday.
Ocean with David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. In the film the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing.
Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.
Ocean with David Attenborough will invite audiences worldwide to come together to experience Attenborough’s untold story of the ocean on the big screen.
The Wedding Banquet – 9th May:
From Director Andrew Ahn comes a joyful comedy of errors about a chosen family navigating the disasters and delights of family expectations, queerness & cultural identity.
Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile, their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s sceptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.
With a pitch-perfect cast of multigenerational talent that includes Bowen Yang, Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung, this fresh reimagining of Ang Lee’s beloved, Award-winning rom-com teems with humour and heart in a poignant reminder that being part of a family means learning to both accept and forgive.
Final Destination Double Bill – 9th May:
Get ready for a 5hr thrill ride into death! Catch both Final Destination films in this double bill, how many ways can one die?
In Final Destination (2009), after a young man’s premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
Final Destination: Bloodlines is the newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice. Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
The Surfer – 9th May:
Nicholas Cage is back! I mean really back!… After following the likes of Steven Segal, Liam Neeson and Van Dam into the abysis of low budget crappy straight to streaming service movies, Cage is back in this psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan.
“99 minutes of sun-beaten terror” Collider
A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But his desire to hit the waves is thwarted by a group of locals whose mantra is “don’t live here, don’t surf here.” Humiliated and angry, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising in concert with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him to his breaking point.
The Surfer had it’s world premiere at the Midnight Screenings section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024, and has had great reviews from the critics and Rotten Tomatoes give a score of 87% with an average rating of 7.3/10
“Nicholas Cage expertly rides the waves of toxic masculinity in this sand filled arena of torment”
Royal Ballet & Opera – Die Walkure – 14th May
On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde.
Love and death, gods and mortals, heroes and villains: it’s all here, in the thunderous second chapter of the Ring cycle. Following the glittering triumph of Das Rheingold in 2023, Barrie Kosky and Antonio Pappano plunge back into Wagner’s mythic universe. Christopher Maltman’s Wotan returns alongside an international cast including Elisabet Strid as Brünnhilde, Natalya Romaniw as Sieglinde and Stanislas de Barbeyrac as Siegmund.
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) is the second work of Richard Wagner’s four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen; it follows Das Rheingold and precedes Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods). It has become the most performed opera of the cycle, loved and admired for its nuanced and intelligent exploration of complex family entanglements, expressed through music of astonishing power – perhaps nowhere more so than in the glorious music for the incestuous lovers Siegmund and Sieglinde.
ATEEZ WORLD TOUR [TOWARDS THE LIGHT : WILL TO POWER] – 14th May
ATEEZ’s breathtaking performances and explosive energy take centre stage in the cinematic experience ATEEZ WORLD TOUR [TOWARDS THE LIGHT : WILL TO POWER] IN CINEMAS.
Holding Back The Years: 40 Years of Simply Red Live in Santiago – 15th May:
Celebrating 40 years of making legendary music, Simply Red are coming to the big screen! Captured live at their sold out shows in Santiago, Chile.
OK, this is making me feel old!… I remember Simply Red when the first hit the UK charts performing on the likes of the iconic BBC show Top of The Pops! Sit back in the comfort of Vue Cinemas ‘Luxury Seats’ and enjoy a 40year musical journey of Simply Red’s greatest hits.
Final Destination: Bloodlines – 16th May:
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family…
The newest chapter in New Line Cinema’s bloody successful franchise takes audiences back to the very beginning of Death’s twisted sense of justice—“Final Destination Bloodlines.” Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all. “Final Destination Bloodlines” stars Kaitlyn Santa Juana, Teo Briones, Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, Anna Lore, Rya Kihlstedt, with Brec Bassinger, and Tony Todd.
Hallow Road – 16th May:
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
They jump in their car, racing to get there before anyone else stumbles across the scene. As they head deeper into the night, disturbing revelations threaten to tear the family apart as they soon realise they might not be the only ones driving down Hallow Road.
Eurovision Grand Final Live 2025 on the Big Screen – 17th May:
CinemaLive is excited to bring to cinemas across the UK the Live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final.
CinemaLive is excited to bring to cinemas across the UK the Live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final. Fans can come together and be ‘united by music’ sharing in the incredible experience of celebrating the biggest, brightest, boldest music party of the year on the big screen!
The 69th edition of the Contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland following Nemo’s victory at the Grand Final in May 2024 with their song The Code.
Lilo & Stitch – 23rd May:
“Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, “Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, the Oscar®-nominated filmmaker behind the animated feature film “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On,” the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, introducing Maia Kealoha. “Lilo & Stitch” is produced by Jonathan Eirich, p.g.a. and Dan Lin, with Louie Provost, Tom Peitzman and Ryan Halprin serving as executive producers.
Karate Kid: Legends – 30th May:
Daniel arrives in Beijing, where Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong. The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong.
The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong, but it remains to be seen if their instructional approaches will be compatible.
In Karate Kid: Legends, after a family tragedy, kung fu prodigy Li Fong (Ben Wang) is uprooted from his home in Beijing and forced to move to New York City with his mother. Li struggles to let go of his past as he tries to fit in with his new classmates, and although he doesn’t want to fight, trouble seems to find him everywhere. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition – but his skills alone aren’t enough. Li’s kung fu teacher Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) enlists original Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) for help, and Li learns a new way to fight, merging their two styles into one for the ultimate martial arts showdown.
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