2 weeks Ago By Dan Girolamo
April belonged to Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan. Their new horror movie, Sinners , opened to an impressive $48 million domestically, beating out A Minecraft Movie for the top spot.
With strong word of mouth and critical acclaim, Sinners could leg out a box office total of over $200 million, an impressive feat for an original horror. May kicks off summer blockbuster season, and first up is Marvel with Thunderbolts* . Tom Cruise races into theaters with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning three weeks later.
Those two films will dominate the May box office. However, smaller movies opening throughout May might pique your interest. Our suggestions include a strange comedy, an airplane action romp, and a folk horror.
When you’re done here, check out the best new movies to stream this week , the best movies on Netflix , the best movies on Hulu , the best movies on Max , the best movies on Amazon Prime Video , and the best movies on Disney+ . Friendship (May 9 in theaters) SNL really dropped the ball with Tim Robinson. The most famous sketch show fired Robinson as a performer after one season, though he stayed on as a writer for four.
Robinson’s cringe and offbeat humor has thrived on Netflix’s I Think You Should Leave . Now, Robinson heads to the big screen in a new comedy, Friendship . A24 has been vague in revealing the plot details, a welcome change from studios spoiling major story decisions in trailers.
Craig Waterman (Robinson) is infatuated with his new neighbor, Austin Carmichael (Paul Rudd). Craig tries to form a friendship, but it eventually backfires and threatens to ruin their lives. Early reviews have described it as a 97-minute ITYSL sketch, which, if true, fans are in for a treat.
Fight or Flight (May 9 in theaters) Fight or Flight — John Wick on a plane? Sort of. John Wick producer Basil Iwanyk is involved in Fight or Flight , hence the comparison. All things considered, Bullet Train is the better correlation.
Regardless, Fight or Flight plays a comedic action movie with fun sequences and violent hand-to-hand combat. Josh Hartnett stars as Lucas Reyes, a mercenary forced to capture a black hat terrorist. Lucas receives intel that his target will be on a plane.
If Lucas brings the terrorist back alive, he will get his life back. Easier said than done, considering the plane is full of assassins looking to kill the terrorist for a bounty. The Severed Sun (May 16 in theaters and on digital) In the best way possible, The Severed Sun looks like a smaller, bloodier version of a Robert Eggers’ movie .
In a secluded religious community, Magpie becomes the group’s outcast after killing her abusive husband. Unbeknownst to Magpie, the murder awakens a supernatural creature, the Beast. The Beast then wreaks havoc on the community, leading to a violent witch hunt that causes a schism in the group.
The Severed Sun stars Emma Appleton, Lewis Gribben, Toby Stephens, and Barney Harris. It’s a gory folk horror with some serious scares..
