The Surfer (May 9th, cinemas)
Nicolas Cage's latest offbeat role sees him collaborate with director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium; Nocebo) for The Surfer. Written by Thomas Martin, the film sees Cage play a surfer who returns to his childhood beach
hoping to catch some waves with his son. When he's barred from doing so by
a group of locals, it sets him down an angry path of conflict.
Clown in a Cornfield (May 9th, cinemas)
Based on the novel by Adam Cesare, director Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield sees a father and daughter move to the town of Kettle Springs.
There they find a community terrorised by a sinister clownlike figure who
emerges from a nearby cornfield to claim victims.
Birdeater (May 9th, cinemas)
The feature debut of writer/directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir, Birdeater stars Shabana Azeez as Irene, who tags along on her fiancé's
bachelor party in the Australian outback. Boy is that a recipe for
disaster, as the weekend getaway becomes increasingly tense, taking a
nightmarish turn fuelled by alcohol and drugs.
Final Destination: Bloodlines (May 14th, cinemas)
The long-awaited sixth instalment of the horror series, Final Destination: Bloodlines sees a new set of victims succumbing to death via extravagant Rube
Goldberg-esque set-pieces. This one follows the family of a woman who
managed to cheat death prior to the events of the first movie as they're
picked off one by one. The late Tony Todd reprises his role of William Bludworth.
Good One (May 16th, cinemas)
Writer/director India Donaldson (daughter of Roger) makes her feature debut
with Good One. The film stars Lily Collias as Sam, a 17-year-old who
joins her father (James Le Gros) and his friend (Danny McCarthy) on a camping trip before she departs for college. The trip grows
increasingly tense as Sam finds herself an outsider in this male
dynamic.
Hurry Up Tomorrow (May 16th, cinemas)
Based on The Weeknd's latest album of the same name, Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the pop star (credited here as Abel Tesfaye) play
a fictional version of himself as he is drawn into a surreal odyssey by a
mysterious stranger (Barry Keoghan). The film is directed
by Trey Edward Shultz (Krisha; It Comes at Night; Waves) and also stars Jenna Ortega.
Magic Farm (May 16th, cinemas)
Writer/director Amalia Ulman satirises the likes of Vice News with her absurdist
comedy Magic Farm. The film sees a new media crew (headed by Chloë Sevigny) head to Argentina in search of a story on a musician, only to end
up in the wrong country. There they enlist the locals to fabricate a fake
story while a major health crisis looms in the background.
Hallow Road (May 16th, cinemas)
Directed by Babak Anvari (Wounds; I Came By) and written by William Gillie, Hallow Road stars Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys as parents who receive a call late at night from their daughter,
who has just hit a pedestrian with her car. As they head to the location,
Hallow Road, it seems they may not be the only ones travelling the
road.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (May 21st, cinemas)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is the eighth instalment of the Mission: Impossible series and follows on from the events of Dead Reckoning: Part One. Plot details are still being kept under wraps but it will presumably
follow the IMF's attempts to stop "The Entity" from destroying the world
with AI. One thing guaranteed is that Tom Cruise will once again risk his neck (and several other body parts) for
our viewing pleasure.
The Phoenician Scheme (May 23rd, cinemas)
Co-written with Roman Coppola, Wes Anderson's
latest all-star affair is The Phoenician Scheme. Plot details have yet to emerge but the film is set in the 1940s and
stars Benicio del Toro as one of the world's wealthiest
men, who gets himself and his daughter (Mia Threapleton) involved in a globe-trotting espionage adventure.
The ensemble cast also features the likes of Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett
Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch.