Every must-see movie for May, from Doctor Strange to Top Gun: Maverick

Also, Downton returns, Bob’s Burgers gets super-sized, and lots of other great reasons to head back to the multiplex

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Every must-see movie for May, from Doctor Strange to Top Gun: Maverick
From left: Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness (Photo: Courtesy of Marvel Studios), Bob’s Burgers Movie (Photo: 20th Century Studios), Downton Abbey: A New Era (Photo: Ben Blackall / © 2022 Focus Features, LLC), Top Gun: Maverick (Photo: Paramount Pictures) Graphic: Courtesy of Marvel Studios, 20th Century Studios, Ben Blackall/Focus Features, Paramount Pictures

Of all the months that make up this year’s blockbuster-filled summer movie season, May might be the most deserving of top billing. Not only does it kick off the popcorn season for film fans—who are likely to turn out in a big way in 2022 after two years of a pandemic-driven downturn at the cineplex—but May also happens to host some of this year’s most anticipated titles. That includes the latest Marvel offering (Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness), Tom Cruise’s long-awaited return to the skies with Top Gun: Maverick, and a pair of TV-to-film transfers in Downton Abbey: A New Era and The Bob’s Burgers Movie. Keep reading to get a closer look at these films as well as the rest of May’s most worthwhile titles.

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Toronto Film Festival standout All My Puny Sorrows, starring the great Alison Pill, Sarah Gadon, and Mare Winningham, explores grief and its sprawling, thorny effects (on digital and on demand May 3). Neon’s Pleasure, directed by newcomer Ninja Thyberg and starring newcomer Sofia Kappel, gives indie audiences a visceral look at the Los Angeles porn industry (theaters May 13). Horror audiences this month have Shudder’s The Twin (theaters May 6), Screen Media’s Monstrous starring Christina Ricci (theaters May 13), and Brainstorm Media’s Homebound from writer-director Sebastian Godwin (theaters May 13). Fans of the true-crime side of horror, on the other hand, have Netflix’s documentary Our Father, about the fertility doctor inseminating his patients (streaming May 11). IFC’s Hold Your Fire tells the real-life story of the NYPD’s longest-ever hostage siege (theaters May 20). And Haley Lu Richardson and Owen Teague bring a quiet family drama to the big screen with Montana Story (theaters May 13).

14 Comments

  • maulkeating-av says:

    Kelly Macdonald (Holmes & Watson)What the fuck did she ever do to you?

  • juliedoc13-av says:

    Succession, Downton, and Mass listed for the other actors, and Kelly Macdonald gets Holmes and Watson. Not Gosford, or No Country, or Brave. Holmes and Watson. Pretty harsh.

  • milligna000-av says:

    Flawlessly campy? It was just a dull misfire.

    • robgrizzly-av says:

      Another Firestarter, eh? Since superhero movies are buzzy now, I wouldn’t be surprised if this horror remake tried to work that angle in.
      *movie wastes no time equating her to a superhero*

    • bcfred2-av says:

      Unlike that gripping Pet Sematary remake, right?How anyone could fuck up one of King’s scariest and most straightforward novels is beyond me.

  • ghostofghostdad-av says:

    Baby you can chive my car to the theaters. 

  • nogelego-av says:

    That Rebel Wilson in high school movie had better explain how a 37 year-old is allowed to enroll in a high school or why a GED won’t work. Also, this fitter Rebel Wilson looks like a blonde Shawnee Smith and now I can’t unsee it.

  • robgrizzly-av says:

    Annihilation is in no way superior to Ex Machina.

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