Movies Opening in Cinemas On May 20



Manon de Reeper is the founder and CEO of Film…
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Angry Birds, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, The Nice Guys, Maggie’s Plan and Weiner.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Angry Birds (2016)
97 minutes – Animation, Action, Comedy, Family
Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Directors: Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
92 minutes – Comedy
After a sorority moves in next door, which is even more debaucherous than the fraternity before it, Mac and Kelly have to ask for help from their former enemy, Teddy.
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Chloë Grace Moretz
The Nice Guys (2016)
116 minutes – Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A mismatched pair of private eyes investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles.
Director: Shane Black
Stars: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer
Maggie's Plan (2015)
98 minutes – Comedy
Maggie’s plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant Georgette.
Director: Rebecca Miller
Stars: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph
Weiner (2016)
96 minutes – Documentary
An examination of disgraced New York Congressman Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign and the landscape of today’s political landscape.
Directors: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg
Stars: Anthony Weiner
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Manon de Reeper is the founder and CEO of Film Inquiry, and a screenwriter/producer. Her directorial debut, a horror short film, is forthcoming in 2021.