Movies Opening in Cinemas On May 27
Manon de Reeper is the founder and CEO of Film…
Every Tuesday Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: X-Men: Apocalypse, Alice Through The Looking Glass, The Ones Below, Holy Hell, Chevalier and As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM.
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:
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
144 minutes – Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
With the emergence of the world’s first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
Director: Bryan Singer
Stars: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult
Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)
113 minutes – Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
Director: James Bobin
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
The Ones Below (2015)
87 minutes – Thriller
A couple expecting their first child discover an an unnerving difference between themselves and the couple living in the flat below them who are also having a baby.
Director: David Farr
Stars: Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn
Chevalier (2015)
105 minutes – Comedy
In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will be butchered, and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the journey, when the game is over, the man who wins will be the best man. And he will wear on his smallest finger the victory ring: the Chevalier.
Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orphanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yiorgos Kendros
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Holy Hell (2016)
100 minutes – Documentary
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
Director: Will Allen
Stars: Will Allen, Dimitrius Pulido, Phillipe Coquet, David Christopher
limited release in US – International Release Dates
As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM (2015)
109 minutes – Documentary, Biography, History, Music
A retrospective look at the life and work of influential electronic music DJ, Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM.
Director: Kevin Kerslake
Stars: DJ AM, A-Trak, Niko Achtipes, Nadia Angelini
limited release in US – International Release Dates
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.