Movies Opening in Cinemas On May 15
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2, I’ll See You In My Dreams, Good Kill, The Connection, Where Hope Grows and The Film Critic.
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:
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
120 minutes – Action, Adventure, Thriller
In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland.
Director: George Miller
Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz
Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
115 minutes – Comedy, Music
After a humiliating command performance at Lincoln Center, the Barden Bellas enter an international competition that no American group has ever won in order to regain their status and right to perform.
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow
I'll See You In My Dreams (2015)
92 minutes – Comedy, Drama
A widow and former songstress discovers that life can begin anew at any age.
Director: Brett Haley
Stars: Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman
Good Kill (2014)
102 minutes – Drama, Thriller
A family man begins to question the ethics of his job as a drone pilot.
Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood
The Connection (2014)
135 minutes – Action, Crime, Thriller
A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country’s most powerful drug rings.
Director: Cédric Jimenez
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, Mélanie Doutey
Where Hope Grows (2014)
95 minutes – Drama
A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Director: Chris Dowling
Stars: Kristoffer Polaha, David DeSanctis, Danica McKellar, William Zabka
The Film Critic (2013)
98 minutes – Comedy, Drama
A prestigious film critic who has lost faith in the art form sparks with a young woman whose tastes run opposite of his.
Director: Hernán Guerschuny
Stars: Rafael Spregelburd, Dolores Fonzi, Blanca Lewin, Ignacio Rogers
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts below.
(top image source: Mad Max Fury Road – Warner Bros.)
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