The Lobster

Director Yorgos Lanthimos

Genre Comedy | Drama | Romance

Cast Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ariane Labed

Rating R

Release Date May 13th, 2016

“In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.”

Colin Farrell is a fantastic actor who has built himself quite the resume. Like many of Hollywood's leading men, every now and again they star in something a bit unique and very much under-the-radar. The Lobster has a very interesting premise and looks like a film that is much deeper than it may seem to be at first glimpse. The film will undoubtedly receive a limited release but I think it looks good. Check out the trailer below. 

The Darkness

Director Greg McLean

Genre Horror | Thriller

Cast Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Morrison, Lucy Fry, Radha Mitchell

Rating PG-13

Release Date May 13th, 2016

“A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.”

The Darkness is directed by Greg McLean who has a somewhat extensive yet sadly unimpressive IMDb resume. He has churned our quite a few B horror's in his career but nothing memorable. With a decent cast consisting of the ageless Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Morrison, The Darkness might be a chance for him McLean to finally release something worth talking about. The trailer certainly has me intrigued, check it out below.

Dheepan

Director Jacques Audiard

Genre Crime | Drama

Cast Jesuthasan Antonythason, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinansithamby, Vincent Rottiers

Rating R

Release Date May 13th, 2016

“Dheepan is a Sri Lankan Tamil warrior who flees to France and ends up working as a caretaker outside Paris.”

“Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger. In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Dheepan decides to flee, taking with him two strangers - a woman and a little girl - hoping that they will make it easier for him to claim asylum in Europe. Arriving in Paris, the ‘family’ moves from one temporary home to another until Dheepan finds work as the caretaker of a run-down housing block in the suburbs. He works to build a new life and a real home for his ‘wife’ and his ‘daughter’, but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens his war wounds, and Dheepan is forced to reconnect with his warrior’s instincts to protect the people he hopes will become his true family.”

Maggie's Plan

Director Rebecca Miller

Genre Comedy

Cast Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph

Rating R

Release Date May 20th, 2016

“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.”

“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 and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and in a quandary: what do you do when you suspect your man and his ex wife are actually perfect for each other?”

Green Room

Director Jeremy Saulnier

Genre Crime | Horror | Thriller

Cast Imogen Poots, Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart

Rating R

Release Date April 29th, 2016

“After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.”

Green Room sort of came out of nowhere but it looks intense. Starring Imogen Poots and Anton Yelchin, this looks to be a cult-classic in the making and I for one am excited for it. Check out the trailer below.

Mother's Day

Director Garry Marshall

Genre Comedy

Cast Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Timothy Olyphant

Rating PG-13

Release Date April 29th, 2016

“Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.”

Mother's Day is directed by Garry Marshall who was the man behind the camera for the 1990 classic Pretty Woman, and he more recently directed The Princess Diaries and Runaway Bride. The film has an absolutely stellar cast including Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Sudeikis, and many others. The film will release in theaters just before Mother's Day on Friday, April 29th. Check out the trailer below.

High-Rise

Director Ben Wheatley

Genre Drama

Cast Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans

Rating R

Release Date May 13th, 2016 (Limited)

“Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.”

A British sci-fi thriller, High-Rise  is based on the 1975 novel of the same name written by English author J.G. Ballard. The film is directed by Ben Wheatley and includes and all-star cast with the likes of Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, and Luke Evans. The film will receive a limited theatrical release in the U.S. on April 28th, 2016. Check out the trailer below.