X-Men: Apocalyse & Nice Guys
Popcorn Cinema Show takes a look at the movie releases 20th May 2016 for the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand at the cinema, plus all the weeks film news. This week sees the UK release of X-Men Apocalyse.
Film News
Carry On To Carry On?
Digital Spy report that the Carry On film series is to carry on with a new film named Carry On Doctors. Written by the writers of the sitcom Two Pints of Lager, Tim Dawson and Susan Nickson.
No news on the casting front as yet.
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Casablanca Actress Madeleine LeBeau Passes Away
Madeleine LeBeau, the last surviving star of the classic 1942 film Casablanca has died aged 92. She played the rejected lover of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
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Cinema Releases May 20 2016
Neighbours 2: Sorority Rising (Comedy)
- Released 20th May 2016 US (R) 92 Mins
- Seth Rogen ; Zac Efron ; Rose Byrne ; Chole Grace Moretz
Sequel to the 2014 film, more crazy goings on…
The Angry Birds Movie (Animated Comedy)
- Released 20th May 2016 US (PG) 97 Mins
Big screen outing of everyone’s favourite or most disliked game!
The Nice Guys (Comedy)
- Released 20th May 2016 US (R) 116 Mins
- Russell Crowe ; Ryan Gosling
A private eye (Ryan Gosling) has to work with enforcer Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) in order to solve a missing girl case.
X-Men Apocalyse (Action)
- Released 20th May 2016 UK (12A) 144 Mins
- James McAvoy ; Michael Fassbender ; Jennifer Lawrence ; Oscar Isaac
With the world’s first mutant threatening to cause an extinction level event the X-Men must unite to defeat the threat.
A Hologram For The King (Comedy)
- Released 20th May 2016 UK (12A) 98 Mins
- Tom Hanks ; Ben Whishaw ; Tom Skeritt
Failed businessman Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) goes to Saudi Arabia to sell a holographic teleconferencing system.
Sing Street (Comedy, Drama)
- Released 20th May 2016 UK (12A) 106 Mins
- Lucy Boynton ; Maria Doyle Kennedy ; Jack Reynor ; Kelly Thornton ; Ben Carolan ; Aidan Gillen
Set in 1980s Dublin, Connor is forced to change schools in doing so he meets a girl and in order to impress her starts a band.
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (Animated)
- Released 21st May 2016 UK (U) 64 Mins
More adventures from everyone’s favourite tank engine
Missed any recent cinema releases? No need to worry we have them here
Top 10 Box Office Films
US Box Office
| 1 | Captain America: Civil War | $72,637,142 |
| 2 | The Jungle Book | $17,115,708 |
| 3 | Money Monster (NEW) | $14,788,157 |
| 4 | The Darkness (NEW) | $4,950,859 |
| 5 | Mother’s Day | $3,287,342 |
| 6 | Zootopia | $2,825,734 |
| 7 | The Huntsman: Winter’s War | $2,629,825 |
| 8 | Keanu | $1,924,383 |
| 9 | Barbershop: The Next Cut | $1,668,455 |
| 10 | The Boss | $1,197,715 |
UK Box Office
| 1 | Captain America: Civil War | £2,789,985 |
| 2 | Angry Birds | £2,138,507 |
| 3 | The Jungle Book | £1,628,456 |
| 4 | Bad Neighbours 2 | £1,099,710 |
| 5 | Florence Foster Jenkins | £461,784 |
| 6 | Our Kind of Traitor | £358,180 |
| 7 | Everybody Wants Some!! | £169,764 |
| 8 | 28 Days Later (Secret Cinema 2016) | £158,989 |
| 9 | Eye in the Sky | £153,959 |
| 10 | Green Room | £144,517 |
Dr. Loomis’s Comment
There are the weeks new releases with X-Men Apocalyse bound to receive all the attention.
