Monthly Movie Guide is a Monthly Series to keep you the moviegoer updated about upcoming in-theater big studio films in release.
At the beginning of 2018, May started off with the promise of being the highest grossing movie month of the year. However, with Avengers: Infinity War moved to April, it drastically changed the tide, leaving May with a pretty weak start that will rely on last week blockbusters to carry the load.
Overboard
May 4
Here we have a remake of the 1987 RomCom classic that starred Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. The remake is led by Anna Farris as the poor, blue collar mother who dupes a wealthy man with memory loss (Eugenio Derbez) into being with her. Don’t expect much besides a few cheap laughs here. I imagine the biggest draw to the original was its star power, which isn’t very well replicated in the remake.
Life of the Party
May 11
Melissa McCarthy leads here as a recently divorced woman who now has the time to finish her degree. She decides to attend the same school as her daughter, where they can bond as she gets to endure the true college experience. This should be a cute, mother/daughter bonding type movie. The trailer offers quite a few laughs, and McCarthy always shines despite the strength of the script she’s dealt. Don’t expect critics to love this one, but it should be an enjoyable watch.
Deadpool 2
May 18
Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) is back to protect a child from the futuristic killing machine, Cable (Josh Brolin). To do so, he’ll need to unite his old crew with some new faces to create the X-Force. Even if this doesn’t capture the magic of the original, it’s still guaranteed to make you laugh and will be a fun watch. It will live and die with its dialogue, so it’s fortunate for us that the writers from the original are back for the sequel.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
May 25
Here we have the film that gives us some background into one of the most famous movie characters, Han Solo, originally brought to the screen by Harrison Ford. Probably safe to say that Alden Ehrenreich won’t be able to match Ford’s performance, but if he can bring some of the sarcasm and wit that Ford offered then it should be an enjoyable watch. Bolstered by a strong cast and great director (Ron Howard), we should have a good movie on our hands