COMING SOON: May 2010
This is it, folks! Summer starts today! “Iron Man 2” kicks off the summer movie season this weekend which will once again consist of the requisite blockbusters. But don’t discount all the informative documentaries, indie gems and sleeper hits we’ll see in theaters over the next four months. That’s right, four months of summer . Ever since the success of “Twister”, released in early May of 1996, studios have bumped up the season a month, loading cineplexes and arthouses from May to August. But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, there’s enough going on this month alone to occupy our interest.
I could go into more detail, but comingsoon.net’s The Weekend Warrior aka Edward Douglas has covered it all here.
So, let’s take a look at this month’s theatrical releases and keep in mind these release dates are subject to change. Also, some of these films will be released initially in LA or NY with a wider release (hopefully) within the following weeks.
MAY 7th
- Iron Man 2 (regular theaters and IMAX)
- Babies
- Badmaash Company (limited)
- Casino Jack and the United States of Money (NY, LA)
- Happiness Runs (NY; LA release: May 14)
- The Lightkeepers (LA)
- Mother and Child (NY, LA)
- Multiple Sarcasms (limited)
- The Oath (NY)
- Ocean of Pearls (limited)
- OSS 117: Lost In Rio (NY, LA)
- Trash Humpers (NY; LA release: May 14)
MAY 14th
- Daddy Longlegs (NY)
- Just Wright
- Letters to Juliet
- Looking for Eric (NY)
- Princess Kaiulani (limited)
- Robin Hood
MAY 21st
- 180 South: Conquerors of the Useless (limited)
- After the Cup: The Sons of Sakhnin United (NY; LA release: May 28)
- Holy Rollers (limited)
- John Rabe (limited)
- Kites (NY; The Remix release: May 28)
- MacGruber
- Perrier’s Bounty (limited)
- Racing Dreams (limited)
- Shrek Forever After (3D/2D theaters and IMAX 3D)
- Solitary Man (limited)
May 27th
May 29th
- Agora (limited)
- The Father of My Children (limited)
- George A. Romero Survival of the Dead (limited)
- Micmacs (NY; LA release: June 4)
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
