Movies Opening This Weekend – May 11th, [videos]

Jim Carrey, Melissa McCarthy, Debby Ryan, Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham and director Eric Stoltz are all on the silver screen this weekend with Hollywood’s latest releases. If you like documentaries, you’ll enjoy ‘Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat’ a film that details the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat living in New York in his early years before being discovered. If you’re a fan of animation, then ‘Lu Over the Wall’ is for the whole family; the story of a bored student who opens his imagination to a new friend Lu his pet mermaid. The film ‘Anything’ is a love story for the ages, and ‘Breaking In’ starring Gabrielle Union and Billy Burke is for those that love a real thriller.

Our pick of the week stars Melissa McCarthy, a middle-aged woman who becomes a divorced middle-aged woman, going back to college to finally get her degree. This film is funny and relevant to those that are still paying their student loans.

Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017)
(NR) 78 min – Documentary
Director: Sara Driver
Stars: Alexis Adler, Fab 5 Freddy, Patricia Field, Coleen Fitzgibbon

American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was an unknown in his early days, but Sara Driver the director pulls back the curtain on the early days of New York City with its counter-culture from the 1970s and ’80s, and how real life shaped this legendary artist. [watch trailer]

Lu Over the Wall (2017)
(PG) 112 min – Animation
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Stars: Kanon Tani, Shôta Shimoda, Shin’ichi Shinohara, Akira Emoto

Kai is a bored middle school student whose life becomes very interesting after meeting Lu, a mermaid. [watch trailer]

Anything (2017)
(R) 94 min – Romance
Director: Timothy McNeil
Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Matt Bomer, Maura Tierney, Margot Bingham

This is a story about the remarkable, unimaginable, delightful possibility of real love. [watch trailer]

Dark Crimes (2016)
(R) 92 min – Crime
Director: Alexandros Avranas
Stars: Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Kati Outinen

In the vein of ‘Mask’ starring Jim Carey, a business is murdered but has left clues in a book that details a nearly identical crime. Inspired by the ‘True Crimes – A postmodern murder mystery,’ David Grann article in 2008, Jim Carey delivers an incredible performance. [watch trailer]

Class Rank (2017)
(NR) 108 min – Comedy
Director: Eric Stoltz
Stars: Skyler Gisondo, Olivia Holt, Kristin Chenoweth, Bruce Dern

Hollywood comes to your local school board, my friend. This is the tale of two outsiders who team up to take over a local school board. The two politically ambitious school board invaders realize it’s not going to be as easy as they thought. [watch trailer]

Beast (2017)
(R) 107 min – Drama
Director: Michael Pearce
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James, Trystan Gravelle

A young French woman finds herself between her family and the allure of a seductive new resident who may have committed a string of brutal murders. [watch trailer]

Breaking In (2018)
(PG-13) 88 min – Thriller
Director: James McTeigue
Stars: Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke, Richard Cabral, Ajiona Alexus

What will a mother do to protect her family when her home is under attack? You won’t want to find out but you will in this thriller. Gabrielle Union is a star that needs your attention. [watch trailer]

Revenge (2017)
Certificate R 108 min – Action | Thriller
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède

Okay guys, lesson number one. Never take your mistress on your yearly guy’s vacation. No, this is not a comedy but a thriller of the mistress hunting down everyone in her way. [watch trailer]

Life of the Party (2018)
(PG-13) 105 min – Comedy
Director: Ben Falcone
Stars: Gillian Jacobs, Melissa McCarthy, Debby Ryan, Adria Arjona

Melissa McCarthy returns to the silver screen, reminding us why we love her. After her husband asks for a divorce out of the blue, a 50s mother decided to go back to college to finally get her degree. Think Rodney Dangerfield in ‘Back to School’ with a better script, and you’ll have this film on your list of ‘to do’s this weekend. [watch trailer]

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