What To Watch This Weekend – Cinema & Streaming (May 1)

IT’S NEVER OVER: JEFF BUCKLEY (IN CINEMAS NOW)
Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (DELIVER US FROM EVIL, JANIS: LITTLE GIRL BLUE, WEST OF MEMPHIS), covers the life of the rising young star with an otherworldly voice and boundary-pushing artistry, who left the ’90s music world reeling when he died suddenly, at age 30, after the release of his critically acclaimed debut album “Grace.” Told through never-before-seen footage from Buckley’s archives and intimate accounts from his mother Mary Guibert, former partners Rebecca Moore and Joan Wasser, Jeff’s former bandmates, including Michael Tighe and Parker Kindred, and luminaries like Ben Harper and Aimee Mann, IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY illuminates one of modern music’s most influential and enigmatic figures.

THEY WILL KILL YOU (RENT OR BUY ON DIGITAL)
From New Line Cinema and Nocturna comes THEY WILL KILL YOU. The film unleashes a blood-soaked, high-octane horror-action-comedy in which a young woman must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering in a uniquely brazen, big screen battle of epic kills and wickedly dark humor.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (STREAMING ON HBO MAX)
A bold and original interpretation of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights stars Australians Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness. 

LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY (IN CINEMAS NOW)
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace— eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

MICHAEL (IN CINEMAS NOW)
The film tells the story of Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world.

GOAT (RENT OR BUY ON DIGITAL)
From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-ManTM: Across the Spider-Verse and the artists that made KPop Demon Hunters, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world. The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will’s new teammates aren’t thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionise the sport and prove once and for all that “smalls can ball!”

MAN ON FIRE (NETFLIX)
To keep her safe, he’ll burn it all down. Emmy Winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is John Creasy in Man on Fire. The intense new series debuts April 30th, only on Netflix.

SWAPPED (NETFLIX)
Swapped is a buddy comedy about a small woodland creature, voiced by Academy Award winner Michael B. Jordan, and a majestic bird (Juno Temple). When these two natural sworn enemies of The Valley suddenly swap bodies, they must team up, while walking in each other’s feathers and fur, to survive the wildest adventure of their lives. Swapped also stars Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer and Justina Machado and debuts May 1, only on Netflix.

WIDOWS BAY (APPLE TV)
A New England mayor trying to boost tourism on his island must navigate strange events suggesting it might be cursed.