May films

by Drew 23 April 2017

La La Land

Mia (Emma Stone), an aspiring actress enamoured with a romanticised version of old-time Hollywood and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a dedicated jazz pianist looking to do his part in preserving a dying musical style, struggle to make ends meet whilst pursuing their dreams in modern day Los Angeles. Not as saccharine sweet as you might expect and has a soundtrack that will burrow right into your skull.

Passengers

A quarter of the way into an 120 year space journey to leave Earth and colonise a distant planet, the hibernation pods of mechanical engineer Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) and journalist, Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) malfunction (or do they) leaving them awake and facing 90 years alone in space together. Romance blossoms between them until they discover what caused them to wake up.

Lion

A five year old boy, Saroo, finds himself stranded in Calcutta with no way of returning home 1000 miles away. After a spell living on the streets and in an orphanage, he is adopted by an Australian family and taken to live in Tasmania. 25 years later, Saroo is obsessed with piecing together his childhood memories with images from Google Earth in order to track down his biological family. Dev Patel is good as the adult Saroo but it's youngster Sunny Pawar that shines as the five-year-old Saroo in this heartwarming tale.

Toni Erdmann

Winifried (Peter Simonischek), a mischievous music teacher fails in an attempt to reconnect with his stuffy career driven daughter, Ines (Sandra Hüller). In a last ditch effort, he dons a bad suit, wig and crooked teeth and adopt the guise of Toni Erdmann, a flashy life coach that muscles his way into her professional and social life. You may feel that a three hour German comedy isn't your thing, but Toni Erdmann is not only consistently funny throughout, it is also up there in the top films of 2016.