Entertainment Weekly - May 11, 2018

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SUPERHEROES

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Directed byAnthony Russo and Joe Russo

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Zoe Saldana W

There is something thrilling about watching just how much

fun the Russos and writers Christopher Markus and

Stephen McFeely are having messing with the fans here.B

RBG  Directed byJulie Cohen and Betsy West

Starring Ruth Bader Ginsburg L

RBG is a smart, spiky valentine to Supreme Court Justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg—celebrating the scrunchie-wearing

octogenarian not just as a folk hero and millennial

meme but as a wife, a warrior, and a true iconoclast.A

HORROR/THRILLER

ANON  Directed byAndrew Niccol

Starring Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried N

Anon is “Cambridge Analytica on crack,” says writer-

director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca,The Host). “I always wanted

to do a movie about privacy and the fact that there was

never a war for privacy, because we already lost.”

BEAST  Directed byMichael Pearce

Starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn L

“This is a love story wrapped in a rebellion against

conservatism,” says Jessie Buckley. “We all have the ability

to be dangerous and do things which are morally wrong.”

REVENGE  Directed byCoralie Fargeat

StarringMatilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent ColombeL

A rich playboy’s mistress (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz)

goes from hunted to hunter in Coralie Fargeat’s stylish,

bloody, and excruciatingly tense payback thriller.B+

MOMS

THE ESCAPE  Directed byDominic Savage

Starring Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper L

“A lot of men leave their families, but if a woman does it

she’s seen as a monster. I just wanted to show why a

woman might do that and have people not immediately

make a judgment about her,” Gemma Arterton says.

OVERBOARD  Directed byBob Fisher and Rob Greenberg

Starring Anna Faris, Eugenio Derbez, Eva Longoria W

TheMom star on the comedy remake: “My character is a

single mother with a lot of struggles.... We’re taking a movie

that’s beloved and updating the themes and messages.”

THE SEAGULL  Directed byMichael Mayer

Starring Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Corey Stoll L

For this film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play, Annette

Bening says that a camera “can sneak into moments that

the stage just can’t.” She plays selfish actress mother Irina.

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

:© MARVEL STUDIOS 2018;

RBG

: MAGNOLIA PICTURES;

OVERBOARD

: METRO GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURES/PANTELION FILMS;

THE SEAGULL

: WALLY MCGRADY/SONY PICTURES CLASSICS;

REVENGE

: SHUDDER/NEON