As has already happened with regard to TV series, the catalog of streaming platforms in the month of May it is also enriched with new films. In fact, over the next few weeks, several titles will arrive on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ that may be popular with the public, both the younger ones, who perhaps see Nicholas Galitzine Of The idea of you a new idol, both for those nostalgic for great music who will be able to watch an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the Beatles. Here are the films you absolutely must see in May on on-demand streaming platforms.
All the streaming news for May
Films coming to Netflix
You are in the soul
One of the most anticipated releases among those of May is without a doubt You are in the soul, the film that retraces the fundamental stages of the career of Gianna Nannini, one of the most followed and loved rock stars on the Italian music scene. The real heart of the film, however, is not the success and fame achieved by the singer of the song You are in the soul, but rather the path, not always easy and often perilous, that pushed her to pursue the dream of music. Precisely for this reason the young girl plays Gianna Nannini Letizia Toni, who looks a lot like the singer and above all can be credible in describing the artist’s most youthful phase. The direction of the film is entrusted to Cinzia Th Torriniwho has a long experience in cinema and TV behind him. You are in the soul is available on Netflix starting May 2nd.
Unfrosted: the story of an American snack
There are things, objects and brands which are now part of our collective imagination. But how were they born? What is the story of their origin? These are questions that the film answers Unfrosted: the story of an American snack, available for streaming on Netflix starting May 3. The feature film is set in 1936 Michigan and begins with the historic competition between Kellogg’s and Post. Always on opposite sides of the cereal market, the two companies are now ready to go to war to decide which is the best cereal snack to accompany breakfast for Americans and beyond. Unfrosted is a canonical biographical film that tells the dreams and ambitions of entrepreneurs who were able to look beyond their own noses. The cast of the film is full of actors, from the protagonist Jerry Seinfeld to Melissa McCarthy, Hugh Grant And Amy Shumer.
Atlas
We will have to wait until May 24th to see Jennifer Lopez go back to playing a thriller. Atlas is the story of Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a woman who works as a data analyst and is so good at her job that she looks with skepticism if not outright fear at the artificial intelligence that is now dominating every aspect of reality. In a dystopian and futuristic world, Atlas must capture an android who seems to be linked to her by something that happened in the woman’s past. Soon, however, things get bad for Atlas and the woman risks being the cause of a huge tragedy. At that point the character played by Jennifer Lopez understands that the only way she can save humanity from artificial intelligence is to collaborate with it.
Films streaming on Prime Video
The idea of you
Based on the novel of the same name, The Idea of you is the film available on Prime Video starting from May 2nd. The story follows the events of Solène (played by Anne Hathaway), a divorced mother who works as an art gallery owner and hasn’t quite gotten over the betrayal perpetrated by her ex-husband. Everything changes, however, when Solène accompanies her teenage daughter to the Coachella Music Festival, where she meets singer Hayes (Nicholas Galitzine), leader of a band of which his daughter was a huge fan during childhood. Although he is much younger than her, Hayes is struck by Solène, to the point of wanting to get back in touch with her and start a relationship. When the relationship between the two reaches the press, however, Solène must decide what the real priorities of her life are.
A splendid disaster 2 – The wedding
For the more romantic viewers or for those who have already seen the first chapter, it will arrive streaming on Prime Video on May 17th A splendid disaster 2 – The wedding. In the film we will find Abby (Virginia Gardner) and Travis (Dylan Sprouse) who find themselves married at dawn on a wild night in the city of Las Vegas, where they also managed to win a poker table. Accompanied by friends who have already witnessed their past disasters, the two protagonists will find themselves grappling with a question that perhaps neither of them has the courage to ask themselves: is marriage something real destined to last, or just the fruit of yet another problem that will complicate their existence?
Boy Kills World
The list of new films available on Prime Video in May ends with Boy Kills World, feature film that belongs to the dystopian genre and which will enter the streaming catalog on May 27th. The protagonist of the story is Bill Skarsgard (whom most remember for his frightening interpretation of Pennywise in the two recent films dedicated to IT), a deaf and dumb boy who lives inside his head. In fact, with difficulty communicating with the outside world, the protagonist lives in the world populated by his fervent and strong imagination. Everything changes, however, when his family is brutally killed and the boy is “welcomed” by a mysterious shaman who reveals to him that in his sometimes childish imagination there may be hidden a weapon capable of making the difference in the fight between good and evil. bad.
What to watch on Disney+
Let it be
The month of May, on Disney+, is a month dedicated above all to TV series. This, however, does not mean that Walt Disney’s streaming platform does not have interesting titles on the more cinematic side. The flagship title, however, is without a doubt Let it be, which will be available starting May 8th. The feature film is, in reality, the restored version of the film released in 1970, in one of the key periods in the history of Beatles, which were now on the verge of dissolution.
Thanks to a remastering of the sound and new material never seen before, Let it be it is a title not to be missed for music lovers, who will have the opportunity to “spy” on the Beatles while they recorded and wrote what would later become the album that gives the film its title.
