BeatRoute Magazine AB Edition May 2019

MOViES|T.V.
THIS MONTH IN FILM
GODZILLA: KING
OF THE MONSTERS
May 31
In what sounds like every kid’s
dream come to life no matter
their generation, Godzilla
returns in all his CGI glory
and must battle his long-time
nemesis’ Rodan, Mothra, and the
three-headed dragon, King Ghodirah.
It’s wish-fulfillment with an
interesting cast including Kyle
Chandler, Millie Bobbie Brown
and Sally Hawkins.
ROCKET MAN
May 31
Taron Egerton has gone all in
with the Elton John ‘biopic’ he
has described as not so much
a biopic but an R-rated fantasy
musical. Committing to the role
by singing - not miming - every
song, and doing his best at
mastering the piano, Egerton
plays Elton as the film takes
our hand through various
moments in the life that saw
a child prodigy emerge as a
musical legend. Will we see
more music biopic Bohemian
Rhapsody magic here?
1985
April 25
Stories from the past often
resonate with even more
vibrancy when told through the
lens of reflection. Directed by
Yen Tan, 1985 is the story of
Adrian, played by Cory Michael
Smith, a young man who returns
home to Texas to tell his family
and friends of his contraction of
AIDS during the 80s epidemic.
ÁGA
May 9
A film almost as much about
the cold, harsh environment of
the Russian far-North as the
indigenous Yakut people who
live there. We follow Nanook
and Sedna, two elderly Yakuts
who do their best to cling to the
old ways, while everyone - and
everything - slowly slips away.
Directed by Milko Lazarov, Ága
closed out the 2018 Berlin Film
Festival.
By Brendan Lee
BiNGEWORTHY
GOOD OMENS
NETWORK:
AMAZON PRIME
AIR DATE: May 29
It was 1990 when beloved
authors Neil Gaiman and the late
Terry Pratchett published the
epic, eccentric, and wholly unique
Good Omens novel. Now, after
years in development, and after a
posthumous letter from Pratchett
to Gaiman that urged him to
continue with the series after his
death, Crowley the demon and
Arizaphale the angel are now
ready for prime time.
The story follows the two
representatives of Heaven and Hell
on Earth (played by Michael Sheen
and David Tennant), as each must
work in unison as the world prepares
for the coming of the antichrist.
With the six part miniseries
penned and showrun by Gaiman
himself, the series promises to
be proficiently ‘out there.’
WHEN THEY SEE US
NETWORK:
NETFLIX
AIR DATE: May 29
In 1989, five juvenile
males were falsely
convicted of
brutally raping a
jogger, and the
media had them
vilified. Despite
flimsy evidence
and false
confessions,
the teenagers
spent between
six and 13 years behind bars —
then private citizen Trump wanted
them executed. This is their story.
Created, written, and directed by
Avu DuVernay (Wrinkle in Time),
the limited series boasts a strong
ensemble cast and emerges in a
current climate where truth and
accuracy in the news and the justice
system has never been more
important.
INTO THE DARK: ALL THAT
WE DESTROY (EPISODE 8)
NETWORK:
HULU
AIR DATE: May 3
Hulu is trying something a little different
and it seems to be working.
In October, they released the first
episode in a year long
horror anthology series
that began a 12-episode
jigsaw that sees
episode eight, ‘All That
We Destroy,’ releasing
this May. Each episode
is based around
a holiday in the month
that it’s released,
Mother’s
Day is
the
chosen
theme
this
time
Jharrel Jerome as
Korey Wise in Netflix’s
When They See Us.
David Tennant (left) and
Michael Sheen in Good Omens.
around (oh no...).
The episode follows a geneticist
who fears her son may be on the
verge of becoming a serial killer,
so she does what any sane mother
would do. This lovely woman creates
a few clones which she uses
to stage the scene of the son’s
first murder, to hopefully cure him
of ever doing it again.
THE RAIN: SEASON 2
NETWORK:
NETFLIX
AIR DATE: May 17
A Danish post-apocalyptic Netflix
series about killer rain set to
storm into its damp and raucous
second season. The first eight
episodes told the story of a horrible
Scandinavian viral epidemic,
transmitted via rainfall, that nearly
wiped out civilization.
Six years later, a Danish
brother and sister find the nerve
to ascend from their bunker and
set out in search of their scientist
father, who left them alone and
never came back.
The children meet other
survivors in their quest throughout
season one, with the finale
foreshadowing some very dark
implications surrounding the
origin of the virus, and the terrible
possibilities of what’s to come.
It can become tiresome
watching the same old American
shows, so if you’re looking to see
a somewhat familiar story told
in an unfamiliar setting, look no
further - but don’t forget to bring
an umbrella. By Brendan Lee
MAY 2019 BEATROUTE 41