Atlantic Ave Magazine May 2022

Gotta See
entertainment | GOTTa SEE By lisa marie
May 6
► Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – In Marvel
Studios’ “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” the MCU
unlocks the Multiverse and pushes its boundaries further than
ever before. Journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange, who,
with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the
mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse
to confront a mysterious new adversary. Benedict Cumberbatch
returns as Doctor Strange, along with Benedict Wong, Rachel
McAdams, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, and Xochitl Gomez.
► Happening (Theaters) - France, 1963. Anne is a bright student
with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant,
the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of
her social background is disappearing. With her final exams fast
approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act now, even
if she must confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison
to do so… “Happening,” also known as L’événement in French, is
directed by French writer/filmmaker Audrey Diwan.
(Teresa Palmer) and husband Anthony (Steven Cree) relocate to
the other side of the world with their surviving son in the hopes
of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing out in the
quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when
Rachel begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and
confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him.
May 13
► Firestarter (Theaters + Peacock) - For over a decade, parents
Andy (Zac Efron) and Vicky (Sydney Lemmon) have been on
the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie (Ryan Kiera
Armstrong) from a shadowy government agency that wants to
harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of
mass destruction. Andy has taught Charlie how to defuse her power,
which is triggered by anger or pain. But as Charlie turns 11, the fire
becomes harder and harder to control. After an incident reveals
the family’s location, a mysterious operative (Michael Greyeyes) is
deployed to hunt down the family and seize Charlie once and for all.
Charlie has other plans.
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► The Twin (Theaters + VOD) - Following the aftermath of a
tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twin sons, Rachel
► The Last Victim (Theaters + VOD) – This is a small-town crime
thriller set in the American southwest, following Sheriff Hickey
who is trying to solve the worst case he has seen in his jurisdiction,
likely caused by a violent local gang led by a fearsome criminal.
When a young professor and her husband cross paths with the
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