The Biggest Movies You Can’t Miss in May & June

Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny

In a now famous interview, when asked who would play Indiana Jones when he’s done with the role “Nobody else is going to be Indiana Jones,” Harrison Ford said, “Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones. When I’m gone, he’s gone.”

That absolute swagger both in and out of character is indelibly part of Ford’s appeal as Indiana Jones. Even though the series feels like it’s ended twice already the temptation to trot Indy out to whip some bad guys was too great for Disney, who’s owned the rights to the films since 2012.

Now 80, Ford is back at it again. It’s sort of incredible to think that almost the same space of time that existed between the first films and the time period they’re set in is how far apart The Dial Of Destiny is from the original films. Indiana Jones has grown out of the era of black and white good guys vs bad guys desecrating the tombs of the natives. The writers had to address this directly for this new film. This is why the first twenty minutes of this new film are set in the past, Director James Mangold (Ford Vs. Ferrari, Logan) explained to the Hollywood Reporter.

“It reminds the audience of the contrast between a hero in his physical prime and a hero at 70,” Mangold said. “We’re not relying solely on the audience’s memory of the previous films. It reminds everyone what he’s done, what he’s survived, what he’s accomplished. By showing him in his most hearty and then finding him at 70 in New York City, it produces for the audience a kind of wonderful whiplash of how they’re going to have to readjust and retool their brains for this guy. His past is a live memory for the audience hanging over a man who is now living with anonymity in a world that no longer cares or recognises the things he felt so deeply about. You’re left with a multi-layered perception of his character, both what he was and what he is, and how the world is different between the first 20 minutes of the movie.”

As long as he doesn’t use a fridge as an emergency bunker again.

The Flash

Despite both his own and the Internet’s best efforts, Ezra Miller still has a place in the DCU it seems.

The Flash takes a page out of Spider-man’s playbook and starts playing with universe jumping, restarting the DCU. After messing with time our speedy hero Barry Allen bumps into multiple versions of himself, including the Dark Flash, a twisted and powerful version of himself who travels through dimensions and timelines annihilating his various iterations.

This opens the door for the true drawcard of this movie, Michael Keaton returning to his role as Batman as well as Sasha Calle debuting as Supergirl. We can expect plenty of little cameos from various films. Even Michael Shannon makes an appearance as General Zod, a character decisively killed off in Man of Steel.

Multiple test screenings have reported that this may well be the best DC movie made in a while. This is a depressingly low bar to clear until you get back to 2008’s The Dark Knight.

Fast X

This is the penultimate movie in the series. They’ve had a good run. Eventually they’re bound to run out of gigantic actors and ridiculous things to do with the cars. Universal isn’t sparing any expense on this film, which is the seventh most expensive of all time to make. Filmed across London, Rome, Turin, Lisbon, and Los Angeles. Vin Diesel and co get back together to protect themselves from a bunch of the baddies from previous films who are pissed about their dads getting squished.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Arguably the sequel to one of the best Spider-man movies of all time, Across The Spider-Verse picks up a while after the original, with Miles Morales growing up a little bit, but missing all the alternative versions of himself that mentored him to become the hero he is now. This time the Spider-Verse isn’t quite so friendly, branding him the enemy.

Featuring an all star cast of voice actors, and some gorgeous animation techniques playing throughout, I’m pinning this as my favourite for cross-dimension jumping hero flicks this month.

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