Cinema: the best new releases to see this month

The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan (15)

Now showing

In this new version of the classic French tale, D’Artagnan is left for dead after trying to save a young woman from being kidnapped. He arrives in Paris, determined to do all he can to find his attackers, a search that leads him to some dangerous enemies, none worse than Milady de Winter.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (12A)

Now showing

Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton star in this film based on the best-selling book of the same name. Recently retired, Harold Fry (Broadbent) is well into his 60s and happy to fade away into the background until he learns that an old friend, Queenie, is dying. He sets off to the post box to send her a letter and decides to keep on walking – all the way to her hospice, 450 miles away.

Perhaps he didn’t trust the post to deliver but Harold Fry kept on walking

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (12A) Out on Friday 5th May

The band of misfits are back in the latest Marvel blockbuster. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team to defend the universe.

Book Club: The Next Chapter (12A) Out on Friday 12th May

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen are reunited for a highly anticipated sequel that follows the four friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls’ trip they never had. But when things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing holiday turns into a once-in-a lifetime cross-country adventure.

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

(PG)

Out on Friday 19th May

A candidate for the film title with the most punctuation marks in it so far this year, this is based on Judy Blume’s groundbreaking novel from over 50 years ago. In it, 11-year-old Margaret is uprooted from her life in New York City for the suburbs of New Jersey in a coming of age story filled with humour and candid exploration of some of life’s bigger questions.

The Little Mermaid (PG) Out on Friday 26th May

A live action movie version from Disney of the much-loved story in which Ariel, the youngest of King Triton’s daughters, longs to find out more about life beyond the sea and, while visiting the surface, meets and falls in love with the dashing Prince Eric. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch Ursula which gives her a chance to experience life on land but, ultimately places her life – and her father’s crown – in jeopardy.