THE JOURNAL
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams in 28 Years Later (2025)
From edge-of-seat action films and the latest releases from legendary directors, to much-anticipated sequel seasons coming to the small screen, discover MR PORTER’s picks of the film and TV releases not to miss this month.
28 Years Later
Danny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic zombie horror is back, reuniting the director and writer Alex Garland – as well as original star Cillian Murphy as an exec-producer (and possibly with a cameo?). The sequel to 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later fast-forwards almost three decades, and the world is still reckoning with the rage virus. But now it has evolved. With Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Jack O’Connell, the trailer sets up a truly terrifying return.
In cinemas 20 June
Materialists
Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal in Materialists (2025)
Celine Song’s semi-autobiographical feature film debut Past Lives, which starred Greta Lee, entranced audiences and critics alike in 2023. Her next outing is already garnering great anticipation: Materialists is a romantic comedy about an elite New York matchmaker who falls into a toxic love triangle, featuring an all-star cast – Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
In cinemas 13 June
F1
Damson Idris and Brad Pitt in F1 (2025)
Brad Pitt takes the wheel as a former Formula One star who comes out of retirement to mentor a new racing prodigy (Damson Idris). From Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski and screenwriter Ehren Kruger, with footage filmed trackside at Grand Prix events, you’ll catch glimpses of real-life racers including Sir Lewis Hamilton (who also acts as a producer), Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, Lando Norris, George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri.
In cinemas 25 June; 27 June (US)
Mountainhead
Cory Michael Smith, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman and Ramy Youssef in Mountainhead (2025)
Succession’s seven-time Emmy-winning creator Jesse Armstrong makes his feature-film directorial debut with familiar thematic territory. The plot follows a group of billionaire friends on a boys’ trip to the mountains, backdropped by an international crisis, starring Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef and Cory Michael Smith.
Out on 31 May
Nine Perfect Strangers
Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Dolly De Leon, Murray Bartlett, Aras Aydin, Christine Baranski,Annie Murphy and Henry Golding in Nine Perfect Strangers (2025)
Ultra-luxurious, terribly toxic mountain resorts must be trending. Nicole Kidman returns as the sinister guru Masha Dmitrichenko for season two of Nine Perfect Strangers. And she brings with her a new, unsuspecting cohort – featuring Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus) and Christine Baranski (Mamma Mia!). This time, the ominous wellness retreat takes place in the Austrian Alps.
On Hulu from 22 May
Squid Game
Jo Yuri, Yang Dong-geun, Kim Jun-hee, Cho Hyun Ju and Park Sung-hoon in Squid Game (2024)
The third and final outing of Netflix’s South Korean dystopian thriller is imminent. With the action picking up from the brutal cliffhanger at the end of season two, it looks set to be a suitably perilous, sofa-gripping finale to the smash-hit show. Let the games begin.
On Netflix from 27 June
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
With an epic run time of nearly three hours, the eighth instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise sees Tom Cruise as agent Ethan Hunt continuing the quest started in the previous film, Dead Reckoning, to destroy a world-threatening AI, “the Entity”.
In cinemas from 21 May; 23 May (US)
From The World Of John Wick: Ballerina
A spin-off of the John Wick franchise that takes place between the events of the third and fourth films. This stars Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro, a ballerina-assassin, who is out to seek revenge for her father’s death. Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves reprise their roles.
In cinemas 6 June
The Phoenician Scheme
Benicio Del Toro and Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
A Wes Anderson release is always cause for high-octane expectation. So, get ready to herald the vivid auteur’s latest – a true-to-form, kaleidoscopically saturated, family and espionage saga, co-written with Roman Coppola. The ensemble cast sees the black comedy bring together a suitably vibrant lineup, including Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade and Imad Mardnli.
In cinemas 23 May
Sinners
Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael B Jordan, Miles Caton and Li Jun Li in Sinners (2025)
From the Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler comes this spine-tingling, unsettling supernatural thriller, with Michael B Jordan playing twin brothers in the dual lead role. Set in 1930s Mississippi, it also boasts a brilliant supporting cast that includes Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku and Jayme Lawson.
In cinemas now
The Uninvited
Rufus Sewell, Walton Goggins, Lois Smith, Elizabeth Reaser and Eva De Dominici in The Uninvited (2024)
If you’re already missing Walton Goggins on your screen following the finale of The White Lotus season three, then mark this comedy-of-errors drama in your calendar. Goggins stars as a Hollywood agent who, along with his stage actress wife (Elizabeth Reaser), hosts a party for a major client (Rufus Sewell), with Pedro Pascal also co-starring as a troubled talent on the rise. But the night unravels when an unexpected guest (Lois Smith) shows up. The film, which debuted at South by Southwest Festival, is the first narrative film from writer-director Nadia Conners, who is Goggins’ real-life partner.
In cinemas now
The Accountant 2
The follow-up to 2016’s action-thriller The Accountant sees Ben Affleck reprise his role as the money-laundering accountant Christian Wolff, who has a knack for solving highly complex problems. The sequel reunites Affleck with director Gavin O’Connor and co-stars Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson and JK Simmons, with Wolff drawn into investigating a deadly, cryptic puzzle when he finds out an old acquaintance has been murdered.
In cinemas now
Poker Face
Cynthia Erivo and Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face (2025)
Natasha Lyonne is back in her Emmy-nominated role, playing Charlie Cale – the crime-solving cocktail waitress with a talent for being able to tell when someone is lying – in the second season of Rian Johnson’s Poker Face (which Lyonne also writes, directs and exec-produces). Cale is on the run again in season two, stumbling into crime scenes featuring a new cohort of guest stars including Cynthia Erivo, Kumail Nanjiani, Justin Theroux and John Cho.
On Peacock/Sky now
The Four Seasons
Marco Calvani, Colman Domingo, Tina Fey and Will Forte in The Four Seasons (2025)
Former Date Night co-stars Tina Fey and Steve Carell reunite onscreen in this comedy-series adaptation of Alan Alda’s 1981 romcom, in which a group of old friends take a trip away together, only for it to be upended by the news that one of the couples is splitting up.
On Netflix now
The Last Of Us
In a season of long-awaited, cliffhanger TV sequels (Severance, The White Lotus…), it’s safe to say that the second season of post-apocalyptic thriller The Last Of Us has been the most anticipated of them all. And now the two-year wait for more zombie-slaying antics from Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey is over. With the same gory action we saw in the award-sweeping first season, Pascal and Ramsey’s Joel and Ellie return to fight zombie world domination in the series we’re all talking about.
On HBO Max/Sky now
The Studio
There are showbiz showdowns galore in this Apple TV+ comedy. Seth Rogen leads alongside a star-studded lineup of Catherine O’Hara, Bryan Cranston, Kathryn Hahn and Chase Sui Wonders – with a slew of celebrities cameoing as themselves in each episode, including Zoë Kravitz, Martin Scorsese and Charlize Theron. As the newly appointed head of floundering film company Continental Studios, Matt Remick (Rogen) navigates narcissism, brutal reviews, fragile egos, slashed budgets and the increasingly challenging quest for relevance.
On Apple TV+ now