WATCH LIST: The Royal Wedding Airs Live On HBO, "Deadpool 2" In Theaters, "Hurricane Bianca: From Russia With Hate" On VOD!
In Theaters
RuPaul, Stanley Tucci, and Natasha Lyonne appear in this zany caper comedy about a police dog (voiced by Ludacris) and FBI agent (Will Arnett) who go undercover at a Las Vegas dog show. (May 18, Global Road Entertainment)
A "prequel" of sorts to classic documentary Grey Gardens, this previously lost footage captures the eccentric Little Edie and Big Edie Beale at their completely decrepit East Hampton mansion while they host visitors including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and Mick Jagger. (May 18, Sundance Selects)
Ryan Reynolds returns as the R-Rated Marvel mutant mercenary, who this time assembles an X-Men team including queer members Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand), girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna), and Shatterstar (Lewis Tan) to combat a cyborg named Cable (Josh Brolin). Just as filthy and even more meta than the first - Deadpool calls Cable "Thanos" at one point, referencing the Marvel villain Brolin plays in Avengers: Infinity War - GLAAD has already praised the film for its LGBT inclusiveness. (May 18, Fox)
DVD/Blu-Ray/Video on Demand
Chemistry teacher Richard Martinez aka Bianca Del Rio is again pitted against nemesis Debbie Ward (Rachel Dratch), whose new diabolical plot takes Bianca to Russia. A bevy of cameos includes Wanda Sykes, Cheyenne Jackson, Janeane Garofolo, and Drag Race’s Shangela, Katya, Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, and more. (VOD, Wolfe)
TV/Streaming
The suicide of a teenage girl named Hannah (Katherine Langford), motivated by a sexual assault, and classmates involved including closeted lesbian Courtney (Michele Selene Ang) is further explored in this second season, which is part courtroom drama. (Netflix)
Laverne Cox, Megan Mullally, Hillary Duff, Jean Smart, Molly Shannon and Jon Cryer probe their family trees and histories—and as always find some surprises—in this latest season of the reality series. (May 21, TLC)
Hosted by Kelly Clarkson, this year's awards features performances Christina Aguilera, Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lopez, and a double reunion of Salt-N-Pepa and En Vogue to celebrate the latter’s 30th anniversary of being the first female rappers to make the Billboard Top 40. 8pm. (May 20, NBC)
Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon’s loopy news anchor alter-egos, Cord Hosenbeck and Trish Cattigan, host this live telecast of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding. Airs live at 7:30am EST on HBO Now and HBO Go with an evening replay at 9:45pm. (May 19, HBO)
