Isn’t it a bummer when you see your favorite movie already playing halfway through when you turn on the TV? Fret not! From rom-com and action to horror and thriller, we’re giving you a heads up on all the must-watch movies on TV from May 4 to May 10, 2020.
May 4, MONDAY
1. The Wedding Singer
(10:40am, Cinemax)
Robbie, a wedding singer, meets Julia, a waitress, at a reception and the two hit it off. He soon learns that she is engaged to another man, who treats her like garbage, and must stop their wedding.
2. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
(11:20am, HBO)
After a successful mission, Quill and his team of galactic defenders meet Ego, a man claiming to be Quill’s father. However, they soon learn some disturbing truths about Ego.
3. Seven Sundays
(5pm, PBO)
Siblings reunite when their father is diagnosed with cancer, and must settle old issues as they spend time together.
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(6:35pm, Fox Movies)
A new order threatens to destroy the New Republic. Finn, Rey and Poe, backed by the Resistance and the Republic, must find a way to stop them and find Luke, the last surviving Jedi.
5. No Other Woman
(11pm, Cinema One)
A woman discovers that her husband is having an affair with a customer’s daughter.
May 5, TUESDAY
1. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
(9:45am, Cinemax)
Upon escaping the maze, Thomas and his friends are shifted to a facility run by Mr Janson. When they realise his intent, they escape, only to face the scorching heat in a lifeless world.
2. Game Night
(12:20pm, HBO)
Max and Annie set out to solve the mystery and find Brooks, Max’s brother, who mysteriously disappeared during their game night.
3. Thor: The Dark World
(3:20pm, FOX Movies)
Thor sets out on a journey to defeat Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves when he returns to Asgard to retrieve a dangerous weapon and fulfill his desire of destroying the Nine Realms.
4. I Love You, Goodbye
(11pm, Cine One)
Lizelle Jimenez is a simple woman from a poor family. She then meets a very wealthy, good-looking, and loving man in the person of Dr. Adrian Benitez. They become lovers and start living together as a happy couple.
May 6, WEDNESDAY
1. Hellboy
(8am, Cinemax)
Towards the end of WWII, the Nazis resort to black magic and conjure a demonic-looking being called Hellboy. But the Allies capture him and he grows up to fight against evil rather than for it.
2. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
(1:15pm, FOX Movies)
Flint Lockwood is an inventor who develops insignificant things. However, when his local sardine cannery shuts down and an economic crisis looms ahead, he decides to put his latest invention to work.
3. Paano Na Kaya
(3pm, Cinema One)
Two longtime friends become romantically involved after he gets dumped by a girlfriend.
4. The Secret Life Of Pets 2
(9pm, HBO)
At a farm, Max meets the sheepdog Rooster who tries to help him overcome his fears. Back home, Gidget loses Max’s favourite toy, while Snowball tries to rescue a white tiger cub, Hu.
May 7, THURSDAY
1. Doctor Strange
(10am, Cinemax)
In an accident, Stephen Strange, a famous neurosurgeon, loses the ability to use his hands. He goes to visit the mysterious Ancient One to heal himself and becomes a great sorcerer under her tutelage.
2. Mission Impossible
(1pm, HBO)
Ethan Hunt, an American special agent, struggles to prove his innocence and catch the real culprit when he is falsely accused of murdering his entire team.
3. Mission: Impossible II
(2:45pm, HBO)
Ethan Hunt, a member of the Impossible Missions Force, is dispatched to Sydney to stop a terrorist organisation from laying their hands on a genetically-engineered virus created in a lab.
4. Mission: Impossible III
(4:45pm, HBO)
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is called out of retirement to rescue one of his students and confront Owen Davian, a ruthless arms dealer, who has kidnapped Julia Meade, Ethan’s wife.
5. Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
(6:50pm, HBO)
When the IMF is wrongly accused of bombing the Kremlin, Ethan and his team race against time to find the real culprits and clear the reputation of their organisation.
6. Mission: Impossible -Fallout
(9pm, HBO)
When the IMF is wrongly accused of bombing the Kremlin, Ethan and his team race against time to find the real culprits and clear the reputation of their organization.
7. Salt
(9pm, Fox Movies)
CIA agent Evelyn Salt’s life takes an ugly turn when she is accused of planning the assassination of the Russian president. However, she flees and sets out to prove her innocence.
May 8, FRIDAY
1. Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay
(4:30am, Cinemax)
When Amanda Waller is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she reassembles the Task Force X to retrieve a mystical black playing card called Get Out of Hell Free.
2. It Takes A Man And A Woman
(7pm, PBO)
The relationship between Miggy and Laida didn’t last, and neither did Miggy’s business success. When Laida returns to help with a presentation to MET, old feelings come to the surface.
3. Bumblebee
(7:10pm, HBO)
After the Civil War, Optimus Prime sends Autobot scout B-127 to Earth to form a base where they can regroup. Later, the scout befriends a girl named Charlie, who names him Bumblebee.
4. Guardians Of The Galaxy
(9pm, Fox Movies)
Peter escapes from the planet Morag with a valuable orb that Ronan the Accuser wants. He eventually forms a group with unwilling heroes to stop Ronan.
May 9, SATURDAY
1. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
(9:35am, HBO)
Percy, who suffers from dyslexia and ADHD, discovers he is a demigod and is accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt. He must find the thief to settle the fight between the gods and save his mother.
2. Memories Of A Geisha
(11:35am, HBO)
Chiyo Sakamoto, a nine-year-old girl, is sold by her underprivileged family to a geisha house. She becomes a victim of unpleasant circumstances, but her fate changes when she meets Mameha.
3. Siargao
(1pm, Cinema One)
A love triangle plays out between a rock singer and two women on the island of Siargao.
4. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
(4:55pm, FOX Movies)
When Major Susan Turner is arrested for treason, ex-investigator Jack Reacher undertakes the challenging task to prove her innocence and ends up exposing a shocking conspiracy.
May 10, SUNDAY
1. Beauty And The Beast
(5:30pm, HBO)
Belle, a beautiful young woman, agrees to live with the Beast in exchange for the return of her abducted father. Soon, Belle discovers that her hideous captor is actually an enchanted prince.
2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(5:50pm, Cinemax)
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
3. Last Fool Show
(5pm, Cinema One)
A director makes new memories with her ex.
4. The Panti Sisters
(7pm, Cinema One)
A father announces to his three sons that he is dying of cancer.
5. Alita: Battle Angel
(9pm, Fox Movies)
Alita, a battle cyborg, is revived by Ido, a doctor, who realizes that she actually has the soul of a teenager. Alita then sets out to learn about her past and find her true identity.
