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We’re not April Foolin’ around when it comes to the fact that you are in for another absolute banger of a week at the movies, with just some of the selections on offer including a balls-to-the-wall action thriller, a terrifying prequel, the story behind a royal scandal, a Marlon Brando classic, and much more!
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CAST: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ashwini Kalsekar, Adithi Kalkunte, Makarand Deshpande, Joseph J.U. Taylor
CREW: Dev Patel (director, writer, producer), Paul Angunawela and John Collee (writers), Ian Cooper, Basil Iwanyk, Bavand Karim, Erica Lee, Anjay Nagpal, Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Samarth Sahni and Jomon Thomas (producers), Jed Kurzel (composer), Sharone Meir (cinematographer), Joe Galdo, Dávid Jancsó and Tim Murrell (editors)
PLOT: In India, a young man known only as Kid (Patel) makes a meagre living in an underground fight club, where he is regularly beaten by more popular fighters whilst wearing a monkey mask. After years of suppressed rage, Kid manages to infiltrate the city’s corrupt elite, wherein he and his mysteriously scarred hands sets a path for vengeance against the officials that murdered his mother and continue to dominate the helpless…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Monkey Man is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Nell Tiger Free, Sônia Braga, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy, Tawfeek Barhom, Nicole Sorace
CREW: Arkasha Stevenson (director, writer), Tim Smith and Keith Thomas (writers), David S. Goyer and Keith Levine (producers), Mark Korven (composer), Aaron Morton (cinematographer), Amy E. Duddleston and Bob Murawski (editors)
PLOT: Margaret (Free), a young American woman, is sent to Rome in order to begin a life of service to the Church. However, she soon uncovers a dark conspiracy to bring about the birth of the Antichrist, which causes her to start questioning her own faith…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The First Omen is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Lolly Adefope, James Acaster, Ben Ashenden, Paul Kaye, John Macmillan, Nitin Ganatra, Matthew Cottle
CREW: Curtis Vowell (director), Andy Riley (writer), Damian Jones and Matthew James Wilkinson (producers), Rael Jones (composer), Ashley Rowe (cinematographer), Mark Davies and Richard Shaw (editors)
PLOT: During the Dark Ages of Britain, the arrogant Queen Dagan (Wood) is overthrown during a revolution led by the charismatic Humble Joan (Coughlan). Now a fugitive in her own land, with a heavy bounty on her head, Dagan is forced to endure hardships and danger as she embarks with former servant Shulmay (Adefope) and dung-shoveller Bobik (Frost) on a quest to reclaim the throne…
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Seize Them! is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawagodo, Hichem Yacoubi, Doodou Sagna, Khady Sy, Bamar Kane, Cheick Oumar Diaw
CREW: Matteo Garrone (director, writer, producer), Massimo Ceccherini, Massimo Gaudioso and Andrea Tagliaferri (writers), Paolo Del Brocco (producer), Andrea Farri (composer), Paolo Carnera (cinematographer), Marco Spoletini (editor)
PLOT: In Senegal, teenagers Seydou (Sarr) and Moussa (Fall) decide to leave their home in Dakar and travel to Europe for better life opportunities. However, they encounter a number of difficulties on their perilous journey…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Io Capitano is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, Hazuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Miura
CREW: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (director, writer, editor), Satoshi Takada (producer), Eiko Ishibashi (composer), Yoshio Kitagawa (cinematographer), Azusa Yamazaki (editor)
PLOT: In a rural village close to Tokyo, Takumi (Omika) lives a peaceful life with his young daughter Hana (Nishikawa). When a company intends to build a glamping site nearby for city tourists, Takumi realises that the planned construction will have dire consequences for the pristine environment around them…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Evil Does Not Exist is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Shirley Henderson, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Indira Varma, Alan Tudyk, Anne Reid, Sylvester Groth, Jonathan Livingstone, Kwaku Mills, Amber Rose Revah, David Schaal
CREW: Matt Winn (director, writer, composer), James Handel (writer), Sarah Sulick (producer), Matt Cooper (composer), Tristan Oliver (cinematographer), David Freeman (editor)
PLOT: Sarah (Henderson) and Tom (Tudyk) have managed to find a buyer for their London home, which will save them from financial ruin, and have invited their friends Richard (Sewell) and Beth (Williams) over for a final dinner. However, things become morbidly complicated when their other friend Jessica (Varma) makes an unexpected appearance…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Trouble with Jessica is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Jia Ling, Lei Jiayin, Zhang Xiaofei, Zhao Haiyan, Zhang Qi, Xu Jun Cong, Bu Yu, Zhu Tianfu, Liu Honglu, Yang Zi, Li Xueqin, Ma Li, Sha Yi
CREW: Jia Ling (director, writer), Liu Honglu, Sun Jibin, Guo Yupeng and Bu Yu (writers), Li Ning, Tian Tian, Zhou Xiquing and Zhang Wen (producers), Fei Peng (composer), Michael Liu (cinematographer), Xiaolin Zhou (editor)
PLOT: After graduating from college, Le Ying (Ling) chooses to withdraw from society and live a reclusive life in her family’s house. One day, she decides to cautiously venture out into the world, and soon comes across boxing coach Hao Kun (Jiayin), who gives her a whole new lease on life…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Yolo is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, Connor Swindells, Romola Garai, Charity Wakefield, Paul Popplewell, Lia Williams, Theresa Godly
CREW: Philip Martin (director), Geoff Bussetil and Peter Moffat (writers), Radford Neville, Hilary Salmon and Sanjay Singhal (producers), Anne Nikitin and Hannah Peel (composers), Nanu Segal (cinematographer), Kristina Hetherington (editor)
PLOT: In 2019, BBC journalist Emily Maitlis (Anderson) manages to score a televised interview with Prince Andrew (Sewell), who has been linked to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein…
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Scoop is streaming exclusively on Netflix from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, Tanner Buchanan, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Guz Khan, Lucy Punch, Tim Downie, Daisy Jelley
CREW: Alex Pillai (director), Greer Ellison and Alexander J. Farrell (writers), Matt Williams (producer), Rob Lord (composer), Hamish Doyne-Ditmas (cinematographer), Matt Platts-Mills (editor)
PLOT: Amelia (Chandran) and Archie (Croft) are teenagers who have been best friends since childhood, but Archie has struggled to admit his true feelings for her. Just when he is finally about to declare his love for Amelia, Archie is heartbroken to find that she has fallen for Billy Walsh (Buchanan), the new transfer student from America…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
How to Date Billy Walsh is streaming exclusively on Prime Video from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Rudy Mancuso, Camila Mendes, J.B. Smoove, Francesca Reale, Maria Mancuso, Gabriela Amerth, Josanna Vaz, Bia Borin, Anthony Ferrara
CREW: Rudy Mancuso (director, writer, composer), Dan Lagana (writer), McG and Mary Viola (producers), Shane Hurlbut (cinematographer), Melissa Kent (editor)
PLOT: Rudy (Mancuso), a young and directionless street performer in New Jersey, suffers from a rare condition that amplifies everyday noises into complex musical rhythms. He soon meets beautiful fishmonger Isabella (Mendes) who may understand him better than anyone else, but he finds himself torn between her and his frustrated girlfriend Haley (Reale)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Música is streaming exclusively on Prime Video from Thursday 4 April 2024
CAST: Cecilia Bartin, Brooke Taylor, Nisha Murali, Emily Worthmore, Maddie Rowan, Tochi Ihekona, Faith Glasgow
CREW: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (directors, producers), T. Griffin (composer), Daniel Carter, Laura Hudock, Laela Kilbourn, Erynn Patrick Lamont, Keri Oberly, Martina Radwan and Thorsten Thielow (cinematographers), Amy Foote (editor)
PLOT: In Missouri, a group of teenage girls attend a week-long experiment where they are expected to build a democratic government from the ground up…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Girls State is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Mo Gilligan, Simone Ashley, Sophie Okonedo, Zayn Malik, Dylan Llewellyn, Jeremy Swift, Bill Nighy
CREW: Christopher Jenkins (director, writer), Ken Cinnamon and Karen Wengrod (writers), Genevieve Boisvert, Guy Collins, Valérie d’Auteuil, Sean Feeney, Martin Metz, Adrian Politowski, André Rouleau, Rebecca Swift, Patrick Worlock and Yann Zenou (producers), Tom Howe and Geoff Zanelli (composers), Lynn Hobson and Mirenda Ouellet (editors)
PLOT: Beckett (Gilligan) is a self-absorbed cat who takes for granted his pampered life, but when he carelessly uses up all nine of his lives, he makes a deal with Grace (Okonedo), the heavenly gatekeeper to the animal afterlife, to return back to Earth in a different body…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
10 Lives is streaming exclusively on Sky Cinema from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Raphaël Quenard, Pio Marmaï, Blanche Gardin, Sébastien Chassagne, Agnès Hurstel, Jean-Paul Solal, Laurent Nicolas, Mustapha Abourachid, Sava Lolov, Charlotte Laemmel, Franck Lebreton, Félix Bossuet, Agathe L’Huillier, Caroline Piette, Loelia Salvador, Lucie Gallo, Stéphane Pezerat
CREW: Quentin Dupieux (director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor), Hugo Sélignac, Mathieu Verhaeghe and Thomas Verhaeghe (producers)
PLOT: In Paris, during a stage performance of a comedic play, dissatisfied audience member Yannick (Quenard) takes the three actors (Marmaï, Gardin and Chassagne) and his fellow audience members hostage, and forces them to participate in his own play that he claims is better than the one he was watching…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Yannick is streaming exclusively on MUBI from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Dolph Lundgren, Christina Villa, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Paré, Roger Cross, Aaron McPherson
CREW: Dolph Lundgren (director, writer, producer), Hank Hugues and Michael Worth (writers), Craig Baumgarten (producer), Sacha Chaban (composer), Joe M. Han (cinematographer), Darren C. Bui (editor)
PLOT: Travis Johansen (Lundgren), an aging police detective, finds his job is on the line after his less than traditional methods draw bad publicity to his precinct. To save his job, Johansen travels to Mexico in order to extradite Rosa (Villa), a witness to the murder of two DEA agents, but finds himself targeted by criminals on both sides of the law as well as the border…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Wanted Man is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 1 April 2024
CAST: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Eva Marie Saint, John F. Hamilton, Ben Wagner, James Westerfield, Fred Gwynne, Tami Mauriello, Tony Galento, Leif Erickson, Rudy Bond, Martin Balsam, Katherine MacGregor, Pat Hingle, Nehemiah Persoff, Abe Simon, Thomas Handley
CREW: Elia Kazan (director), Budd Schulberg (writer), Sam Spiegel (producer), Leonard Bernstein (composer), Boris Kaufman (cinematographer), Gene Milford (editor)
PLOT: Terry Malloy (Brando), a former prize fighter, works as a longshoreman in New Jersey, where the docks are controlled by ruthless mobster Johnny Friendly (Cobb) and his right-hand man Charley (Steiger), who also happens to be Terry’s older brother. As Terry attempts to connect with Edie (Saint), the sister of a slain co-worker, he struggles to stand against the corruption happening around him…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
On the Waterfront is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
CAST: Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman, Saverio Raimondo, Maya Rudolph, Marco Barricelli, Jim Gaffigan, Peter Sohn, Lorenzo Crisci, Marina Massironi, Sandy Martin, Sacha Baron Cohen
CREW: Enrico Casarosa (director), Jesse Andrews and Mike Jones (writers), Andrea Warre (producer), Dan Romer (composer), David Juan Bianchi and Kim White (cinematographers), Catherine Apple and Jason Hudak (editors)
PLOT: Luca (Tremblay) is a young sea monster who is forbidden from going to the surface by his overprotective parents (Rudolph and Gaffigan). Soon, he befriends Alberto (Grazer), a fellow sea monster who, like Luca, transforms into a human when on dry land, and the two of them experience a summer of friendship when they come across human girl Giulia (Berman), who lives in the nearby Italian town of Portorosso…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Luca is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 April 2024
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