Bond’s retirement is cut short when a favour for an old friend pulls him back into the fold, bringing hims face-to-face with the ghosts of the past and dangerous buried secrets, while placing him on a globe-trotting collision course with a fearsome and distinctly 21st century villain—in this latest installment of the beloved British spy franchise and last hurrah for Daniel Craig as 007.
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas and Rami Malek among others.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
UK Release: 3rd of April US Release: 10th of April
The Assistant (2020)
Struggling with the stresses of her new job, a quiet young assistant’s life becomes defined by the bullying and abuse she witnesses at her film production company, as she becomes caught between the lure of a rare career opportunity and a conscience crying for her to act, in this timely and urgent post #MeToo era indictment of male power structures in the entertainment industry.
Directed by Kitty Green and starring Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen and Makenzie Leigh among others.
Genre: Drama
UK Release: 3rd of April US Release: 31st of January
It Must Be Heaven (2019)
Struggling with the stresses of her new job, a quiet young assistant’s life becomes defined by the bullying and abuse she witnesses at her film production company, as she becomes caught between the lure of a rare career opportunity and a conscience crying for her to act, in this timely and urgent post #MeToo era indictment of male power structures in the entertainment industry.
Directed by Kitty Green and starring Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen and Makenzie Leigh among others.
Genre: Drama
UK Release: 3rd of April US Release: N/A
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The New Mutants (2020)
Without the full control of their abilities and considered a danger to the outside world, a group of five young mutants are held in an ominous secure facility masquerading as a medical centre offering them help, where they must learn to control their powers and conquer their fears to survive the terror within—as ‘X-Men’ goes horror in this Marvel spinoff from Disney era 20th Century Fox.
Directed by Josh Boone and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton and Maisie Williams among others.
Genre: Comic-book, Horror, Sci-fi, Thriller
UK Release: 8th of April US Release: 8th of April
10th
Trolls World Tour (2020)
The all-singing Trolls are back and set for a new adventure when they discover a selection of Troll tribes in diverse lands dedicated to different musical styles, with Poppy, Branch and friends teaming up to stop the hard-rock trolls from destroying all other types of music, securing harmonious musical diversity for their species.
Directed by Walt Dohrn and David P. Smith and starring Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake and Rachel Bloom among others.
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
UK Release: 10th of April US Release: 10th of April
17th
Antlers (2020)
A small rural town in the Pacific Northwest finds discovers that their fearsome local legend is more than just a myth, when a local teacher uncovers a morbid secret kept by one of her introverted young students, in this dark small-town fable from the director of ‘Crazy Heart’ and ‘Black Mass’.
Directed by Scott Cooper and starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and Jeremy T. Thomas among others.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
UK Release: 17th of April US Release: 10th of April
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Hunted by a traumatic event in her past and a promising life squandered, a fast-living vengeful young woman circumvents a rigged system and delivers her own brand of street justice against oportunistic and exploitative men, in this dark #MeToo era revenge tale with a twist.
Directed by Emerald Fennell and starring Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham and Adam Brody among others.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
UK Release: 17th of April US Release: 17th of April
Ema (2019)
An impulsive and sexually liberated young dancer plunges into the Chilean night life and a new freedom to escape the guilt of her failed family, after severing a complex relationship with her choreographer husband and the troubled adoptive child they abandoned, only to hatch devious plan and use all her beguiling magic to recover everything she lost—in a lyrical vibrant human drama and modern marital portrait from visionary Chilean writer/director Pablo Larraín.
Directed by Pablo Larraín and starring Mariana Di Girolamo, Gael García Bernal and Santiago Cabrera among others.
Genre: Drama, Romance
UK Release: 17th of April US Release: N/A
Dream Horse (2020)
In a bid to give her life meaning and lift her financially struggling Welsh village, a working class woman hatches a plan to collectively breed a winning racehorse with the help of her community, in this feelgood British tale based on an unlikely true story.
Directed by Euros Lyn and starring Toni Collette, Damian Lewis and Karl Johnson among others.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
UK Release: 17th of April US Release: 1st of May
24th
Antebellum (2020)
Young, black, and successful, an author is plunged into her worst nightmare when she finds herself mysteriously trapped between her contemporary life and an alternative reality in the slavery of the Antebellum deep South, as she struggles to unravel the time-travelling mystery in which she finds herself trapped before it becomes her permanent reality—in this socially conscious human horror, inspired by Octavia E. Butler’s 70s novel ‘Kindred’.
Directed by Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz and starring Janelle Monáe, Jack Huston and Jena Malone among others.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
UK Release: 24th of April US Release: 24th of April
Finding The Way Back (2020)
Having spectacularly fallen from grace and struggling with alcoholism and life in general, a former high school basketball star gets a second chance when he’s recruited by his former school to lead a struggling team of misfits back into the limelight, as his path to redemption forces him to face the demons and mistakes which derailed a promising life.
Directed by Gavin O’Connor and starring Ben Affleck, Michaela Watkins and Janina Gavankar among others.
Genre: Drama, Sport
UK Release: 24th of April US Release: 6th of March
#TriviaTuesday: A cost-cutting insect-like suit was the early design for the alien hunter in 1987's 'Predator'—unsuccessfully worn by the character's first actor Jean-Claude Van Damme—but it was ditched for a now iconic Stan Winston design at twice the price. Money well spent. pic.twitter.com/pvbTmpgUIB
#TriviaTuesday: ‘Big Kahuna Burger’ is most certainly the fictional fast food of choice in the Tarantinoverse, appearing or referenced in 'Reservoir Dogs', 'From Dusk Till Dawn', 'Death Proof', 'Four Rooms', as well as its starring turn in 1994’s 'Pulp Fiction' of course. pic.twitter.com/k3xVsbDuA6