April

 

5th

Air (2023)

An enterprising sport executive in 1984 struggles to convince Nike and the parents of a rookie basketball star to sign an exclusive shoe deal which would change the course of sporting and athletic apparel history, in this dramatisation of the Air Jordan story and the early days of a global icon.

Directed by Ben Affleck and starring Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Ben Affleck among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Sport

UK Release: 5th of April   US Release: 5th of April

 

 

 

7th

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Brooklyn plumbers Mario & Luigi are unexpectedly pulled down a pipe to a fantastical new land and separated, forcing Mario to join forces with the locals and a formidable princess to find his brother and save the world from a tyrannical turtle in this all-star animated adaptation of a video gaming phenomenon from the makers of ‘Minions’ and ‘Sing’.

Directed by Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic and starring Chris Pratt, Jack Black and Anya Taylor-Joy among others.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

UK Release: 7th of April   US Release: 5th of April

 

 

 

The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)

When the terrifying demonic possession of a young boy grabs the attention of the Vatican there is only one man for the job, the Pope’s exorcist himself, whose scepticism turns into fear and determination when he realises the case is more insidious and troubling than he bargained for, in this modern horror/thriller based on the official Vatican accounts of “real” events.

Directed by Julius Avery and starring Russell Crowe, Franco Nero and Ralph Ineson among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 7th of April   US Release: 7th of April

 

 

 

Chupa (2023)

A young boy’s family trip down to Mexico turns into an unexpected family adventure after discovering that a Latin American legend is real when he befriends a young chupacabra hiding in the family farm, sending them on an adventure to find the mythical young creature’s family and protect him from an American privateer trying to capture it for profit.

Directed by Jonás Cuarón and starring Evan Whitten, Demián Bichir and Christian Slater among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

UK Release: 7th of April (Netflix)   US Release: 7th of April (Netflix)

 

 

 

On a Wing and a Prayer (2023)

A Louisiana husband and father with no piloting experience becomes an unwitting hero and is plunged into a struggle for survival when their pilot on a small private plane dies mid-air and he must find a way to save his family . . . with a little help from some friends and a radio in this dramatisation of an unlikely true story.

Directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham and Jesse Metcalfe among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 7th of April (Amazon Prime Video)   US Release: 7th of April (Amazon Prime Video)

 

 

 

14th

Renfield (2023)

Tired of playing fanatical lackey to a vampire count, R. M. Renfield takes to the wide world of modern day America to find love and purpose, but his duties to his diabolical master are never far behind him in this contemporary comedic re-telling of the tale of Dracula’s loyal henchman, from the director of ‘Robot Chicken’ and ‘The Lego Batman Movie’.

Directed by Chris McKay and starring Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage and Awkwafina among others.

Genre: Comedy, Horror

UK Release: 14th of April   US Release: 14th of April

 

 

 

Assassin Club (2022)

A skilled assassin’s latest contract could get him out of the game but takes an unexpected turn when he finds out that the six people he’s ordered to kill are all assassins with similar contracts, with their crosshairs set on him, plunging him into a murderous all-action Parisian struggle for survival and to protect the only person he cares about.

Directed by Camille Delamarre and starring Henry Golding, Daniela Melchior and Sam Neill among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller

UK Release: 14th of April   US Release: 14th of April

 

 

 

21st

Evil Dead Rise (2023)

A family reunion for two estranged sisters takes a sinister turn and plunges them into a living nightmare when their dear departed mother returns in horrific style to make them a family again, as the legendary cult horror series gets a modern makeover and takes a trip from the woods to the city.

Directed by Lee Cronin and starring Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan and Morgan Davies among others.

Genre: Horror

UK Release: 21st of April   US Release: 21st of April

 

 

 

Ghosted (2023)

When a regular American Joe falls for an exotic and enigmatic young woman only to lose contact and suspect he’s being ghosted, he takes matters into his own hands by embarking on an impromptu foreign trip to surprise her at work, only to discover that work involves being an international spy, as their fledgling relationship is  hilariously forged in the fires of a globe-trotting criminal conspiracy.

Directed by Dexter Fletcher and starring Ana de Armas, Chris Evans and Adrien Brody among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

UK Release: 21st of April (Apple TV+)   US Release: 21st of April (Apple TV+)

 

 

 

Missing (2023)

A typical modern L.A. teen’s dream party time at home alone with friends soon turns into a nightmare when her mother fails to return home from a holiday in Colombia and goes missing along with her new boyfriend, as the youngster turns sleuth and takes to social media and the web to track her down, using her generation’s skills to unravel the mystery of what happened to her mother and reunite the family.

Directed by Nicholas D. Johnson & Will Merrick and starrig Storm Reid, Nia Long and Ken Leung among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

UK Release: 21st of April   US Release: 21st of April

 

 

 

28th

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023)

When he learns of an old friend who is diagnosed with terminal cancer, an elderly British man takes to walking across England in a bid to raise spirits and somehow save her, as he is confronted by painful memories of his own family while meeting an array of people to whom he brings hope, in an extraordinary everyman tale of self-discovery adapted from the acclaimed Rachel Joyce novel.

Directed by Hettie Macdonald and starring Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton and Monika Gossmann among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 28th of April   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

A young girl gets the courage to leave her London home when she meets a spirited young lad who refuses to grow up and his tiny fairy companion, as she’s whisked away to a magical far away land where she joins their companions in the struggle against the evil whims of a fearsome pirate captain in this latest adaptation of the classic J.M. Barrie novel.

Directed by David Lowery and starring Alexander Molony, Ever Anderson and Jude Law among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Family

UK Release: 28th of April (Disney+)   US Release: 28th of April (Disney+)

 

 

 

Polite Society (2023)

When her older sister becomes quickly and unexpectedly engaged to a man of whom she disapproves, a young British Asian aspiring stuntwoman uses her skills and recruits her friends to expose her unwanted future brother-in-law and his questionable family and save her sister from misery . . . with unlikely and hilarious consequences.

Directed by Nida Manzoor and starring Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya and Renu Brindle among others.

Genre: Action, Comedy

UK Release: 28th of April   US Release: 28th of April

 

 

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