April

 

5th

Monkey Man (2024)

A young Indian man turned underground fight club fodder unleashes a vengeful and righteous reckoning on the powerful who wrecked his family and on the oppressive system they sit atop, as star Dev Patel is inspired by the Hanuman legend and classic revenge cinema to step behind the camera in his directorial debut

Directed by Dev Patel and starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley and Pitobash among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

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

 

 

 

The First Omen (2024)

A young American nun’s pious path to Rome and service to the church strays off course when she begins to witness troubling and inexplicable events at her parish, and has her faith shaken to the core when she’s unexpectedly pulled into a conspiracy to birth true evil, as Arkasha Stevenson re-visits the horror classic to deliver an origin story.

Directed by Arkasha Stevenson and starring Nell Tiger Free, Bill Nighy and Ralph Ineson among others.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

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

 

 

 

Scoop (2024)

Behind the British TV scenes the BBC and its current affairs show Newsnight scramble to secure an interview for their presenter/journalist Emily Maitlis with embattled royal Prince Andrew about his relationship with financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, leading to a scandalous public event which would bring about the downfall of its subject and rock the British monarchy to the core in this dramatic re-telling of the infamous 2019 interview.

Directed by Philip Martin and starring Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes and Rufus Sewell among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 5th of April (Netflix)   US Release: 5th of April (Netflix)

 

 

 

Io Capitano (2023)

Obsessed and hell-bent on their hopes and visions of a better life in Europe, two Senegalese boys embark on a challenging and epic journey across North Africa and the sea to a promised land which might not live up to expectations, in this modern migrant take on Homer’s Odyssey from the director of ‘Gomorrah’ and ‘Dogman’.

Directed by Matteo Garrone and starring Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall and Issaka Sawadogo among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 5th of April   US Release: 23rd of February

 

 

 

Seize Them! (2024)

England in the dark ages, where an arrogant and oblivious young queen is toppled from the throne and turned into a fugitive of the revolution, as she’s forced to eat humble pie and join forces with a rag-tag group on a quest to get her crown back and return the country to order in this madcap medieval British comedy romp.

Directed by Curtis Vowell and starring Aimee Lou Wood, Nicola Coughlan and Lolly Adefope among others.

Genre: Comedy

UK Release: 5th of April   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

The Trouble with Jessica (2024)

Struggling financially and desperate to sell their lavish London home, a couple’s dinner party with friends takes a turn when an unexpected guest’s behaviour turns drastic, putting their house sale in jeopardy and triggering a comedy of errors and questionable decisions to salvage the night and their future in this British black comedy.

Directed by Matt Winn and starring Shirley Henderson, Alan Tudyk and Indira Varma among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 5th of April   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

12th

Civil War (2024)

In a dystopian and mortally divided near-future America torn apart by ideology, a group of war correspondents embark on a dangerous odyssey to get across the country to Washington DC before a California-Texas separatist faction takes the White House and the nation, in this prescient warning fable from the writer/director of ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Annihilation’.

Directed by Alex Garland and starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura and Cailee Spaeny among others.

Genre: Drama, War

UK Release: 12th of April   US Release: 12th of April

 

 

 

Back to Black (2024)

A young working-class North Londoner with remarkable musical talents, a striking look and a unique personality rises through the British musical ranks to become one of the biggest and most admired stars in the globe, only to struggle with personal demons and difficult relationships while working towards completing one of the biggest albums in modern music history, in this biographical account of the life of the late Amy Winehouse from the director ‘Nowhere Boy’ and ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’.

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan and Jack O’Connell among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Music

UK Release: 12th of April   US Release: 17th of May

 

 

 

Bleeding Love (2024)

Struggling to mend a strained relationship with his girl and save her from her wild ways, a father takes his estranged daughter on a road trip to try and help her avoid the pitfalls of his own life, only to be confronted with his own failures and an upward parental battle while they meet an array of humble folk along the way, as the McGregor’s give us their take on the American road trip drama.

Directed by Emma Westenberg and starring Ewan McGregor, Clara McGregor and Vera Bulder among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 12th of April   US Release: 16th of February

 

 

 

The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)

A young German teacher is pushed to the brink and into a crisis of conscience when an immigrant student is suspected of theft, and she takes matters into her own hands to uncover the truth, only to be stuck in the middle of the politics of her school and the conflicting perspectives of her colleagues, the other students, and their parents . . . which reflect a wider society at large.

Directed by Ilker Çatak and starring Leonie Benesch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich and Rafael Stachowiak among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 12th of April   US Release: 25th of December 2023

 

 

 

19th

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)

A rebellious World War II British army officer is given a chance at redemption by leading a special and secret unsanctioned wartime mission—assembling a squad of rogues to disrupt Nazi activities in the North Atlantic . . . by any means necessary, as Guy Ritchie applies his sensibilities to the real life story of the granddaddy of special forces and black ops units.

Directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson and Eiza González among others.

Genre: Action, Thriller, War

UK Release: 19th of April   US Release: 19th of April

 

 

 

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)

After giving Atticus and the motherworld forces an unexpected bloody nose after their first clash, super-soldier Kora and her rebels return to Veldt to protect their new home and its people from the inevitable reckoning from the empire, setting up a battle for the future of freedom in the galaxy in this conclusion to Zack Snyder’s original yet very familiar two-part sci-fi epic.

Directed by Zack Snyder and starring Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman and Ed Skrein among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fi

UK Release: 19th of April (Netflix)   US Release: 19th of April (Netflix)

 

 

 

Abigail (2024)

When a crew of criminals kidnaps the young tween ballerina daughter of a wealthy mobster for ransom, it bites off more than it can chew when she reveals a dark bloodsucking secret, plunging them all into a struggle for survival when they discover that she’s not struck in a lavish manor house with them, but rather they’re trapped in there with her.

Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett and starring Alisha Weir, Giancarlo Esposito and Dan Stevens among others.

Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller

UK Release: 19th of April   US Release: 19th of April

 

 

 

The Book of Clarence (2024)

In Jerusalem of 33 AD an aimless highfalutin hustler sees an opportunity in the rise of Jesus Christ where others see salvation, as he carves out a piece of the worship and adulation pie by shaping himself into a self-made Messiah, only to incur the wrath of the true faithful and the ruling Romans but unexpectedly find his own divine path along the way, in this black-centred alternative gospel commentary on celebrity culture and redemption from the writer/director of ‘The Harder They Fall’.

Directed by Jeymes Samuel and starring LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler and Omar Sy among others.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 19th of April   US Release: 12th of January

 

 

 

26th

Challengers (2024)

Two up-and-coming players on the men’s tennis tour and a young superstar of the women’s game embark on a complex intertwining relationship and potential love triangle whilst handling evolving rivalries and trying to get to the pinnacle of the sport, only for everything to be re-ignited years later under different circumstances in this sporting drama from the director of ‘Call Me by Your Name’ and ‘Suspiria’.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport

UK Release: 26th of April   US Release: 26th of April

 

 

 

Boy Kills World (2024)

Left orphaned, deaf and mute after his family is murdered by the ruthless matriarch of a crime family, a boy grown into a vengeful man with a video game inner-voice unleashes a violent reckoning across a dystopian post-apocalyptic city, joining forces with a resistance group intent on taking down the same corrupt dynasty.

Directed by Moritz Mohr and starring Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen and Jessica Rothe among others.

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

UK Release: 26th of April   US Release: 26th of April

 

 

 

The American Society of Magical Negroes (2024)

A young African American man’s life is turned upside down when he is recruited into a magical secret society of black people with a crucial mission for their community—making white people’s lives more comfortable—only for everything to be put at risk when he falls in love on the job in this contemporary race-based satire on American society.

Directed by Kobi Libii and starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier and An-Li Bogan among others.

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

UK Release: 26th of April   US Release: 15th of March

 

 

 

I.S.S. (2024)

When a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth, tensions begin to rise between the American and Russian crew of the orbiting International Space Station, which soon turns into its own conflict and a struggle for survival when their respective governments issue orders to take over the station . . . by any means necessary.

Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Ariana DeBose, Pilou Asbæk and Chris Messina among others.

Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 26th of April   US Release: 19th of January

 

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