Rueben's Ramblings

Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons site and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in movie theatres in April:

Hop
Opens: April 1

Out-of-work slacker Fred O’Hare (James Marsden) runs over the Easter Bunny (voiced by Russell Brand) while driving home, and is forced to take him in as he recovers. As Fred struggles with the world’s worst house guest, both will learn what it takes to finally grow up, as Fred is pressed to partner with Bunny to save Easter. The cast of this live-action/CGI animation film includes Elizabeth Perkins, Chelsea Handler and Kaley Cuoco.

Insidious
Opens: April 1

A young family discovers that the body of their comatose boy has become a magnet for malevolent entities, while the boy’s mind is trapped in a dark and insidious realm known as The Further. The cast includes Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Barbara Hershey.

Mother’s Day
Opens: April 1

Three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. The mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons’ escape, teaching the house’s new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way. The stars of this film are Rebecca DeMornay, Patrick Flueger, Jaime King, and Shawn Ashmore.

Source Code
Opens: April 1

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a soldier who wakes up in the middle of an experiment called the Source Code that sends him back in time into the body of another man during the last eight minutes of the man’s life. His mission is to learn the identity of a bomber of a Chicago commuter train that was responsible for the deaths of all the passengers. The clock is ticking and another bomb’s about to be set off that could kill millions. The cast includes Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright.

Super
Opens: April 1 (Limited Release)

Rainn Wilson stars as a man who decides to become a superhero after his wife (Liv Tyler) leaves him for a psychopathic drug dealer (Kevin Bacon). He becomes the Crimson Bolt, complete with a hand-made suit, a wrench and a crazed sidekick named Boltie (Ellen Page). The cast also includes Nathan Fillion.

Arthur
Opens: April 8

Russell Brand stars in this remake of the classic Dudley Moore-led movie about a booze-loving playboy. Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Greta Grewig co-star.

Ceremony
Opens: April 8

A young man falls hard for an older woman about to be married. The infatuation prompts him to take along his unwitting friend to a beach town in an effort to break up the wedding. Upon arriving, the young men quickly realize just how out of place they are among the stately British groom-to-be and his guests. The film stars Michael Angarano, Uma Thurman, Lee Pace and Rebecca Mader.

Hanna
Opens: April 8

A teenage girl (Saoirse Ronan) is raised and trained by her father (Eric Bana), a rogue CIA operative hiding out in the wilds of Finland, to become the perfect assassin. Now she’s been sent to kill a ruthless operative with secrets, and in the process uncovers the truth about her own existence. Among the cast is Cate Blanchett and Olivia Williams.

Soul Surfer
Opens: April 8

In this true story about the 17-year old surfer girl (AnnaSophia Robb) who loses her arm in a shark attack and must gain the courage to head back into the ocean after the traumatic experience. The film also stars Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Jeremy Sumpter, Kevin Sorbo, Craig T. Nelson and Carrie Underwood.

Atlas Shrugged: Part One
Opens: April 15

Dagny Taggart, a railroad heiress, tries to save her company and faces increasingly corrupt government, her incompetent brother, and the systematic loss of her best workers. She soon suspects a sinister force working against her as a country-wide helplessness is spurred by the phrase – “Who is John Galt?”. The cast of this film includes Taylor Schilling, Grant Bowler, Matthew Marsden, and Edi Gathegi.

Margin Call
Opens: April 15

In this thriller that revolves around the key people at a large investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis when the economic world was on the verge of collapse stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto and Penn Badgley.

Rio
Opens: April 15

In this animated feature, Blu is a rare species of blue macaw who lives in Minnesota. When scientists learn that a female macaw was spotted in South America, Blu is sent to Rio de Janeiro to meet her and along the way they get kidnapped by poachers. Among the featured voices in this film are Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez and Jemaine Clement.

Born to Be A Star
Opens: April 22

A small-town nerd learns his quiet and demure parents were famous porn stars in the 1970s. This motivates him to leave for Hollywood, hoping to follow in their footsteps and fulfill his destiny as the biggest adult-film star in the world. The cast includes Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Stephen Dorff, Don Johnson and Edward Herrmann.

Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family
Opens: April 22

Madea (Tyler Perry) comes to the aid of her seriously ill niece (Loretta Devine) who’s hoping to reunite her estranged family. Rapper/actor Shad “Bow Wow” Moss plays Devine’s ex-con son who gets some tough-love treatment from Madea.

Water for Elephants
Opens: April 22

In the adaptation of the Sara Gruen best-selling novel, Robert Pattinson stars as a veterinary student while Reese Witherspoon is the star performer, both of whom work in a traveling circus in the 1930s. Christoph Waltz co-stars.

Fast Five
Opens: April 29

Having escaped custody, former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) and ex-con Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) are now in Brazil where they must pull off one last job against a corrupt businessman who wants them dead. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, a hard-nosed federal agent named Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. The cast includes Jordana Brewster and Tyrese Gibson

Prom
Opens: April 29

As Nova Prescott (Aimee Teegarden) is drawn to the guy (Thomas McDonell) who gets in the way of her perfect prom, she also deals with all the typical pressures of leaving high school for college and independence. The cast includes Danielle Campbell and Yin Chang.

Movies coming out in May will be posted at the end of April.

Enjoy!