Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons website and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in April:
To The Wonder
Opens: April
A romantic drama centered on an American man who reconnects with a woman from his hometown after his relationship with a European woman falls apart. The European woman later returns, but finally leaves again. The cast includes Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem and Olga Kurylenko.
The Company You Keep
Opens: April 5
Redford plays a former Weather Underground militant, who is now living as an attorney that has been wanted by the FBI for over three decades. When his identity is inadvertently exposed, he must flee and abandon his young daughter. Thrown into the mix is numerous other subplots including an ambitious newspaper reporter (Shia LaBeouf) and his FBI agent ex-girlfriend (Anna Kendrick), a profiling college professor (Richard Jenkins), an old flame who can help clear his name (Julie Christie) and the now grown up lovechild of that affair (Brit Marling). The cast also includes Terrence Howard, Susan Sarandon, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Elliott, Nick Nolte and Stanley Tucci
Trance
Opens: April 5
James McAvoy plays a fine art auctioneer named Simon who works for an underworld boss called Franck (Vincent Cassel). They plot the theft of a Goya masterpiece from a major public auction; but when Simon double-crosses the gang during the robbery, Franck knocks him unconscious. In the aftermath, Simon claims the injury has left him with no memory as to where he stashed the artwork. Franck is forced to enlist a charismatic hypnotherapist (Rosario Dawson) in a bid to get Simon to talk. As they journey into Simon’s psyche the boundaries between reality and suggestion begin to blur.
42
Opens: April 12
The film chronicles the life story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and his history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford). The film also stars Christopher Meloni, John C. McGinley, Alan Tudyk and Brett Cullen.
Oblivion
Opens: April 19
The film stars Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on an Earth that has been left a wasteland after decades of war. Patrolling the skies, everything changes when he rescues a female stranger from a downed spacecraft – a rescue that triggers a chain of events that force him to question everything he knows. The cast includes Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Opens: April 24
This adaptation of the Mohsin Hamid best-selling novel, the film tells the story of young Pakistani man named Changez (Riz Ahmed), who is chasing corporate success on Wall Street in the late 1990s. After the events of 9/11, he experiences a major change in his own attitude and eventually abandons his American life. The film co-stars Kate Hudson, Live Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland and Martin Donovan.
At Any Price
Opens: April 26
This film takes a look at a multiple-generation farming business families in heartland Iowa with Dennis Quaid playing an ambitious farmer who wants to expand his empire, but becomes caught up in the genetically modified foods debate with a rival company. Zac Efron stars as his rebellious son who is much more keen on becoming a race car driver and escaping his small town life. The cast includes Heather Graham, Clancy Brown and Kim Dickens.
Filly Brown
Opens: April 26
This film is an inspiring and gritty portrait of a young artist striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without compromise. The cast includes Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Emilio Rivera, Lou Diamond Phillips and Edward James Olmos.
Mud
Opens: April 26
The film stars Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland as Ellis and Neckbone, two young boys living on the Mississippi who encounter a drifter with a sordid past played by Matthew McConaughey.
The Big Wedding
Opens: April 26
This comedy is about a long-divorced couple (Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton) who fake still being married when their family unites for the wedding of their adopted son (Ben Barnes). It seems the son’s fiancé (Amanda Seyfried) has invited the young man’s ultra-religious birth mother along, a woman vehemently opposed to the idea of divorce. The cast includes Robin Williams and Katherine Heigl.
Movies coming out in May will be posted at the end of April.
Enjoy!
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