THIS MONTH AT THE UK CINEMA
Hey guys! I'm sorry, I know it's the middle of the month but I've not had the time to post this until now but let's start now with the movies for April. First, the movies already released...
My Movie of the Month was released yesterday and it's Disney's live-action remake of a beloved animated classic, The Jungle Book. Based upon a book of the same name, written by Rudyard Kipling, this film tells the tale of Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a "man-cub" who flees the jungle after being threatened by the tiger, Shere Khan (Idris Elba). With the help of Bagheera, a panther (Ben Kingsley) and Baloo (Bill Murray) the bear, Mowgli meets a number of interesting creatures including Kaa, the snake (Scarlett Johansson) and King Louie (Christopher Walken) whilst on a journey of self-discovery.
Three more films on my list were released yesterday, the first of these is Eye in the Sky, in which an international battle breaks out over the moralities of warfare when Colonel Katherine Powell's (Helen Mirren) complex mission to capture key members of a terrorist organisation turns to a kill mission after new information comes to light but as she is about to order the attack, an innocent nine year old girl enters the strike zone which changes everything.
The second of the three films is not the type of film I would normally choose but The Brand New Testament is a clever and funny foreign language film. In the film, God (Benoît Poelvoorde) is portrayed as a spiteful old man, living in Brussels and tormenting humanity, but when his daughter, Ea (Pili Groyne) hacks into God's computer and releases the dates of everybody's deaths, chaos breaks loose.
The final film out today is Criminal. This action thriller sees the CIA implant the memories of deceased agent Bill Pope (Ryan Reynolds) into the mind of a psychopathic death-row inmate named Jericho Stewart (Kevin Costner) in order to find out information from the agent, but the new memories begin to change Jericho, causing the CIA to wonder if he will be able to complete Bill's mission.
There have been plenty of good films released over the last two weeks. What is possibly the biggest film of the month so far is The Huntsman: Winter's War, the prequel to the 2012 film, Snow White and the Huntsman. When a war begins between Ravenna (Charlize Theron) and her sister, Freya (Emily Blunt), Freya creates an army of Huntsmen, however Eric, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) and Sara, the Warrior (Jessica Chastain) decide to leave Freya's army after falling in love.
Based on the true story of Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards (Taron Egerton), the film Eddie the Eagle tells of how the inexperienced but courageous character joins with his rebellious coach, Bronson Peary (Hugh Jackman) to become a British icon and hero at the 1988 Winter Olympics as Britain's first ever ski jumper.
Hardcore Henry is an unusual first-person sci-fi action movie shot completely from the perspective of the silent protagonist. As Henry is resurrected with no memory he learns that his wife, Estelle (Haley Bennett) has been kidnapped by Akan (Danila Kozlovsky), a warlord who wants the technology that revived him. His only option is to kill everybody who tries to stop him saving his wife.
Next is small British indie film, Black Mountain Poets, where two neurotic, con-artist sisters on the run, Lisa (Alice Lowe) and Claire (Dolly Wells), adopt the identities of internationally renowned poets, the Wilding sisters, and decide to take refuge at the poetry retreat. During their stay, the inspiration of nature leads to a new beginning for the sisters.
In the last dramatic role played by Robin Williams, Boulevard is a moving and heart-warming film where his character, Nolan Black, meets young, gay hustler Leo (Robero Aguire). After a friendship is formed he is prompted to come to terms with the secret hovering beneath his marriage.
Set during the First World War, The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biopic about Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a young Indian genius mathematician who sends his work to Professor Hardy (Jeremy Irons) at Cambridge University who invites him to England, where he produces extraordinary contributions to his field in the face of prejudice and rejection, not only from the locals but also from university professors.
Midnight Special is a sci-fi drama in which Roy (Michael Shannon) is forced to go on the run with his son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher) when he starts to show strange and unexplainable powers. They are targeted by the government who send a task force after them and at the same time, a religious cult wants to find them, believing him to be important to the beliefs and because of this, Roy joins up with his ex-wife Sarah (Kirsten Dunst) and friend Lucas (Joel Edgerton) as they face a race against time to get Alton to a secret and safe location.
Finally, there is Mr. Right, a romantic comedy with twist. A hyperactive and newly single Martha (Anna Kendrick) meets the intriguing Francis (Sam Rockwell), who has a deadly secret; he is a hitman, although he takes a different approach to the job and kills those who hire him rather than their intended targets. After Francis is hired by a dubious client and the bodies start to pile up, Martha has to decide whether to flee or join the mayhem.
As there are so many movies out this month that I want to mention, I have split April in half. The second half of the films out this month will be in the next post in a couple of days; April 2016 - Part Two. Don't miss it, there are some good movies still to come this month!!
UK Release Dates
Black Mountain Poets - 01 April 2016 TRAILER
Eddie the Eagle - 01 April 2016 TRAILER
Boulevard - 08 April 2016 TRAILER
Brand New Testament - 15 April 2016 TRAILER
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