This year, movie discussions for the month of April will be
dominated by Marvel Studios’ upcoming grand finale to their decade-long series
of superhero films. But if saving the galaxy isn’t your cup of tea, there are
plenty of noteworthy comedies and smaller films arriving in April; the last
full month before the Summer Movie Season kicks off.
The notables are…
A QUIET PLACE – John Krasinski (TV’s THE OFFICE), stars and
directs this horror film in which a family of four must live in silence while
hiding from creatures that hunt by sound. Co-stars Emily Blunt (SICARIO).
CHAPPAQUIDDICK – Jason Clarke (ZERO DARK THIRTY) plays the
late Senator Ted Kennedy in this drama which documents the 1969 incident where
the Senator drove his car off the road and killed his passenger, Mary Jo
Kopechne…played here by Kate Mara (FANTASTIC FOUR). Co-stars Ed Helms, Bruce
Dern, and Clancy Brown.
BEIRUT – In this political thriller, Jon Hamm (TV’S MAD
MEN), plays an American diplomat trying to save a colleague from the group
responsible for the death of his family. Rosamund Pike (GONE GIRL) co-stars. It
is directed by Brad Anderson (THE MACHINIST).
RAMPAGE – Dwayne The Rock Johnson stars in his second
video-game adaptation this year. This time he teams up with a gorilla who grows
to enormous size and battles an invasion of monsters. Naomie Harris
(MOONLIGHT), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (WATCHMEN) co-star.
BORG VS. McENROE – This biographical sports drama focuses on
the famous rivalry between tennis stars Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe at
Wimbledon in 1980. Shia LaBeouf (TRANSFORMERS) plays McEnroe, and Sverrir
Gudnason plays Borg.
SUPER TROOPERS 2 – The long-awaited sequel to the 2001
cult-hit comedy. This time out, five goofball state troopers set up a new
highway patrol station near a disputed border of Canada.
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR – The beginning of the end of Marvel
Studios’ decade-long journey. It’s all-hands-on-deck for their large catalog of
heroes to assemble and fight off the super-villain Thanos (Josh Brolin), who has
finally arrived to make trouble. The massive cast includes Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johannson, Benedict
Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany,
Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastain Stan, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana,
Chris Pratt, Tom Hiddleston…and much more. It is directed by Anthony and Joe
Russo, who delivered for Marvel the mighty WINTER SOLDIER and CIVIL WAR.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the month of May.
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