The first quarter of any calender year can be tough going at the movies. I call it movie purgatory. The big movies of the holiday season thankfully hold over, but new releases generally are mediocre at best. There were a few gems this year. I thoroughly enjoyed Anthony Hopkins in The Rite, and the grownup breakthrough for Bradley Cooper in Limitless come to mind.
But now that April is upon us, things should be getting better with a wider variety to choose from. Be mindful, there will still be a rash of young movies as spring break is either here, or on the way. Let's look at what April has in store for us.
April 1
Hop - A live action, animated mix for Easter with Russel Brand as the voice of the Easter Bunny. There has been a ton of promotion for this, and undoubtedly will be a huge hit.
Source Code - Jake Gyllenhall, and the far to seldom seen Michelle Monaghan in this military, time traveling, preventing terrorism thriller. Although, on the surface it appears to be formula. But Monaghan's a fresh face along with Vera Farmiga in a supporting role, should be enough to carry the day.
April 8
Arthur - More Russel Brand in the remake of the Dudley Moore 1980 classic. Redone with some major changes. Helen Mirren as the "Nanny" this time, and toss in Jennifer Garner too. Should be a big success with a new generation that has never heard of the original.
Hanna - Incredibly disturbing looking movie, with a pre-teen as a trained assassin. As she kills, the Reds put out a hit on her. Lovely.
Soul Surfer - Big cast in this story of the young woman surfer who loses an arm in a terrible surfing accident. Carrie Underwood, makes her big screen debut, but not in the lead role.
Your Highness - Fresh off her Oscar win, Natalie Portman goes low brow in this sophomoric comedy targeted at 20 year old guys. Bound to pack them in.
April 15
Scream 4 - As if this franchise hasn't been ridden to death. A good deal of the original cast is back for more satire and slashing.
April 22
Water For Elephants - Reece Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, both Oscar winners, and Robert Pattinson too. Huge book comes to the movies as we travel back to the 1930's circus trains and a huge love story too.
African Cats - Disney's Earth Day offering this year, with more breathtaking photography as they document life in Africa for the big cats.
Apollo 18 - Another "lost footage" movie. Find out the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.
April 29
Fast Five - Vin Diesel. Wouldn't be Spring Break with yet another sequel to the Fast And The Furious saga. Word is this will be the last one. More glorifying really bad behavior.
Make sure you check back weekly for my reviews of all of Aprils movies right here on akronnewsnow.com - Scott Wynn
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