The reel deal: April movie releases
New movies being released in April 2017 include Going in Style, The Circle, Leap! and Gifted.
SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE
They were never alone.
Fantasy | Adventure
Director: Kelly Asbury
Starring: Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Mandy Patinkin
In theaters: April 7
When the lone female living among a tribe of tiny, shirtless beings stumbles upon a map to an undiscovered civilization, she squads up with her blue besties and resolves to find the enclave before a sinister wizard beats her to it.
GOING IN STYLE
You’re never too old to get even.
Crime | Comedy
Director: Zach Braff
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Alan Arkin
In theaters: April 7
Struggling to makes ends meet during the twilight of their lives, a trio of fed-up oldsters quit playing by the rules and plan to rob the bank that stripped them of their pensions.
THEIR FINEST
The spirit of the nation is in her hands.
Drama | Romance
Director: Lone Scherfig
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy
In theater: April 7
Set during the height of World War II, a screenwriter and the married woman working with him develop feelings they can’t fight while producing a propaganda film.
GIFTED
Drama
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan
In theaters: April 12
After a single man solely responsible for raising his orphaned niece learns the young girl has an astonishing IQ, his own unpleasant mother intervenes and attempts to tear the two apart.
THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS
Family will be broken.
Crime | Thriller
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham
In theaters: April 14
An enigmatic woman convinces a reluctant outlaw to return to crime and betray his family in the eighth installment of the high-speed Furious franchise.
SPARK: A SPACE TAIL
One hero can save the galaxy.
Animation
Director: Aaron Woodley
Starring: Jace Norman, Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon
In theaters: April 14
Following a planetary invasion led by an evil general, an adolescent monkey and his fuzzy buddies attempt to oust the interloper and retake control of the kingdom.
UNFORGETTABLE
When love ends, madness begins.
Drama | Thriller
Director: Denise Di Novi
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults
In theaters: April 21
An obsessed ex- goes nuts when her onetime hubby finds happiness with a new woman.
FREE FIRE
All guns. No control.
Crime | Drama
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson
In theaters: April 21
Sh*t hits the fan fast after a sharpshooting woman brokers a sketchy gun deal in a deserted Boston warehouse.
LEAP!
Life’s greatest adventures begin with a single...
Action | Musical
Directors: Eric Summer, Éric Warin
Starring: Maddie Ziegler, Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan
In theaters: April 21
An orphan girl and her inventive admirer abscond to Paris, whereupon the young lady pursues her dreams of becoming a celebrated dancer.
THE PROMISE
Drama | History
Director: Terry George
Starring: Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon
In theaters: April 21
Based on actual events that took place during the final days of the Ottoman Empire, this film focuses on a gifted medical student and an accomplished journalist who are each smitten by the same woman.
NORMAN
The moderate rise and tragic fall of a New York Fixer.
Drama | Thriller
Director: Joseph Cedar
Starring: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Hank Azaria
In theaters: April 21
An unorthodox optimist, who mysteriously manages to get by, winds up at the center of an epic scandal when he begins advising an important world leader.
THE CIRCLE
Knowing is good. Knowing everything is better.
Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Director: James Ponsoldt
Starring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega
In theaters: April 28
A bright young woman working for the world’s most powerful company earns the opportunity to partake in a secret project, then quickly learns the corporation’s utopian goals aren’t as innocuous as they appear.
HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER
Comedy
Director: Ken Marino
Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe
In theaters: April 28
While a past-his-prime casanova waits to inherit the fortune of his elderly, obscenely wealthy wife, she leaves him for far younger man, forcing the Don Juan to find a new lover to leach off.
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