10 movies to see in April 2016

MY NAME IS EMILY

Directed by: Simon Fitzmaurice
Starring: Evanna Lynch, Michael Smiley, Martin McCann, George Webster, Deirdre Mullins
Release Date: April 8th 2016
Teenager Emily (Evanna Lynch) always had slightly off kilter parents – her father (Michael Smiley) read obsessively when she was born and did not speak for a year – but after tragedy strikes and Emily is sent to live with a foster family, she is determined to rescue her father from a psychiatric hospital and, with the help of a new friend Arden (George Webster), she sets out to do so.

MILES AHEAD

Directed by: Don Cheadle
Starring: Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amayatzy Corinealdi, Keith Stanfield
Release Date: April 22nd 2016
Don Cheadle’s directorial debut came about when Miles Davis’ nephew suggested the project to him. The film takes a look at the life and music of the American jazz musician, including the idea that Davis could be considered a musical gangster.

MAMMAL

Directed by: Rebecca Daly
Starring: Rachel Griffiths, Michael McElhatton, Barry Keoghan, Nika McGuigan, Johnny Ward
Release Date: April 1st 2016
When her estranged son goes missing, Margaret’s (Rachel Griffiths) ex-husband Matt (Michael McElhatton) suddenly appears back in her life. At the same time, Margaret’s day to day peace and quiet is shattered when she finds a young man collapsed outside her home. It is not long before a relationship forms between the young man Joe (Barry Keoghan) and Margaret, and it turns from motherly to something much more complicated.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR|

Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Paul Bettany
Release Date: April 29th 2016
Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe kicks off this year, and all is not well in the Avengers camp after the events of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’. Political interference exacerbates matters, leaving former allies Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) at each others’ throats, an the rest of the team having to pick sides.

THE JUNGLE BOOK

Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong’o, Christopher Walken
Release Date: April 15th 2016
Surprisingly, ‘The Jungle Book’ marks Bill Murray’s first collaboration with Disney, as he voices Baloo in this new telling of the classic tale. Neel Seti plays Mowgli, the young human boy who is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear and a black panther.