WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT
Directed by: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
Starring: Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton
Release Date: April 22nd 2016
In 2001, journalist Kim Barker (Tina Fey) finds herself in Afghanistan, covering the war from a considerably quieter place than the war-torn Iraq. As such, friendships and allegiances grow up in the international community stationed in Kabul. As the Taliban grow stronger and interest in the country recedes however, Kim finds herself fighting for her job, and the new relationship that has developed between her and Scottish photographer Iain (Martin Freeman).
BASTILLE DAY
Directed by: James Watkins
Starring: Idris Elba, Kelly Reilly, Charlotte Le Bon, Richard Madden, Anatol Yusef
Release Date: April 22nd 2016
Michael Mason (Madden) finds himself under suspicion of planting a bomb, but when he proves to CIA agent Sean Briar (Elba), that he is merely a talented pickpocket, the two team up to stop more attacks before it’s too late.
DEMOLITION
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Naomi Watts, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Heather Lind, Judah Lewis
Release Date: April 29th 2016
After his wife is killed in a car crash, which he escapes without a scratch, Davis’s (Jake Gyllenhaal) grief takes a strange form. When a packet of peanut M&Ms gets stuck in a vending machine, Davis finds himself writing long, confessional letters to the company’s customer care department, and taking some advice from his father in law quite literally, he begins dismantling household objects that no longer work.
JANE GOT A GUN
Directed by: Gavin O’Connor
Starring: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro
Release Date: April 22nd 2016
After cast and crew troubles, the Natalie Portman-led Western ‘Jane Got a Gun’ is finally released in Irish cinemas this month. Portman stars as the titular Jane, who turns to her ex-fiancé Dan (Edgerton) for help in protecting her family, after her husband is killed and the Bishop Boys turn their attention to her.
FRIEND REQUEST
Directed by: Simon Verhoeven
Starring: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Brit Morgan, Brooke Markham
Release Date: April 22nd 2016
Laura (Debnam-Carey) is popular in person and online, with over 800 friends on Facebook. When she accepts a friend request from a girl called Marina (Liesl Ahlers), who she doesn’t know in person, Laura sets off a terrible curse, leaving her with just days to solve the mystery of Marina and save her friends’ lives.
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.