Movies Opening in Cinemas On April 15
Every Tuesday Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Jungle Book, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Criminal, Green Room, Fan, Sing Street, Rio, I Love You, Our Last Tango and Colonia.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
The Jungle Book (2016)
105 minutes – Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
The man-cub Mowgli flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Bagheera the panther and the bear Baloo, Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don’t have his best interests at heart.
Director: Jon Favreau
Stars: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba
Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016)
112 minutes – Comedy
As their surrounding community has taken a turn for the worse, the crew at Calvin’s Barbershop come together to bring some much needed change to their neighborhood.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Stars: Ice Cube, Regina Hall, Anthony Anderson, Eve
Criminal (2016)
113 minutes – Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes the he will complete the operative’s mission.
Director: Ariel Vromen
Stars: Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman
Green Room (2015)
94 minutes – Crime, Horror, Thriller
After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart
limited release in US, full release on April 29 – International Release Dates
Fan (2016)
142 minutes – Drama, Thriller
Gaurav, a huge fan of movie star Aryan Khanna, heads to Mumbai in order to wish his God a happy birthday. When things don’t go according to plan, Gaurav’s obsession with Aryan crosses the line.
Director: Maneesh Sharma
Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi, Mariola Jaworska, Farah Ahmed
Sing Street (2016)
106 minutes – Drama, Musical
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band and moving to London.
Director: John Carney
Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Jack Reynor
Rio, I Love You (2014)
110 minutes – Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A series of short films set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.
Directors: Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Stephan Elliott, Sang-soo Im, Nadine Labaki, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Carlos Saldanha, Paolo Sorrentino, John Turturro, Andrucha Waddington, César Charlone
Stars: Basil Hoffman, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Bruna Linzmeyer
Our Last Tango (2015)
85 minutes – Documentary, Musical
The life and love story of Argentina’s famous tango dancers Maria Nieves Rego and Juan Carlos Copes, who met as teenagers and danced together for nearly fifty years until a painful separation tore them apart.
Director: German Kral
Stars: María Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Johana Copes, Alejandra Gutty
Colonia (2015)
110 minutes – Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
A young woman’s desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Director: Florian Gallenberger
Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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