March was packed with horror films - 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boy, The Witch; sequels - The Divergent Series: Allegiant, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2; and stunning animation, from family favourite Kung Fu Panda 3, to the astonishingly brilliant Anomalisa, and new Disney classic Zootropolis (I've already seen it twice and tell everyone I meet to head to a cinema immediately. The Breaking Bad joke in particular shouldn't be missed!). Then there was the latest Coen brothers' masterpiece in the form of Hail, Caesar!, Ben Wheatley's faithful adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian novel, High-Rise, and the highly divisive - but no where near as bad as critics have declared - superhero behemoth Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.
April, on the other hand, is a little more varied. It kicks off with British feel-good film Eddie the Eagle; showcases a couple of documentaries - I am Belfast, The Last Man on the Moon; and takes a historical turn with World War One drama The Man Who Knew Infinity, Cold War spy thriller Despite the Falling Snow and tales of tense Middle East drone warfare Eye in the Sky. There's the hotly anticipated live-action remake of The Jungle Book; Tina Fey's latest comedy Whiskey Tango Foxtrot; Miles Davies biopic Miles Ahead, directed by and staring Don Cheadle; intelligent and gripping sci-fi Midnight Special; and battle lines are drawn when Marvel's favourite superheroes clash in Captain America: Civil War. Perhaps most exciting of all are the foreign films making their way to cinemas in April: the winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Dheepan, and Best Foreign Language film everywhere else including the Oscars, Son of Saul, finally come to the U.K., and given their rave reviews over the last few months it looks like they'd be well worth seeking out.
As ever, all synopsis, release dates and trailers are below, along with star ratings for the films I've already seen. Hopefully this will throw up a couple of films to seek out from March, and those to look out for in April!
