Your Guide to April's Hottest Releases
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YOUR GUIDE TO APRIL’S HOTTEST RELEASES Exclusive Star Wars: Force Awakens prizes to be won, go instore to enter. EXCLUSIVE STAR WARS: FORCE AWAKENS PRIZES TO BE WON! GO INSTORE OVER 40 REVIEWS INSIDE INCLUDING: TO ENTER. JOY THE 5TH WAVE SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE VV30_01_FrontCover.indd 1 16/03/2016 3:46 pm © 2015 ACTIVITIES MOVIE, LLC., INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Strong coarse language, violence ™ and sex scenes ON BLU-RAY & DVD MARCH 31 OPPORTUNITY ROCKS WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT Sexual references, © 2015 OPEN ROAD FILMS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. coarse language ™ and violence ON BLU-RAY & DVD MARCH 31 FROM RODUCER ELI ROTH A FILM BY TRAVIS Z Strong horror © 2015 CABIN FEVER PRODUCTIONS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. themes and ™ violence, sex scenes ON BLU-RAY & DVD APRIL 28 CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES_CABIN FEVER_ROCK THE KASBAH - RENTAL FP AD 11010.indd 1 10/03/2016 11:17 am AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 16/03/2016 1:59 pm AN UNCONVENTIONAL LOVE STORY © 2015 ELEMENT PICTURES, SCARLET FILMS, FALIRO HOUSE PRODUCTIONS SA, HAUT ET COURT, LEMMING FILM, THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE AND CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ™ ON BLU-RAY & DVD APRIL 21 INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO INSPIRED THE WORLD Mature themes © PATHE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED, CHANNEL FOUR TELEVISION CORPORATION AND THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE 2015. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. and coarse ™ language ON BLU-RAY & DVD APRIL 28 A FILM BY PAOLO SORRENTINO © 2016 UNIVERSAL SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Strong nudity ™ and sex scene ON BLU-RAY & DVD APRIL 28 LOBSTER_SUFFRAGETTE_YOUTH - RENTAL FP AD 11011.indd 1 10/03/2016 3:59 pm AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 16/03/2016 2:00 pm hotnewreleases 1st APR 6th APR 6th APR 6th APR 7th APR 13th APR 13th APR 13th APR * This is not final artwork 20th APR 21st APR 27th APR 28th APR * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork * This is not final artwork take a movie star home tonight AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 16/03/2016 12:41 pm APRIL 2016 P.14 We imagine an awful lot of people From the biggest Hollywood this month are going to be rushing 6-10 NEWS blockbusters to unsung gems to get their hands on Star Wars: What have the bold and the premiering on DVD and Blu-ray, The Force Awakens. And we don’t beautiful of fi lm and TV been up we cast our eye over the blame you: JJ Abrams’ reboot of the to lately? We check out the latest month’s biggest new movie much-loved sci-fi saga is everything reports from home and beyond and television releases. fans could have hoped for. But don’t P.16 forget that the seventh Star Wars 28-29 BACK TRACK 16-17 COMEDY movie is just one of a number of Five movies you may have blockbuster releases out in April. missed last month Science fi ction fans can also look 18-19 DRAMA forward to the latest YA futuristic fl ick The Fifth Wave, while if you want 30 COMING SOON 20-21 FAMILY a break from effects-based movies New releases to look make sure you check out Joy, which forward to next month 22-23 TV reunites the Silver Linings Playbook team of director David O Russell and Jennifer Lawrence. It’s also a 24 ACTION great month for family entertainment, thanks to the arrival of the latest 26 THRILLER Alvin And The Chipmunks fl ick and 12 STAR WARS: The Peanuts Movie, while the likes of THE FORCE P.20 Daddy’s Home and Rock The Kasbah AWAKENS ensure the laughs will keep fl owing Meet Daisy Ridley, all month. So, yes, the fi lm force is the feisty young star particularly strong this month. of the rebooted sci-fi saga. THE TEAM 14 JOY David O Russell and muse Jennifer Lawrence talk about why they reunited for this fairytale take on the inventor of the magic mop. P.22 P.12 P.23 Publisher: Tilo Grieco [email protected], Editor: Kit Razer Sub Editor: Chelsea Graham, Contributors: Robert Hislop, Accounts: Tracy Kingman [email protected], Production: Al Netherclift, Design: Brianna O’Neil, Contributor: Scott Hocking Address: Scribal Publishing Pty. Ltd., PO Box 2051, Richmond South, VIC 3121 TKE30_05_Contents.indd 1 16/03/2016 2:17 pm YOUR MONTHLY FIX OF NEWSREEL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS NEWSREEL MONDO MANIA! Will Ferrell is set to play The Dolls, the 1967 adaptation sexploitation icon Russ Meyer of Jacqueline Susann’s famous in a new fi lm which explores bonk-buster. the making of one of his only The script is by Christopher mainstream hits Beyond The Cluess (Saturday Night Live, The Valley Of The Dolls. Simpsons) and Irish fi lmmaker Russ & Roger Go Beyond John Carney (Once) is reportedly will tell the bizarre tale of how in talks to direct. No word yet, Meyer – whose other credits though, of a start date. include Faster Pussycat! Kill! In the meantime, Ferrell is Kill!, Mudhoney and Supervixens reunited with his The Other – teamed up in 1970 with Guys pal Mark Wahlberg in the fi lm critic Roger Ebert (to be comedy Daddy’s Home, which played by Josh Gad) to create is out on DVD this month. See an X-rated sequel to Valley Of Page 16 for more. OUTBACK CREATURE FEATURE A new homegrown creature feature is set to be they are being stalked by someone – unleashed this winter. or something – from their worst nightmares. Red Billabong marks the directorial debut of Luke “I’m very excited to have Red Billabong coming Sparke and stars Home & Away heartthrob Dan to Australian audiences and I hope they will get a Ewing and Dance Academy’s Tim Pocock. Set for kick out of the fi lm,” says writer/director Sparke. cinema release in the middle of the year, the fi lm “It’s action packed, funny, exciting and a story about tells the story of two brothers who begin to suspect Australian mythology they haven’t heard of before.” COUNTDOWN TO ROGUE ONE With Star Wars: The Force Awakens out soon plans to the Death Star - it takes place right on DVD and Blu-ray, all eyes are now on the before what was George Lucas’ fi rst fi lm,” franchise spin-off movie Rogue One, which Iger said. “I wouldn’t even call it a prequel is due in cinemas in December. because it really is a stand-alone fi lm. We Disney and Lucasfi lm have been keeping have others in the works including one which the fi lm under close wraps since its offi cial is an origin story about Han Solo and Chewy, announcement, although some believe and that will come after Star Wars VIII in the fi rst trailer for the fi lm will be issued to 2018. And then there will be possibly more coincide with the next Marvel blockbuster thereafter.” Captain America: Civil War, which opens at Rogue One is being directed by the end of the month. Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) and the multi- In a call with analysts on March 10, national cast includes Australian star Ben Disney boss Bob Iger revealed that he would Mendelsohn – who features in this month’s be seeing Rogue One “in a few weeks”, Actor Focus on page 25 – Hong Kong icon suggesting that it has been completed, but Donnie Yen, the great Dane Mad Mikkeslon otherwise he was giving little else away. and British actress Felicity Jones; Alan Tudyk “We call it ‘A Star Wars Story’ and it’s also features as a performance-capture about a band of rebels plotting to steal the character, believed to be a droid. 6 TKE30_06-10_NewsReel_v2.indd 6 16/03/2016 2:18 pm “A testosterone fuelled bone-cruncher!” NEW YORK POST DOLPH LUNDGREN CHUCK LIDDELL On Blu-ray & DVD March 30 SOPHIE NÉLISSE KATHY BATES JULIA STILES WITH OCTAVIA SPENCER AND GLENN CLOSE BASED ON THE AWARD-WINNING NOVEL BY KATHERINE PATERSON FROM THE CREATORS OF BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA ON DVD MARCH 30 Perfect holiday entertainment for the whole family! ASHLEY PATRICK WHOOPI JOHN BENJAMIN JANE WITH ANTHONY AND JENNA JUDD WILSON GOLDBERG HICKEY KRAKOWSKI LAPAGLIA ELFMAN Small town. Big heart. FROM THE PRODUCER OF ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ AND BASED ON THE Best-Selling Novel On DVD April 27 AD TEMPLATE.indd 1 16/03/2016 2:00 pm HUBBA HUBBA www.leadingedgemusic.com.au NEWSREEL BALOO! In the cult horror comedy Zombieland, a dying Bill Murray – playing himself – is asked if he has any regrets. “Garfi eld, maybe,” he replies before expiring. Let’s hope that he is happier about his new live action/ CGI hybrid The Jungle Book, which opens in cinemas this month. Murray voices the character of the much-loved Baloo the bear who, together with Bagheera the black panther (Ben Kingsley), tries to keep young Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi) safe from nasty Kaa the python (Scarlett Johansson) and King Louie the orangutan (Christopher Walken). Murray can be seen this month on DVD in a more familiar comic guise in Rock The Kasbah – check out our review on page 17. Go online to www.leadingedgemusic.com.au & sign up to our monthly newsletter and like us on Facebook to get one of 100 x $10 Leading Edge Music voucher redeemable at any Leading Edge Music store. The first 100 people to sign up to the Leading Edge Music Monthly newsletter and like us on Facebook (if already liked you only need to sign up for newsletter) will be sent a $10 voucher.