Film 2019 – April to June

Greetings my movie geeks!

The year is now three months in and at the beginning of January we listed some of the anticipated movies of the year. Now, by releasing the first article I’ve painted myself into a corner and I have to write another! Why did I only release the first three months? I don’t know, but now I have to do it again! So let’s get started, because if I don’t it’ll be April and the films will already be here.

What movies are coming up in April, May and June?

April – June

5th April

Shazam!

Dir: David F. Samberg

Starring: Zachery Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou

Premise: Billy Batson a troubled 14 year old moves in to a new Foster home with the Vasquez family. He meets Freddy Freeman a disabled superhero fan. Whilst on a train Billy is transported to another realm and meets a mystical old wizard who gives Billy powers. When he shouts SHAZAM! He becomes a Godlike Adult superhero. Billy and Freddy need to learn about the powers to stop the evil Dr Thaddeus Sivana (Strong) from wielding his own powers. SHAZAM! Oh it didn’t work.

Pet Semetary

Dir: Dennis Widmyer & Kevin Kolsch

Starring: Jason Clarke, Amy Seimetz, John Lithgow

Premise: A doctor moves to the country with his family. He soon discovers a Pet Cemetery behind the house that is built near an ancient Indian burial ground that has mystical properties. If you bury something in that burial ground it doesn’t stay buried long.

12th April

Hellboy

Dir: Neil Marshall

Starring: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim

Premise: A reboot of the popular character Hellboy (Harbour doing his Ron Perlman impression) as he takes on the Blood Queen (Jovovich) whom seeks to take over the world. The film draws inspiration from Darkness Calls, The Wild Hunt and The Storm and Fury.

19th April

The Curse of La Llorona

Dir: Michael Chaves

Starring: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramierez & Sean Patrick Thomas

Premise: Anna Garcia is a social worker who discovers similarities between a case and supernatural occurrences that are tormenting her family. She discovers that La Llorona has latched onto her and won’t stop until she has taken her two children. (I wish I had a babysitter!) La Llorona in Mexican folklore is the ghost of a woman who lost her kids. Her spirit searches for her children and takes other lost children. This is linked to the larger Conjuring universe.

26th April

Avengers Endgame

Dir: The Russo Bros.

Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Josh Brolin, Brie Larson, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Karen Gillan, Tom Hiddleston, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Paul Bettany, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sebastian Stan, Don Cheadle, Pom Klementieff, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Frank Grillo, Letitia Wright

Premise: The sequel and probably jewel in Marvel’s crown. Endgame follows the events of Infinity War where Thanos has killed half of all living creatures in the universe. The original Avengers are left along with Captain Marvel and Antman who seemed to have survived by being in the Quantum Realm. This movie will end the current saga of the Marvel Universe. The Infinity Saga!

May

10th May

Detective Pikachu

Dir: Rob Letterman

Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Suki Waterhouse, Chris Geere, Rita Ora, Bill Nighy

Premise: A former Pokemon trainer Tim Goodman’s (Smith) father, detective Harry Goodman disappears. Tim teams up with Harry’s Pokemon partner Detective Pikachu to solve the case. Bill Nighy’s in this!

17th May

John Wick 3: Parabellum

Dir: Chad Stahelski

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, Lance Reddick, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jason Mantzoukas, Anjelica Huston

Premise: John Wick is still on the run following his assassination of a member of the High Table in The Continental. He has a $14 million global contract on him and he has to fight his way out of New York without having membership to the Continental.

24th May

Aladdin

Dir: Guy Ritchie

Starring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Marwan Kenzari, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Billy Magnussen, Numan Acar

Premise: Another Live Action remake of a beloved Disney Classic. It follows Aladdin a street rat who is destined to be a diamond in the rough and find a magical lamp that contains a Genie. A Will Smith looking Genie, who is blue, and after initial teasers the Genie is looking more Genie-like.

31st May

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Dir: Michael Dougherty

Starring: Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Bradley Whitford, Charles Dance, Thomas Middleditch, Aisha Hinds, O’Shea Jackson Jr., David Strathairn, Zhang Ziyi

Premise: The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance.

Rocketman

Dir: Dexter Fletcher

Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard

Premise: This is the story of Elton John’s life from his years at the Royal Academy of Music to his partnership with Bernie Taupin. So enjoy your walk down the Yellow Brick Road, whilst the Sun goes down on the month of May. Oh yeah, I went there!

June

7th June

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Dir: Simon Kinberg

Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, Jessica Chastain

Premise: Set in 1992 a decade after the events of X-Men Apocalypse, the X-Men go on a rescue mission but are hit with a solar flare. Jean Grey loses control (again) and releases the Phoenix… The Dark Phoenix. Will this be a repeat of The Last Stand? I think yes!

14th June

Men in Black: International

Dir: F. Gary Gray

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rebecca Ferguson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall, Emma Thompson

Premise: The London based Men in Black agents become involved in a murder mystery and have to travel the world. FLASH!!! The London based Men in Black agents become involved in a murder mystery and have to travel the world. FLASH!!! The London based Men in Black agents become involved in a murder mystery and have to travel the world. FLASH!!! WAIT… WHAT?

21st June

Toy Story 4

Dir: Josh Cooley

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kristen Schaal, Patricia Arquette, Laurie Metcalf, Wallace Shawn, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele

Premise: A third sequel to the ground-breaking Pixar movie. Bonnie adds a new ‘toy’ to her bedroom called ‘forky’ and the toys set off on a road trip to discover how big the world really is for a toy. Meeting friends old and new (hopefully not Chucky!) and most likely an enemy or two!

Child’s Play

Dir: Lars Klevberg

Starring: Gabriel Bateman, Aubrey Plaza, Brian Tyree Henry

Premise: The story follows a mother named Karen (Aubrey Plaza) who gives her son Andy (Gabriel Bateman) a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its sinister nature. Not another sequel to Toy Story!

28th June

Annabelle Comes Home

Dir: Gary Dauberman

Starring: Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga
Premise: The Sneaky Conjuring Universe tried to trick me! Throwing this out secretly.

Premise: Determined to keep Annabelle from wreacking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her “safety” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target – the Warren’s ten-year-old daughter Judy (Mckenna Grace), and her babysitters (Madison Iseman and Katie Sarife).

And that’s a wrap! Well, for the second quarter of movie releases. I’m invested now so I might as well get started on the next quarter. I probably won’t, I am the Great Procrastinator after all! Does anyone find it weird that there are three movies released fairly closely that involve living toys?

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Nathaniel Jepson

I am the Ultimate Movie Geek and I love movies. I also have a movie based podcast called the Man About a Dog Movie Pod or MAaD Movie Pod.

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