Morbius, a Nicolas Cage meta moment, and other movies worth watching in April
Also coming soon: The latest Fantastic Beasts installment, Judd Apatow’s The Bubble, Michael Bay’s Ambulance and more
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It’s springtime at the cineplex, also known as that uncertain stretch between the end of Oscar season and the return of summer blockbusters. That doesn’t mean moviegoers don’t have plenty of releases to look forward to, though. Horror fans will be satiated with You Won’t Be Alone, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair, and even the latest Sony-Marvel superhero entry Morbius. Those pining for Chris Pine have back-to-back offerings to check out, whether they’re in the mood for an action-thriller or a spy-thriller. Meanwhile, Better Nate Than Ever, the Sonic The Hedgehog sequel, and The Bad Guys have family-friendly audiences covered. Oh, and how could we forget: Nicolas Cage is playing himself in a movie called The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Need we say more? Read on for the must-see films—appearing at the theater and in your living room—that belong on your radar this April.
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Saying A.A. Dowd didn’t like a movie doesn’t mean it was bad. According to RT, Sonic the Hedgehog has a critic 60 and an audience 93%. Maybe the movie is just bad for critics? Or maybe professional critics are bad at watching movies.
47 out of 100 on Metacritic.
And a user score of 8.1. So my point stands. Also, 42 reviews vs 1200+. Guess which I’m trusting.
It was a kids movie that entertained my kids and also entertained me. Ben Schwarz was solid casting and consistently funny with his delivery. James Marsden did well what he needed to do to make it work. Jim Carrey was fine enough. The story was paced well and never dragged.It wasn’t an ambitious masterpiece, but it nailed what it set out to do. I will be taking my kids to see the second one.
Dowd is kind of a reverse barometer , if he hates something then its probably worth watching .
I mean, that isn’t even remotely true. Many of the films he’s given high grades to have been among the best films of the last decade.
These freelance hacks think Morbius is “a movie worth watching”, so I’d take what they say with a grain of salt!
Or maybe children and weirdos who pretend to be children like it. It’s atrocious.
Why are you so mad that the numbers exist lol
I’m indecisive about The Bubble.Pros:* I’ve already paid for Netflix, and it’s on there.* Duchovny!Cons:* It’s a Netflix Original. Ugh.* It’s parodying that’s, pretty much, already parody.
I feel like David retired, can’t remember the last thing he was in.
Since I have Netflix, looks good enough to invest half an hour in as a trial run.
I miss the old AV club snark and wit. All the entries in the article feel like they were written by the studios pr team.
I was so sad reading this:“Co-starring Jacki Weaver and Mel Gibson as Stu’s parents, and written and directed by Gibson’s partner Rosalind Ross in her feature film debut, Father Stu seems to walk the line between edgy and feel-good, like the best depictions of extraordinary everymen do.”You have a movie starring two of Hollywood’s most notable racists starring in a movie together that seems almost like a parody of biopics, and this is all you can say about it? This is so completely and utterly toothless.
Utterly soulless shit
I’ve seen the trailer for that Ambulance movie twice. I know it’s just Michael Bay and not supposed to be logical, but… here’s my prediction, tell me if I’m right: At some point in the movie they will get their bundles of stolen bank cash in to the hospital where Jake’s buddy’s kid is. And they’ll slap the cash on the counter, waving their guns and say “do the operation NOW.”And the doctors will do just that because stacks of cash and gun-waving is better than a PPO.And then everyone will go to jail except Gyllenhaal because he will be shot and dying. Unless there’s a sequel – Ambulance 2: the Next Surgery.
Ambulance is out today in the UK (for some reason) and I’m seeing it tonight (for some reason), so I’ll let you know.
Mooby’s, a Nicolas Cage mega moment,