How to extend your holidays when they fly by so fast? It might seem as a stupid advice but try watching something exciting and forget your routine for at least a couple of hours. And have your family with you, as April features a number of great movies you could all watch together with a tinny laughter, goosebumps, suspense or surprise. Try new April comedy, horror, science fiction movies or animation and you'll definitely celebrate another day. COMEDY UNICORN STORE Plot Synopsis: After failing out of art school and taking a humdrum office job, a whimsical painter gets a chance to fulfill her lifelong dream of adopting a unicorn. LITTLE Plot Synopsis: Regina Hall and Marsai Martin both star
And the game is on. Not that one of the thrones but of the 72nd Festival de Cannes, as today it announced its official selection for Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings and Special Screenings. Of course, the main focus is on the international Competition entered by 19 films from all over the world. Four of them are directed by women, the list also features well-known directors, such as Pedro Almódovar, Terrence Malick, Ken Loach, Céline Sciamma, Xavier Dolan and Bong Joon-ho. Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die will open the festival. Here is the full line-up: The Dead Don’t Die, Jim Jarmusch Pain & Glory, Pedro Almódovar The Traitor, Marco Bellocchio The W
"Lets watch some good movie", suggested someone in the sitting-room. But before everyone started even thinking of a preferred title, there was considerably more attention-drawing scenes on TV news that chained us to our seats: Notre Dame de Paris on fire. This long-lasting drama with a slight reprieve but no happy ending overshadowed all fictional dramas in the world. The shock and awe while watching the world heritage turning into ashes can never be compared to emotions arising from imaginary heartbreaking stories on big screens. However, in this case it's much better to behold a fake drama than to experience the devastating real one. TEEN SPIRIT Plot Synopsis: Violet (Elle Fanning) dreams
April brings a company of superheroes on board. Even The Mummy awaits to be reborn. Not to mention a comeback of Hellboy, introduction of Shazam and the final battle of our beloved team of Avengers. Action and thriller movies released this month are truly comics-related. If you're a fan, lucky you. If you don't fancy those unrealistic characters, April has another type of action and thriller in its sleeve, too: THE MUMMY REBORN Plot Synopsis: When a group of teens in financial ruin decide to rob the local antique store, they discover an old wooden tomb containing a Mummy's corpse and an ancient amulet. But what they don't realize is that this tomb is cursed, and when the amulet is separated
Have you ever paid attention while picking a book what publisher it is associated with? More and more these are small presses who outperform the old grands. If you even look at the current longlist of the Man Booker International prize, only two out of 13 titles came not from independent publishers. So there's no surprise that this new publishing force has established the prize of their own and it is called The Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses rewarded to the best fiction published by publishers with fewer than 5 full-time employees. This year the prize was split between two winners: Lucia by Alex Pheby (Galley Beggar Press) and Murmur by Will Eaves (CB Editions). Fellow jud
There are books you read in an instant and the ones you struggle through in weeks. There are books with a straightforward storytelling and the ones you are puzzled to grasp. There are books you just love from the first line and the ones you discover later after giving them another thought. So what would you prefer now when rebirth of the nature is at its best simultaneously stirring your inner transformations? In fact, it doesn't matter what you prefer, if only there's still a desire to read. Perhaps our April TOP 5 of new books will satisfy your demand. BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE by Trent Dalton This debut novel will please the taste of those who love the novels about adolescents growing up. Twe
