Movies Opening in Cinemas On April 29
Every Tuesday Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Keanu, Mother’s Day, Ratchet & Clank, Papa Hemingway in Cuba, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Viva & A Beautiful Planet.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Keanu (2016)
98 minutes – Comedy
Friends hatch a plot to retrieve a stolen kitten by posing as drug dealers for a street gang.
Director: Peter Atencio
Stars: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Will Forte, Nia Long
Mother's Day (2016)
118 minutes – Comedy, Drama
Three generations come together in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.
Director: Garry Marshall
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
94 minutes – Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
When the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain, a mechanic and his newfound robot ally join an elite squad of combatants to save the universe.
Directors: Kevin Munroe, Jericca Cleland
Stars: James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward, Sylvester Stallone
Papa Hemingay in Cuba (2015)
109 minutes – Biography, Drama
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Director: Bob Yari
Stars: Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson, Adrian Sparks, Minka Kelly
Viva (2015)
100 minutes – Drama
When everything is for sale, what’s the value of love? Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Stars: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García, Renata Maikel Machin Blanco
A Beautiful Planet (2016)
Documentary
An exploration of Earth and beyond as seen from the International Space Station. Narrated by Jennifer Lawrence.
Director: Toni Myers
Stars: Jennifer Lawrence
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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