As many of you know Angel Hesseltine and I have a child
coming in May, Lucas does Karate, Jasmyne does gymnastics and Angel is still
working full time as the director of her pre-school in Gilbert – we have a
pretty busy life. Not to mention family coming in town, birthdays on weekends
and in Las Vegas
and my Thursday night softball beer league to add icing on the cake of busy
weekdays. Somehow we still find time to go out and do fun things with the kids.
Last month I wrote about movies upcoming in March, 2013 and guess
what, it is that time again and I am going to recap a few movies that are being
released in theaters in the month of April that I hope to find a seat in the
theater for sometime soon. Which I might add that we still haven’t went and
seen ‘The Croods’ with the kids and we really need to get that one out of the
way first.
Here are some movies I am looking forward to watching this
month:
Evil Dead
Number one movie on my list that I want to see in the month of April. It comes out
on April 5 and it looks great! Angel won’t even watch the previews with me because
it shows the little girl looking out from under a board or something – I’ll admit
the little demon girl looks pretty scary, but that’s what is going to make this
movie great.
The movie based around five friends who take a trip out to a
remote cabin where they discover of a Book
of the Dead. This book directs them to unintentionally summon demons living
in the nearby woods and what do demons do? They terrorize and kill eventually
kill people. Movie rumors are raving that the evil demonic presences try and possess
them one by one, who knows how many of the five will get out alive.
Jurassic
Park 3D
SO STOKED FOR THIS! Lucas is infatuated with animals,
dinosaurs, cows, bulls, etc. so when we found out the original 1993 Jurassic Park was being re-released in 3D, we
made it a point to take Lucas to it. I think it may get a bit scary during some
parts for him especially if there is a dinosaur coming out of the screen trying
to eat him but I’m sure he will enjoy it. J
If you haven’t seen the original Jurassic Park,
it is based on a un-inhabited island that frog DNA testing has been done and
strains have been made to re-create dinosaur DNA, essentially bringing
dinosaurs back to life. During a preview tour of the drive through theme park,
a major power outage takes the cast for an adventure they had not prepared for.
The cloned dinosaur exhibits security fences fail and dinosaurs become the top
of the food chain.
Oblivion
I’m not sold on this movie yet. The reason why I included it
on this list because it stars Tom Cruise on a solo mission and it seems to be
somewhat of a repeat of “I am Legend” which starred Will Smith and wasn’t too
bad of a movie either. Regardless, if you had any questions on Tom Cruise’s
acting ability, I think this movie will show his true colors of holding an
audience by himself.
Oblivion is based around a veteran (Cruise) who is assigned
to extract the Earth's remaining resources and while on his journey, he begins
to question what he knows about his mission as well as himself. Alright solo
man on Earth, lets see what you got for us and bring those resources back to
home planet.
42
Rated PG-13 and rightfully so to educate children of today’s
neglected world of television, this movie shares the life story of Jackie
Robinson and his extraordinary story of making his way into the Major League
Baseball. This movie showcases the history-making Robinson signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers under the guidance of team executive
Branch Rickey.
This movie looks amazing. This drama based biography feature
film with a sports twist should be a major hit with baseball and sports
enthusiasts all over the world. Not only should this be a very compelling movie
but it will be sure to bring tears to your eyes during certain struggles that
Robinson had to face while making his way into the MLB.
The Lords of Salem
This movie looks good as well. It is created by the
producers of Paranormal Activity series and Insidious (which I thought was
pretty good too until the end) and a setting based in Salem which having a huge history of witches,
warlocks and Satan worshiping, it should prove to be a good thriller and keep
you on the edge of your seat.
This movie is about a young woman named Heidi who is a radio
DJ in Salem, she
receives a box containing a record; a "gift from the Lords." The
sounds that play from the record trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past
and begin to haunt her, meanwhile the Satan worshipping is happening in the
background encouraging these haunting and awaiting a special day for a child to
come into the world.
Pain & Gain
Many people don’t, but I personally like movies with Mark
Wahlburg – my favorite being ‘Rockstar’ which was released in the early 1990’s.
Either way, “Pain & Gain” stars Wahlburg and Dwayne Johnson (better known
as ‘The Rock’) and should prove to be an action packed movie.
Pain & Gain is based in Florida about a three bodybuilders who get
caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that goes terribly
wrong. They find themselves smack dab in the middle of less than appealing situations and use their brawn to get out of these
sticky situations.
MUD
Right up on my favorite actors list with Wahlburg, Nicolas
Cage, Bradley Cooper and Timothy Olyphant; Matthew McConaughey stars in this
feature film based around a fugitive on the run living in the woods looking to
find his true love. Sounds a bit sappy trying to work a love story into the
film but I’m sure it will play out okay with the support of Reese Witherspoon
as the true love.
Assuming Mud (Matthew McConaughey) escapes from jail or
prison and is living day to day; two teenage boys stumble upon his stuff and
the use of their boat sparks scary thoughts. Eventually the boys form a pact with
Mud to help elude the bounty hunters with hopes of reuniting him with the woman
of his dreams. This movie won’t be the first one I try and see in April but
makes the list because of the cast.
Get ahold of me if you want to go see one, we can hit a Harkins somewhere!
