By: Al B.
THE FISHBOWL
Cinema Tropical
In Select Theaters only
After discovering her cancer has returned and metastasized, Noelia retreats to her home in Vieques, where she reconnects with her mother and her community. Choosing to keep her illness a secret in the absence of local medical care, she devotes herself to protesting the enduring environmental devastation caused by military activity. As a hurricane looms and her health deteriorates, she rekindles a past romance and faces a profound decision: to leave and seek treatment or to remain with her people and her cause.
A KNIGHT’S TALE
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Debuts on 4K Ultra HD Disc
as a Limited Edition Steelbook May 20
Heath Ledger plays William Thatcher, a peasant squire who breaks all the rules when he passes himself off as a nobleman and takes the jousting world by storm. The only thing that stands between William and his dream of becoming the World Champion of the most extreme of sports is the bad boy of the sport Count Adhemar. And when the two rivals go lance to lance at the world finals, you’d better arm yourself and hang on tight for the ride of your life!
MISERICORDIA
Sideshow – Janus Films
Available In Theaters Now
The entwined ambiguities of love and death haunt the meandering exploits of Jérémie, an out-of-work baker who has drifted back to his hometown after the death of his beloved former boss. Staying long after the funeral, the seemingly benign Jérémie begins to casually insinuate himself into his late mentor’s family. He lives with the kind-hearted widow and is stalked by the venomously jealous son, while building a strange yet meaningful friendship with a pragmatic local priest. Before long, small-town pleasantries are tangled into a web of violent criminal behavior and erotic physical desire.
RELATIVE CONTROL
Gravitas Ventures
Available on Digital Platforms April 11
A middle-aged, type-A attorney’s life spirals as she juggles her handful of an ex-cop father, forgetful mother, unemployed son, a reignited romance, and a hostile takeover in the biggest corporate control battle of her career.
SACRAMENTEO
Vertical
In Theaters April 11
Following the death of his father, energetic and free-spirited Rickey convinces long-time friend Glenn to go on an impromptu road trip from Los Angeles to Sacramento. Frustrated by Rickey’s Peter Pan complex, Glenn is encouraged by his pregnant wife Rosie to go on the adventure to reconnect. In the worn yellow seats of Glenn’s old college convertible, the two men confront their anxiety-ridden lives, addressing past mistakes and questioning what their futures hold.
ASOG
Film Movement
Available on VOD & Leading Platforms April 11
In the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda, TV Host-turned-teacher Jaya leaves their job and unsupportive boyfriend to pursue their passion for drag in hopes of winning the “Ms. Gay Sicogon” Pageant. Before leaving, they run into their former student, Arnel, heading in the same direction in hopes of finding his father. Banding together, the unlikely duo’s difficult yet cathartic journey is marked by a series of encounters with victims of the recent environmental devastation.
BIG FREAKING RAT
Lionsgate Entertainment
Available on Demand and Digital April 29
Experience a hairy tale of horror with a comic twist. Ranger Brody believes looking after his teenage niece and nephew will be the biggest challenge of the summer until his brand-new campground is turned into a den of terror by a massive mutant rat. Years of dumping toxic waste into the land have created a monstrous rodent with a taste for blood, and now it’s up to a reluctant band of warriors to exterminate the beast.
SHADOW FORCE
Lionsgate Entertainment
In Theaters May 2
In SHADOW FORCE, Kyrah (Washington) and Isaac (Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in order to protect their son, they go underground. With a large bounty on their heads, and the vengeful Shadow Force hot on their trail, one family’s fight becomes all-out war.
STARMAN
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Availabe as a limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Steelbook May 27
When his spacecraft is shot down over Wisconsin, Starman arrives at the remote cabin of a distraught young widow, Jenny Hayden, and clones the form of her dead husband. The alien convinces Jenny to drive him to Arizona, explaining that if he isn’t picked up by his mothership in three days, he’ll die. Hot on their trail are government agents, intent on capturing the alien, dead or alive. En route, Starman demonstrates the power of universal love, while Jenny rediscovers her human feelings for passion.
UN MUNDO PARA MÍ
Cinema Tropica
Cuando el primer bebé de una joven pareja nace intersexual, se ven abocados a un difícil viaje de descubrimiento y toma de decisiones. A medida que navegan por las complejidades de la intersexualidad, se enfrentan tanto a sus propias incertidumbres como a las presiones sociales que rodean la identidad de su hijo.
STRIKING RESCUE
@WellGoUSA
Available on Digital/Blu-ray & DVD April 15
Bai An’s (Tony Jaa) wife and daughter were brutally murdered in front of him, now he’s out for revenge and the path will be brutal and bloody.