Adventure films, biopics, dramas, and more… this week’s new movies cover quite a breadth of genres. This week’s new releases include a film about a man who was diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age and struggled with a disease that few had ever witnessed, a biopic about King of Pop Michael Jackson, a thriller about a dysfunctional married couple who go to a secluded cabin to repair their relationship yet each is secretly potting to murder the other, and much more!
Amrum
In 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.
Directed by Fatih Akin
Starring: Jasper Billerbeck, Laura Tonke, Lisa Hagmeister, Kian Köppke, Lars Jessen
Release date: April 24
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (G)
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Directed by Werner Herzog
Starring: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney, Jean-Michel Geneste, Michel Phillippe
Release date: April 24
Desert Warrior (R)
An honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the desert.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Starring: Aiysha Hart, Ben Kingsley, Anthony Mackie, Sharlto Copley, Numan Acar
Release date: April 24
I Swear (R)
John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.
Directed by Kirk Jones
Starring: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Somerled Campbell, Michael Dylan, David Carlyle
Release date: April 24
Michael (PG-13)
The story of the famous musician Michael Jackson, known as the King of Pop.
Directed by Antione Fuqua
Starring: Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Colman Domingo, Juliano Valdi. Jayden Harville
Release date: April 24
No Ordinary Heist
Based on the true 2004 Northern Bank robbery, two feuding bank employees are forced to execute Ireland’s biggest heist after criminals kidnap their families and threaten to kill them.
Directed by Colin McIvor
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Éanna Hardwicke, Michelle Fairley, Eva Birthistle, Andrea Irvine
Release date: April 24
Omaha (PG-13)
A father conceals the truth about his family’s seemingly spontaneous cross-country road trip. A Sundance premiere starring John Magaro (Past Lives).
Directed by Cole Webley
Starring: John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam, Rachel Alig
Release date: April 24
Original Sound
A gifted beat maker navigates his big break after his song is stolen by a rising pop star.
Directed by Gregory Jbara
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Bridget Moynahan, Laura Marano, David Lambert, Ted King
Release date: April 24
Over Your Dead Body (R)
A dysfunctional married couple retreats to a secluded cabin to repair their relationship, but each secretly plots to murder the other.
Directed by Jorma Taccone
Starring: Nikolai Kinski, Kayla Radomski, Jason Segel, Jennifer Amaka Pettersson, Paul Guilfoyle
Release date: April 24
Ricky
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult.
Directed by Rashad Frett
Starring: Titus Welliver, Stephan James, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Imani Lewis
Release date: April 24