New movies in theaters – The First Omen, Monkey Man and more

By Alexandra Heilbron on April 4, 2024 | Leave a Comment

There’s a wide selection of new movies opening this weekend, including the early release Someone Like You, plus the horror film The First Omen and the dark comedy Wicked Little Letters. Check them all out below and watch the trailers to decide what you want to see at the movies. ~Alexandra Heilbron

Someone Like You – Architect Dawson Gage (Jake Allyn) fell in love with London Quinn (Sarah Fisher) in high school, even though she told him not to. Ten years later, the two are still best friends when tragedy strikes. Now, the grieving Dawson is compelled to do one final act of love for London. Debuts in theaters April 4, 2024. Click here to read our review. Click here for showtimes.

Jake Allyn and Sarah Fisher discuss which new skills they learned for their new movie Someone Like You. Sarah reveals that she loved getting to play with kangaroos for her role as a zoo worker, while Jake talks about how filming the movie felt like summer camp.

The First Omen – When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate. Click here for showtimes.

Monkey Man – Kid (Dev Patel) is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody for cash. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him. Click here for showtimes.

Wicked Little Letters – When spinster Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) begins to receive letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her father believes it’s their rowdy Irish neighbor, Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley), and goes to the police. Playing in select cities. Click here to read our review. Click here for showtimes.

DogMan – Having just been arrested, Douglas (Caleb Landry Jones) tells the moving story of his life. A survivor of childhood trauma, his violent father forced him to live in the family kennel. Douglas develops a bond with dogs that defies understanding. In a life that’s been broken a thousand times, only the love of his dogs can bring salvation. Playing in select cities. Click here for showtimes.

Hailey Rose – After years of successfully avoiding her family, newly-unemployed Hailey (Em Haine) gets a frantic call from her sister with news compelling her to return to their east coast hometown — only to discover a stunning surprise waiting for her. Playing in Toronto, Calgary, and Halifax. Click here for showtimes.

La Chimera – Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For Arthur (Josh O’Connor), the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible and searches everywhere — to find the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. Playing in Toronto, Montreal; opens in Ottawa April 12. Click here for showtimes.

The Old Oak – The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak in a village in Northeast England, is uncertain, as people are leaving the land following the closure of the mines. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for the Syrian refugees. Playing in Vancouver, Ottawa. Click here for showtimes.

 

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