New This Week in Theaters, April 18, 2019

Image result for Drunk Parents Drunk Parents (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Bridget Moynahan, Alec Baldwin, Salma Hayek

Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes.

 Under the Silver Lake (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Callie Hernandez

Sam, intelligent but without purpose, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment’s pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. Sam sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.

 Breakthrough (PG)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, Josh Lucas, Marcel Ruiz

When her 14-year-old son drowns in a lake, a faithful mother prays for him to come back from the brink of death and be healed.

Image result for The Curse of La Llorona The Curse of La Llorona (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Marisol Ramirez

Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother suspected of child endangerment, a social worker and her own small kids are soon drawn into a frightening supernatural realm.

Image result for Little Woods Little Woods (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Lily James, Tessa Thompson, Luke Kirby, Lance Reddick

A modern Western about two sisters who work outside the law to better their lives.

Image result for Penguins movie 2019 Penguins (G)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Ed Helms

The story of Steve, an Adélie penguin, on a quest to find a life partner and start a family. When Steve meets with Wuzzo the emperor penguin they become friends. But nothing comes easy in the icy Antarctic.

Image result for Twice The Dream Twice The Dream (PG)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Monica Moore Smith, Mason D. Davis, Adrian R’Mante

After years of being forced to live their mother’s aspirations, Amber and Sam Bradshaw are offered an opportunity to chase their own dream of becoming musicians. Upon this quest, a family tragedy strikes. In the wake of this tragedy, they discover that it is their dreams that hold the family together.

Image result for Finding Julia Finding Julia (PG-13)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Ha Phuong, Andrew McCarthy, Richard Chamberlain

In Manhattan, Eurasian acting student Julia Chamonix is unable to enjoy the privileged life she shares with her doting father. Haunted by the tragic early death of her mother-a former star actress and singer in Vietnam-and likewise haunted by a secret desire she has to hide from the world, Julia struggles in her acting studies under renowned coach Igor. However, her ambitions to emulate her mother’s success are thwarted by her severe difficulties with the English language. Her only confidante is her wise Vietnamese grandmother, but even with her she limits what she confides. Meanwhile she begins to experience recurrent nightmares in which she relives the car accident that killed her mother. Caught between two very different cultures, East and West, Julia questions if she will ever fit in anywhere. As she attempts to understand who she is and how to forge a more confident identity from both parts of her birthright, her father falls in love with an American woman, Jennifer. Fearing abandonment, Julia’s secret obsession spirals out of control as she hears voices berating her and playing into her darkest fears. When her grandmother suddenly dies, and an accident causes another unexpected death, Julia is brought to the edge of madness. Will her life also end tragically, or will she be able to overcome her terrible duality? Where will she go and how will she finally find peace? The surprising conclusion to the heart-pounding drama makes it not only an unforgettable story, but also, on the deepest subconscious levels, speaks to the plight of millions of men, women, young adults and teens who are caught between cultures, who likewise feel “different,” and who are struggling to find a place in the world.

Image result for Someone Great Someone Great (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow

After a devastating break up on the eve of her cross-country move, Jenny enjoys one last NYC adventure with her two best pals. Someone Great is a romantic comedy about love, loss, growth and the everlasting bond of female friendship.

Image result for Kalank Kalank (NR)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit

Drama set in the 1940s during the partition of India.

Image result for Hail Satan? Hail Satan? (R)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Jex Blackmore, Nicholas Crowe, Lucien Greaves, Malcolm Jarry

A look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.

Image result for Rafiki Rafiki (NR)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Samantha Mugatsia, Neville Misati, Nice Githinji, Charlie Karumi

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

Image result for Fast Color Fast Color (PG-13)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lorraine Toussaint, David Strathairn, Saniyya Sidney

A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.

Image result for Stuck movie 2019 Joel McHale Stuck (NR)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Joel McHale, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Felicia Day, Heather Matarazzo

Darby finds herself in trouble with the law, and is sentenced to house arrest. Now she must serve 30 days in the home she used to share with her ex-boyfriend, that he now shares with his new fiancée.

Image result for High on the Hog movie High on the Hog (NR)
Opens on Friday, April 19
Starring: Sid Haig, Joe Estevez, Robert Z’Dar, Fiona Domenica

With a potent strain of pot sweeping the City, DTA agents attempt to infiltrate a small town farming operation that has a strong leader and interesting family members.

Synopsis by IMDB.

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