What to watch in theaters and at home this weekend April 8 -15, 2024
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Here are a few options for your weekend. Including the long-awaited debut of “Fallout” on Prime. As someone who spent a ridiculous amount of time building a home-based to look like the Pink Flamingo Club mentioned in Soft Cell’s song “Wave Hello, Say Goodbye,” I can’t tell you how excited I am get sit down with this over the weekend.
Having watched Alex Garland’s “Civil War” in IMAX I can tell you that I hope to be seeing it again. It’s not the film that most of us expected. Garland rarely gives in to that temptation. With the expectation of a few moments in the end, isn’t one of those times.
It’s a simple narrative with an incredible backstory boosted by the phenomenal cast. If you want a non-stop action film adventure laced with politics you’re looking for “Monkey Man.” If you’d prefer a film that mixes bombastic, occasionally brutal and sometimes gruesome violence in what I consider an anti-war film. It will stick with me and when you’re drowning is movie screenings its rare to find anything that new and exciting.
I’ve been told that I will enjoy the throwback horror of “Sting.” Seeing that “Blackout” by the legendary Larry Fessenden, I’ll add it to my queue. The premise and presence of Lucy Boynton have me curious about “The Greatest Hits.”
Here are trailers for those suggestions and another ten more.
Civil War (Theaters)
Studio Synopsis: An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor's edge.
Fallout (Prime)
Studio Synopsis: Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird and highly violent universe waiting for them.
Sting (Theaters)
Studio Synopsis: After raising an unnervingly talented spider in secret, 12-year-old Charlotte must face the facts about her pet—and fight for her family’s survival—when the once-charming creature rapidly transforms into a giant, flesh-eating monster.
Blackout
Studio Synopsis: Charley’s secret is he thinks he’s a werewolf. He can’t remember the things he’s done but the papers report random acts of violence taking place at night in this small upstate hamlet. Now the whole town must rally to find out what is tearing it apart: mistrust, fear, or a monster that comes out at night.
Coup de Chance
Studio Synopsis: A young married woman runs into an old school friend and is immediately smitten. The two friends grow increasingly close, eventually leading to infidelity and even a crime.
Damaged (Theaters)
Studio Synopsis: How do you catch a brilliant monster? When a sadistic murderer surfaces in Scotland, terrified local authorities call on a Chicago police detective who investigated a killing spree with the same horrific pattern five years earlier. Samuel L. Jackson and Vincent Cassel star in this shocking thriller about two detectives with tortured pasts trying to stop a merciless serial killer before he claims his next victim.
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion (Max)
Studio Synopsis: Fashion is an identity for teenage girls and one brand, Brandy Melville, has developed a cult-like following despite its controversial “one size fits most” tagline and some unsavory practices. Hiding behind a shiny Instagram façade is a shockingly toxic world, and a broader reflection of the global fast fashion industry. Fast fashion isn’t all glitz and glamor – it’s an exploitative business that pollutes the planet for the sake of profit.
The Challenge: All Stars: Season Four Premiere (Paramount+)
Studio Synopsis: Old-school legends, redemption-seekers and ex-lovers reunite in South Africa to compete for $300,000. In this game, anyone can win, relationships matter and only one all-star will claim the title.
Franklin (Apple TV+)
Studio Synopsis: Starring and executive produced by Academy, Emmy and AFI Lifetime Achievement Award winner Michael Douglas, and based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” “Franklin” is a new limited series that explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when – as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance – he embarks on a secret mission to France.
Available: Friday, April 12, 2024, with three episodes followed by one new episode every Friday
DORA Premiere (Paramount+)
Studio Synopsis: Everyone’s favorite bilingual explorer, Dora, returns with her monkey best friend, Boots, to embark on a colorful adventure within a fantastical rainforest.
The Greatest Hits (Hulu)
Studio Synopsis: Harriet (Lucy Boynton) finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend (David Corenswet), her time-traveling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present (Justin H. Min). As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?
The Sympathizer (Max)
Studio Synopsis: Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the series is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French and half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles, where he learns that his spying days aren't over.
The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden – The Greatest Arena Run of All Time (Paramount+)
Studio Synopsis: Get a front-row ticket to Billy Joel’s history-making 100th sold-out concert of his legendary residency at the world-famous Madison Square Garden.
