If you’re looking to tuck into something fresh this month movie-wise, then there are a number of new must-see movies coming to streaming, with Netflix and Prime Video dropping flicks featuring everyone from Martin Freeman to Phoebe Dynevor to Charlize Theron.
Digital Spy has rounded-up five of the best that you should definitely add to your watch list over the coming weeks.
Take a look at the list below.
Sky
Flavia
If lighthearted murder mystery is your thing, then this is definitely one to watch out for. Featuring a stellar cast that includes The Responder’s Martin Freeman, Mr Burton’s Toby Jones, Ted Lasso’s Annette Badland, Slow Horses’ Jonathan Pryce and Molly Belle Wright, the story follows the titular 11-year-old prodigy who discovers a knack for detective work.
Flavia de Luce finds a body in the cucumber patch of her manor home, though when her dad (Freeman) unexpectedly confesses to the murder, she sets out to clear his name – all while trying to outwit Jones’s Inspector Hewitt. However, the investigation exposes buried secrets about her dad and missing mother.
Adapted from the book series by Alan Bradley, the movie has been teased as a “beautifully crafted family film” by Sky Cinema’s Andrew Orr, with the film debuting on the service this weekend – just in time for Easter.
Streaming on Sky Cinema/NOW from 4 April.
Netflix
Thrash
Phoebe Dynevor headlines this new survival thriller, which focuses on a coastal US town that is battered by a torrential storm. However, danger lurks in the water as sharks start to terrify the residents – among them the Bridgerton star’s pregnant character Lisa.
Directed by Violent Night’s Tommy Wirkola, Thrash has been through a few title changes – originally Beneath the Storm and then Shiver – though we’re expecting thrills aplenty, at least if the eerie ‘Baby Shark’ soundtracked trailer is anything to go by.
The movie also features supporting turns by Hocus Pocus 2’s Whitney Peak, A Quiet Place: Day One’s Djimon Hounsou, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’s Alyla Browne and Home and Away’s Amy Mathews.
Streaming on Netflix from 10 April.
Prime Video
Balls Up
Described as a “raunchy, over-the-top comedy”, this new Prime Video movie follows two marketing executives who go “balls out” by pitching “a bold full‑coverage condom sponsorship with the World Cup”.
However, a global scandal ensues after a drunken celebration, after which the pair “must outrun furious fans, criminals, and power-hungry officials to salvage their careers and make it home alive”.
Starring Mark Wahlberg and The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Paul Walter Hauser as central characters Brad and Elijah, Balls Up is directed by comedy stalwart Peter Farrelly, and counts Deadpool’s Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick as writers.
Streaming on Prime Video from 15 April.
Netflix
Roommates
Looking for even more comedy? Well, this new Netflix movie may do the trick. Roommates focuses on naive college freshman Devon (played by Sadie Sandler, daughter of Adam) who asks cool and confident peer Celeste (Heretic’s Chloe East) to be her roommate, where they quickly bond.
However, Devon begins to feel “increasingly irritated by and distrustful” of Celeste, and “during a fateful, karaoke-fueled spring break in Panama City, their war of passive aggression boils over, showing just how crazy your roommates can make you”.
The impressive supporting cast includes Adam Sandler, Poker Face’s Natasha Lyonne, Big Mouth’s Nick Kroll, SNL’s Sarah Sherman, The Last of Us’ Storm Reid and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Carol Kane.
Streaming on Netflix from 17 April.
Netflix
Apex
Oscar-winner Charlize Theron and Rocketman’s Taron Egerton lead this “twisted” new action-thriller, which follows a grieving woman who “seeks solace in the wilderness” However, she becomes “ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse with a ruthless serial killer”.
Netflix has promised that the movie “layers emotional depth into a high-stakes fight for survival”, so we’re expecting some heavy, edge-of-your-set thrills. Theron has also gone all-out, confirming to People that she did her own stunts for her role.
Directed by Everest’s Baltasar Kormákur and written by The Purge’s Jeremy Robbins, Apex also features Star Trek’s Eric Bana.
Streaming on Netflix from 24 April.
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