Sure, the weather is getting nicer outside, but why let that stop you from going to the movies? Below, you’ll find a list of releases coming soon to a theatre near you over the next couple of months.

Wednesday March 31^st

The Last Song – Just in time for tweens on their Easter Long Weekend break is the screen adaptation of Nicolas Sparks’ latest ode to teenage romance. This time it’s Miley Cyrus taking the Sparks’ teen actor rite of passage by playing a girl that reconnects with her estranged dad (played by Greg Kennear) over their shared love of music.

Friday April 2^nd

Clash of the Titans – Sam Worthington leaves Pandora behind to play Ancient Greek warrior Perseus in this hightech remake of the 1981 film. Perseus fights through every creature in Greek mythology to prevent Hades (played by a typecast Ralph Fiennes) from unleashing Hell on Earth.

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (limited) – Complications ensue for four couples during their annual retreat to the Bahamas. Sounds like the previously released Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat as brought to us by the highly prolific Tyler Perry.

Max Manus (limited) – The story of one of Norway’s greatest heroes is recounted in this docudrama. Max Manus was part of the infamous “Oslo Gang”, who sabotaged the Nazi war effort in Norway’s capital despite bloody reprisals from the Gestapo commander, Siegfred Fehmer. The film follows Manus’ exploits from 1939 to 1945.

Friday April 9^th

Date Night – Steve Carell and Tina Fey finally combine their talents to play a married couple caught up in a bad case of mistaken identity as their night on the town turns into a Bruckheimer-esque action extravaganza.

The Wild Hunt – From Quebec comes a story that combines the emotion of Shakespearian tragedy and the action of medieval battles by setting it in the word of LARP (or Live-Action Role Playing). Erik follows his girlfriend to a medieval re-enactment after she falls for one of the players, and things get a little too real.

The Eclipse (limited) – Not remotely related to the Twilight book of the same name, this Irish ghost tale features Ciarán Hinds (“Rome”, There Will Be Blood) as a widower who thinks he’s being haunted after striking up a friendship with a horror novelist (Iben Hjejle, High Fidelity).

A Shine of Rainbows (limited) – An eight-year-old named Tomás gets to leave his dreary life in an orphanage behind when he’s adopted by the light-hearted Marie. But Tomás discovers that things aren’t completely perfect in the world outside the orphanage either.

Friday April 16^th

Kick-Ass – Based on Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s Marvel Comic of the same name, Kick-Ass follows teenage Dave Lizewski who decides to put on green spandex and become a superhero. The self-proclaimed hero named, you guessed it, Kick Ass, ends up inspiring others and violent antics ensue. This one’s generated some controversy because of its graphic violence and for featuring a 13-year-old girl with the colourful language of a seasoned sailor, but for fanboys and girls it stands as one of the season’s most anticipated.

Death at a Funeral (2010) – Frank Oz’s 2007 English farce gets an unnecessary American remake as Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes and Alan Tudyk are replaced by Chris Rock, Regina Hall and James Marsden. Peter Dinklage, however, reprises his role as the deceased father’s lover.

Alpha and Omega – Two young wolves (voiced by Hayden Panettiere and Justin Long) bond despite their differences after being captured by park rangers in this animated film.

London River (limited) – The 2005 London subway attacks are re-created for this drama about two people looking for their loved ones amidst the chaos after the bombing.

The Square (limited) – A couple looking to escape their own separate monotonous marriages engage in a heist scheme to get running away money. Naturally, things go horrible wrong.

Thursday April 22^nd

Oceans – Disney’s new documentary wing brings its second look at life on our planet just in time for Earth Day. This time, the cameras follow the diverse wildlife that fills the seven seas.

Friday April 23^rd

The Losers – Like Kick-Ass, The Losers is based on a comic book, but this is a story about a group of Special Forces soldiers looking to payback on the man that betrayed them in the Bolivian jungle. The Losers was originally printed under DC Comics’ Vertigo line, which also published V For Vendetta, Hellblazer (turned into the film Constantine), and Jonah Hex.

The Back-up Plan – Jennifer Lopez makes what’s sure to be a triumphant return to film playing a frustrated single woman that decides go through the process of in-vitro fertilization only to meet her dream man after she gets pregnant. Insert Gigli joke of your choice here.

Friday April 30^th

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) – Freddy Krueger gets the remake treatment with Watchmen’s Jackie Earle Haley donning the hat, striped shirt and bladed glove of the character originated by Robert Englund. Interestingly, Haley auditioned for the role of Glen in the original Nightmare, but he lost to none other than Johnny Depp.

Harry Brown – Michael Caine proves that even two-time Oscar-winning septuagenarians can be a force to be reckoned with by playing the film’s titular character, a man seeking revenge on the street thugs that killed his friend.

Gunless – Canada’s favourite go-to actor Paul Gross plays a Wild West gunslinger that comes to a small Canadian town looking for a fight, and ends up being hard pressed to find one. Expect lots of riffing on our American cousins and their unending obsession with firearms.

Furry Vengeance – Brendan Fraser plays a real estate developer that’s forced to fight a group of woodland creatures when his new subdivision encroaches on their habitat. Somebody make another Mummy movie for this man, stat!

Friday May 7^th

Iron Man 2 – Robert Downey Jr. returns as billionaire industrialist Tony Stark, who in this outing gets caught between the U.S. Government who want to get their hands on the Iron Man armour, and the villainous Whiplash, who’s out for revenge. Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson join the cast.

Exit Through the Gift Shop – If iron men don’t interest you, then you can follow a real life adventure as a French shopkeeper and a documentary filmmaker head off in search of elusive British graffiti artist Banksy.

Babies (limited) – A documentary crew follows four babies in four different parts of the world as the beginnings of life are examined from different cultural standpoints.

Friday May 14^th

Robin Hood – The Prince of Thieves gets a Gladiator makeover as Ridley Scott directs Russell Crowe as the legendary robber from Sherwood Forest. Cate Blanchett plays Crowe’s Maid Marian.

Letters to Juliet – In fair Verona, an American student played by Amanda Seyfried helps a woman played by Vanessa Redgrave find the long-lost love she hasn’t seen since 1951.

The Trotsky – Jay Baruchel takes a break from his burgeoning Hollywood career for this Canadian-made comedy about a Montreal High School student that believes he is the reincarnation of Soviet revolutionary, Leon Trotsky.

Just Wright (limited) – Queen Latifah plays a physical therapist that gets a job working with the one of the NBA’s biggest stars, played by Common. Naturally, romantic sparks ensue.

Mao’s Last Dancer (limited) – Based on the true story of Li Cunxin, Mao’s Last Dancer follows a young peasant boy whose raw skill as a dancer allowed him to journey to Madame Mao's ballet academy in Beijing and later to the Houston Ballet in America as an exchange student. The film also tells of Li’s struggles after he refuses to return to China.

Mother and Child (limited) – An all-star cast including Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Smits bring to life a story about three women and the various facets of the mother/child relationship that they face.

Friday May 21^st

Micmacs (limited) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of Amélie and A Very Long Engagement, takes themes from both these previous art house hits for this tale of love, longing and sweet revenge set against the backdrop of a magical junkyard.

Shrek Forever After – Everybody’s favourite green ogre has a midlife crisis as Shrek begins to wonder if he’s lost his roar. In a twisted tale that takes Shrek into a bizarre world where he never became the heroic ogre that won Fiona’s heart, there’s going to be even more fairy tale fun to be had than ever before as this Shrek is going 3-D.

MacGruber – Action gets a new name with this film based on Will Forte’s recurring character from Saturday Night Live. It’s the first big screen transfer of an SNL character in some time, and a nation of people is left to wonder, how long till the Tim Calhoun movie is made?

Leslie, My Name is Evil (limited) – Canadian filmmaker Reginald Harkema takes a subversive look at the Charles Manson court case as Manson jury member Perry (Gregory Smith) starts to find himself enamoured with Manson family member Leslie. Premiering last September at the Toronto Film Festival, this is definitely not Helter Skelter as you remember it.

I Love You Phillip Morris (limited) – It’s a case of love, life, criminality and latent homosexuality as Jim Carrey plays a man who realizes he’s gay after getting into a severe car accident. More than that, the straight-laced businessman decides he’s going to become a criminal in order to get everything he wanted in life, only to end up in jail where he meets his true love, Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). And that’s just the beginning of the story.

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