Your latest fix of movies – April 25

The Amazing Spiderman: The Rise of Electro

Genre: 3D, Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx

For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen. But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro, Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, Peter comes to realise that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

Endless Love

Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Bruce Greenwood, Gabriella Wilde

The story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

Die Windpomp

Genre: Afrikaans, Romance

Starring: Armand Greyling, Grethe Fox, Ian Roberts, Leandie du Randt, Marga van Rooy

Die Windpomp is a quirky and endearing love story about 20-year-old Hendri, who arrives on the doorstep of a retirement village to live with his grandfather. He meets a beautiful young girl called Margot. Hendri is immediately smitten with this mysterious girl, and Margot is equally taken with Hendri. As their summer romance blossoms, it soon becomes clear that all is not what it seems in this unusual village.

Fruitvale Station

Genre: Biography, Drama

Starring: Melonie Diaz, Michael B Jordan, Octavia Spencer

This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008, and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale Bart station, that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant.

Parkland

Genre: Drama

Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeremy Strong, Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Giamatti, Zac Efron

On November 22, 1963, American President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Right after the shooting, a handful of individuals were forced to make split-second decisions. In almost real time, we follow the young doctors and nurses at Parkland Hospital, the chief of the Dallas Secret Service, the unwitting cameraman who captured what has become the most watched and examined film in history, the FBI Agents who had gunman Lee Harvey Oswald within their grasp, and Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, who had to take control of a country at a moment’s notice.