Worst2First: My Most Anticipated Films of Spring 2020

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Worst2First: 
My Most Anticipated Films of Spring 2020
As Spring arrives, there's a few good films out there to see in the theater before the highly anticipated summer season, and here are the ten I'm most excited for that will be released this March and April.




**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS**
**DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE**








#10
 I Still Believe
March 20
The musician biopic subgenre has been taking off in recent years, and the Christian world has latched onto this as well with the release of "I Can Only Imagine" two years ago - a film I was initially wary of but ended up loving due to its actual story and not being heavy-handed in its faith.  "I Still Believe" will hopefully continue that with the true life story of Christian singer Jeremy Camp, whose first love and wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and the struggles and joys the two went through.  Camp's story is downright inspirational in its own right, and I feel with the cast including KJ Apa, Britt Robertson, Gary Sinese and Shania Twain can do it justice.  Definitely will be a tear-jerker.











#9
 The New Mutants
April 3
A film I'm pretty sure has been in production since I was a teenager, "The New Mutants" will (probably) be released this April (but if not I won't be shocked), and serves as the first mutants film under Disney (even though it was still under Fox at the time) - a film that's going to blend mutants and horror, but in a PG-13 way so I'm not too overly excited about it, but any film about mutants and I'm in.  The movie centers around five teens (who are pretty much in their thirties by now) who are trapped in a mental institution and must escape using their powers, but what I'm most excited to see is Anya Taylor-Joy as Magik - as well as the others I suppose, if it actually gets released.










#8
 Onward
March 6
Pixar will once again hit gold with their brilliant blend of modern and mythology with "Onward," a story about two elf brothers who go on a quest to bring their father back to life (well, partly, since they managed to get his bottom half back).  The film looks to be an enjoyable adventure filled with comedy and of course Pixar's trademark emotional moments that will easily have audiences in tears both in laughing and tenderness - plus the all-star voice cast of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss and Octavia Spencer.























#7
 First Cow
March 6
 Anytime I see "A24," you can count me in.  They've produced some of the best independent films in recent memory, and "First Cow" looks to be a continuation of their impressive track record.  The film centers around a cook who joins a group of fur traders in the Oregon Territory who befriends a Chinese immigrant as they work together to form a lucrative business that relies solely upon a cow.  Everything about this film from the trailer looks absolutely amazing, and I can't wait to see what develops.












#6
 Promising Young Woman
April 17
I'm a sucker for a good revenge film, and "Promising Young Woman" looks...promising.  Blending dark humor with action and suspense, the film features Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan as Cassandra, a former wannabe doctor who quits college due to mysterious circumstances (although I'm sure you can guess what they are) who enacts revenge against men by pretending to be drunk and then striking when the men take advantage of her, leading up to a supposedly final climactic moment between herself and her past.  Mulligan looks to relish in the role, and the film boasts a strong supporting cast including Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Jennifer Coolidge, Laverne Cox, Max Greenfield, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Alfred Molina and Molly Shannon.








#5
Antlers
April 17
Produced by Guillermo del Toro, "Antlers" will center on a young boy who's keeping a supernatural creature in his home, while his teacher and her brother try to uncover what this creature is and how dangerous it can be.  Co-starring Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons, this looks like a promising return to the creature feature genre.











#4
Mulan
March 27
One of the major issues people have with Disney bringing their beloved animated classics to live action is the fact that it's pretty much re-telling the same story (such as "Aladdin" and "The Lion King" last year).  With "Mulan," they're stepping into new territory by not making it the same exact thing - no music, no dragon - and turning it into an actual action epic.  Liu Yifei plays Mulan - a girl who disguises herself as a man to fight in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend her homeland from northern invaders, and finds herself in danger from both the invading army as well as her fellow soldiers, for if her identity is revealed she'll be murdered.  This looks to be the most promising live-action remake of Disney's to date, filled with stylized fighting and a strong female lead.











#3
 Antebellum
April 24
Nowadays it's almost common to know the entire movie by watching its trailer (looking your way, "Black Christmas"), but the trailer for Janelle Monae's "Antebellum" has nothing of the sort - in fact, it's rather ambiguous as to its intentions.  There's an airplane in the Civil War, horse and carriage parading through a modern town, and a creepy girl in a hotel are just some of the baffling moments the trailer reveals, and makes it all the more enticing.











#2
 No Time to Die
April 10
With promises that "the 25th Bond film will change everything," "No Time to Die" once again features Daniel Craig in his (seemingly) final outing as the famed 007 agent as he comes out of retirement to help a friend find a missing person, and finds himself thrust into another compelling mystery.  Rami Malek stars as Bond's latest adversary, Christoph Waltz returns as Blofeld, and "Captain Marvel" star Lashana Lynch makes her debut as a new "00" agent who works with Bond in his latest adventure, and it looks to be another action-filled spectacle that we've come to expect from this long-running franchise.











#1
 A Quiet Place Part II
March 20
Two years ago "A Quiet Place" hit cinemas with a loud silence, offering a wholly unique alien movie where the creatures kill based on sound.  Directed by John Krasinski and starring himself and his real-life wife Emily Blunt, the film became a commercial and critical success, and a sequel was all but guaranteed.  Krasinski returns to direct, and Blunt, Noah Jupe, and Millicent Simmonds all return as the Abbott family take to the road with knowledge of how to kill the creatures, but as it goes with most apocalyptic worlds, they find that the aliens aren't their only adversaries.  Co-starring Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou, "Part II" looks promising, even if there's more dialogue in the trailer than the entire first film put together.

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