Lionsgate Play’s top picks for April
Lionsgate Play brings the chills this summer with a fresh batch of fright-fests and comedies. Included in the streamer’s binge-worthy mix of new titles are:
‘Greenland’
As a giant comet races toward Earth, estranged couple John Garrity (Gerard Butler) and Allison (Morena Baccarin) must put aside their differences for their diabetic son, Nathan (Roger Dale Floyd). Their only hope: a rumored safe haven in Greenland. The desperate journey tests their limits as they navigate the crumbling world, encountering both the best and worst of humanity.
‘Hightown’ Season 3
“Hightown’s” final season finds Massachusetts State Trooper Jackie Quiñones (Monica Raymund) investigating the dark underbelly of scenic Cape Cod for a killer on the loose. This time, she’s dealing with murdered individuals and missing sex workers. But getting to the bottom of the mysteries gets harder since Jackie is back to her old partying lifestyle. Meanwhile, her former colleagues, Ray Abruzzo (James Badge Dale) and Alan Saintille (Dohn Norwood) battle the never-ending flow of drugs plaguing the community.
‘Con Man’
“Con Man” is a hilarious comedy that follows Wray Nerely (Alan Tudyk), a has-been actor who once commanded spaceships on the cult classic sci-fi show “Spectrum.” Season 1 finds Wray navigating the often-strange world of comic conventions a decade after the show’s cancellation. He wrestles with fading fame, while his former costar, Jack Moore (Nathan Fillion), rockets to Hollywood stardom.
In Season 2, Jack attempts to make a “Spectrum” movie, but Wray is unsure if he wants to join the mission.
‘Johnny English’
Mediocre spy Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is thrust into action after cunning villain Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich) eliminates Britain’s top undercover agents. Bumbling yet overconfident, the goofy agent sets on recovering the stolen Crown Jewels with the help of his quick-thinking sidekick Bough (Ben Miller). They eventually team up with Interpol agent Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia), and the trio head off to save the day.
‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’
Female leads can’t get more relatable than 32-year-old Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger), who decided to turn her life around at the start of the New Year and record her attempts in a diary. Her life gets more exciting and complicated when two men capture her attention: the charming but unreliable Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) and a grumpy childhood acquaintance, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).
‘Demonic’
In Louisiana, Detective Mark Lewis (Frank Grillo) investigates a messy crime scene with three brutally murdered college students. A traumatized survivor, John (Dustin Milligan), claims that a séance gone wrong unleashed demonic forces and killed his friends. He also claims that two others survived, but have now gone missing.
As crime psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Klein (Maria Bello) interviews John, Lewis and his team find hard disks with footage from the house. Through recovered footage, they delve deeper into the horrific events, blurring the lines between the supernatural and the psychological.
‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Season 1
Rosemary’s Baby is a 4-hour mini-series adaptation of the classic novel by Ira Levin. Zoe Saldana stars as Rosemary Woodhouse, a young woman who, after a miscarriage, moved to Paris with her husband for a fresh start. There, Rosemary and Guy (Patrick J. Adams) meet a seemingly perfect couple in Roman and Margaux Castevet (Jason Isaacs & Carole Bouquet). But when Rosemary gets pregnant and experiences strange occurrences, she uncovers a horrifying truth – the Castevets may be part of a satanic cult with plans for her unborn child
