WORDS: CAROLYN HIBLEN PHOTOS: MATCHBOX PICTURES; UNIVERSAL PICTURES
With so many great movies available this month,
the whole family will be fighting over the remote!
W
hether you are a fan of
animation, action, romance
or the classics, Foxtel Movies
has you covered during
April with a veritable smorgasbord of film
favourites on ofer.
Warm up your vocal chords for month-long
event Sing-Along Sundays on Family Movies
- featuring Hop, Trolls, Ella Enchanted,
Sing and more. Over on Action Movies, the
Secret Agents and Special Ops Sunday
line-up has double bills including The Losers,
Jason Bourne and Central Intelligence to
name just a few. Airing on Movie Greats is
the original Murder on the Orient Express,
while Premiere Movies is showing the ‘first
Muslim rom-com’, Ali’s Wedding. There really
is something for all tastes and age groups.
Too many great oferings to choose from?
We agree! Read on for our top picks of the
flicks you simply won’t want to miss...
GET YOUR ROCK ON
Easter egg-stravaganza Hop delivers plenty
of fun fare as the Easter Bunny’s (voiced
by Hugh Laurie) teen son EB (Russell Brand)
shirks the family business in order to follow
his longheld dream of becoming a drummer
in a rock‘n’roll band in Hollywood! Worlds
collide as the animated bunny befriends
slacker human Fred O’Hare (James Marsden),
who helps him on his path to superstardom.
BEST MUSICAL MOMENT
EB’s audition for David Hasselhof’s show
Ho Knows Talent – a drum solo to the
Taio Cruz song Dynamite – hits all the right
notes. “I didn’t like it... I loved it!” Hof declares.
SCENE STEALER
Hasselhof, while not the star of the film by
any means, is a stand-out in his cameo role
as himself. When EB questions why the actor
isn’t surprised to see a talking bunny, the
former Knight Rider star references his hit
’80s TV show as he explains that his “best
friend is a talking car”.
HOP Sunday April 1 at 7.30pm on Family Movies [405]
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