Movies to watch in April, including 'A Minecraft Movie' and 'The Legend of Ochi'

An all-timer video game gets a wacky adaption, Ryan Coogler makes a vampire flick and a new fantasy puts practical effects back in the spotlight

Helena Zengel stars in 2025 fantasy adventure 'The Legend of Ochi'
The visual effects in 'The Legend of Ochi' were 'largely the result of painstakingly executed puppetry and animatronics'
(Image credit: FlixPix / A24 / Alamy)

The April showers you get this month might just be your tears, as not one but two new movie releases deal with sweet baby animals. There's a doc about the endangered pangolin and a fantasy adventure starring the fictional Ochi, and in the nonbaby animal categories, here come a Minecraft adaptation, a unique spin on the vampire genre and a high-octane spiritual successor to "Speed."

'A Minecraft Movie'

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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold has worked as a story editor at The Week since 2024. She previously worked at FLOOD Magazine, Woman's World, First for Women, DGO Magazine and BOMB Magazine. Anya's culture writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Jezebel, Vice and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others.