April Movies: Ocean Tidings

April 2: In the Heart of the Sea (2015, 2h 2m)-A recounting of a New England whaling ship's sinking by a giant whale in 1820, an experience that later inspired the great novel Moby-Dick.

April 9: Jaws (1975, 2h 4m)-When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

April 16: Finest Hours (2016, 1h 57m)-The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.

April 23: Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, 1h 59m)-With a plan to exact revenge on a legendary shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son.

April 30: Moby Dick (1956, 1h 56m)-The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.