Here's our guide to the new movies hitting UK Home Entertainment platforms next week (w/c May 25th).
Arriving on UK Home Entertainment platforms next week are Terrence Malick's acclaimed WWII drama, Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers, and Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson driving each other mad. Thanks to Strike Media for their help in compiling the schedule.
I See You
Behind the seemingly perfect Harper household, Greg (Jon Tenney), the lead investigator of a child abduction case, is struggling to come to terms with the recent infidelity of his wife Jackie (Academy Award winner Helen Hunt). The already strained family harmony is further threatened when Connor (Judah Lewis), their son, appears to be the victim of a mysterious malevolent presence in their house. As the secrets start to unravel, the plot threads prove to be more interlinked than it would appear at first glance.
Format: Blu-ray/Digital
The Lighthouse
From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Format: Digital (DVD June 8th)
By Light of Desert Night
April and her two school besties are re-united for one last camping trip to Raven Rock, ahead of her small town 'wedding of the year' to high school sweetheart Richie. However, events unfold that expose their seemingly solid relationships as a dark web of jealousy, deceit and betrayal. Whether or not Raven Rock truly holds a mystical energy or the only evil in the desert comes from the girls themselves - the harsh reality behind the girls’ friendship is revealed and sets them on a path of destruction.
Format: Digital
Queen & Slim
From Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe and Grammy Award-winning director Melina Matsoukas, comes the unflinching new drama, Queen & Slim. On a first date, a black man and woman are stopped by a policeman over a minor traffic infraction. As the situation spirals, the man kills the officer in self-defence, forcing the two to go on the run. As they drive, these two unlikely fugitives discover themselves in the most dire of circumstances, forging a powerful love that reveals their shared humanity and shapes the rest of their lives.
Format: Digital (DVD June 8th)
Jinn
17-year-old Summer's world is turned upside down when her mother, Jade, abruptly converts to Islam, prompting Summer to reevaluate her identity.
Format: Digital
Abduction
This pulse-pounding thriller pits two strangers against a nefarious alien force, with the future of mankind hanging in the balance.
Format: Digital
A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood
Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys star in this biographical drama about children's television presenter Fred Rogers (Hanks). Assigned to write an article about heroes, journalist Lloyd Vogel (Rhys) interviews much-loved broadcaster Fred Rogers, star of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood'. Struggling with problems in his personal life, Lloyd doubts the authenticity of the kindly presenter, but when he seizes the opportunity to get Fred's opinion on his family issues, he begins to see what everyone else sees in Mister Rogers.
Format: Digital
Just Mercy
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Brie Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Jamie Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political manoeuvrings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.
Format: Digital/DVD
The Final Wish
Be careful what you wish for because every wish comes at a price. Following the death of his father, Aaron (Michael Welch) returns to his hometown to help his devastated mother (Lin Shaye) pack up his father's belongings. Discovering one item of unknown origin, Aaron soon comes to believe wishes are being granted but as he approaches his final wish, he realises that a dark genie known as a Djinn will claim his life and soul once The Final Wish has been granted.
Format: Digital
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp is one of the best lawmen in the West and a first-rate gunfighter. But he is a conflicted individual who is haunted by what he was taught early in his career; never, ever shoot first. But even a good man learns that sometimes, rules must be broken to survive.
Format: Digital
And Then We Danced
Passionate about dance, young Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) has trained at the National Georgian Dance Ensemble since childhood. His sole aim in life; to join the Main Dance Ensemble, break free from the confines of Georgian society and travel the world. When a dancer in the main ensemble is disgraced and his place becomes available, Merab’s ambitions finally feel within reach. When Irakli (Bachi Valishvili), a virile, talented male dancer, unexpectedly joins his group, Merab fears the newcomer is the only thing standing between him and his dreams. Charismatic and carefree, Irakli, has an effect on Merab that he can’t quite explain. As they compete, Irakli becomes both Merab’s fiercest rival and strongest desire, a desire that, in conservative Georgian society, threatens to throw his dance career, livelihood and family into turmoil.
Format: DVD
A Rebel Born
A Rebel Born follows the life of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a brilliant Confederate general and one of the most controversial figures in the American Civil War. Responsible for the massacre at the Battle of Fort Pillow, he was an expert cavalry leader, and one of the few soldiers to be promoted to general with no military training. Even now, more than 150 years after the end of the war, Forrest remains shrouded in controversy.
Format: DVD
Fire Will Come
Amador has been imprisoned for setting fires. When he is released from prison after two years, nobody is awaiting his return. He moves back to his hometown, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his elderly mother, Benedicta, and their three cows. Amador does not speak much and remains guarded and stern when the villagers make small talk with him. He becomes aware that there is gossip about his past. Amador has a chance encounter with Elena, a local veterinarian who has been studying abroad, which hints at a possible romance or at least a meaningful human connection. The rhythm of nature persists until one night when a fire starts to devastate the region and Amador is unfairly blamed for it.
Format: DVD
Confessional
After two mysterious deaths at a college on the same night, seven students are blackmailed into revealing what they know inside a hidden confession booth. Their confessions unveil the truth—not just about the deaths, but about the confessional as well.
Format: Shudder (May 28th)
Only the Animals
Franco-German director Dominik Moll returns with another darkly funny thriller that explores the seamier side of middle-class life in the French countryside. Two depressive farmers, an unfaithful wife, a lovelorn waitress and an African con artist are each related in some way to the disappearance of a glamorous housewife (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi). A stylishly-shot and elegantly structured slow-burn, revealing the secret connections between fascinating and disparate characters, the film finds Moll at the height of his storytelling powers and working with his finest cast to date, including an astonishing Denis Ménochet. This compelling mystery moves expertly toward an unexpectedly moving and surprising denouement.
Format: Curzon Home Cinema (May 29th)
The High Note
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace's overworked personal assistant who's stuck running errands, but still aspires to her childhood dream of becoming a music producer. When Grace's manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her career, Maggie and Grace come up with a plan that could change their lives forever.
Format: VOD (May 29th)
A Hidden Life
Based on real events, A Hidden Life is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife and children that keeps his spirit alive.
Format: VOD
Run
Steeped in the mythos of Bruce Springsteen songs about growing up and growing old in the same small town, Run follows former ‘boy racer’ Finnie (Mark Stanley), whose failure to leave the small Scottish fishing port he calls home is brought into sharp relief when his teenage son starts to follow in his footsteps.
Format: DVD/VOD
I'm No Longer Here
In the mountains of Monterrey, Mexico, a small street gang named “Los Terkos” spend their days listening to slowed down cumbia music and attending dance parties, showing off their outfits, hairstyles and gang alliances. These different bands of disaffected youth refer to themselves as Kolombianos, combining the Cholo culture with Colombian music. Ulises Samperio (17), the leader of Los Terkos, tries to protect his friends from the nefarious elements of a quickly evolving drug/political war, but after a misunderstanding with a local cartel, he is forced to leave for Jackson Heights, Queens, a diverse immigrant community in New York City. Ulises tries to assimilate, but when he learns that his gang and the whole Kolombia culture is under threat, he questions his place in America and longs to return home.
Format: Netflix (May 27th)
La corazonada
A rookie cop (Luisana Lopilato) and a police detective (Joaquín Furriel) investigate the murder of a woman, 19, whose best friend is the prime suspect.
Format: Netflix (May 28th)
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