UK Release Schedule: January – March 2022

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FRIGHT…
 The Last Thing Mary Saw 
 Starring:
Rory Culkin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Stephanie Scott 
Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family’s matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy. 
Release Date: The Last Thing Mary Saw will stream on Shudder from 20th January 
 Shepherd 
 Starring:
Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss & Greta Scacchi 
Eric Black is lost after the mysterious death of his adulterous wife. Running from his past to a new job as a Shepherd, he becomes trapped alone on a majestic, weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiralling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXUUOi4Y4ZI  
Release Date: Shepherd will be available on Blu-ray & Digital Download in February 
THRILL…
 HOME 
 Starring:
Jake McLaughlin, Kathy Bates & Aisling Franciosi 
When a 40-year-old man returns home from prison, he must confront the demons of his past. The directorial debut from Franka Potente, starring Academy Award Winner Kathy Bates (Misery, Richard Jewell), Jake McLaughlin (Warrior, Savages) and Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale, The Fall). 
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_RnoLT7QPg 
Release Date: Home will be available on Digital Download from 24th January 
HELP 
 Starring:
Louis James, Emily Redpath, Sarah Alexandra Marks & Duncan James 
 Help follows Grace, who after a painful break up visits her friend Liv who is living in the idyllic English countryside with her boyfriend Edward and his dog Polly. The trio start the weekend in high spirits but dark revelations soon cascade the weekend into chaos. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgSXweKXQLs  
Release Date: Help will have limited screenings on 15th February 
DRAMA…
 American Night 
Starring:
 Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Paz Vega, Jeremy Piven & Michael Madsen
A neo-noir set in New York City’s corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York’s mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR0kFifm-sg
Release Date: American Night will be available on Digital Download from 7th February 
Hip Beat 
Starring:
Samuel Kay Forrest, Marie Celine Yildirim, and Judy LaDivina
Angy is a political activist fighting against the system while searching for love in the Berlin queer community. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijhFQyGKE-w
Release Date: Hip Beat will be coming to Digital Download Q1 
 Master Cheng 
Starring:
 Pak Hon Chu, Anna-Maija Tuokko & Lucas Hsuan
When a mysterious stranger arrives at a small café in a remote Finnish village, accompanied by his son, he is looking for something – or somebody – but nobody can understand what. Unable to speak the language, he manages a few words in English with the locals, but all in vain. Taking pity on him, the owner, Sirkka, finds a place where he and his young son can stay, but it is only when he volunteers his services as a cook that the real transformation begins, and it is one that will have a profound effect on the entire village. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDsRqK9p9yI 
Release Date: Master Cheng will be in UK cinemas from 11th March 
 1944: Hitler’s Secret Weapon 
Starring:
 Yaroslav Kucherenko, Anton Karlinsky, Lilia Ostapovich, Pavel Aldoshin
 The gripping true story of Leonid Berenshtein – the commander of a partisan battalion in World War II – who located the secret facility where the Nazis were developing their last hope for victory. 
Trailer: https://youtu.be/3phkuWEsAZA 
Release Date: 1944: Hitler’s Secret Weapon will be available On Demand & DVD from February 7. 
 A Long Walk 
An old Laotian man discovers that he can travel back in time and speak with the dead.
Release Date: A Long Walk will be available On Demand from February 28 
SMILE…
 In The Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand  
Starring:
 Makis Papadimitriou, Michalis Sarantis, Anna Kalaitzidou
An award-winning and hilarious road movie, loaded with an amazing and eclectic soundtrack. ‘In the Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand’ is a feel-good, touching and very original story, that stays with you long after watching.
A hit on the international festival circuit and in its native Greece, where it’s still enjoying a long and successful theatrical run.
 
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/613538835 
Release Date: In The Strange Pursuit of Laura Durand will be available on Digital Download in January – date TBC 
 Sideshow  
Starring:
 Les Dennis, Anthony Head, April Pearson
When two inept criminals break into the home of a washed-up psychic in search of hidden loot, they get a lot more than they bargained for. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHtM6F-fCqI 
Release Date: Sideshow will be in UK Cinemas Q1! 
 Bite Me 
Starring:
Christian Coulson, Annie Golden, Naomi Grossman, Naomi McDougall Jones
Bite Me is a subversive romantic comedy about a real-life vampire and the IRS agent who audits her. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTYfjIWOUbI  
Release Date: Bite Me will be coming to Digital Download 8th February 
LEARN…
 Caught In The Net 
 Documentary exploring the world of online sexual abuse of children succeed in turning an experiment into an act of social intervention. 
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMJ95a6tAjg 
Release Date: Caught In The Net will be available on Digital Download from 7th February 
EVENT…
 Measured
Measured is a witty and moving new play examining the hidden consequences of an eating disorder for the sufferer and those who love them. Exposing the emotional turmoil of the illness without glamorising its dangers, Measured questions how effective recovery can be in a society that still wants women to be as ‘little’ as possible.
Release Date: Measured will be coming to the The Hope Theatre Q1 
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UK VOD Release: Tokyo Dragon Chef

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Terracotta Distribution are delighted to announce the release of their insane Japanese action comedy, Tokyo Dragon Chef. Behind the camera is renowned director, Yoshihiro Nishimura, responsible for cult hits such as ‘Tokyo Gore Police’ and ‘Meatball Machine: Kodoku’ and the special FX director of Shin Godzilla.

Retired Yakuzas open a ramen restaurant and become an overnight sensation, thanks to their recipe developed in prison. But a mysterious upstart gang is taking down every Yakuza family one by one, drawing the chefs back into the gangland underworld once more!

Terracotta Distribution owner Joey Leung was thrilled that the film will be reaching UK audiences.

Everyone needs their spirits lifted at the moment and this blend of Yakuza rivalry, culinary success story and colourful musical are the much needed ingredients for a crazy, uplifting recipe that only the Japanese directors like Yoshihiro Nishimura can serve up. This is great find from us, it’s the film equivalent of crate digging for records and finding that gem you know people will just love, with a mix of older famous actors, young youtubers and pop idols.

Tokyo Dragon Chef is a hilarious and bonkers infusion of Blues Brothers and Tampopo – martial arts, music and of course, ramen!

Tokyo Dragon Chef will be on DVD & Digital Download from 25th January

Jinga Films launch horror distribution, Danse Macabre

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Jinga Films are delighted to announce the launch of their new distribution arm, Danse Macabre. Under the Jinga umbrella, Danse Macabre will be focused on the distribution of horror films in the English speaking territories, UK, Ireland, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Danse Macabre will also act as a horror sales sub-label within Jinga Films whilst Jinga itself expands to include a wider range of genres, including arthouse.
Much like Jinga Films, Danse Macabre is co-owned by Julian Richards and Rosana Coutinho. Julian was thrilled to confirm the news. “Danse Macabre will be the home for horror, run by horror fans for horror fans. We travel the world, select the best films and will bring them to our audience in a terrific package. 

Jinga has established a reputation for outstanding horror films from across the globe including The Last Horror Movie, Rabies, A Serbian Film, The House At The End Of Time, The Canal, Our Evil and Still/Born. Danse Macabre will continue that tradition but as a distributor in the UK, US and Australia. Taking our inspiration from former UK label Tartan Films, we will offer genre fans a selection of exotic titles that might never find distribution in the mainstream market, whilst also releasing mainstream titles theatrically and through supermarkets.”


Marketing & communications agency, Strike Media, will be working with Danse Macabre across their titles. 
Danse Macabre will be distributing five titles across 2020. Both Antrum (26th Oct) & The Ringmaster (16th Nov) will have theatrical releases alongside their home entertainment release. Gags the Clown (5th Oct), Purgatory Road (2nd Nov) and All The Creatures Were Stirring (23rd Nov) will be released across DVD & Digital.

Danse Macabre are currently planning their 2021 slate and have confirmed the release of Tomaz Gorkic’s award winning vampire horror THE CURSE OF VALBURGA, Megan Freels Johnston’s black comedy slasher THE ICE CREAM TRUCK, Tini Tullman’s psychological thriller FREDDY/EDDY which premiered at FrightFest, Justin Reisbuller’s New York set slasher CENTRAL PARK, Mark Sheridan’s folk horror CRONE WOOD, RP Kahl’s erotic thriller ECSTASY starring Deborah Kara Ungar, Severin Eskelands controversial psychological horror LUST and SHIVER, the psychological horror starring John Jarratt, Danielle Harris, Casper Van Dien and directed by Jinga Films & Danse Macabre’s own Julian Richards.

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – AUGUST 17th 2020

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Here’s the schedule for all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing August 17th 2020.

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Yes, God, Yes
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
Format: VOD
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Growing up in the Midwest in the early OOs, sixteen-year-old Alice has always been a good Catholic. But when an innocent AOL chat turns racy, she discovers masturbation and is overwhelmed with guilt. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious retreat to try and suppress her urges, but it isn’t easy, especially after a cute upperclassman starts flirting with her.

Available on iTunes
Tenet – TICKETS ON SALE TODAY
Release Date: 26th August
Distributor: Warner Bros
Contact: Distributor / PR

Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Find out more here
AVA
Release Date: 21st August
Distributor: New Wave Films
Contact: Distributor / PR

Based on her own adolescent experiences, Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava is a gripping debut about a young girl’s coming-of-age in a strict, traditional society. Living with her well-to-do parents in Tehran, Ava is a bright and focused teen whose concerns – friendships, music, social status, academic performance – resemble that of nearly any teenager. When Ava’s mistrustful and overprotective mother questions her relationship with a boy, going so far as to visit a gynecologist, Ava is overwhelmed by a newfound rage. Formerly a model student, Ava begins to rebel against the strictures imposed by her parents, her school, and the society at large.

Find out more here
PERFUMES
Release Date: 21st August
Distributor: Curzon
Contact: Distributor / PR

A once-famous ‘nez’ (in the perfume world) sells her extraordinary olfactory facility to any company that’s prepared to pay for it. She’s a selfish diva, but one that might just have a shot at redemption through her relationship with her new chauffeur, a man with many troubles of his own…

Find out more here
SOCRATES
Release Date: 21st August
Distributor: Peccadillo Pictures
Contact: Distributor / PR

Socrates, a handsome 15-year-old, is not just another underage kid living on the margins of society while working the construction sites of São palo, he has a purpose. Because of the sudden death of his mother Socrates has had to fend for himself, trying desperately to earn the rent to keep his run-down apartment and remain out of the clutches of social services and his estranged father

Find out more here
THE MAN IN THE HAT
Release Date: 18th September
Distributor: Kaleidoscope
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The Man in the Hat (Ciarán Hinds) journeys through France in a Fiat 500 accompanied by a framed photograph of an unknown woman. He is pursued by five angry men in a Citroën Dyane. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off?

Travelling North on his escape across the mountains, gorges and bridges of France, he hears stories of love and loss, listens to Shubert, Otis Redding and Canteloube, and encounters mysterious strangers including The Damp Man (Stephen Dillane), The Chef (Muna Otaru) and The Biker (Maïwenn); coming face to face with the vivid eccentricities of an old country on an old continent, whilst trying to evade the pursuers who are always, relentlessly, on his tail.

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Come As You Are
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: Studio Soho Distribution
Format: DVD – Available on VOD now!
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Inspired by a true story, three young men with disabilities (Grant Rosenmeyer, Hayden Szeto, Ravi Patel) flee their overbearing parents for a road trip to a brothel in Montreal that caters to people with disabilities, in order to lose their virginity and embrace their independence. Gabourey Sidibe stars as their jaded nurse driver, Janeane Garofalo and C.S. Lee also star as concerned parents hot on their trail. Based on the true story of Asta Philpot.

Available on Amazon & iTunes
Pegasus: Pony With A Broken Wing
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
Format: VOD
Trailer
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While walking in the woods one day, Sydney makes a magical discovery – a winged pony that has fallen from the sky.

Available on iTunes
Drunk Parents
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD
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Two drunk parents attempt to hide their ever increasing financial difficulties from their daughter and social circle through elaborate neighborhood schemes. One terrible drunken decision however dominoes into another and soon their lives plunge into absolute chaos and they find themselves kidnapped, homeless and locked in a prison cell.

Available on Amazon
The Parts You Lose
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD
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Wesley, a young deaf boy, discovers an injured fugitive (Aaron Paul) and secretly helps him recover. Wesley’s bond with the man grows that ultimately tests his understanding of right and wrong as the police inch closer and closer.

Available on Amazon
After Life
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: BFI
Format: Blu-Ray
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Meditative drama from acclaimed Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu. In a way-station between life and death newly deceased people are asked to reflect on their lives and select one memory that will then be recreated for them and become the sole memory of their life. A group of counsellors engage with the recently-deceased for a number of days to assist them when looking for that one significant moment that means the most to them.

Available on Amazon
Equus
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: BFI
Format: Blu-Ray
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Alan Strang (Peter Firth) is a troubled teenager who suffers from an uncontrollable urge to blind horses. In court, facing prosecution for his actions, psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart (Richard Burton) attempts to unravel the root causes of Alan’s pathologic affliction.

Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own landmark, Tony-winning play, Equus is a gripping psychological thriller exploring how corrupted ideals can lead to grave consequences.

Available on Amazon
Treasure Hounds
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: High Fliers Video Distribution
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Children’s drama from film-maker Tim Brown. When his family are threatened with eviction, a young boy named Jack (Valin Shinyei) does all he can to ensure that they remain in their home. After Jack discovers that his late grandfather hid treasure somewhere in town, he attempts to find the horde in order to protect his family from the eviction. However, there are others in town who know about the treasure and in order to find the fortune before anyone else Jack must rely upon his neighbourhood friends as well as his grandfather’s wily old dog, Skipper (voice of Norm MacDonald).

Available on Amazon & iTunes
Edge Of Extinction
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
Format: DVD
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15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One man clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying away from others has been key to his survival. But this self-imposed isolation comes to an abrupt end when he crosses paths with another group of survivors and faces an enemy far more savage than any of them could have imagined.

Available on Amazon
The Bygone
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
Format: DVD
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When a young rancher crosses paths with a native American girl from a nearby reservation, tensions are raised. She mysteriously disappears which sparks a search, uncovering a harrowing past that will ultimately lead to violence and considerable bloodshed!

Available on Amazon
At The End of The Day
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Format: VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

A conservative professor at a Christian college finds himself in a gay support group to stop their launch of an LGBT homeless youth shelter in their small town.

Available on iTunes
Fragmentary
Release Date: 17th August
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Format: VOD
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From Jace Pickard, winner of HorrorHound’s First Time Filmmaker award, Fragmentary tells the story of a man who believes he can travel to an alternate reality under the influence of alcohol to see the love of his life who was murdered in his reality two years before.

Available on iTunes
Fanny Lye Deliver’d
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
Format: DVD, TVOD/EST
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A dark folk-horror starring Emmy and BAFTA nominee Charles Dance, this unique, slow-burning folk-horror follows the radical liberation of a devout English woman from her patriarchal husband – a powerful brew of sex, violence and political radicalism.

Available on Amazon
Resistance
Release Date: 14th September
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing
Format: DVD, Blu-Ray
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Resistance tells the remarkable true story of a lesser known part of the French Resistance in World War Two. Before he becomes a world-famous mime, aspiring Jewish actor Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg) joins the resistance, in order to save thousands of orphaned children from the Nazis. Their mission: to take the children safely across the Swiss border whilst being pursued by a ruthless enemy.

Available on Amazon
General Commander
Release Date: 24th August – Digital / 31st August – DVD
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: DVD, TVOD/EST
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A powerful action thriller, full of explosive action, exhilarating stunts and bone-crunching fights – a CIA agent vows revenge on a global crime syndicate after a member of his own team is killed during a sting operation.

Available on iTunes
 She Dies Tomorrow
Release Date: 28th August
Distributor: Blue Finch Film Releasing
Format: VOD
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Amy knows she’s going to die tomorrow and her fear is contagious. An apocalyptic thriller from acclaimed director Amy Seimetz.

Available on iTunes

The Voices
Release Date: 21st September – Digital / 28th September – DVD
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: DVD, TVOD/EST
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A powerful and haunting horror thriller starring acclaimed horror actress, Lin Shaye (The Grudge, Insidious): after a painful break-up, Grace heads home to her isolated family property hoping for some sanctuary.  Instead she finds her sister suffering from a dangerous psychological illness, and begins to unravel a terrifying family secret…..

Available on iTunes
Look Back In Angus
Release Date: 21st September – Digital
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: TVOD/EST
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From The Director of the acclaimed documentary, Steak (R)evolution, comes Look Back In Angus – the extraordinary and compelling story of how a small black Scottish cow came to dominate the world of beef.

This is a story of amazing food that unravels a surprising history, telling how the ancient genes of Scottish cattle are now found across the world in breeds as far apart as New Zealand and Japan.

Narcos Mexico
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Arrow TV
Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
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Narcos: Mexico takes us back to where it all started with the first shots fired in the modern War of Drugs and the rise of the most successful drug empire of all time the Guadalajara Cartel.

In the immediate aftermath of Operation Condor, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (Diego Luna Rogue One) has lost everything his field, his home and his entire life savings. Amidst the ruins of the Mexican Army s invasion of Sinaloa, he forms a new plan to rebuild. To get it all back. Only this time in a place no one will ever touch Guadalajara.

Meanwhile Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Peña American Hustle) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post quickly learning that this new assignment is going to be more challenging than he could ever have imagined

Available on Amazon

Bicycle Thieves
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Arrow Academy 
Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
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Bicycle Thieves tells the story of Antonio, a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle. His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem the already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until the bicycle is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle. Bicycle Thieves is as much about the position of Italians in post-War, post-Fascist Italy as the relationship between father and son, told through the labyrinth of the cinematic city with De Sica s arresting visual poetry.

Available on Amazon

The Comic
Release Date: 31st August
Distributor: Arrow Video
Format: Blu-Ray
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Stand-up comedy can be a cut-throat business, but in Sam Coex’s world, it’s downright murder… From the annals of bizarre cinema comes perhaps the most bizarre one of them all – 1985’s The Comic!

In a dystopian police state reality of indeterminate time and place, orange bouffant-haired comedian Sam Coex is eager for his big break. Realising that desperate times call for even more desperate measures, he slits the throat of his rival Joey Myers, leaving the way clear for him to carve his own niche on the comedy circuit. But success can be a fickle and fleeting mistress, and Sam soon finds his career on a downward turn when he falls foul of the powers that be.

Available on Arrow

Vitalina Varela
Release Date: 31st August
Distributor: Second Run
Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
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Winner of the prestigious ‘Best Film’ and Best Actress’ Awards at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival, and the Silver Hugo Jury Prize at the Chicago International Film Festival, Costa’s film follows the titular Vitalina, a woman left behind in Cape Verde when her husband leaves to find work in Portugal. Years later, she finally makes the journey to Lisbon herself but arrives three days after his funeral. Alone and isolated in her late husband’s home, Vitalina is determined to persevere and confront the ghosts of the past..

Available on Amazon

Melancholic
Release Date: 7th September
Distributor: Third Window Films
Format: Blu-Ray
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Despite having graduated from the prestigious Tokyo University, Kazuhiko is unemployed and living with his parents without any plans for the future. Everything changes, however, when he takes up a job at a local bathhouse and discovers that it is used by the yakuza as a convenient place for executions and corpse disposal. Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival: Japanese Cinema Splash, this auspicious debut from writer/director Seiji Tanaka features an ingenious script full of unexpected shifts in genre and tone, effortlessly swinging between black comedy, coming-of-age romance and crime thriller.

Available on Amazon

Graveyards of Honor
Release Date: 7th September
Distributor: Arrow Video
Format: Blu-Ray
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Set during the turbulent post-war years, Fukasaku s original 1975 film charts the rise and fall of real-life gangster Rikio Ishikawa (Tetsuya Watari, Outlaw Gangster VIP). Shot through with the same stark realism and quasi-documentarian approach as Fukasaku s earlier Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Fukasaku nonetheless breaks new ground through his portrayal of a gangster utterly without honor or ethics, surviving by any means necessary in a world of brutal criminality.

Meanwhile, Miike s 2002 retelling transplants the story to Tokyo at the turn of the millennium. Less a direct remake of Fukasku s film than a radical reimagining of the same overarching premise, Miike s film captures both the hedonism and nihilism of the modern Japanese crime scene in deliriously stylish fashion, resulting in a fascinating companion piece to the original that nonetheless stands as its own entity.

Available on Amazon

Jesus Shows You Way
Release Date: 14th September
Distributor: Arrow Video
Format: Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

The year is 2035, and Special Agent Gagano (Daniel Tadesse, Crumbs) dreams of leaving the CIA to open a business with his wife Malin (Gerda-Annette Allikas). Before he can hand in his resignation, however, a strange cyber virus attacks Psychobook, the CIA s operating system, forcing Gagano to enter cyberspace via virtual reality to combat the threat. Before long, however, the virus starts to reach out into the real world, destabilising the fragile socio-political order for its own ends, and Gagano, trapped in the VR world, must find a way out before it s too late.

Available on Amazon

GEORGES MÉLIÈS’ A TRIP TO THE MOON & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Release Date: 21st September
Distributor: Arrow Academy
Format: Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Georges Méliès was not just a pioneer of early cinema, he was central to what we know as film today. An illustrator, magician, filmmaker, and inventor he paved the way for animation and multi-media filmmaking.

Of all of Méliès films, his boldest and most well known is certainly A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), loosely based on the writings of Jules Verne. A Trip to the Moon follows a group of travellers who jet off to the moon from earth on an exploration mission only to end up in peril and captured by the the local inhabitants, the Selenites. Featuring a who’s who of theatrical cast from the era, with Méliès himself taking a lead role, this is one of the very first forays into sci-fi cinema, and spawned one of the most iconic images of cinema – the man in the moon with a rocket in his eye.

Available on Arrow

Ivansxtc
Release Date: 28th September
Distributor: Arrow Video
Format: Blu-Ray
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Danny Huston, Peter Weller and Lisa Enos star in this biting satire on the behind-the-scenes of the Hollywood film industry, with all its drink and drug-fuelled excess, from director Bernard Rose (Candyman, Paperhouse).

Opening with the death of its titular protagonist, ivansxtc goes back in time to chart the final days of hot-shot Tinseltown agent Ivan Beckman Huston) and his fast-paced, wheeler-dealer lifestyle, which will ultimately lead him to an early grave after a shock cancer diagnosis.

Loosely based on Leo Tolstoy’s celebrated 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, and featuring a searing performance by Danny Huston at its core and wonderfully sleazy turn from Peter Weller as Ivan s biggest client, ivansxtc is a powerful meditation on life, death and morality set against the glitzy backdrop of La La Land.

Available on Amazon

Elizabeth is Missing
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD
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Two-time Academy Award ® winner Glenda Jackson makes a triumphant return to the screen after twenty-seven years, in this poignant and compelling mystery based on the bestselling novel by Emma Healey. When her best friend Elizabeth goes missing, Maud is convinced something terrible has happened. But her search to find Elizabeth unearths an altogether darker unsolved mystery: her sister’s disappearance, long buried in the recesses of her memory. Can Maud discover the fate of both missing women before her dementia erases the clues and the answers are lost to her forever?

Available on Amazon

Hunter’s Moon
Release Date: 24th August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD / VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Left alone for the night in their new orchard farmhouse, three teenage sisters soon find themselves at the mercy of some unscrupulous townie boys. The tables are turned however, when the malevolence that roams the orchard starts to hunt down the boys.

Available on Amazon & iTunes

The Tomb: Devil’s Revenge
Release Date: 14th September
Distributor: 4DigitalMedia
Format: DVD
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A down-on-his-luck archaeologist returns from a cave expedition that contains a cursed relic that’s also a portal to Hell. He discovers that the only way to stop the curse on his family is to go back to the cave and destroy the relic.

Available on Amazon

Magical Adventures In The Forbidden City
Release Date: 21st September
Distributor: 4DigitalMedia
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

In another world, not unlike our own, a young woman named Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of a mysterious disease. Her beloved academic father was one of the sick and, like many, mysteriously taken away when she was six years old.Now grown, Abigail is determined to find her father and discover the real secrets lurking beneath the surface of her world. When she unexpectedly encounters citizens playing with spells, she discovers her city is filled with forbidden sorcery, and she herself possesses extraordinary magical powers. Abigail takes us on an exciting magical adventure, rising against the forces in command, and shows how being brave and following your heart can show anything is possible, if you just believe it.

Available on Amazon

Doomsday Device: 2020
Release Date: 28th September
Distributor: 4DigitalMedia
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

2 FBI agents trying to arrest several crooks find that they have an ancient Japanese artifact of enormous power. They then try to stop the crooks from delivering the stone to the criminal mastermind who is a rich business man.

Available on Amazon

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – August 3rd 2020

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Here’s the schedule for all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing August 3rd 2020.

#MoviesTogether

Disappearance At Clifton Hill
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
Format: DVD
Contact: Strike Media

Following the death of her mother, Abby (Tuppence Middleton), a troubled young woman, returns to her hometown of Niagara Falls and the dilapidated motel her family used to run. She soon finds herself drawn back into a mystery that has haunted her since childhood. As Abby sets out to discover the truth, she must confront a local eccentric (David Cronenberg), convince her sister (Hannah Gross) and face her own demons.

Available on Amazon
Perfect 10
Release Date: Digital Cinema – 7th August, Digital Purchase – 11th August
Distributor: 606 Distribution
Format: VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

An aspiring teen gymnast’s world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had.

Available on iTunes
Toto the Hero
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Off-beat drama. Thomas (played by Michel Bouquet, Jo De Backer and Thomas Godet over the different stages of his life) and his neighbour Alfred (Peter Bohlke, Didier Ferney and Hugo Harold Harrison) were born in the same hospital at the same time, although Thomas is convinced that a nursery fire led to them being mixed up as babies. As an old man, resentful of Alfred’s success and happiness, Thomas reflects back on their intertwined lives as his thoughts turn steadily towards vengeance.

Available on Amazon
Peripheral
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Blue Finch Film Releasing
Format: VOD
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In this twisted cross between EX MACHINA and VIDEODROME, a writer battles with the machine designed to help her.

Available on iTunes
Echoes of Fear
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Second Sight Films
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Laurence and Brian Avenet-Bradley co-direct this indie American horror. Following the sudden death of her grandfather (Norman Zeller), Alisa (Trista Robinson) inherits his old house. Rather than keep the property, however, Alisa and her partner Brandon (Paul Chirico) decide to refurbish the place and then sell.  As Alisa begins clearing up she stumbles across strange happenings and is convinced that there are evil spirits in the house.

Available on Amazon
Infamous
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor:Vertigo Releasing
Format: VOD
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A reckless woman and her new boyfriend become social media sensations when she streams their cross-country robberies online.
Available on  iTunes
The Number 
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor:  Incanta
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Prison drama set in South Africa and directed by Khalo Matabane. Magadien Wentzel (Mothusi Magano) undergoes a radical transformation while serving time in prison when a new warden, Jacobs (Kevin Smith), encourages him to think about his wife and young son. However, Magadien’s previous ties to the criminal activities within the prison are not so easy to break away from. When the other gang members, led by the enigmatic and fierce China Boy (Presley Chweneyagae), view Magadien’s attempts at reform they see this as a betrayal and make his life a living hell.

Available on Amazon
PAPICHA
Release Date: 7th August
Distributor:  Peccadillo Pictures
Format: PVOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Algerian writer-director Mounia Meddour’s Papicha is set during the Algerian Civil War in the 90s, and follows an 18-year-old student who is passionate about fashion design and refuses to let the war keep her from experiencing a normal life.

Available on BFI Player
Behind the Line – Escape to Dunkirk
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Reel2Reel
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Occupied France, 1940. A Nazi Commander discovers one of his prisoners, Danny (Sam Gittins) is a champion boxer. He forces him to fight for his company’s entertainment. But the POWs realise they can use these contests, as cover for an audacious breakout, before they re sent to Germany, where escape will be almost impossible. Their fate and freedom may all come down to how long Danny can keep fighting.

Available on iTunes
Enigma
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Screenbound Pictures
Format: DVD
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Cold War thriller starring Martin Sheen as an East German dissident, Alex Holbeck, who makes propaganda broadcasts for Free World Radio. When an assassination plot on Soviet Union dissidents is uncovered by the CIA they recruit Alex to help them stop the killings from taking place. Accepting the assignment, Alex must evade attention from the East German Police and the KGB as he navigates the streets of Berlin and attempts to infiltrate Soviet intelligence. The cast also features Sam Neill and Brigitte Fossey.

Available on iTunes
Rise 
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: VOD / DVD
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Rise is a true story about a young nurse falsely accused of rape. Stripped of his career and his fr
eedom, Will is forced to survive maximum security jail. The film centers on an unlikely friendship formed with Jimmy, a hardened armed robber and the legal battle by a prominent lawyer who must compromise status and wage to prove his innocence.
Available on iTunes
Solar Impact: The Destruction of London
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: VOD / DVD
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Solar debris crashes down to Earth, causing widespread destruction and unleashing solar radiation around the world. As genetic mutations rapidly spread, a group of friends must fight to stay alive and escape the chaos.
Available on Amazon & iTunes
The Way To The Stars
Release Date: 3rd August
Distributor: Network Releasing
Format: DVD
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In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, rookie pilot Peter Penrose is assigned to serve with Flight Lt David Archdale at RAF Station Halfpenny Field. By 1942 David has become acting C.O. but Peter is beginning to show signs of combat fatigue a situation that David cannot leave unresolved.
Available on Amazon

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – JULY 13TH 2020

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Here’s the schedule for all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing July 13th 2020.

#MoviesTogether

Piranhas
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Blue Finch Film Releasing
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Format: VOD
Contact: Strike Media

A brutal and stylish mafia thriller based on the book by Roberto Saviano (GOMORRAH). Nicola lives with his mother and younger brother in the Sanitae neighborhood of Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life lush with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his naive group of friends begin selling drugs, an entryway into the violent, power-hungry world of crime.

Available on iTunes
Quantum Leap: The Complete Collection
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Fabulous Films Ltd/ FremantleMedia Enterprises
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

“Oh Boy!” Get ready to journey back in time with Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) in the 5 time Emmy® Award-Winning Series Quantum Leap. Physicist Sam Beckett finds himself trapped leaping through spacetime with his holographic guide Al (Dean Stockwell) during a time travel experiment. Beckett takes the place of a different person in a different time period each week where he and Al have to correct historical mistakes before moving on. Consisting of 27 discs this Complete Collection contains all the original music.

Available on Amazon
Trolls World Tour
Release Date: 27th July
Distributor:  Dreamworks
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Format: DVD, Blu-ray & 4K
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When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.
Available on Amazon

Scoob!
Release Date: 10th July
Distributor:  Warner Bros Home Ent
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Format: Digital
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Scooby and the gang face their most challenging mystery ever: a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this dogpocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has an epic destiny greater than anyone imagined.

Available at watchscoob.co.uk

Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
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Format: VOD, DVD & Blu-Ray
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Jeff Wadlow directs this reimagining of the 1970s television series about a hotel owner who makes the dreams and fantasies of his guests become a reality. Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) prides himself on giving his guests their innermost secret dreams and wishes, but when these dreams turn into nightmares, they must fight for their lives if they want to return home. The cast includes Maggie Q, Portia Doubleday and Lucy Hale.

Available on iTunes & Amazon
Creepshow 2
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: VOD & Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Horror anthology based on the short stories of Stephen King. In ‘Old Chief Wood’nhead’ a wooden Indian from a cigar store comes to life in the town of Dead River and avenges the death of the store’s owner who was killed in a recent robbery. In ‘The Hitchhiker’ a rich, cheating businesswoman is terrorised by a hitch-hiker she ran over. In ‘The Raft’ a group of teenagers find themselves under attack from a mysterious creature after going swimming in a lake.

Available on iTunes & Amazon
Hiroshima
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: VOD & Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Hideo Sekigawa directs this drama based on the eye-witness accounts of child survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Available on iTunes & Amazon
Czech Mate – In Search of Jirí Menzel
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Documentary from film-maker Shivendra Singh Dungarpur about Czech director Jirí Menzel.

Available on  Amazon
Inheritance
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

American thriller starring Lily Collins and Simon Pegg. District Attorney Lauren Monroe (Collins) is a diligent professional from a wealthy family. Following the sudden death of her father, Archer Monroe (Patrick Warburton), Lauren inherits a secret hideaway belonging to her father and that he promises her to never share with anyone else. As she uncovers more details about her father’s dark past Lauren must decide whether some secrets are worth keeping…

Available on  Amazon
Masters of Love
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Format: VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Matt Roberts writes, produces and directs this British comedy. Emmy (Sarah Ovens) and Samantha (Eleanor Fanyinka) are due to be married but as the day draws nearer Emmy becomes increasingly worried about what this long-term commitment actually means for their relationship. Meanwhile, her brother Josh (Owen Roberts) has just broken up with his partner and is living with best friend Niall (Ciarán Dowd), who is sleeping around in an effort to overthrow his own loneliness.

Available on iTunes
Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Format: DVD
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A tale of power, betrayal, lust and revenge, ARTHUR & MERLIN: KNIGHTS OF CAMELOT tells of a man battling to fulfil his destiny to become the King his nation needs. Starring Game of Thrones legend, Richard Brake. The year 463 AD. England is a land divided. A land in need of a legend. King Arthur has been absent for five long years, fighting a war abroad that has stricken his knights, left his throne defenceless and his queen at the mercy of Modred, his illegitimate son. He must return home fast, facing dark and dangerous threats from all sides. But as he fights to preserve Camelot and all that he holds dear, the toughest conflict will be with himself. Guided by the legendary wizard Merlin, Arthur must strive to become the king that his nation needs. It is the story of a legend, before the legend was told.

Available on Amazon
In Order of Disappearance
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnerships
Format: Blu-Ray
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Norwegian crime drama starring Stellan Skarsgård as Nils, a snow-plough driver who seeks revenge for his son’s death. When he learns of his son’s demise as the result of an apparent heroin overdose, Nils, refusing to believe that his boy committed suicide, starts a private investigation. When he discovers the dangerous Serbian mafia may be involved, he declares a vendetta against mafia boss Papa (Bruno Ganz) and seems prepared to kill anyone who stands in the way of his revenge.

Available on Amazon
Painted Horses
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnerships
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

A highly motivated young teacher, Pam, destined to be a failure like the many generations in her family, emotionally invests in her students in a troubled town. She is determined to engage them through innovative learning tactics, especially Dylan who doesn’t interact with anyone but the horses he feels a special bond with. But Pam soon faces scrutiny about her mysterious past. Can she forge a new destiny for her and her son, and show the students a different path to follow?

Available on Amazon
River Runs Red
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnerships
Format: DVD
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When the son of a successful judge (Taye Diggs – Equilibrium) is killed by two police officers (Luke Hemsworth – Westworld/Gianni Capaldi – Hell on the Border)) and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective (John Cusack – 2012) finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father (George Lopez) to take the law into his own hands.

Available on Amazon
Star Trek – Short Treks
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Format: Blu-Ray / DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Star Trek: Short Treks brings fans of the Star Trek universe together on a thrilling exploration of the themes and characters we’ve already come to love. Witness the Star Trek: Discovery storyline expand with episodes featuring fan-favourites Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd), Ethan Peck (Spock), Anson Mount (Captain Christopher Pike), Rebecca Romijn (Number One) and more. Experience nine thrilling shorts which deliver nearly two hours of live-action and animated adventures never-before-seen in Star Trek’s history. Special features include a making-of featurette, in-depth cast interviews and exclusive series commentaries. This must-own addition to the Star Trek franchise is guaranteed to take you further into the galaxy than ever before.

Available on Amazon
Ella Bella Bingo
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Dazzler Media
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Format: DVD / EST
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Ella Bella and Henry are best friends, but she becomes jealous when Henry wants to play with the cool new kid. When Henry runs away, Ella Bella and a new kid go on a bicycle adventure to find Henry and learn the magic of friendship.

Available on Amazon & iTunes
Seberg
Release Date: 13th July
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD
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Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover’s FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.

Available on Amazon

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – JULY 6TH 2020

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Here’s the schedule for all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing July 6th 2020.

#MoviesTogether

Spaceship Earth
Release Date: 10th July
Distributor: Dogwoof
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Format: VOD – DVD & Blu-Ray 10th August
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A true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent 2 years quarantined inside of a self-engineered biodome called BIOSPHERE 2. The experiment was a phenomenon, chronicling daily existence in the face of life threatening ecological disaster. The bizarre story is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful lesson of how a small group of dreamers could reimagine a new world.”

Available on iTunes & Amazon
The Tracker
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Format: VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Consumed by thought of avenging his murdered family, Aiden heads to Italy to discover the truth, but is soon caught up in a web of corruption and lies

Available on iTunes
Dark Waters
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Available on Amazon
Cunningham
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Dogwoof
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Format: VOD – Out Now! & Blu-Ray 6th July
Contact: Distributor / PR

Cunningham traces Merce Cunningham’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944-1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers.

Available on iTunes & Amazon
The Hunt
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD
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In this subversive satire, a group of elites gather for the very first time at a remote Manor House to hunt ordinary Americans for sport. But the elites’ master plan is about to be derailed because one of The Hunted, Crystal, knows The Hunters’ game better than they do. She turns the tables on the killers, picking them off one by one as she makes her way toward the mysterious woman (two-time Oscar® winner Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby) at the center of it all.

Available on Amazon
Exit Plan
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Blue Finch Film Releasing
Format: VOD
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A mysterious disappearance leads an insurance agent to a hotel with a dark secret. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Available on iTunes

True History of the Kelly Gang
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment
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Format: DVD
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Hero to some, outlaw to others, Kelly (played by George MacKay) throws a long shadow over a specific period of Australian history. Spanning his life from his younger years to the time leading up to his death, the film explores the story behind this legendary figure.

Nurtured by the notorious bushranger Harry Power (Russell Crowe) and fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother (Essie Davis), Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot a campaign of anarchy and rebellion that will grip the entire country. Youth and tragedy collide in the Kelly Gang, and at the beating heart of this tale is the fractured and powerful love story between a mother and son.

Available on Amazon
Military Wives
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD / Blu-ray / VOD
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Inspired by real events and from the director of The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo), Military Wives is the heartfelt story of friendship, love, and support on the home front. When Kate (Kristin Scott Thomas, Darkest Hour) persuades a disparate group of women on the base to form the Military Wives Choir, Lisa (Sharon Horgan, Catastrophe) is initially sceptical and embarrassed by such an amateur bunch. However, she is quickly transformed by the choir’s friendship, humour and courage. Finding their voice together, Kate, Lisa and the choir put aside their own personal differences and, by singing their hearts out, bring joy, hope and strength to the world.

Available on Amazon & iTunes
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Format: Blu-ray
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Sorry, not here! Instead, high-schooler Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), and his best bud Cameron (Alan Ruck) are off on the spontaneous romp through Chicago known as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. You’ll also enjoy righteous bonus materials that give you an insider’s peek at this hilarious comedy hit from John Hughes (Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Sixteen Candles). So, barf up a lung, forge a “sick note” from the parents, and tag along on the funniest adventure to ever sweep through the Windy City. What are you still doing here? Save Ferris!

Available on Amazon
Madness in The Method
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD
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Legendary stoner actor Jason Mewes, is tired of Hollywood’s perception of him. So upon advice from his best friend Kevin Smith, Jason seeks out a highly secretive method-acting book, determined to reinvent himself as a serious actor.  The problem is, there’s only one of the book actually in existence and it comes with an ominous warning: this book is not like any other you will ever read. Hollywood better get ready… Jason Mewes is about to show you his dark side!

Available on Amazon
Cold Brook
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Two ordinary guys embark on an extraordinary adventure and risk everything for a stranger in need.

Available on iTunes
Vic the Viking – The Magic Sword
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Vic, the smallest of all the Vikings, proves you don’t have to be big to be brave, when he ventures to a dangerous land to save the life of his Mum, who has been turned to solid gold by an ancient curse.  Can he succeed, and become a giant among his people?

Available on Amazon
Hanagatami
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray & VOD
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In the spring of 1941, sixteen-year-old Toshihiko leaves Amsterdam to attend school in Karatsu, a small town on the western coast of Japan, where his aunt Keiko cares for his ailing cousin Mina. Immersed in the seaside s nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town s other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war s inescapable gravitational pull. With his memories as a survivor of World War II echoing in the uncertainty of world events unfolding today, director Obayashi returns us to 1941, a pivotal time for Japan, as the unstoppable momentum of war forcibly seized the lives of youth away to battlefields where they disappeared forever. In dazzling, full-bloom Obayashi style, Hanagatami captures the passion, innocence, and struggle of the end days of youth in a country consumed by the flames of war.

Available on AmazonArrow Video & iTunes
Inferno of Torture
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray
Contact: Distributor / PR

Exploitation legend Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men, Orgies of Edo) delivers one of his most extreme visions of violent eroticism in this, the sixth in his abnormal love series. Tattoos and torture await women forced into servitude in Ishii’s Inferno of Torture.

Available on Amazon & Arrow Video

Further Out of Town
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Network Distributing
Format: DVD, Blu-ray & Digital
Contact: Distributor / PR

This brand-new series showcases digitally restored film sequences from Jack Hargeaves’ hugely popular television series, introduced by his stepson, Simon Baddeley.

Running for over twenty years, the original Out of Town programme saw Jack Hargreaves exploring country life in Britain, his easygoing presentation style and extensive knowledge and love of the countryside enthralling viewers of all generations.

Available on Amazon

Zombie for Sale
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray & VOD
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An infectiously funny slice of modern Korean cinema where Train to Busan, The Quiet Family and Warm Bodies collide to create a memorable rom-zom-com from first time director Lee Min-jae.

When the illegal human experiments of Korea’s biggest Pharmaceutical company go wrong, one of their “undead” test subjects escapes and ends up in a shabby gas station owned by the Park family – a band of misfits spanning three generations who hustle passers-by to make ends meet. When the Park family uncover their undead visitor, he bites the head of their household, who instead of transforming into an undead ghoul becomes revitalised and full of life! The family then hatch a plan to exploit this unexpected fountain of youth, allowing locals to pay to be bitten too, until things go wrong…

With a cabbage-munching zombie who prefers ketchup over blood, and a dysfunctional family that gives the Kim family of Parasite a run for their money, Zombie for Sale will warm the deadest of hearts and breathe some new life into the zombie genre.

Available on AmazonArrow Video & iTunes

Black Rainbow
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: Blu-Ray & VOD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Mike Hodges (Flash Gordon, Get Carter) wrote and directed this supernatural chiller as a meditation on the human race s ability to destroy the world, a gothic tale of suspense and the occult, guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.

Martha Travis (Rosanna Arquette, Pulp Fiction, Crash) is a travelling clairvoyant on the road with her sceptic father (Jason Robards, Once Upon a Time in the West, Magnolia). During a séance Martha communicates a message from a dead man to his wife in the audience. Shocked the wife insists her husband is still alive. Later that evening the husband is killed by a ruthless assassin. As Martha foresees more and more tragic events journalist Gary Wallace (Tom Hulce, Amadeus, Animal House) follows the pair in pursuit of a hot story with catastrophically eerie results.

Available on AmazonArrow Video & iTunes

Burden
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
Format: DVD / VOD / EST
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From Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers Club), Burden is the shocking, thought-provoking and moving true story of disavowed South Carolina Klansman Mike Burden. When a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan opens in a small South Carolina town, the idealistic Reverend Kennedy (Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker) resolves to do everything in his power to prevent long-simmering racial tensions from boiling over. But the members of Kennedy’s congregation are shocked to discover that his plan includes sheltering Mike Burden (Garrett Hedlund), a Klansman whose relationships with both a single-mother (Andrea Riseborough) and a high-school friend (Usher Raymond) force him to re-examine his long-held beliefs.

Available on Amazon & iTunes

Nicolas Cage Triple
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Format: DVD
Contact: Distributor / PR

Three Nicolas Cage films in one set; Left Behind, Vengeance and the Humanity Bureau.

Available on Amazon

Payback
Release Date: 6th July (DVD) 8th July (VOD)
Distributor: Dazzler Media
Format: DVD
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After skirting death, debt collectors French and Sue get back to doing what they do best cracking skulls and breaking bones as they chase down the various lowlifes who owe money to their boss, Tommy.

They’re summoned to Las Vegas to collect from a dirty casino owner, who happens to be a vicious ex-lover of Sue’s. Meanwhile, a notorious drug kingpin is on the warpath to kill French and Sue to avenge his brother’s death.

Facing danger from all angles, the pair will have no other choice but to fight their way out of an explosively dangerous situation.

Available on Amazon & iTunes

Where the Red Fern Grows
Release Date: 6th July
Distributor: Dazzler Media
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Format: DVD
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Billy Coleman (Stewart Petersen), a boy growing up in the Ozarks of Oklahoma. Desperate for his own hunting dogs, Billy scrimps and saves to make his dream a reality. His investment pays off- Billy and his dogs Old Dan and Lil’Ann win the top prize at the annual raccoon hunting contest! Where the Red Fern Grows is the inspiring family entertainment that teaches the importance of faith, honesty, loyalty and persistence.

Available on Amazon

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – JUNE 29th 2020

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Here’s the schedule for all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing June 29th 2020.

#MoviesTogether

The Invisible Man
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: Digital (19th June) /  DVD, Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD (29th June)
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THE INVISIBLE MAN follows a modern tale of obsession inspired by Universal’s classic monster character. Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) slowly begins to rebuild her life after the death of her abusive ex-boyfriend (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). But before long, she begins to question whether or not he is truly gone.

Available on AmazoniTunes & HMV
Outback
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Format: Digital
Contact: Strike Media
 
Down Under for an adventure-filled vacation, a young American couple quickly find themselves stranded in the unforgiving Australian outback.
Available on iTunes
Alive
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor: Blue Finch Film Releasing
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Format: Digital
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In this twisted horror, a young couple must escape a sanitorium to discover their real identity.
Available on iTunes
Lynn + Lucy
Release Date: 2nd July
Distributor:  BFI Distribution
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Format: Digital
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Lynn and Lucy are lifelong best friends, their relationship as intense as any romance. Neither has ventured far from where they grew up. Lynn, who married her first boyfriend and whose daughter is fast growing up, is delighted when the charismatic, volatile Lucy has her first baby boy. Lucy, however, does not react to being a mother as Lynn expects. Soon, they find their friendship is tested in extreme circumstances.
Available on the BFI Player
Family Romance, LLC
Release Date: 3rd July
Distributor:  Modern Films
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Format: Digital
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Romance is a business. Family, friends, followers. All available for hire. A man is hired to impersonate the missing father of a twelve year old girl. Shot in Japan, with Japanese actors, in Japanese language, Oscar-nominated auteur Werner Herzog brings to screen a unique angle to the recurring theme of individuals chasing impossible dreams.
 
Available on Modern Films
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Format: Digital
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Jeff Wadlow directs this reimagining of the 1970s television series about a hotel owner who makes the dreams and fantasies of his guests become a reality. Mr. Roarke (Michael Peña) prides himself on giving his guests their innermost secret dreams and wishes, but when these dreams turn into nightmares, they must fight for their lives if they want to return home. The cast includes Maggie Q, Portia Doubleday and Lucy Hale.
Available on Amazon and iTunes
Like A Boss
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Best friends Mia and Mel (Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne) are living their best lives running their own cosmetics company they’ve built from the ground up. Unfortunately, they’re in over their heads financially, and the prospect of a big buyout offer from a notorious titan of the cosmetics industry Claire Luna (Salma Hayek) proves too tempting to pass up, putting Mel and Mia’s lifelong friendship in jeopardy. The beauty business is about to get ugly.

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Lost Transmissions
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  101 Films
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When an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of our mental health care system.
Available on iTunes
Greed
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Sony Pictures Home Ent
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Michael Winterbottom directs this comedy starring Steve Coogan, David Mitchell, Isla Fisher and Asa Butterfield. Self-made billionaire Richard McCreadie (Coogan) has made his money from owning retail outlets in the UK. After a public inquiry which damaged his image, he is desperate to regain trust and loyalty for the sake of his business. As his 60th birthday approaches, he tries to rekindle his relationship with many of his celebrity friends who have since deserted him, but will it be enough to rebuild his rapidly failing empire?
 

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Ema
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor: MUBI
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Chilean drama directed by Pablo Larraín. Unable to conceive a child of their own, dancer Ema (Mariana Di Girolamo) and her choreographer husband Gastón (Gael García Bernal) adopt a young Colombian boy but become troubled by his propensity for arson, and decide to give him up after he sets fire to their home, resulting in Ema’s sister being hospitalised and permanently disfigured. Despite the couple’s disastrous experience of adoption, Ema struggles to overcome the loss and her failure as a mother.

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Shepherd: The Hero Dog
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Signature Entertainment
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SHEPHERD is based on the award-winning and bestselling Israeli novel, “The Jewish Dog,” by Asher Kravitz. Kaleb, a beloved German Shepherd, is separated from his Jewish family when the Nuremberg Laws are enacted in WWII Berlin. He is adopted by an SS Officer who trains him to attack and round up Jews at a concentration camp. Kaleb is well cared for and good at his job until one day when he is distracted by a familiar scent. His original master, a young boy named Joshua, has arrived as a prisoner of the camp. Kaleb has not lost his loyalty to Joshua who finds solace in secretly visiting his dog at night. Joshua’s life is at risk. Together they escape the camp and after months of near-death experiences, they are found by partisans who help Joshua make safe passage to Israel.

Available on iTunes
The Public
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Parkland Entertainment
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Emilio Estevez writes, directs and stars in this American drama about a library that becomes a shelter for homeless people who rely on the building as a refuge from the cold. Following several deaths due to a cold snap in Cincinnati a number of homeless people, led by the loquacious Jackson (Michael K. Williams), refuse to leave the library when it is closing time. Librarian Stuart Goodson (Estevez) sympathises with their plight and agrees to let them spend the night there even though his colleague, Myra (Jena Malone), is against the idea. Once the authorities become aware of the situation a stand-off ensues with police negotiator Bill Ramstead (Alec Baldwin) attempting to remove the homeless people from the building in a peaceful manner. The cast also features Christian Slater, Jeffrey Wright and Taylor Schilling.
 
Available on Amazon and iTunes
The Booksellers
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Republic Film
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A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.
Available on iTunes
The Eastern Front
Release Date: 29th June
Distributor:  Trinity Creative Partnership
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Disillusioned by the war, weary German Officer Joachim Brandt and his disparate band of soldiers work with two female Russian prisoners to save the life of a wounded man. Jaded by years of loss and war horror, the prisoners want to escape but their aid and knowledge is vital to the others survival. If they’re caught by the Russians, they will be shown no mercy. Will their greater need for compassion and humanity win out? 
Available on Amazon and iTunes

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – JUNE 22nd 2020

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Here’s a handy schedule of all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing June 22nd 2020.

#MoviesTogether

The Ground Beneath My Feet
Release Date: Out Now
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
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Format: Digital
Contact: Strike MediaLola manages her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency as her job. But when a tragic event threatens to destroy everything that she has worked for, Lola’s dark secrets begin to unravel.
Available on iTunes
On The Record
Release Date: 26th June
Distributor: Dogwoof
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Format: Digital
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On the Record follows a former hip hop executive as she wrestles with the decision whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.
 
Available on iTunes, Apple TV, Amazon Video, BFI Player, Curzon Home Cinema, Dogwoof, Google Play, Rakuten TV, Sky Store, Virgin Media, YouTube
Dark Waters
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: Digital (DVD from 6th July)
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A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.

Available on Amazon and iTunes

True History of the Kelly Gang
Release Date: 22nd July
Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment
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Format: Digital (DVD from 6th July)
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Based on Peter Carey’s novel. The story of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang as they flee from authorities during the 1870s.

Available on iTunes and Amazon
Military Wives
Release Date: 26th June (DVD from 6th July)
Distributor: Lionsgate International (UK) Ltd
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Format: Digital
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With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement.

Available Amazon and iTunes
7 Deadly Sins
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Format: Digital
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A Spring Break party turns bloody when they summon the demon Charlie. Can the teenagers figure out a way to free themselves from Charlie’s evil game?
Available on iTunes
Resistance
Release Date: 19th June (DVD / Blu-ray 14th September)
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing Ltd
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Jesse Eisenberg stars in the true story of Jewish Boy Scouts joining the French Resistance to save over 10,000 orphans from the Nazis in World War Two. He plays famous mime artist Marcel Marceau who, together with a group of activists, fights to rescue 123 Jewish orphans from ruthless Nazis led by SS Klaus Barbie, and take them safely across the Swiss border.
Available on iTunes and Amazon
Emma
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD & Blu Ray
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Jane Austen’s beloved comedy about finding your equal and earning your happy ending, is reimagined in this delicious new film adaptation of EMMA. Handsome, clever, and rich, Emma Woodhouse is a restless queen bee without rivals in her sleepy little town. In this glittering satire of social class and the pain of growing up, Emma must adventure through misguided matches and romantic missteps to find the love that has been there all along.

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Darlin’
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor:  High Fliers Films Ltd
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Format: DVD
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Pollyanna McIntosh writes, directs and stars in this horror sequel to ‘The Woman’ (2011).

Available on iTunes & Amazon Prime Video
The Mad Fox
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor:  Arrow Films
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Format: Blu-ray
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In stark contrast to the monochrome naturalism of his earlier masterwork Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, visionary master director Tomu Uchida took inspiration from Bunraku and kabuki theater for arguably his strangest and most lavishly cinematic film, The Mad Fox

Amidst a mythically-depicted medieval Japan, a court astrologer foretells a great disturbance that threatens to split the realm in two. His bitter and treacherous wife conspires to have the astrologer killed, as well as their adopted daughter, Sakaki. The astrologer’s master apprentice, Yasuna, who was in love with Sakaki, is driven mad with grief and escapes to the countryside. There, he encounters Sakaki’s long-lost twin, Kuzunoha, and the pair meet a pack of ancient fox spirits in the woods, whose presence may be the key to restoring Yasuna’s sanity, and in turn bringing peace to the fracturing nation. 

Finally available outside Japan for the first time, Uchida’s stunning, wildly stylised widescreen tableaux – using expressionist sets and colour schemes – are highlighted in a world premiere Blu-ray™ release.

Available on Amazon and Arrow Films
Dream Demon
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor:  Arrow Films
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Format: Blu-Ray
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A young bride-to-be’s anxieties over her upcoming wedding take on a horrifying, demonic form in this underseen 1988 “rubber reality” shocker from director/co-writer Harley Cokeliss (Black Moon Rising), starring Timothy Spall and Jemma Redgrave. 
 
As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into her sprawling new London home where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares. But are these blood-curdling night terrors merely the symptom of an unsettled mind, or the sign of something far sinister at work? Hounded by a pair of sleazy journalists (Timothy Spall and Jimmy Nail), Diana soon crosses paths with American tourist Jenny, who appears to have a strange connection to the foreboding house and its sinister past. 

Long dormant on home media since its original VHS release, Dream Demon – a terrific blend of psychological horror and late 80s practical gore effects – has at long-last been stirred from its analogue slumber and arrives on Blu-ray, newly-restored from the original camera negative and in a brand new Director’s Cut!
 

Available on Amazon and Arrow Films
The Haunting of Molly Bannister
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: 101 Films
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Format: Digital & DVD
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After the death of their eldest sister, the women of the Bannister family begin to feel that something is very wrong. Trapped inside, the house feels menacing. The youngest sister Molly is getting sick, there are strange noises in the night and a constant feeling that they are being watched. What is wrong with Molly, and why does her doll seem to appear everywhere they go? More importantly, will anyone be able to get out of the house alive?

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Deadly Crush
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Ignition
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Format: Digital & DVD
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When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back to life.

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Rise of the Nazis
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Spirit Entertainment
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Format: DVD
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The Rise of the Nazis covers in detail how the Nazis took control of Germany. Leading historians will study the different psychological perspectives of Hitler’s contemporaries and highlight the incremental decisions and missed warning signs that could have prevented the rise of the Nazis.

Available on Amazon
Pennyworth: The Complete First Season
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Warner Bros Home Ent.
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All ten episodes from the first season of the US crime drama which chronicles the early career of Wayne family butler Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon). In an alternate 1960s London, former SAS soldier Pennyworth starts up his own security firm and is employed by billionaire Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge), who has become a target of the Raven Society as they set in motion their plot to overthrow the British government. The episodes are: ‘Pilot’, ‘The Landlord’s Daughter’, ‘Martha Kane’, ‘Lady Penelope’, ‘Shirley Bassey’, ‘Cilla Black’, ‘Julie Christie’, ‘Sandie Shaw’, ‘Alma Cogan’ and ‘Marianne Faithfull’.

Available on Amazon and iTunes
Fanny Lye Deliver’d
Release Date: 26th June
Distributor: Vertigo Releasing Ltd
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Format: Digital (DVD from 24th August)
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Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility – albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye’s world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy.

Available on iTunes
INXS: Live Baby, Live
Release Date: 26th June
Distributor: Universal Music Group
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Format: DVD & Blu-ray
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Live performance from Australian rockers INXS from Wembley Stadium on 13th July 1991. Includes the hits ‘Suicide Blonde’, ‘Mystify’ and ‘Disappear’.

Available on Amazon

Gordon, Gino & Fred’s Road Trip: Series Two 
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Spirit Entertainment
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Format: DVD
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Join British superstar Gordon Ramsay, Italian stallion Gino D’Acampo and French master maitre d’ Fred Sirieix as they take a road trip.

Available Amazon
Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo
Release Date: 22nd June
Distributor: Universal Studios Limited
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Format: Digital
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Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.

Available on iTunes

UK HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE SCHEDULE – JUNE 15TH 2020

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Here’s a handy schedule of all UK home entertainment releases including VOD, DVD, Blu Ray and more.

Thanks to Strike Media for the schedule for the week commencing June 15th 2020.

#MoviesTogether

The Ascent
Release Date: 15th June following digital premiere on 12th June via BirdBox.Film and AltspaceVR
Distributor: Goldfinch
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Format: Digital
Contact: Strike Media

The Ascent follows a group of mercenaries, who are sent to Eastern Europe in the middle of a civil war to retrieve intel. Shortly after the mission, the unit find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell; forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.

The film premieres on BirdBox.Film on June 12th 7pm before being release across all major platforms on June 15th. If you have a VR headset you can also tune in to the VR Premiere via AltspaceVR – read more about that here

Pre-order from BirdBox.Film
The Ground Beneath My Feet
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
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Format: Digital
Contact: Strike Media

Lola manages her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency as her job. But when a tragic event threatens to destroy everything that she has worked for, Lola’s dark secrets begin to unravel.

Available on iTunes
Radioactive
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Studio Canal
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Format: Digital
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Rosamund Pike stars as scientist Marie Curie in this biographical drama directed by Marjane Satrapi. After marrying fellow physicist Pierre Curie (Sam Riley) in Paris in 1895, Polish immigrant Marie makes the first of her world-changing scientific breakthroughs with her research on radioactivity. However, she struggles to receive the respect and acclaim she deserves in the male-dominated scientific community of the early 20th century. Her pioneering work earns Curie the first of two Nobel Prizes in 1903, before she must confront personal tragedy, scandal and the fallout from her discoveries.

Available on iTunes
The Australian Dream
Release Date: 12th June
Distributor:  Dogwoof
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Format: Digital
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The Australian Dream is a documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deeper and more powerful story about race, identity and belonging.
Available on iTunes, Apple TV, Amazon Video, BFI Player, Curzon Home Cinema, Google Play, Rakuten TV, Sky Store, ShowcaseNow, Virgin Media, YouTube
Hard Night Falling
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Format: Digital
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A criminal mastermind plans to steal a fortune from the Rossini family during a party, unaware that one of the guests is a highly trained operative.

Available on iTunes
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Release Date: 13th June
Distributor: Lionsgate UK
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Format: Digital 15th June (digital) & DVD/Blu Ray 15th June
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Adapted from the classic novel by Charles Dickens, THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD brings to life one of the author’s most cherished characters. From birth to infancy, from adolescence to adulthood, the good-hearted David Copperfield (Dev Patel) is surrounded by kindness, wickedness, poverty and wealth, as he meets an array of remarkable characters in Victorian England. As David sets out to be a writer, in his quest for family, friendship, romance and status, the story of his life is the most seductive tale of all.

Available on iTunes and Amazon
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor:  Blue Finch Film Releasing
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Format: Digital
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In this offbeat comedy, a young couple finds the perfect apartment, except there’s a catch – it’s also home to a bizarre cult.

Available on iTunes
The Call of the Wild
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD/Blu-Ray
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Harrison Ford stars in this American adventure based on Jack London’s classic novel. Set in the 1890s, the film follows St. Bernard/Scotch Collie Buck as he begins an epic adventure after he is stolen from his home in Santa Clara, California and taken to Yukon where he is sold into service as a sled dog. Delivering mail for his new masters Perrault (Omar Sy) and Françoise (Cara Gee), Buck learns to work as part of a pack before crossing paths with Jack Thornton (Ford) and discovering the call of the wild. The cast also includes Dan Stevens, Karen Gillan and Bradley Whitford.

Available on Amazon
Birds of Prey- And The Fantabulous Emancipation of  One Harley Quinn
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Ent.
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Format: DVD/ Blu-Ray
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You ever hear the one about the cop, the blonde, the psycho and the mafia princess? Birds Of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only Harley can tell it. When one of Gotham’s most sinister villains, Roman Sionis, and his sadistic right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city’s wicked underbelly is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Canary and Renee Montoya’s paths collide and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.

Available on iTunes and Amazon
Ordinary Love
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Dazzler
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Joan and Tom have been married for many years. There is an ease to their relationship which only comes from spending a lifetime together and a depth of love which expresses itself through tenderness and humour in equal part. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their relationship as they are faced with the challenges that lie ahead and the prospect of what might happen if something were to happen to Joan. ORDINARY LOVE is a story about love, survival and the epic questions life throws at each and every one of us.

Available on Amazon

The Fanatic
Release Date: OUT NOW on digital and DVD 20th July
Distributor: Dazzler
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Format: Digital and DVD
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MOOSE (John Travolta) is a rabid movie fan who is obsessed with his favourite horror/action hero, HUNTER DUNBAR (Devon Sawa). When he is cheated out of his opportunity to finally meet Hunter, Moose gets help from his friend LEAH (Aria Golja), a well-connected paparazzi photographer, who knows how to find celebrity homes. Moose turns to stalking to get the fan-to-star interaction he feels he deserves, and while harmless at first, Moose’s actions begin to take a dark turn as his obsession grows stronger and Dunbar continues to rebuff him. As the visits escalate, Dunbar finds himself in increasing danger.
Available on iTunes and Amazon
Little Joe
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: BFI
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Format: Blu-Ray / DVD (Dual Format Edition) and Digital
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Single mother Alice (Emily Beecham) is a dedicated plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special flower, remarkable not only for its beauty but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly, it makes its owner happy. Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son, Joe. They name it ‘Little Joe’ but as it grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creations may not be as harmless as their nickname suggests.

Available on iTunes
Shaka
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: 101 Films
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Format: Digital
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Showcasing breathtaking footage of mountains and waves around the world, Shaka follows snowboarding world champion and renowned athlete Mathieu Crepel as he faces the biggest challenge of his life: to surf the legendary waves of Jaws Beach, Hawaii.

Available on iTunes
Knight Rider: The Complete Collection
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Fabulous Films Ltd/Fremantle Media Enterprises
Format: DVD
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Michael Knight, a detective thought to be dead, is given a new face and identity. His assignment to fight crime with the help of an artificially intelligent, talking car named K.I.T.T., a high-speed, futuristic weapon outfitted with high-tech gadgets and a personality of its own. Driven by justice, they set out to take down criminals who operate above the law.

Doe
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
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Format: Digital
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A man wakes up with no memory of his past but the ability to speak dozens of languages fluently. After finding a clue about his former self, he will race against time to discover his true identity.

Available on iTunes
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Dazzler
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Format: DVD & Digital
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It has been two years since the sensation caused by her eleven-day disappearance and Agatha is contemplating giving up detective novels to pursue a serious literary career. Seeking escape and inspiration, she travels to Baghdad on an archaeological tour. What she finds is turmoil: the world’s biggest oil field has just been discovered and Iraq’s ancient treasures are under threat. Agatha also finds a charming, naive young archaeologist, Max, who needs her help as a series of murders unfold in the faded grandeur of the villa where they are staying. Has Agatha met her match?

Available on iTunes
It  Couldn’t Happen Here
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: BFI
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Format: Blu-Ray / DVD (Dual Format)
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IT COULDN’T HAPPEN HERE finds Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, embarking on an outstanding musical odyssey from coast to capital, encountering the eccentric likes of screen legends Joss Ackland, Gareth Hunt and Barbara Windsor along the way. Perfect pop surrealism meets road movie to the sound of hits from the duo’s fantastic first two studio albums, including all-time classics ‘West End girls’, ‘It’s a sin’ and ‘Always on my mind’.

Knight Rider: The Complete Collection
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Fabulous Films Ltd/Fremantle Media Enterprises
Format: DVD
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Joel Fleischman is a nebbishy Jewish doctor from New York City, and a fresh faced medical school graduate. He’s also about to begin the four year service contract he promised to the state of Alaska, who financed his education. But he just happened to forget reading some of the stipulations in his contract which has assigned him to the small post of Cicely, Alaska – a town of 215 people that welcomes it’s newest resident with open arms.

LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
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Format: DVD/ Blu-Ray & Digital
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There’s a new hero in town and his name is Shazam! This earnest do-gooder wants to join the Justice League, but in order to do so, he has to reveal his identity as ten year old Billy Batson! Egads! Billy learns that joining a team is all about trust while fighting off the evil Mr. Mind and Black Adam in Lego Justice League Shazam! Monster Society of Evil!

Available on iTunes & Amazon
Tokyo Story
Release Date: 8th June
Distributor: BFI
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Format: Blu-Ray
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A constant fixture in critic’s polls, Tokyo Story is Yasujirô Ozu’s most enduring masterpiece and a beautifully nuanced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. From the simple tale of an elderly couple’s visit to their grown-up children in Tokyo, Ozu draws a compelling contrast between the measured dignity of age and the hurried insensitivity of a younger generation.

The Wishmas Tree
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
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Format: Digital
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A young possum freezes her hometown of Sanctuary City after wishing for a white Wishmas, threatening the lives of its residents. She must undertake a perilous journey to reverse the damage and save her home and the magical Wishmas Tree.

Buster
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
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A semi-comic look at the real-life experiences of Buster Edwards (Phil Collins), who fled England with his wife (Julie Walters) after helping perpetrate the Great Train Robbery of 1963. Arriving in Mexico, they hoped to find paradise, but life was not quite as they expected. With a soundtrack partially written and performed by Collins.

Available on Amazon

Friendship’s Death
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
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Friendship’s Death is a bizarre and absorbing story of the relationship between a British war correspondent (Bill Paterson, Comfort and Joy) and a female extra-terrestrial, named Friendship (Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin) who on a peace mission to Earth misses her intended destination of MIT, and instead lands inadvertently in Jordan during the events of Black September in 1970. The film’s intelligent wit, coupled with outstanding performances from its two leads makes this a truly compelling film.

Directed by renowned film theorist Peter Wollen (and his only solo feature) Friendship’s Death has been newly restored by the BFI National Archive and is available on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time.

Available on Amazon

Brahms: The Boy II
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Entertainment in Video
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Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms. Katie Holmes stars in STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment’s, BRAHMS: THE BOY II, alongside Christopher Convery (“Gotham”), Owain Yeoman (The Belko Experience) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch). William Brent Bell returns to direct BRAHMS: THE BOY II. The producers are Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg, Eric Reid, Gary Lucchesi, and Richard Wright in addition to Matt Berenson, Jim Wedaa and Roy Lee.

Available on Amazon

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Release Date: 15th June
Distributor: Arrow Films
Format: DVD/ Blu-Ray
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David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima’s 1983 Palme d’Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.

Available on Amazon