Here's your guide to the new movies hitting UK home entertainment platforms next week (w/c April 6th).
As the global lockdown continues, here is our weekly roundup of the new releases hitting UK Home Entertainment platforms for the week commencing March 30th (thanks to Strike Media for supplying the schedule).
Storm Boy
When Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he's forced to remember his childhood and how, as a boy, he rescued and raised an extraordinary orphaned pelican, Mr Percival.
Formats: VOD
Available on iTunes
Acceleration
Vladik, a crime lord whose tentacles permeate the underbelly of a seedy Los Angeles, finds himself double-crossed by his most trusted operative Rhona.
Formats: VOD
Available on iTunes
Behold My Heart
In this uplifting story about love and loss, a mother and son find their way forward in the face of adversity.
Formats: VOD
Available on iTunes
Charlie's Angels
Remake of the action adventure written, produced, directed by and starring Elizabeth Banks. Female agents known as Angels are working for the security agency owned by the mysterious Charles Townsend. Now a global enterprise, Angels all over the world are tasked with protecting important people and their assets. Led by their handler Bosley (Banks), Angels Sabina (Kristen Stewart) and Jane (Ella Balinska) must work together when whistleblower Elena (Naomi Scott) reveals dangerous technology being developed that could potentially create a deadly weapon. With her knowledge and expertise in the area, Elena is recruited into the Angels to help stop the threat before it's too late.
Format: Blu-Ray / DVD
Available on Amazon
Jumanji: The Next Level
In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan) but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. With more action and surprises, the players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape.
Format: VOD & on DVD April 13
Available on iTunes
Dracula Bloodline
American horror directed by Jon Keeyes. In the 19th century, Dr Lesley Parker (Erica Leerhsen) dresses as a man in order to attend hypnosis lectures delivered by a renowned psychologist. One of the psychologist's case studies is Val Drakul (Chase Ryan Jeffery), who is believed to be a direct descendant of Dracula. When Lesley is given the opportunity to meet with Val a romance develops between the pair. However, her personal attachment gets in the way of her profession and she soon discovers some dark secrets about Val, but is she willing to believe them?
Format: DVD
Available on Amazon
The Night Clerk
Thriller starring Tye Sheridan and Ana de Armas. Bart Bromley (Sheridan) is a young night clerk with Asperger's syndrome who has difficulty interacting with people. In order to improve his social skills, Bart studies the behaviour of the hotel guests by watching them on cameras he has discreetly placed in different rooms. When Andrea Rivera (de Armas) checks in, a rapport is immediately established between the pair. However, Bart is implicated in a previous incident from another hotel and comes under scrutiny from the investigating officer, Johnny Espada (John Leguizamo).
Format: Blu-Ray / DVD
Available on Amazon
The Iron Mask
The Iron Mask sees action legends Jackie Chan (Rush Hour) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Total Recall) team up in a high concept fantasy historical epic featuring breath-taking fights and stunning visuals. Set in the 18th century, The Iron Mask follows English traveller Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng, Layer Cake) as he journeys from Russia to China encountering dragons, black magic wizardry and a dragon king during an incredible but deadly adventure. The action adventure also stars Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner).
Format: VOD
Available on iTunes (April 10th)
VFW
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.
Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
Available on Amazon
Color Out of Space
Richard Stanley directs this sci-fi horror based on the short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Nathan and Theresa Gardner (Nicolas Cage and Joely Richardson) believe they are living the dream after moving to a farm they inherited in rural Massachusetts. However, when a glowing meteorite lands outside their house it begins to affect their lives in mysterious ways. The orb quickly vanishes into the Earth, but its arrival appears to poison all surrounding life, while having a distorting effect on time and matter.
Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
Available on Amazon
Jurassic Island
Low-budget action adventure written and directed by Canyon Prince. As his obsession with arcade games intensifies, Jake (Brandon Root) finds himself transported into another realm where the video game he was last playing becomes his new reality. A number of years later, Jake's sister Sarah (Jessica Chancellor) decides to enter that same realm with her two best friends, Chrissy (Emily Sweet) and Rae (Tiana Tuttle), to try and rescue her brother.
Format: DVD
Available on Amazon
Lullaby
French crime drama starring Karin Viard, Leïla Bekhti and Antoine Reinartz. When Myriam (Bekhti) decides to return to work as a lawyer after having two children, she and her husband Paul (Reinartz) agree to hire a nanny to help them cope with the transition. Middle-aged widow Louise (Viard) seems like the perfect candidate and is swiftly hired, but as she works her way deeper into their lives and becomes increasingly dangerous, tragedy strikes the Parisian couple.
Format: DVD
Available on Amazon
Danger Close
Kriv Stenders directs this Australian action drama starring Travis Fimmel and Richard Roxburgh. Set in 1966 in Vietnam, 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers are led through the Long Tan rubber plantation by Major Harry Smith (Fimmel) when they come face-to-face with 2,500 Vietnamese soldiers. With their time and ammunition running out, the body count begins to rise as they must look for a way out.
Format: DVD
Available on Amazon
The Beast
After the mutilated body of a missing girl is discovered in tidelands, Korea is shaken. Han-soo (Lee Sung-min: The Spy Gone North) and Min-tae (Yoo Jae- myung: Stranger) - who have been rivals for years - are put in charge of finding the culprit. The case seems simple with a suspect already in custody, but things take a turn when Han-su meets an informant who insists that he knows who the real murderer is. As cover-ups and secret deals ensue, tensions rise between the two detectives and the mounting pressure comes to a head. Also starring Daniel Choi (Traffickers), with music from Mowg, the visionary composer behind I Saw the Devil and Burning. The Beast is a compelling true crime style murder mystery.
Format: DVD
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SYSTEM CRASHER is on VOD now.
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