Over 40 Reviews Inside Including: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Gods of Egypt Eye in the Sky Kung Fu Panda 3

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OVER 40 REVIEWS INSIDE INCLUDING: MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 GODS OF EGYPT EYE IN THE SKY KUNG FU PANDA 3

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The fi rst shot in the battle of the From the biggest Hollywood superheroes is fi red this month 5-10 NEWS blockbusters to unsung gems with the release of Batman V What have the bold and the premiering on DVD and Blu-ray, Superman: Dawn Of Justice, which beautiful of fi lm and TV been up we cast our eye over the brings together the world’s two to lately? We check out the latest month’s biggest new movie most famous crimefi ghters – not reports from home and beyond and television releases. to mention Wonder Woman – for the very fi rst time. With Marvel’s P.16 own mini-ensemble movie Captain 14-15 ACTION America: Civil War also not far away now and X-Men: Apocalypse waiting 16 DRAMA in the wings, the second half of 2016 12-13 EYE IN THE SKY is sure to put a smile on the face of Oscar winner Helen Mirren is 17 COMEDY comic book fans. July is actually a big no stranger to playing rulers month for action releases: as well as – but this gripping drone thriller 18-19 TV the superhero blockbuster, there is gave her the chance to also the fantasy opus Gods Of Egypt, play a very different sort 20 THRILLER the third fi lm in the Divergent series, of commander. Allegiant, and Michael Bay’s gripping 22 FAMILY 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi. Add in the acclaimed chillers 10 Cloverfi eld Lane and The Witch, feel-good comedies like My P.17 Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 and the animated hit Kung Fu Panda 3, and P.12 you have another bumper line-up on tap this month. THE TEAM

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Bob Odenkirk made his name as executive producer alongside Shawn drug dealers’ lawyer of choice Saul Ryan, creator of The Shield. “I read Goodman in Breaking Bad. Now he David’s story when it came out and is about to play a real life drug addict was wildly entertained by his saga,” in a new mini-series for the network the actor enthuses. “It’s a story behind the aforementioned show and of survival ﬁ lled with pain, crack, its prequel Better Call Saul. journalistic righteousness, abandoned The Night Of The Gun is based on cars, crooks and lies. Then there’s the the memoir of the same name by two little girls who saved his life journalist David Carr, which told the – it’s overstuffed with humanity.” story of his journey from the crack Keep a look out for the second pipe to esteemed columnist for season of Better Call Saul, which The New York Times. is expected to be released on DVD/ Odenkirk will also serve as Blu-ray towards the end of August.

BAY RESCUES UNLOVED POOCH He doesn’t always get the best press, but blockbuster director Michael Bay has shown his kinder side by coming to the rescue of an English pooch that has been dubbed “Britain’s loneliest dog”. The fi lmmaker took to Twitter to announce that he had cast the dog Freya in Transformers: The Last Knight, the latest installment in the sci-fi franchise due for release in 2017. Bay was moved by the unfortunate canine’s plight when he read a tabloid report that Freya had been rejected by prospective owners more than 18,000 times. “Freya has epilepsy and has been in a shelter her whole 6 year life,” he tweeted. “We are also going to fi nd her a home. If not she will come to my house. Welcome to the cast Freya!” • Bay’s latest movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi is out on DVD and Blu-ray this month.

JOKER’S WILD

The eagerly-awaited version of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s celebrated 1988 graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke will get its world premiere at this year’s Comic-Con. Essentially an alternative origin story for The Joker, the latest DC Universe Original Movie explores how a struggling stand-up comedian became a crazed super villain. Mark Hamill will once again provide the voice of The Joker, while Kevin Conroy will reprise his regular animated role of Batman. Batman: The Killing Joke is due here on DVD and Blu-ray in August. For more on the latest DC live action blockbuster Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice, see page 14

TKE33_05-08_NewsReel.indd 5 15/06/2016 2:47 pm NEWSREEL AMERICAN GODDESS Gillian Anderson is reuniting with Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller for the highly anticipated TV version of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel American Gods. The series will trace the confl ict between the traditional gods of mythology and new icons who have ascended through modern society’s obsession with money, technology, celebrity and drugs. Anderson will play Media, the mouthpiece for the new gods, and joins an eclectic ensemble that also includes Ian McShane, Peter Stormare, Emily Browning, Sean Harris and Crispin Glover. These days based in the UK, Anderson continues to divide her time between US and British projects. She was most recently seen on DVD in the reboot of The X Files and later this year will be seen in the third and fi nal season of the BBC crime drama The Fall. And this month, she stars opposite Ben Kingsley in Robot Overlords, a fun sci-fi comedy from the makers of the cult favourite Grabbers.

GREEKS BEARING GIFTS

Nina Vardolos was inspired life was now like for the by her own experiences extended Portokalos of motherhood to write clan, Vardalos wrote the a belated sequel to her screenplay over a four global smash My Big year period. “I wanted to Fat Greek Wedding. The show that the pressure idea came when she that accompanies burst into tears on the the female-parenting ﬁ rst day of her daughter experience is tremendous starting kindergarten. and self-defeating,” she She now laughs: “I was continues. “I know I can’t struck by such panic and be volunteering at my fear at the thought of my daughter’s school, and at daughter leaving me that work, and have time for I realized I had morphed my family and my parents. into my own overbearing, I can’t be everywhere, bordering-on-suffocating, and yet I keep trying.” For Greek parents!” Setting more on My Big Fat Greek out to explore what family Wedding 2, see page 17.

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Shooting Gods of Egypt helped director Alex Proyas reconnect with his roots in a number of ways. Proyas was born in Egypt, but moved Down Under when he was three. And while the fi lm didn’t give him the chance to revisit to the country of his birth, it did allow him to shoot his fi rst fi lm in Australia since 2009’s Knowing. Unsurprisingly, there’s also a healthy Australian contingent involved in front of the cameras, too. As well young leads Brendon Thwaites and Courtney Eden, the cast of Gods Of Egypt also includes Aussie icons Geoffrey Rush and Bryan Brown, plus other familiar faces like Emma Booth, Bruce Spence and Rachael Blake. Gods Of Egypt is reviewed on page 15

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NO STOPPING SEAGAL He may not be as quick and nimble as he was back in the 80s and 90s heyday, but Steven Seagal is showing no signs of slowing down. This month sees the DVD release of his latest fi lm Code Of Honour and that’s just one of a dizzying number of new action thrillers in the pipeline from the video stalwart. Seagal recently wrapped another fi lm with his regular director Keonie Waxman (Mercenary: Absolution, A Good Man) entitled Killing Salazar, which pairs him with current action star Luke Goss. Two other Waxman/Seagal productions, Contract To Kill and End Of A Gun, are also expected out later this year or early in 2017. Other fi lms reportedly in the pipeline include an unlikely collaboration with schlockmeister Fred Olen Ray called Sniper: Special Ops and The Asian Connection. But the most intriguing project looks to be the much delayed Cyborg Nemesis: The Dark Rift from Albert Pyun, which promises to unite two popular rental franchises – Cyborg and Nemesis – created by the veteran direct-to-DVD fi lmmaker.

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FINESTPINE’S HOURS Chris Pine is now ﬁ rmly explains Pine. “There’s this ensconced in the captain’s seat really great audio recording of in the rebooted Star Trek. But Bernie telling the story many playing the skipper of a very years after what happened that different sort of vessel night, and just listening to his in The Finest Hours proved cadence and how he responded to be just as daunting. to the gentleman asking the Out this month on DVD, this questions you could tell that he true story tells the heroic tale had told the story many times of a small lifecraft crew led by and I got the feeling that he Petty Ofﬁ cer First Class Bernie didn’t want to talk about it much Webber (Pine), who pulled anymore. In talking with people off one of the most amazing who knew Bernie I found that rescues in American Coast this was a great part of who he Guard history. was – a quiet guy who took Because his latest ship very seriously a job that he captain was a real-life person, was very good at.” Pine was determined to This month, Pine will also do justice to him and their be seen back at the helm of his incredible story. “You want usual craft the USS Enterprise to pay tribute to them and in Star Trek Beyond, which is hopefully capture the essence due to open in cinemas later of who they actually were,” this month.

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rom the hard-nosed detective in Eye in the Sky, legal questions are in Prime Suspect to her award- very much part of the process,” she Fwinning turns as Queen Elizabeth She spent quite a bit of time says. “These people don’t want legal I and II, many of Helen Mirren’s most issues to come back and bite them in memorable roles have seen her consulting with a military the ass a year later and fi nd they’re playing strong, determined women in adviser so she could get an being accused of war crimes.” male-dominated worlds. So she was idea of the challenges facing The action in Eye In The Sky certainly in her element in the thriller unfolds over multiple locations and Eye In The Sky, in which she plays a woman army offi ce that also posed challenges for the Colonel Katherine Powell, a veteran cast. For example, Mirren’s character soldier charged with co-coordinating a spends virtually the entire movie at drone strike against some of Europe’s an English military base, but has to most wanted terrorists. solider – and consequently she spent Surprisingly, though, this was the quite a bit of time consulting with a fi rst time she had ever been cast as a military adviser so she could get an idea of the challenges facing a woman army offi cer. However, Mirren also infused her character with qualities she’s observed on movie sets over the decades. “To be a commander in the military is a lot like being a fi lm director — though obviously with much higher stakes — which is something I understand fi rst hand,” she explains. “Above all, you have to make decisions and you have to make them fast. You can’t shilly-shally, ‘Is it the right decision, is it the wrong decision?’ In the thick of a battle like Black RATED: M Hawk Down, you don’t have time AVAILABLE: July 20 to go, ‘Are we legally allowed to do this?’ because you have to think STARS: Helen Mirren, on your feet.” Alan Ricman, Nevertheless, she Aaron Paul acknowledges that the war on DIRECTOR: terror involves a whole new Gavin Hood set of rules of engagement DURATION: 102 mins and for Mirren that was an FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray important part of the movie. “In the circumstances we see

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MILITARY ROBOTS

NUMBER 5 Before Chappie came along (see below), the mischievous machine from Short Circuit (1986) was deﬁ nitely the screen’s cutest military robot. After being struck by lightning, Number 5 develops a free will and with a bit interact with agents on the ground colonel in the British army. of help from Ally Sheedy develops a child-like wonder about the world. in Kenya, the US drone operators in That’s what we do for a living. Nevada and the vacillating British “It must be a very strange kind politicians in London. That meant of schizophrenia for someone like T-800 director Gavin Hood often fed Colonel Powell to go from everyday Arnie’s indestructible lines to the cast while normal life and walk into cyborg is unlikely to ever they remained in their this very extreme be toppled as Hollywood’s individual sound stage It’s the same process environment of the best ever militiarised command centres. for me as walking into command centre machine. Terminator However, the where the mentality 2: Judgment Day (1991) British actress took it a room and imagining is so different from remains his screen highpoint as in her stride – in fact, you’re a colonel in the what 99 percent the reprogrammed killing machine becomes the Connors’ protector against an even more she believes the set- British army of the population up mirrored in part the experiences. lethal cyborg (Robert Patrick). isolation her character had “Every day when we’d to deal with. leave that set, I’d think it was “As actors, it’s our job to imagine,” unbelievable that people spend their ULTRON she says. “If you’re looking at a screen whole lives doing this. To confront so Voiced with silky menace imagining what you’re looking at, it’s much brutality and violence pretty by James Spader, the lethal machine with a the same process for me as walking much on a daily basis — that must God complex was the into a room and imagining you’re a take a huge toll.” villain of the second Marvel ensemble ﬂ ick The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) and ended up stealing the show. In the comics, the machine is rebuilt so let’s hope this won’t be the last we will see of Ultron.

CHAPPIE This eponymous 2015 sci-fi fl ick is essentially a bonkers mash-up of Robocop and Short Circuit, with inventor Dev Patel installing his prototype artifi cial intelligence program into the body of a powerful police robot, creating a rather timid lethal weapon.

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Unlike Marvel, which had the luxury of

ACTION introducing most of their Avengers characters with their own individual movies, DC’s fi rst ensemble movie comes at a time when their own cinematic universe is still being built. However, the fact that it took almost $1.2 billion at the box offi ce is testament to the irresistible appeal of seeing the world’s two best known superheroes going head to head on the big screen. In a clever prologue, the seeds of their animosity are planted when Bruce Wayne (Bruce Affl eck) witnesses the death of many of his employees during the climactic battle between Superman (Henry Carvill) and General Zod in Man Of Steel. For his part, Superman is unhappy with Batman’s brand of vigilante justice and with sinister mogul Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) happy to RATED: M stoke the fl ames of resentment, the scene AVAILABLE: July 20 is set for a true clash of the titans. Add in the STARS: Ben Affl eck, introduction of Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and a glimpse of other members of the Jesse Eisenberg, Justice League, and you have one of the Diane Lane year’s essential comic book movies. DIRECTOR: Zack Snyder IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 151 mins Captain America: Civil War FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray The Dark Knight Watchmen

THE CALL UP THE FIXER THE FINEST HOURS DRAGON BLADE RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6 RATED: M AVAIL: July 6 RATED: PG AVAIL: July 20 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 20 STARS: Morfydd Clark, Chris Obi, STARS: Eric Dane, Kathleen STARS: Chris Pine, Casey STARS: Jackie Chan, John Parker Sawyers, Max Deacon Robertson, Andrew Airlie, Afﬂ eck, Ben Foster, Eric Bana, Cusack, Adrien Brody, Si Won DIRECTOR: Charles Barker Christian Paul DIRECTOR: Peter Holliday Grainger DIRECTOR: Choi, Peng Lin DIRECTOR: DURATION: 86 mins Howitt DURATION: 120 mins Craig Gillespie DURATION: 117 Daniel Lee DURATION: 127 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray With Virtual Reality headsets One-time Grey’s Anatomy Star Trek’s Chris Pine is back Loosely based on real life close to becoming an, err, hunk Eric Dane and Kathleen at the helm of a very different historical events, this action reality, this cunning futuristic Robertson (Boss) head the ship this month in this spectacular re-imagines thriller is a very timely cast of this good-looking rousing survival adventure, the Roman Empire invading release. A group of gamers made-for-TV conspiracy which tells the true story ancient China to claim control are selected supposedly at thriller. Robertson plays an of one of the American of the Silk Road. Jackie Chan random to road-test a new ofﬁ cial with the National Coast Guard’s most famous – who also produces and VR game involving terrorists Accident Investigation rescues. Set in the 1950s, directs the action sequences taking over a building. Agency, who teams up with Pine captains a tiny wooden – makes for a typically humble However, when one of their conspiracy theorist Dane to lifeboat to rescue the stricken hero, Adrien Brody chews up number dies in real life after investigate the activities of crew of a tanker the scenery as the corrupt being ‘killed’ during the a secret organisation, which that has been cleaved in Roman invader, while John game, the participants realise the latter claims orchestrates two by a destructive storm. Cusack plays a sympathetic that gameplay has become national disasters to Both the heroics and legionnaire who joins the frighteningly real. manipulate the stock market. effects are awe-inspiring. Chinese side.

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They are probably not as well known as their Greek counterparts like Zeus and Poseidon, but the ancient deities of Egypt are equally awe-inspiring and they provide a suitably colourful cast of characters for this fantasy romp. Game Of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays the god Horus, who is blinded and sent into exile when his uncle Set (Gerard Butler) murders his father Osiris (Bryan Brown) to become Egypt’s all-powerful god. However, Horus ﬁ nds an unlikely ally in a small-time thief Bek (Brendon Thwaites) who steals one of his eyes back from Set’s temple and gives it back to him in return for his help in bringing back to life his girlfriend Zaya (Courtney Eaton), who is killed during their getaway. As they battle Set’s powerful army RATED: M and allies, the arrogant Horus learns a bit of humility along the way – and that humans AVAILABLE: July 29 are more than just slave fodder. It’s complete STARS: Brenton Thwaites, tosh, of course, but Butler enjoys himself Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, in a rare villainous role and Geoffrey Gerard Butler, Rush adds a little bit of extra class as Courtney Eaton, the family of gods’ patriarch, Ra. Geoffrey Rush DIRECTOR: Alex Proyas IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 127 mins Clash Of The Titans FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Wrath Of The Titans Immortals

CODE OF HONOR ROBOT OVERLORDS THE DIVERGENT SERIES 13 HOURS: THE SECRET RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27 RATED: M AVAIL: July 7 ALLEGIANT SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI STARS: Steven Seagal, Craig STARS: Ben Kingsley, Gillian RATED: M AVAIL: July 27 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 14 Sheffer, Helena Mattsson, James Anderson, Callan McAuliffe, STARS: Shailene Woodley, Theo STARS: John Krasinski, James Russo DIRECTOR: Michael Ella Hunt DIRECTOR: Jon Wright James, Naomi Watts, Octavia Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber, Winnick DURATION: 106 mins DURATION: 90 mins Spencer DIRECTOR: Robert David Denman DIRECTOR: FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Schwentke DURATION: 120 mins Michael Bay DURATION: 144 mins Although Steven Seagal Director Jon Wright made his FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray gets top billing, he actually name with the cult creature The penultimate epsidoe in this Blockbuster specialist Michael plays second fi ddle to Craig feature Grabbers and he YA sci-fi saga fi nds our heroes Bay takes a break from large- Sheffer in this curious action brings the same sense of Tris (Shailene Woodley) and scale destruction for a more thriller. When a city’s criminal irreverence to this more Four (Theo James) venturing visceral actioner which tells the element starts getting picked family-fi endly sci-fi yarn. Here, outside the walls for the fi rst story of the attack by Libyan off by a mystery ‘super invading robots now rule the time. They eventually reach militants on a US diplomatic vigilante’ (Seagal), a shadowy earth and humans have now a facility ruled over by the compound in Benghazi in government agent (Sheffer) all been implanted with chips seemingly benign Jeff Daniels, 2012. Bay zeroes in on the tells the police the killer is a that allow their masters to who says Tris has a vital role to heoric actions of a small team former special ops comrade, track their movements. But play in the survival of humanity. of security contractors who whose wife and child were when a group of teenagers However, Four begins to defi ed the Libyan force to killed in a drive-by shooting. discover a way of disabling suspect that they may have just protect the surviving members But is Sheffer really the implants, the resistance swapped one tyrant for another. of the mission. Gripping stuff. who he claims to be? battle begins in earnest!

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This intense and moving drama marks

DRAMA the full-length directorial debut of theatre Daughter director Simon Stone and is based on his own modernized stage adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck. Paul Schneider – best I Saw The Light known as one of the original cast members of Parks & Recreation – plays Christian, who returns to his Australian hometown for the Tumbledown wedding of his father Henry (Geoffrey Rush) to his young housekeeper Anna (Anna Torv). Reconnecting with his oldest friend Oliver Adderall Diaries (Ewen Leslie), Christian discovers that he has married one of his dad’s former employees Charlotte (Miranda Otto) and now has a daughter Hedvig (Odessa Young). It’s not long before the skeletons come tumbling out of the closet, threatening to shatter the lives of those closest to him. A haunting RATED: CTC exploration of the terrible power of secrets, AVAILABLE: July 20 Stone is well served by a terriﬁ c ensemble, STARS: Paul Schneider, which also includes a scene-stealing Sam Geoffrey Rush, Neill as Oliver’s father Walter. A must for fans Anna Torv, of dark homegrown dramas like Lantana and Miranda Otto, Sam Neill Beautiful Kate. DIRECTOR: Simon Stone IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 96 mins Lantana FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Somersault Mullet

TUMBLEDOWN THE ADDERALL DIARIES

Both a touching study of grief There are faint echoes here of and a droll rom-com, the debut the under-rated 2015 drama feature from real-life couple True Story in which James Sean Mewshaw and writer Franco played a suspected Desi Van Til is an absolute murderer involved in a cat-and- charmer. Set in the wintry mouse game with disgraced environs of Maine, Rebecca journalist Jonah Hill. In The Hall plays the widow of a cult Adderall Diaries, Franco is a folk singer, who died soon after writer who has found fame completing his one and only with a searing memoir that album. Fiercely protective of detailed the years of abuse he his legacy, she is struggling to suffered at the hands of his complete his biography and is late father (Ed Harris). Struck less than pleased when a New with writer’s block, he hits York academic (Jason Sudeikis) upon the idea of a true crime turns up on her doorstep book about a man (Christian hoping to interview her for a Slater) accused of murdering RATED: M book he is preparing on the life RATED: MA15+ his wife. However, when Harris of her late husband. On the turns up at a book reading AVAILABLE: July 14 AVAILABLE: July 14 advice of her friend and editor reading and accuses his son of STARS: Rebecca Hall, (Grifﬁ n Dunne), she reluctantly STARS: James Franco, being a fraud, Franco’s career Joe Manganiello, agrees to compromise and Amber Heard, Wilmer and personal life goes into a Dianna Agron, convinces Sudeikis to co-write Valderrama, Christian Slater, tailspin. Based on a true story, Jason Sudeikis the book with her. However, Ed Harris, Cynthia Nixon it’s an intriguing examination things become complicated of the creative process DIRECTOR: Sean Mewshaw DIRECTOR: when he begins to fall for his Pamela Romanowsky and why we cannot always DURATION: 105 mins new collaborator. The two leads trust our memories, with DURATION: 105mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray are superb, while the lovely Franco delivering a fearless soundtrack is from US singer FORMATS: DVD performance as the Damien Jurado. Adderall-popping writer.

TKE33_16-17_Drama/Comedy.indd 16 15/06/2016 2:52 pm MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 COMEDY

The epilogue of the original fi lm hinted that Toula (Nia Vardalos) hadn’t quite managed to extricate herself from her extended family and 10 years on that is still the case. Although determined not to make the same mistakes her mother made, she fi nds herself at odds with her 17-year-old daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris), who is appalled by the meddling and behaviour of her Greek relatives and is threatening to get as far as away as possible from them when she goes to college. Meanwhile, Toula’s frantic attempts to juggle home, work and family responsibilities have left her easy-going husband Ian (John Corbett) feeling somewhat neglected. And, of course, there is also a wedding to contend with – that of her parents (Lainie Kazan and Michael Constantine), who turn out not to RATED: PG be married because of a clerical mistake. AVAILABLE: July 7 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 doesn’t deviate STARS: Nia Vardalos, too far from the winning formula Vardalos John Corbett, established with the 2002 movie (she once Michael Constantine, again penned the script) and that fi lm’s many Lainie Kazan fans wouldn’t have it any other way. DIRECTOR: Kirk Jones IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 94 mins My Life In Ruins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Alex & Eve The Big Wedding

HAIL, CAESER! UNINDIAN RIDE ALONG 2 AWKWARD SEXY PEOPLE RATED: PG AVAIL: July 14 RATED: M AVAIL: July 20 RATED: M AVAIL: July 7 STARS: Josh Brolin, George STARS: Brett Lee, Tannishtha STARS: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27 Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Chatterjee, Supriya Pathak, Akash Tika Sumpter, Benjamin Bratt STARS: Adam Pally, Sarah Burns, Fiennes, Scarlett Johansson Khurana DIRECTOR: Anupam DIRECTOR: Tim Story DURATION: Reid Scott, Catherine Reitman, DIRECTOR: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Sharma DURATION: 98 mins 102 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Kevin Dunn DIRECTOR: Don DURATION: 106 mins FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Argott DURATION: 93 mins Kevin Hart and Ice Cube butt FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD Former fast bowler Brett heads again in this amiable The Coen brothers’ latest is a Lee makes for a surprisingly comedy actioner, which fi nds Released in the US as Slow fond and whimsical salute to accomplished leading man the duo wreaking havoc in Learners, this likeable rom-com the Golden Age of Hollywood. in this cross-cultural rom- Miami. Hart has now become zeroes in on two lonely, nerdish George Clooney – in another com. He plays a teacher who a trainee cop, much to the teachers (Adam Pally and Sarah of his ‘idiot’ roles for the specialises in teaching ‘Aussie’ annoyance of detective Cube. Burns) who decide they need to siblings – is the dimwitted to foreigners, who falls for However, with Hart already on reinvent themselves if they are star of the biblical epic of the divorcee and single mum a last warning, his brother-in- to fi nd a partner. Both succeed title who is kidnapped by a Meera (Tannishtha Chatterjee). law-to-be decides to take him in transforming themselves into mysterious group; Josh Brolin Unfortunately, her Indian on an assignment involving cool, promiscuous swingers, but is the studio fi xer who has to parents are less than pleased Miami drugs baron Benjamin things get awkward when they sort this and other messes that she has hooked up Bratt in the hope he screws up realise they both have feelings out. Comedy of the month. with a white-man... and gets kicked off the force. for one another.

TKE33_16-17_Drama/Comedy.indd 17 15/06/2016 2:52 pm HOUSE OF CARDS: SEASON 4

TV The fi nale of the third season of this devilishly entertaining political drama found the fi rst cracks appearing in the partnership between President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) and his ambitious wife Claire (Robin Wright). These fault lines become even more pronounced in the fourth season, as the First Lady sets out to build a political career of her own, much to the disapproval of her husband. However, Frank already has his hands full dealing with rival Democrat presidential nominee Heather Dunbar (Elizabeth Marvel) and a charismatic new Republican contender Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman). Then there is dogged journalist Lucas Goodwin (Sebastian Arcelus), who has now been released from prison and is keen for someone to continue the investigation begun by his late friend Zoe RATED: MA15+ (Kate Mara – who makes a surprise guest AVAILABLE: July 7 appearance in this one). The high production STARS: Kevin Spacey, values, and Spacey and Wright’s mesmeric Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, performances make this compulsive viewing Kristen Connolly, Kate Mara – and the fi nale sets things up nicely for an explosive fi fth season in 2017. DIRECTOR: Karyn McCarthy IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 620 mins Boss FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray The West Wing Madam Secretary

KILLJOYS S1 POWER: S2 INSIDE AMY SCHUMER: S3 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6 With its mix of bounty hunters STARS: Omari Hardwick, Lela RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 20 and rogue colonies, fans of the Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph STARS: Amy Schumer, Kevin cult sci-fi space western Firefl y Sikora DIRECTOR: David Knoller Kane, Kyle Dunnigan DIRECTOR: will feel right at home with FORMATS: DVD Ryan Mcfaul FORMATS: DVD this perky new TV offering. In the second season of Set in a remote planetary Boasting an starrier line-up of this muscular crime drama, system called The Quad, the guest stars than before, the Ghost (Omari Hardwick) still 10-episode SyFy show follows third season of the Trainwreck wanting out of the drugs the adventures of a team of star’s TV show fi nds her business but needing money space age bounty hunters – at her rude and lewd best. to save his nightclub. Further the Killjoys of the title – a sort Standout sketches include complicating matters is the of private police force used to ‘Last F***able Day’, in which return of his former mentor track criminals. Hannah John- Tina Fey, Patricia Arquette and Kanan (the show’s co-creator Kamen and Aaron Ashmore Julia Louis-Dreyfus explain to 50 Cents), and his on-going play a killjoy team who are her why woman over aren’t affair with DA Angela Valdez drawn out of their comfort allowed to be sexy on screen (Lela Loren), who is still zone when they come to the once they hit a certain age, unaware that Ghost is the rescue of the latter’s brother and a spoof of 12 Angry mystery drugs kingpin her (Luke Macfarlane), a former Men, starring the likes of Jeff RATED: MA15+ department is hunting. soldier with a kill warrant out Goldblum and Paul Giamatti. AVAILABLE: July 7 on him. Once that is sorted STARS: Hannah John-Kamen, out, they invite him to join their Aaron Ashmore, team, but all three have some Luke Macfarlane, dark secrets in their past that Tamsen McDonough have the potential to tear apart DIRECTOR: Chris Grismer the trio. With an emphasis on action, Killjoys is a fast and DURATION: 408 mins furious treat; a second season FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray is already on its way.

TKE33_18-19_TV.indd 18 15/06/2016 2:52 pm SUPERGIRL: SEASON 1 TV It’s girl power all the way in this exhilarating new addition to DC’s latest addition to its TV universe. Not only is there the Woman Of Steel (Melissa Benoist), but Supergirl has a kick-ass step-sister Alex (Chyler Leigh), her deadliest foes are villainesses, while her alter-ego’s boss is a bitchy media mogul (a scene-stealing Calista Flockhart). In this incarnation of Supergirl, Superman’s cousin Kara Zor-El was sent from Krypton to protect her baby cousin, but ended up getting lost in space; when she ﬁ nally arrives, he has already become Superman. After living an ordinary life, Kara reveals her powers to save Alex from a plane crash, but is astonished to discover that her sibling is a member of a secret agency battling the alien inmates of a prison ship who have also ended up on Earth RATED: CTC and are now planning something big. The AVAILABLE: July 27 casting of Helen Slater (who played Supergirl in the 1984 screen version) and Dean Cain STARS: Melissa Benoist, (TV’s last Superman) as Kara’s step parents Mehcad Brooks, is a nice touch, as is a fun guest appearance Chyler Leigh, from fellow superhero The Flash. Jeremy Jordan DIRECTOR: Glen Winter IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray The Flash Arrow Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D

RAKE S4 TEEN WOLF: S5 PT2 ORPHAN BLACK: S4 RATED: M AVAIL: July 13 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6 STARS: Richard Roxburgh, STARS: Dylan O’Brien, Colton It was starting to get a little Matt Day, Caroline Brazier, Haynes, Tyler Posey, Crystal hard keeping up with who’s Russell Dykstra DIRECTOR: Reed, DIRECTOR: Russell who in this mind-boggling Peter Duncan FORMATS: DVD Mulcahy FORMATS: DVD sci-fi series about clones, so one of the most pleasing The welcome return of Poor old Dylan O’Brien has things about the latest edition Australian television’s most been in the wars of late, with is that it sort of serves as a debauched lawyer Cleaver the serious injury he suffered back-to-basics refresher. In Greene (Richard Roxburgh) on the set of the third Maze series 4, our main heroine initially fi nds our hero keeping Runner fi lm, The Death Cure, Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) starts a low profi le in a sleepy putting back the release digging back into the suicide country town. But it’s not long by over a year. So in the of Beth (Maslany), the clone before he is back in Sydney meantime, fans will have to whose suicide fi rst led Sarah and up to his ears in legal and make do with the concluding to discover the existence political shenanigans with installment of season 5, of her new ‘sisters’ and the old chums and colleagues in which the divided Beacon nightmarish conspiracy behind like Russell Dykstra, Danielle Hills’ pack must face up to their creation. Helping her out Cormack, Matt Day and Dread Doctors’ fi nal genesis, is a new clone MK (Maslany), Damien Garvey. It’s great a creature known as a key ally of Beth’s in the early to have him back. ‘The Beast’. RATED: CTC days of her investigation, AVAILABLE: July 27 while returning favourites STARS: Tatiana Maslany, include James Frain as the Dylan Bruce, sinister assassin Ferdinand, Jordan Gavaris, who fi rst made his mark in Kevin Hanchard the third season. Part reboot, DIRECTOR: John Fawcett part-prequel, this is probably the best Orphan Black series DURATION: 420 mins since the mind-blowing FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray opening season.

TKE33_18-19_TV.indd 19 15/06/2016 2:52 pm 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE THE WITCH

More often than not, sequels It’s already been hailed as the tend to be pale shadows of horror fi lm of the year and this the original. However, with time the critics have got it right: THRILLER this superb sequel (or is it a The Witch is a deeply unsettling prequel?), fi rst time director period piece that blends Salem Dan Trachtenberg has taken witch-trials hysteria with a more the 2008 alien invasion hit modern “evil in the woods” Cloverfi eld in a whole new style horror. Set in the 1630s direction. Ditching the found- in New England, the deeply footage theme of the original, religious William (Ralph Ineson, Trachtenberg has instead best known as David Brent’s fashioned a claustrophobic obnoxious pal in The Offi ce) chiller set almost entirely in an and Katherine (Kate Dickie, underground bunker. After a Prometheus) have settled in a car accident, Michelle (Mary remote homestead after falling Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up out with their old community. in a bomb shelter belonging However, when their new Howard (John Goodman), baby disappears while being RATED: M who tells her Earth has RATED: MA15+ looked after by oldest daughter AVAILABLE: July 7 been left uninhabitable by a AVAILABLE: July 15 Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), devastating chemical attack. their faith begins to falter STARS: John Goodmant, STARS: Anya Taylor-Joy, She takes some convincing amidst claims of witchcraft and Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ralph Ineson, but eventually comes around black magic. First-time director John Gallagher Jr. Kate Dickie, to his thinking and forms a Robert Eggers summons up an Harvey Scrimshaw DIRECTOR: friendship with the bunker’s almost suffocating air of dread, Dan Trachtenberg only other resident Emmett DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers while the use of ornate Olde DURATION: 103 mins (John Gallagher Jr). However, DURATION: 92 mins English language heightens the a shock discovery prompts the sense of ancient evil. A modern FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray pair to question whether they classic that will resonate with would be safer taking their both horror buffs and arthouse chances on the outside... afi cionados.

EYE IN THE SKY EMELIE THE TRUST CELL

RATED: M AVAIL: July 20 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 27 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 6 RATED: MA15+ AVAIL: July 14 STARS: Helen Mirren, Alan STARS: Sarah Bolger, Chris STARS: Nicolas Cage, Elijah STARS: Samuel L. Jackson, Rickman, Aaron Paul DIRECTOR: Beetem, Joshua Rush, Randi Wood, Ethan Suplee, John Cusack, Isabelle Fuhrman, Gavin Hood DURATION: 102 mins Langdon DIRECTOR: Jerry Lewis DIRECTOR: Alex Stacy Keach DIRECTOR: Tod FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Michael Thelin DURATION: Brewer DURATION: 93 mins Williams DURATION: 98 mins 79 mins FORMATS: DVD FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray The rights and wrongs of drone warfare are in the A welcome return for that Nicolas Cage and Elijah A top notch cast and the spotlight in this thriller which old rental staple – babysitters Wood make for an unlikely involvement of Stephen follows a British mission to from hell. The eponymous but entertaining double act King – he co-wrote the script strike a group of terrorists care-giver this time is Sarah in this offbeat crime caper. – ensures the latest screen who have gathered in Kenya Bolger who steps in as a last They play a couple of nerdy adaptation of one of the to plan a devastating attack. minute babysitter for surly cops who stumble across the horror master’s bestsellers is Helen Mirren is her usual tween Joshua Rush and his existence of what appears a cut above the rest. After a commanding self as the two young siblings while their to be a major cash facility for mysterious pulse turns mobile mission leader, while there parents enjoy an anniversary criminals and decide to rob phone users into zombies, John is ﬁ ne support from the dinner. Her happy disregard of it by tunneling into the safe Cusack sets off on a perilous late Alan Rickman as her their usual rules of behaviour from the apartment above cross-country journey to ﬁ nd boss, Jeremy Northam as initially going down with her it. However, as the robbery his family, aided and abetted a wavering politician and charges, but Rush soon begins progresses, Wood begins to by a Vietnam vet (Samuel L Aaron Paul as drone operator to suspect all is not well with suspect his partner-in-crime Jackson) and a young teenage with a conscience. their babysitter... is setting him up. survivor (Isabelle Furman).

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It’s been ﬁ ve years since the last outing for

FAMILY Po and Co, but it’s like they’ve never been away, with the gang slipping seamlessly Kung Fu Panda 3 back into another winning mix of slapstick and martial arts mayhem. This time around, Po (voiced again by Jack Black) is reunited Lost & Found with his long-lost panda father Li (Bryan Cranston) as he tries to get to grips with his new role as the Furious Five’s new kung Lego Brickumentary fu trainer. However, it’s not long before the group are facing a dangerous new enemy in Kai (J.K. Simmons), a powerful warrior who has escaped from the spiritual realm and is intent on stealing the chi from Po and his pals. It’s up to the tubby martial arts master to unite the power of both his biological and adopted families to defeat this new foe. RATED: PG Series regulars such as Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen and Jackie Chan AVAILABLE: July 6 are back to reprise their roles from the ﬁ rst STARS: Jack Black, two movies, while as well as Cranston and Bryan Cranston, Simmons, other new additions to the voice Dustin Hoffman, cast include Kate Hudson as a ribbon-dancing Angelina Jolie panda. Fantastic fun. DIRECTOR: Alessandro Carloni IF YOU LIKE THIS, YOU’LL LIKE... DURATION: 95 mins Kung Fu Panda FORMATS: DVD/Blu-ray Mulan Madagascar

A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY LOST & FOUND

“Everything is awesome / Set on a remote island off the when we’re living our dream” US northwest seaboard, this goes the lyrics to the theme treasure hunt adventure boasts to The LEGO Movie – and as a surprisingly gritty edge. this fab documentary shows, Justin Kelly plays a troubled there are lot of LEGO fans teenager who, together with living the dream. Narrated his younger brother (Benjamin by Jason Bateman (in the Stockham), is shipped off to guise of a minibrick ﬁ gure), A Walton Island to stay with LEGO Brickumentary offers their uncle (Jason Patric). The an affectionate portrait of the entire island was once owned best-selling toy brand, taking in by their eccentric grandfather a brief history of the company – an expert codebreaker and exploring the work of their during the Second World key designers and builders. War – who disappeared in However, the main focus is mysterious circumstances, on the fans themselves – reportedly leaving behind a RATED: G admittedly most of whom RATED: PG fortune hidden in or around tend to be grown-ups – and his old home. With Patric AVAILABLE: July 13 their amazing creations, which AVAILABLE: July 6 being forced off the island STARS: Jason Bateman, range from hugely detailed STARS: Justin Kelly, by new owner Cary Elwes, Jamie Berard, model worlds, stopmotion Cary Elwes, Jason Patric, the siblings resolve to locate Bryan Bonahoom movies and even recreations Justin Kelly, their grandfather’s treasure. Although essentially a boys DIRECTOR: Kief Davidson of famous artworks like the Benjamin Stockham own adventure, Lost & Mona Lisa. Children are likely DIRECTOR: Joseph Itaya DURATION: 93 mins to be both entranced and Found also touches on some FORMATS: DVD inspired by this bright and DURATION: 92 mins more grown-up themes, so breezy doco – so, too, will the FORMATS: DVD some parental guidance is big kid in all of us. recommended.

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