Cinema & Cinema Highlights: March 5, 2021

Some of the latest series and movies available to rent or stream! Check your streaming service for availability.

Nomadland (2020)
A woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
Cast: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May
Director: Chloé Zhao
Genre: Movie – Drama

Body Brokers (2021)
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people — it’s merely a cover for a multibillion dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
Cast: Suzanne Wind, Frank Grillo
Director: John Swab
Genre: Movie – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Space Sweepers (2021)
After snatching a crashed space shuttle in the latest debris chase, Spaceship Victory’s crew members find a 7-year-old girl inside. They realise that she’s the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards, and decide to demand a ransom in exchange.
Cast: Song Joong-Ki, Kim Tae-ri
Director: Sung-hee Jo
Genre: Movie – Action, Adventure, Drama

The Equalizer (2021)
Robyn McCall is an enigmatic woman and single mother to teenage daughter Delilah, with a mysterious background, who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
Cast: Queen Latifah, Tory Kittles
Creators: Andrew W. Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller
Genre: TV Series – Action, Crime, Drama

Son of the South (2020)
A grandson of a Klansman comes of age in the deep south and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement. Based on Bob Zellner’s autobiography ‘The Wrong Side of Murder Creek.’
Cast: Ludi Lin, Julia Ormond, Sienna Guillory
Director: Barry Alexander Brown
Genre: Movie – Biography, Drama

Gen:Lock (2019)
Gen:Lock is set in a dystopian future Earth where an international coalition known as The Polity fights a hostile, autocratic invading force known as The Union.
Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Golshifteh Farahani, David Tennant
Creator: Gray G. Haddock
Genre: TV Series – Animation, Action

Over the Moon (2020)
Adventurous girl Fei Fei is being told the legend of the Moon goddess. After her mother passes away, Fei Fei builds a rocket ship to meet the mythical goddess on the moon, accompanied by her bunny named Bungee.
Cast: Glen Keane, Brycen Hall
Director: Glen Keane
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Minari (2020)
A family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Cast: Steven Yeun, Yeri Han
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Genre: Movie – Drama

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Lupin, his gang of desperadoes and an intrepid policeman struggle to free a princess from an evil count’s clutches, and learn the hidden secret to a fabulous treasure to which she holds part of a key.
Cast: Yasuo Yamada, Eiko Masuyama
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure, Family

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
The Madagascar animals fly back to New York City, but crash-land on an African nature reserve, where they meet others of their own kind, and Alex especially discovers his royal heritage as prince of a lion pride.
Cast: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock
Directors: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure, Comedy