Cinema & Home Cinema Highlights

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

Rebecca (2020)
A young newlywed arrives at her husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast and finds herself battling the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca, whose legacy lives on in the house long after her death.
Cast: Lily James, Armie Hammer
Director: Ben Wheatley
Genre: Movie – Drama, Mystery, Romance

Capone (2020)
Chronicling the final days of notorious gangster Al Capone. The 47-year old, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Cast: Tom Hardy, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon
Director: Josh Trank
Genre: Movie – Biography, Crime, Drama

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit is the story of Beth and her journey to become the first female chess champion, while overcoming her problems with drug and alcohol addiction. The series has been well received by critics and audiences.
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie
Creators: Scott Frank, Allan Scott
Genre: Mini-series – Drama

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
After gaining superpowers from a spider bite, Miles Morales protects the city as Spider-Man. Soon, he meets alternate versions of himself and gets embroiled in an epic battle to save the multiverse.
Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure

 

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
In an attempt to win the Pirate of the Year award, Pirate Captain and his crew must travel to Victorian London, take on some of the best pirates in the world and pillage the most amount of booty.
Cast: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek
Directors: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
An alien crash lands near the Mossy Bottom Farm and a sinister organisation plans to capture her. However, Shaun decides to help her return to her home planet safely.
Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes
Directors: Will Becher, Richard Phelan
Genre: Movie – Animation, Comedy

 

Song of the Sea (2014)
Ben, a young Irish boy, discovers that his mute sister Saoirse is a selkie who must find her voice and free supernatural creatures from the spell of a Celtic goddess.
Cast: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan
Director: Tomm Moore
Genre: Movie – Animation, Adventure

Barbarians (2020)
Set in 9 A.D. Germany, Barbarians is a dramatization of the events that led to the battle of the Teutoburg Forest. This battle is viewed as pivotal because it stopped the Roman expansion into northern Europe.
Cast: Laurence Rupp, Jeanne Goursaud
Creators: Andreas Heckmann, Arne Nolting, Jan Martin Scharf
Genre: TV Series – Action, Adventure, Drama

 

The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Cast: Radha Blank, Oswin Benjamin, Peter Kim
Director: Radha Blank
Genre: Movie – Comedy, Drama

Palm Springs (2020)
Stuck in a time loop, Nyles and Sarah, develop a romance while living the same day over and over again. Embracing the idea that nothing really matters, they begin wreaking spirited havoc on the wedding celebration.
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti
Director: Max Barbakow
Genre: Movie – Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery