Tuesday 31 March 2020

The 3rd Weekly Week of Release Home Ent Schedule - The 'Joe Exotic' Edition

Storm Boy
Release Date: April 6th
Distributor: Lightbulb Film Distribution
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Formats: VOD
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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.

Available on iTunes
 
Acceleration
Release Date: April 6th
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Formats: VOD
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Vladik, a crime lord whose tentacles permeate the underbelly of a seedy Los Angeles, finds himself double-crossed by his most trusted operative Rhona.


Available on iTunes

 
Before The Plate
Release Date: April 6th
Distributor: The Movie Partnership
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Formats: VOD
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Explore some of the most pressing issues facing farmers today, and discover what it takes to produce food in a rapidly evolving agricultural landscape


Available on iTunes

 
Behold My Heart
Release Date: April 6th
Distributor: Blue Finch
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Formats: VOD
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In this uplifting story about love and loss, a mother and son find their way forward in the face of adversity.

Available on iTunes

 
All Dogs Go To Heaven
Release Date: April 6th
Distributor: 4DigitalMedia
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Format: DVD, Digital
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A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.

Available on  Amazon

 
The First Voyage Around the World
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Dazzler
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Format: DVD
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"Hop on board and join us on the journey!
One of the most complete adventures ever told. A voyage to the unknown that started with Magellan in command and was concluded by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Storms, hunger, hostile tribes… Five ships sailed off from Seville. Three years later, only one of them managed to return, bringing their adventure full circle and finally proving that planet Earth is round."

Available on Amazon

 
Trolls World Tour
Release Date:  April 10
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Format: EST
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Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 musical hit: Trolls World Tour. In an adventure that will take them well beyond what they’ve known before, Poppy (Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake) discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands and devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder.

A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb (Rachel Bloom), aided by her father King Thrash (Ozzy Osbourne), wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends — Biggie (James Corden), Chenille (Caroline Hjelt), Satin (Aino Jawo), Cooper (Ron Funches) and Guy Diamond (Kunal Nayyar) — set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who’s looking to upstage them all.

 
Charlie's Angels
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
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Format: Blu-Ray / DVD
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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.

Available on Amazon

 
Trevor (short film)
Release Date:  Available Now - WATCH HERE

Why can't everyone just be themselves?

David will do anything to keep his family together, even becoming a completely different man. A darkly comic tale of how far a family will go to stay together, even if it means living a lie.
A story of revenge, control, love and shame.

Format: VOD/Vimeo
Contact: Strike Media


 
Jumanji: The Next Level
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
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Format: VOD & on DVD April 13
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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.

Available on iTunes

 
Be Natural - The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Modern Films
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Format: DVD
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Documentary focusing on the life and work of Alice Guy-Blaché, considered to be the first female film-maker. Narrated by Jodie Foster, the film traces Guy-Blaché's career from witnessing the Lumière brothers' first public cinématographe demonstration in 1895, to being inspired to create the first narrative feature, pioneering new film techniques, founding her own production company and making over 1,000 films.

Available on Amazon

 
Dracula Bloodline
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Format: DVD
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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?

Available on Amazon

 
The Night Clerk
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
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Format: Blu-Ray / DVD
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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).

Available on Amazon

 
THE IRON MASK
Release Date:  April 10
Distributor: Signature Entertainment
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Format: VOD
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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).

Available on iTunes

 
VFW
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Dazzler
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Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
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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.

Available on Amazon

 
I Am Patrick Swayze
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Dazzler
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Format: DVD
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I Am Patrick Swayze is a feature documentary film exploring the 1980’s most recognizable leading man, who challenged Hollywood’s very notions of masculinity and redefined what it meant to be the Sexiest Man Alive. Featuring never-before-seen home videos, photographs and original interviews with those who knew Patrick best—including the illustrious costars of his biggest films—this documentary dives beyond his status as a sex-symbol to reveal the complexities of an often misunderstood movie star. From his ferocious drive, to his most iconic roles and off camera battles with alcohol and cancer, Patrick’s family, friends and collaborators reflect on the life and legacy of the man they endearingly called Buddy.

Available on Amazon

 
Phase IV
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership
Format: Blu-Ray
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1970s thriller directed by Saul Bass. In a desert in Arizona biologist Ernest Hubbs (Nigel Davenport) has set up an observation point where he is able to study a population of ants who have wiped out all predators and begin to pose a threat to humanity. Hubbs' initial plans to eradicate the colony fail and with analyst James Lesko (Michael Murphy) and a young woman named Kendra (Lynne Frederick), who survived an ant attack, they make efforts to communicate with the intelligent ants to discover what their motivations are.

Available on Amazon

 
1917 - War Above the Trenches
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
Format: DVD
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Historical documentary exploring the evolution of the Royal Flying Corps and its significant role in the First World War.

Available on Amazon

 
Color Out of Space
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Studio Canal
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Format: DVD / Blu-Ray
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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.

Available on Amazon

 
Jurassic Island
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: High Fliers Video Distribution
Format: DVD
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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.

Available on Amazon

 
Still stuck for what to watch?

The SCI-FI-LONDON team have your back! As with many of this year's festivals, they have had to postpone the festival until this Autumn. However, they didn't want to let their endless Sci-Fi knowledge to go to waste so enter ‘SCI-FI-LONDON: ISOLATION VERSION’!

The team will be posting a ‘film-a-day’, containing a mixture of shorts and features, some from previous festivals, some from their 48hour Film Challenge, so head over to the website and explore!

 
2040
Release Date:  April 6
Distributor: Modern Films
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Format: DVD
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Film-maker Damon Gameau travels the world to investigate the ways that humans can help improve the outlook of planet Earth by the year 2040. Inspired by his young daughter Zoë, Gameau speaks to industry experts to try to work out a plan of action for himself and for the world.

Available on Amazon