Home Ent Newsletter - The #MoviesTogether Edition

The sixth Strike Media home entertainment round-up All releases w/c 27th April (and a couple of others) We start with a call to arms Good morning, We shall say no more than please get behind the #MoviesTogether pledge outlined below.  As usual releases this week can be found below.  Last week's email can be found here With Love, Team Strike x The #MoviesTogether campaign is a social media expression of unity and optimism among the four major corners of the theatrical experience: Audiences, exhibitors, filmmakers, and studios. We here at Strike Media are asking you and your users to pledge your support so please share - you can grab a media kit from HERE. #MoviesTogether is designed to remind movie goers while cinemas are closed the movies live on in each of us.  #MoviesTogether is a catalyst to connect movie lovers even while taking part in social distancing and you can do so by creating communities and clubs with the MyFilmClub app - iTunes and Google Play Finally, #MoviesTogether is an affirmation that our communities will regroup and return. We're united & together! Pledge your support to returning to the cinemas at www.moviestogether.org! And now back to our regularly scheduled programming... Key Dates From Us... Charming romantic comedy, CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?, starring Alexandra Daddario comes to Digital Download 4th May Check out the press release here! Electrifying new horror REBORN Coming to Digital Download from 4th May and DVD from 11th May Find out more (if you dare) here!   Check our the latest trailer for new doc SCREENED OUT here. Coming to Digital Download June 1st! Key Dates From Them...   Download Word Document A Second Chance Release Date: Out Now Distributor: Blue Finch Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR An inspiring story of an athlete fighting for a second chance at life. Starring Joe Manganiello and Sofia Vergara. Available on iTunes Birds Of Prey Release Date: April 24 Distributor: Warner Bros Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR It's open season on Harley Quinn when her explosive breakup with the Joker puts a big fat target on her back. Unprotected and on the run, Quinn faces the wrath of narcissistic crime boss Black Mask, his right-hand man, Victor Zsasz, and every other thug in the city. But things soon even out for Harley when she becomes unexpected allies with three deadly women -- Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya. Available on iTunes JoJo Rabbit Release Date: April 27 Distributor: FOX Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend -- Adolf Hitler -- Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on. Available on iTunes Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy Release Date: May 1 Distributor: Dogwoof Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR Master chef, teacher, writer, and activist Diana Kennedy has become one of the most celebrated culinary legends of Mexican cuisine but has also been fighting unapologetically for change in the environment to produce and sustain fresh food for future generations. Available on iTunes Astronaut Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Parkland Entertainment Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Jon Rushton ASTRONAUT is the directorial debut of Shelagh McLeod, and features a charismatic central performance from Hollywood legend Richard Dreyfuss as a lonely widower who lies about his age when entering a competition to win a trip into space.  Available on iTunes Olympic Dreams Release Date: Out Now Distributor: Blue Finch Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR In this heart-warming romantic comedy, an athlete and volunteer form an unexpected bond at the Olympic Games. Available on iTunes Homeless Ashes Release Date: Out Now! Distributor: Aptitude Films Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR Frankie runs away after a traumatic incident at home and ends up on the streets where he discovers drugs and violence are just a way of life. With the help of his friends such as Chico and his childhood friend Nicole he faces up to reality and makes the decision to change his life for the better. Available on Amazon Alien Parasite Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Blue Finch Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR When an alien parasite turns people into killing machines, a town must come together to fight back. Available on iTunes The Easy Bit Release Date: April 29 Distributor: Snap Dance Films Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR The film, directed by Tom Webb and produced by Zara Ballantyne-Grove, received its world premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in September 2019 and follows six men speaking candidly on the various stages of fertility treatment. From the initial diagnosis through to making the decision to try fertility treatment, going to the clinic, the hormone treatments, egg collection and sample giving, the implantation procedure, the two-week wait and finally taking the test. Available on Vimeo Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin V - VI Standard Edition Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Anime Ltd / Trinity Creative Partnership Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Universal Century 0079. Humanity has turned even space itself into a battlefield, and the Principality of Zeon forces advance after wiping out half the world’s population by carrying out Operation British (the colony drop). In response, the Earth Federation Forces mobilize their overwhelming fighting strength to regain the advantage. Available on Amazon Calm With Horses Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Altitude Films Trailer Format: Digital Contact: Distributor / PR Ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong is the faithful and violent right-hand-man to the drug-dealing Devers clan, ready to dole out beatings at the whim of his best friend, and the family’s unpredictable protégé, Dympna. Arm’s struggle to find his place in the world has consequences on his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Ursula as she strives to find a better life for herself and their young son Jack. Available on iTunes Tsukamoto: Killing / Haze / Denchu - Kozo Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Arrow Films / Third Window Films Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Collection of Japanese horrors from director Shin-ya Tsukamoto. The films are 'Killing' (2018), 'Haze' (2005) and 'The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo' (1987). Available on Amazon The Gentlemen Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Entertainment in Video Trailer Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Guy Ritchie directs this action comedy starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant and Colin Farrell. When American businessman Mickey Pearson (McConaughey) decides to sell his booming marijuana business in London to fund his retirement, he sparks a deadly battle for control of his empire. His preferred buyer is Oklahoma billionaire Matthew Berger (Jeremy Strong) but East End gangsters, Chinese rival Dry Eye (Henry Golding) and scheming private investigator Fletcher (Grant) want their own cut of the deal. Available on Amazon Kwaidan - The Masters of Cinema Series Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Eureka Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Four classic traditional ghost stories from director Masaki Kobayashi. In these stories, mortals find themselves caught up with strange supernatural forces beyond their comprehension. The individual stories are: 'Black Hair', 'The Snow Maiden', 'Hoichi the Earless' and 'In a Cup of Tea'. Available on Amazon Sátántangó Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Artificial Eye Film Trailer Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Béla Tarr directs this epic drama following life in a small post-communist Hungarian village where nothing ever happens and nobody wants to be there. Adapted from the novel by László Krasznahorkai, the saga is presented through chapters looking at life from the viewpoint of each of the villagers, all of whom want to leave as soon as they receive a much-anticipated cash payment following the collapse of their plans for a collective farm Available on Amazon An English Haunting Release Date: April 27 Distributor: High Fliers Video Distribution Trailer Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR In 1960s England, Blake Cunningham and his alcoholic mother are forced to move into the mysterious Clemonte Hall, a vast isolated manor house, to care for his dying Grandfather who resides in the attic room. Soon, ghostly goings-on fill the house with dread, as it becomes apparent Grandfather's illness may have a supernatural cause that can only be cured by uncovering the terrifying secrets of the house and its dark history. Available on Amazon The Cabin Murders Release Date: April 27 Distributor: 4 Digital Media Trailer Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR Two sisters fight for survival when masked intruders invade their vacation cabin.  Available on Amazon Bacurau Release Date: April 27 Distributor: MUBI Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Portuguese Western co-written and directed by Juliano Dornelles and Kleber Mendonça Filho. Teresa (Bárbara Colen) returns home to Bacurau for her grandmother's funeral and finds the sertão village decimated by a corrupt mayor and under attack from a band of wealthy American tourists. With no one coming to their aid, the villagers unite to fight back, boosted by the effects of a psychoactive drug. Available on Amazon Mickey One Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Powerhouse Films UK,Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Arthur Penn directs this 1960s crime drama starring Warren Beatty. When an unremarkable stand-up comedian finds himself on the wrong side of the Mafia he flees Detroit for Chicago and takes on the identity of 'Mickey One' (Beatty), a name picked up from a stolen social security card. In Chicago, Mickey lies low, living a rough life in an attempt to avoid being hunted down by the Mob. Despite these fears, Mickey eventually finds himself drawn to the stage once again, but knowing any level of publicity will likely lead the Mafia straight to him, just how long can he continue to evade capture? Available on Amazon The Strange One Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Powerhouse Films UK,Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR 1950s film noir starring Ben Gazzara. Jocko De Paris (Gazzara) is a bullying cadet staff sergeant at a Southern military academy. When he decides to frame cadet George Avery Jr (Geoffrey Horne), son of Major George Avery Sr (Larry Gates), Jocko's past misdeeds begin to come back to haunt him as his fellow students unite against him. Available on Amazon Happy Birthday to Me Release Date: April 27 Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd,Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video,Columbia-Emi-Warner Dists Ltd Format: Blu-Ray / DVD Contact: Distributor / PR 1980s Canadian slasher horror starring Melissa Sue Anderson as Virginia, a pretty, young student at the exclusive Crawford Academy, whose disturbing past holds the key to a set of grisly murders that take place just before her 18th birthday. The denouement takes place at a macabre birthday party where the guests all have one thing in common - they are all corpses. Available on Amazon Ip Man 4 Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Universal Pictures HE Format: DVD / Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Donnie Yen reprises his role as the legendary Wing Chun master in the grand finale of the revolutionary martial arts series. Following the death of his wife, Ip Man travels to San Francisco to ease tensions between the local kung fu masters and his star student, Bruce Lee, while searching for a better future for his son. From the action visionary behind Kill Bill and The Matrix, witness the heroic sendoff to the saga that inspired a new wave of martial arts movie fans. Available on Amazon VE Day - Forever in their Debt Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Trinity Creative Partnership Trailer Format: DVD & Digital Contact: Distributor / PR “V-E Day – Forever in their Debt” tells the stories of those who experienced the end of the war in all its many forms. It features a wide range of interviews from children who remember the street parties, to the servicemen who remember not having to buy a single drink that day.  Available on Amazon The Prince of Tides - The Criterion Collection Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Ent. Format: Blu-Ray Contact: Distributor / PR Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte) is unable to stop his marriage from disintegrating and cannot come to terms with his brother's recent death. After his sister Savannah (Melinda Dillon) attempts suicide, Tom flies to New York and agrees to work with her psychiatrist (Barbra Streisand) to unlock family secrets from his childhood. Available on Amazon The Card Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Spirit Entertainment Format: Blu-Ray / DVD Contact: Distributor / PR A young man who hasn't a bean in the world, turns fate around to find fame, fortune, love and success in this light dramatisation of the Arnold Bennett novel starring Alec Guiness. Available on Amazon Rudyard Kipling: A Secret Life Release Date: April 27 Distributor: 4 Digital Media Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR Documentary exploring the private life of English writer Rudyard Kipling. The documentary pays particular attention to the loss of his two children and how this grief manifested itself through Kipling's writing. Available on Amazon Inmate Zero Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Vertical Entertainment Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR The most extreme medical trials are conducted on the inmates of St. Leonards, a re-purposed prison for some of the world's most violent criminals. But when one experiment goes wrong, the entire facility becomes a terrifying, disease-ridden maze for the desperate survivors. Available on Amazon Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Warner Bros. Home Ent. Trailer Format: Blu-Ray / DVD / Digital Contact: Distributor / PR Once a generation, a tournament is held to between the champions of Outworld and Earthrealm. This tournament will determine the fate of Earth and all its citizens. Lord Raiden, protector of Earthrealm, must gather the greatest fighters of his realm to defend it from the evil Shang Tsung in the battle to end all battles - Mortal Kombat! Available on Amazon Talking About Trees Release Date: April 27 Distributor: Drakes Avenue / Wildstar Sales Format: DVD Contact: Distributor / PR Documentary following four elderly Sudanese film-makers as they attempt to restore an old outdoor cinema in Khartoum. United by their love of cinema and a desire to highlight Sudanese film history, the four members of the Sudanese Film Club, founded in 1989, must navigate politics, bureaucracy and their lack of financial resources as they bid to reopen the cinema. Available on Amazon Other releases of note include Accel World: The Complete Series,  John Ford at Columbia 1935-1958, Honour, Black Clover: Season 2 - Part 1, Ajin: Demi-human - Season 1, 2 & 3, SAS: Who Dares Wins: Series Five, WWE: Super Show-down 2020, In Bed With Madonna Happy watching!!