three to see
Missed it at the cinema or on TV? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
YESTERDAY (12) ★★★★★
SWEET, heartfelt romantic comedy. After a hard day’s night of gigging, singer-songwriter Jack Malik (Himesh Patel) cycles home to his parents (Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal). He collides with a bus during a 12-second blackout when a nasty bout of pop culture amnesia ripples across the universe, erasing all memory of The Beatles. Jack regains consciousness in hospital and discovers that no one – except for him – remembers The Fab Four. With a little help from friends including Ellie (Lily James), Jack becomes a viral sensation by passing off The Beatles’ back catalogue as his own words of love. Download and stream from October 21 and available from November 4 on DVD/Blu-ray.
NATIVITY ROCKS (12) ★★★★★
FOURTH instalment of the festive comedies. Syrian boy Doru (Brian Bartle) and his father (Ramin Karimloo) arrive in Britain in search of a better life. The boy is separated from his old man and ends up homeless in Coventry where social worker Miss Shelly (Helen George) places him with a foster mother (Meera Syal) and enrols Doru at St Bernadette’s Primary School. Doru arrives as Mr Johnson (Daniel Boys) and his class are auditioning for a rock opera. Teaching assistant Mr Poppy (Simon Lipkin) takes Doru under his wing and kindles a friendship between the refugee and wealthy boy Barnaby (Rupert Turnbull). Download and stream from October 21 and available from October 28 on DVD/Blu-ray.