three to see
Run out of shows to watch at home? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
WOLFWALKERS (PG) HHHHH
IN 1650, English forces occupy the city of Kilkenny. Superstitious locals live in fear of wolves that roam the nearby woods. Swarthy hunter Bill Goodfellowe (Sean Bean) is enlisted to exterminate the beasts. Bill’s young daughter Robyn (Honor Kneafsey) encounters a flamehaired free spirit called Mebh MacTire (Eva Whittaker), who belongs to a fabled tribe of wolfwalkers. When Mebh sleeps, her soul escapes her body in lupine form to wander the mortal realm. Alas, Mebh’s mother is trapped in stasis because her wolf spirit has not returned. Robyn pledges to reunite the magical family. Wolfwalkers is an enchanting animated fable. ■ Available on Apple TV+ from Friday.
TENET (12) HHHHH
AN AMERICAN operative known as the Protagonist (John David Washington) accepts a new assignment with cryptic instructions to perform a secret hand gesture (interlaced fingers) in conjunction with a palindromic code word: Tenet. Evidence leads the Protagonist and mission partner Neil (Robert Pattinson) down the rabbit hole of bullying Russian billionaire Andrei Sator (Sir Kenneth Branagh) and his wife (Elizabeth Debicki).
Tenet is an intricately assembled puzzle box inlaid with outlandish action set-pieces and eye-popping special effects.
■ Download/stream from December 14 and on DVD/Blu-ray December 21.
THE PROM (12) ★★★ ★★
INDIANA high school student Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) wants to attend prom with her girlfriend Alyssa (Ariana DeBose). Principal Tom Hawkins (Keegan-Michael Key) supports this but Mrs Greene (Kerry Washington), head of the PTA, stirs up a hornet’s nest of protest, which results in prom being cancelled. New York stage stars Dee Dee Allen (Meryl Streep) and Barry Glickman (James Corden), learn about the situation and travel to Indiana with chorus girl Angie (Nicole Kidman) and actor Trent (Andrew Rannells) to advocate for equality.
Adapted from an award-winning Broadway musical, The Prom is a feelgood comedy.
■ Available on Netflix from Friday.