Scottish Daily Mail

And here are ten blockbuste­r treats on your telly

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Still can’t decide what to watch? Here are ten of the most downloaded or streamed films of the past 12 months, or major releases newly available, all of which you can now watch at home . . .

THE IRISHMAN (15, NETFLIX)

MARtIN SCORSESE’S epic tale of organised crime, with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino as charismati­c union boss Jimmy Hoffa.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (12, VUDU)

tHE final episode of the nine-part Skywalker saga that began in 1977 with Star Wars.

THE TWO POPES (12, NETFLIX)

A CAPtIvAtIN­G drama and an acting masterclas­s by Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, as Pope Benedict and successor Pope Francis.

JOKER (15, SKY STORE)

JOAquIN PHOENIx deservedly won an Academy Award for his compelling lead performanc­e. It divided critics, but I was hooked from first frame to last.

THE INVISIBLE MAN (15, NBC UNIVERSAL)

A DEFt update of the 1933 film, itself inspired by the 1897 H.G. Wells novel. Elisabeth Moss is terrific as a woman scared witless.

A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDO­N (U, NETFLIX)

PERHAPS a notch below comedy genius, unlike the first Shaun movie, but still a delight, as a playful alien lands near Mossy Bottom farm.

BOOKSMART (15, HULU)

EvEN if you think you’ve had enough of u.S. high-school/coming-of-age comedies, here’s a singularly witty and entertaini­ng one. A fine directoria­l debut by Olivia Wilde.

KNIVES OUT (12, AMAZON PRIME)

A PERkY, quirky twist on all those old Agatha Christie whodunnits, in which Daniel Craig has a ball as a detective with Southern-fried vowels.

MIDSOMMAR (18, AMAZON PRIME)

ARI AStER’S follow-up to the terrifying Hereditary is an unnerving folk-horror film set in Sweden, clearly inspired by the 1973 classic the Wicker Man.

JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (12, AMAZON PRIME)

tHE sequel (right) to the gigantic 2018 hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle isn’t quite as good as the original, but it’s still huge fun for the whole family.

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