Lush new films
There’s something for everyone out this week
Eye In The Sky ON DVD NOW, ON SKY STORE 22 AUG
This Brit thriller focuses on smallscale tension instead of globetrotting action. Helen Mirren is the ruthless Colonel Katherine Powell, who uses hi-tech surveillance to track terrorists to a house in Nairobi. When a child gets in the way of a drone strike, a lengthy legal and moral debate ensues at all levels of power. Jason Arnopp
The Jungle Book DVD/BLU RAY/SKY STORE, 22 AUG
This retelling of the Rudyard Kipling story that became a Disney animated classic is one of the surprise movie treats (and hits) of the year so far. Director Jon Favreau and his team put together astonishingly realistic yet entirely CGI backdrops and talking animal characters (voiced by the likes of Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson) surrounding young human hero Mowgli (Neel Sethi). It’s a total delight from start to finish. Boyd Hilton
Jane Got A Gun DVD/BLU RAY/SKY STORE, 22 AUG
A troubled passion project for star/ producer Natalie Portman, this turns out to be a well-made and nicely acted Western. Portman is a young mother trying to protect her family in the outlands of New Mexico from the threat of a gang of outlaws led by Ewan Mcgregor’s impressively nasty villain. In desperation, she turns to a gunslinger (Joel Edgerton) who’s also her former fiancé, for help. Boyd Hilton