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PREVIEW: A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX (15)
A SECOND chance at happiness is an opportunity to get things right for the first time in writer-director Rachel Hiron’s romantic comedy.
Ryan and Laura (George MacKay and Alexandra Roach, pictured) meet in a noisy club where alcohol loosens their inhibitions.
Both have been hurt by past relationships but there is a connection and they arrange a second date. In the cold light of the morning and painful sobriety, the two singletons fret about how to properly conduct a second date.
Ryan’s housemates Adam (Tom Bell) and Dan (Michael Socha) have very different approaches to romance. Their actions are obstacles to Ryan’s desire to spend quality time alone with Laura and learn if they have more in common than a mutual admiration for Meryl Streep.
■ Download and stream from April 20 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other services.
PREVIEW: BACURAU (18)
RESIDENTS of a Brazilian town come under attack from dark forces in a tantalising western thriller across the class divide, which is co-directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles.
Teresa (Barbara Colen, pictured) returns to Bacurau for her grandmother’s funeral. She learns that the water supply was turned off months ago and the town no longer features on any maps.
Curiously, there is no GPS signal and one local claims to have seen a UFO. When gunshots ring out, Teresa becomes embroiled in the fate of the community alongside drunken doctor Domingas (Sonia Braga), old flame Pacote (Thomas Aquino) and corrupt politician Tony Jnr (Thardelly Lima).
■ Download and stream from April 20 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other services, and available from April 27 on DVD/Blu-ray.
PREVIEW: THE HOST (15)
RASH decisions have dire consequences in director Andy Newbery’s gnarly thriller shot against the backdrops of presentday London and Amsterdam.
Successful banker Robert Atkinson (Mike Beckingham) has grown weary of the day-to-day grind in the British capital and seeks out thrills to shake him out of the fug.
Foolishly, he takes a huge risk with the bank’s money and finds himself falling down a rabbit hole of dark secrets.
Distanced from his brother Steve (Dougie Poynter), Robert becomes a pawn in a deadly game of choice and consequence, at the mercy of mysterious Vera Tribbe (Maryam Hassouni, pictured with Beckingham).
■ Download and stream from April 17 on Amazon Prime Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other services.