Manchester Evening News

THREE TO SEE

Missed it at the cinema or on TV? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week

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WEATHERING WITH YOU (12)

IN THIS visually arresting meteorolog­ical fantasy, high school student Hodaka Morishima (voiced by Kotaro Daigo) runs away from home to seek his fortune in Tokyo. Writer Keisuke Suga (Shun Oguri) offers Hodaka a job on his occult magazine and the teenager learns to chase down a story by shadowing college student Natsumi (Tsubasa Honda). She is fascinated by rumours of Sunshine Girls, who can manipulate the weather and banish storm clouds that hang perpetuall­y over the city. A tip-off leads Hodaka to a girl called Hina Amano (Nana Mori), who demonstrat­es the ability to usher sunshine for a few hours through concentrat­ed prayer.

■ Download/stream and on DVD/Blu-ray from September 28.

IRRESISTIB­LE (15)

COMEDY starring Steve Carell, left, as Gary Zimmer, a Democrat campaign strategist who is outmanoeuv­red by rival Faith Brewster (Rose Byrne) before Donald Trump sweeps into the White House. Gary searches for a glimmer of hope in the political gloom. When a video is unearthed of retired military man and farmer, Jack Hastings (Chris Cooper) speaking on behalf of immigrant neighbours at a town hall meeting in the Wisconsin community of Deerlaken, Gary scents an opportunit­y to replace the incumbent Republican mayor. He descends on the community, but farmer’s daughter Diana (Mackenzie Davis) distracts him from delivering a killer blow before the polls open.

■ Watch now via Premium Video On Demand rental for 48 hours. Download/stream from September 28.

FINDING THE WAY BACK (15)

CONSTRUCTI­ON worker Jack Cunningham (Ben Affleck, left) secretly fills his portable coffee mug with alcohol to blot out memories of his failed marriage and the loss of his eight-year-old son to cancer. Out of the blue, Father Devine (John Aylward) from his old high school offers him a position as coach of the student basketball team. Jack was star player more than 25 years ago. Reluctantl­y, Jack accepts the position and with his foul-mouthed encouragem­ent, the team gradually improves. However, the coach’s reliance on booze threatens to undermine the good work.

■ Watch now via Premium Video On Demand for 48 hours. Download from September 28 and on DVD/ Blu-ray from October 12.

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