Four to see
Running out of shows to watch? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
ANTI-LIFE (15)
BRUCE WILLIS headlines this sci-fi thriller set in the aftermath of a devastating plague.
A few thousand survivors board an interstellar ark captained by Admiral Kiernan Adams (Thomas Jane), bound for a faraway colony. Clay Young (Willis) and his team of mechanics, comprising Blue (Johnny Messner), Noah (Cody Kearsley) and Shady (Johann Urb), are charged with maintaining the spaceship while the majority of passengers go into stasis.
Unfortunately, a killer shape-shifting alien boards the craft.
■ Available on Amazon Prime Video.
THE SECRET GARDEN (PG) ★★★★★
IN 1947, Mary (Dixie Egerickx) loses her parents to cholera in India. The spoilt orphan is sent to live with an uncle she has never met, Archibald Craven (Colin Firth), in his mouldering Yorkshire country pile, complete with housekeeper Mrs Medlock (Julie Walters).
Mary encounters a sickly, boy named Colin (Edan Hayhurst) who yearns to escape his bed chamber and sneaks him out of the manor and into a magical walled garden.
Much needed escapist fun for children.
■ Available now to stream.
BEHIND HER EYES (6 EPISODES)
ADAPTED from Sarah Pinborough’s best-selling novel, Behind Her Eyes is a six-part psychological thriller which traps an unsuspecting mother in a web of lies.
Single parent Louise (Simona Brown) enjoys a passionate dalliance with a handsome stranger, who she later discovers is her new psychiatrist boss David (Tom Bateman). He is married and begs forgiveness for the sake of his wife Adele (The Luminaries’ Eve Hewson).
Palpable sexual chemistry between Louise and David continues to cloud her judgment until she unravels the twisted relationship between David and Adele.
■ On Netflix from February 17
TO ALL THE BOYS: ALWAYS AND FOREVER (12) ★★★★ ★
OVER the past three years, Netflix has cultivated a devoted following with its adaptations of Jenny Han’s trilogy of young adult novels, beginning with To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before in 2018.
A sequel, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, premiered in February 2020 and the concluding chapter based on the book Always And Forever, Lara Jean arrives on the streaming service this week.
Lana Condor reprises her role as high school student Lara Jean Song Covey, who is excitedly looking forward to the next stage of her relationship with boyfriend Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo). The teenage lovebirds plan to attend the same university, Stanford. A pair of life-changing trips open Lara Jean’s eyes to what her life might look like after university and the pressures she will face to stay with Peter. ■ On Netflix now.