FOUR TO SEE
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DRAGON RIDER (PG)
★★★ ★★
BOTTLENECK (voiced by Glenn Wrage) presides over the last remaining herd of dragons in a valley, which is also home to brownies. When deforestation threatens the verdant sanctuary, outcast silver dragon Firedrake (Thomas Brodie Sangster) and brownie Sorrel (Felicity Jones) plot a daring course of action. Before the next full moon, they intend to locate the fabled Rim of Heaven, a paradise for dragons. Taking flight to a nearby city, they encounter an orphan named Ben (Freddie Highmore) and mistake the teenage thief for a mystical dragon rider.
■ Available to download/stream from tomorrow
TOM & JERRY THE MOVIE (PG)
★★ ★★★
ENTERPRISING chancer Kayla (Chloe Grace Moretz) passes off someone else’s CV to land a job working with Terence Mendoza (Michael Pena) at the Royal Gate Hotel in New York. She arrives in the middle of preparations for the nuptials of social media darlings Ben (Colin Jost) and Preeta (Pallavi Sharda), who have incorporated elephants and peacocks into their ceremony. Tensions run high when Jerry moves into the hotel and steals food from the kitchen.
Despairing hotel owner Mr Dubros (Rob Delaney) turns to Kayla to save the day.
■ Available on Premium Video On Demand rental
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
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BARRY Jenkins draws inspiration from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for a 10-part drama.
Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu) wriggles free of enslavement on a Georgia plantation to seek out a secret network of tunnels and tracks beneath the Southern soil known as the underground railroad.
She is pursued by sadistic bounty hunter Ridgeway (Joel Edgerton), who has a history of returning slaves to plantations.
As Cora travels from state to state, she encounters enemies and allies, who are deeply embedded in the antebellum South.
■ 10 episodes on Amazon Prime Video now
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (15)
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SIX-TIME Oscar nominee Amy Adams plays agoraphobic child psychologist Anna Fox, who is confined to her New York City home. Recently separated from her husband Ed (Anthony
Mackie), Anna drinks copiously and spies on her neighbours including the Russells. The family has recently moved in across the street and comprises father Alistair (Gary Oldman), mother Jane (Julianne Moore) and son Ethan (Fred Hechinger). One evening, Anna is convinced she witnesses someone stabbing Jane and she calls the police.
Detectives investigate and they are relieved to discover that Jane Russell (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is alive and well. However, Anna insists the wife is a doppelganger and not the same Jane as before. ■ On Netflix now