THREE TO SEE
Missed it at the cinema or on TV? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
BEAST (15)
★★★★★
BROODING tale of female empowerment and sexual awakening. Shrinking violet Moll (Jessie Buckley) submits to a joyless life under the thumb of her domineering mother (Geraldine James). Moll’s birthday party at the family home gives favoured sister Polly (Shannon Tarbet) the chance to announce she is pregnant, so the birthday girl slips away and relinquishes herself to alcohol-induced oblivion at a local nightclub. The next morning, Moll encounters handyman Pascal (Johnny Flynn) and the misfits fall head over heels in lust. But then Pascal is arrested for the murders of young women on the island.
■ Available to download/stream and on DVD/ Blu-ray from August 20.
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR (12)
★★★★★
BLOCKBUSTER battle royale that unites characters from across the Marvel Comics franchises. It’s been two years since Steve Rogers, aka Captain America (Chris Evans) went toe to toe with billionaire inventor Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr). “The Avengers broke up, we’re toast,” Stark informs Bruce Banner, aka Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Supervillain Thanos (Josh Brolin) exploits these divisions to hunt the missing Infinity Stones. To defeat Thanos, Stark and Rogers must put their differences aside and pool resources with T’Challa, aka Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) et al.
■ Download/stream from August 20 and on DVD/ Blu-ray from September 3.
TULLY (15) ★★★★★
BEAUTIFULLY crafted portrait of modern parenthood. Marlo (Charlize Theron) is poised to give birth and welcome a new life into the home she shares with her husband Drew (Ron Livingston), and two children. Her wealthy brother Craig (Mark Duplass) offers to pay for night nanny, Tully (Mackenzie Davis), so his sister can get a good night’s sleep and when the pressure becomes too much, Marlo calls the 26-year-old. The pair forge a close bond and that friendship deepens when it becomes evident that Tully’s expertise extends far beyond mewling newborns.
Download/stream from August 22 and on DVD/Blu-ray from August 27.