THREE TO SEE
Missed it at the cinema or on TV? We round up the best streaming and DVD releases of the week
THE BREADWINNER (12) ★★★★★
ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Parvana (voiced by Saara Chaudry) lives in Kabul with her father Nurullah (Ali Badshah), mother Fattema (Laara Sadiq), older sister Soraya (Shaista Latif) and baby brother Zaki. The ruling Taliban forbids wives and daughters from leaving the family home without a male companion. When Nurullah is incarcerated and Fattema and her brood become prisoners in their home, Parvana cuts off her hair and dons the garb of a boy to pose as her cousin Aatish so she can earn sufficient money to bribe a prison guard to speak to her father.
Download/stream from September 17 and available from September 24 on DVD/Blu-ray.
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (12) ★★★★★
THREE years after Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich) is forced to abandon sweetheart Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) on Corellia, the titular rogue and Wookiee sidekick Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) seek a route back to the planet. They hijack a consignment of crystal fuel with thief Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson), but the heist doesn’t go as planned and they are left indebted to Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany). Han and Beckett agree to take on a more dangerous assignment, But first they must wrest the Millennium Falcon from smuggler Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover).
Download/stream from September 17 and available from September 24 on DVD/Blu-ray/3D Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
SHOW DOGS (PG) ★★★★★
ROTTWEILER police dog Max (voiced by Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges) is poised to arrest a gang of animal smugglers until the FBI, led by federal agent Frank (Will Arnett), rudely gate-crashes the operation. The trail of evidence leads to a dog show in Las Vegas, where Frank and Max go undercover as contestants. Handler Mattie (Natasha Lyonne) mentors Frank while Max gets a crash course in posing from a pack of mutts including a sneering Papillon called Philippe (Stanley Tucci).
Download/stream from September 17 and available from October 1 on DVD/ Blu-ray.