Mystery & Thrillers - Page 65

Manufacturer: ACORN MEDIA

Police constable Jo Gillespie (Sheridan Smith, Jonathan Creek) is devastated when her husband, undercover officer Ryan (Kenny Doughty, Vera), is killed under suspicious circumstances. As she battles to stay strong for the benefit of her daughter and stepson, Jo is urged by her bosses, DCS Will Hepburn (Douglas Henshall, Shetland) and Chief Constable Carolyn Jarecki (Geraldine James, Sherlock Holmes), to leave it to her fellow officers to find the killer. But when the murder inquiry starts to uncover some dangerous secrets about Ryan, Jo’s faith in her police family is severely tested. No longer sure who to trust, Jo embarks on her own investigation with the help of friend and colleague Jack Clark (Matthew McNulty, The Paradise). But as they close in on Ryan’s killer, Jo’s hunt for the truth will put her own life in danger.Written by Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) and directed by Michael Samuels (Any Human Heart), this powerful crime thriller dives into the murky depths of undercover police work and tells the story of a woman willing to risk everything to protect her family.

Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment

Tom Hiddleston stars as Dr. Robert Laing, the newest resident of a luxurious apartment in a high-tech skyscraper whose lofty location places him amongst society s upper class. Laing quickly settles in and meets the other tenants: Charlotte (Sienna Miller), a bohemian single mother; Wilder (Luke Evans), a charismatic documentarian who lives with his pregnant wife Helen (Elisabeth Moss); and Mr. Royal (Jeremy Irons), the building s enigmatic architect. Life seems like paradise to the solitude-seeking Laing. But, as power outages become more frequent and building flaws emerge, mainly on the lower floors, social strata begins to crumble and the building descends into a class war.

Manufacturer: MHz Networks

IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES The blockbuster French drama, A French Village (Un Village Francais), starring Audrey Fleurot and Thierry Godard (Spiral) chronicles the impact of World War II on a small village in central France. The German occupation changes the life of the village of Villeneuve forever, and as its residents come under the pressures of war, they make choices that are inspiring and heartbreaking. In this gripping drama, ordinary citizens become patriots, traitors, Nazi employees or activists. Beginning with the Germans arrival in June 1940, they endure five years of rationing, fighting and betrayals, and strain to keep some semblance of their existence intact. The war shatters all their lives, but a few of them, even in the shadow of destruction, reach out to find fleeting moments of connection and love

Manufacturer: Shout! Factory Brand: CINEDIGM - UNI DIST CORP

Siblings Eva (Kiernan Shipka, Mad Men) and Zac (Timothee Chalamet, Interstellar, Homeland) are cut off from society in a remote farmhouse, their insular world bounded by an enormous wall. But as the pair begins exploring their extraordinary, potentially dangerous supernatural abilities, a mystery arises: is their strict, disciplinarian father trying to keep the world out, or to keep his children in? As their father searches for a divine answer to the circumstances of his crumbling world, Zac and Eva steal moments to explore their burgeoning otherworldly powers... This stunningly original science-fiction mind-bender is a surprising, thought-provoking look at the bonds that tie families together and the secrets that drive them apart. Twilight’s Elizabeth Reaser co-stars.