January DVD Competition 2016

Amy Schumer

As one of the funniest, freshest faces on television and film, Amy Schumer is dominating the world of comedy today with her unique blend of honesty and unapologetic sense of humour. Schumer’s provocative, hilariously wicked mind will be on full display as she headlines her first HBO stand-up comedy special: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo. Directed by Chris Rock and taped live before a sold-out crowd at the legendary Apollo Theater in NYC, the one-hour special features Schumer talking about her life.

Conquest of the Skies (David Attenborough)

David Attenborough’s Conquest Of The Skies, the latest landmark series from Sir David Attenborough tells the story of the intricate engineering behind nature’s greatest aeronauts. From the double BAFTA® award-winning team behind Natural History Museum Alive and Flying Monsters, Conquest Of The Skies will reveal the dazzling world of flight as never before.

David analyses gliding reptiles, parachuting mammals, acrobatic insects and the exquisite and intricate aerial world of birds at a number of locations all over the world including China, Rome, Scotland, Ecuador and Borneo.

Britain’s best-loved broadcaster will explore this dazzling world, combining new high-speed filming techniques to tell the evolutionary story of flight from the very first insects to the incredible array of creatures which rule the skies today.

Z for Zachariah

A taught and sexy thriller based on the award winning novel of the same name. The movie is set in a post apocalyptic world, where a young woman named Ann (Margot Robbie) lives on a farm believing she is the last of the human race. Her fate is turned on its head when she meets Loomis (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a dying scientist on a hopeless quest to find his family.

A budding young woman with feelings of lust, Ann starts to fall in love with Loomis while she nurses him back to health. But their relationship becomes tenuous when an unexpected survivor named Caleb (Chris Pine) shows up. Caleb is younger, stronger and more virile than Loomis. So when Loomis and Caleb begin to compete for Ann’s affections their primal urges seep to the surface. We soon see their true nature as they relentlessly struggle to claim the last woman on earth.

Starring: Margot Robbie (Focus, The Wolf of Wall Street), Chris Pine (Horrible Bosses 2, Into The Woods), Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave, The Martian) Directed by: Craig Zobel (Compliance) Adapted from the Robert C. O’Brien novel. Filmed in New Zealand’s Bank’s Peninsula

The Transporter Refuelled

Meet the new Transporter. Known to the French Riviera’s criminal underworld as the best driver money can buy, soft-spoken Frank Martin (Ed Skrein) will deliver any “package” for a price. He abides by three simple rules: no names, no questions and no renegotiations.

But his rulebook goes out the window when he is tricked by gorgeous femme-fatale Anna (Loan Chabanol) into driving the getaway car for an ingenious bank robbery. Racing through the streets of Monaco in a state-of-the-art Audi, Frank unwittingly becomes entangled in a scheme to bring down Yuri (Yuri Kolokolnikov), the Russian human trafficker who forced Anna into prostitution 15 years ago.

The Transporter Refuelled stars Ed Skrein (Game of Thrones), with Ray Stevenson (Thor, Divergent) and Loan Chabanol (Fading Gigilo). The cast also includes Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajkovic. Wenxia Yu, Noémie Lenoir and Yuri Kolokolnikov. Produced by Luc Besson (Lucy) and Mark Gao, The Transporter Refuelled is directed by Camille Delamarre.

This competition is now closed.