MOANA (Cert PG, 111 mins, Disney DVD, Animation/Musical/Drama/Comedy, available from March 27 on Amazon Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from April 3 on DVD/Blu-ray/3D Blu-ray) Featuring the voices of: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jemaine Clement, Alan Tudyk
MOANA Waialiki is the daughter of Chief Tui and has been groomed since birth to lead her people on the island of Motunui. However, Moana's wise grandmother Tala fills the girl's head with wild stories about the demi-god Maui, who stole the heart of the island goddess Te Fiti and lost this precious green stone during a battle with ferocious lava demon Te Ka. The old woman encourages Moana to seek out Maui and restore Te Fiti's missing heart in order to bring prosperity to the island. With the wind in her sail and a witless rooster called Heihei by her side, Moana ventures over the reef for the first time in search of Maui. Moana is a joyful rites-of-passage adventure from Disney's animation studio, marrying broad comedy and infectious songs including the Oscar nominated ballad of female empowerment, How Far I'll Go.
SULLY: MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON (Cert 12, 94 mins, Warner Home Video, Thriller/Action/Romance, available from March 27 on Amazon Video/BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, available from April 10 on DVD/Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Blu-ray) Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Mike O'Malley, Anna Gunn, Jamey Sheridan, Patch Darragh, Vince Lombardi
ON JANUARY 15 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 takes off from LaGuardia airport in New York with 155 passengers and crew on board. Three minutes into take-off, a flock of geese hits the aircraft, damaging both engines and necessitating an emergency landing. Captain Chesley Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) glides the stricken Airbus A320 onto the Hudson River and oversees the evacuation of everyone on board aided by First Officer Jeff Skiles (Aaron Eckhart). The subsequent investigation casts doubt on Sully's version of events. Clint Eastwood's film is a masterclass in sustained tension, which replays events that fateful day from multiple perspectives. The director withholds the crash landing in full until the middle of his taut and lean picture, by which time we have fully buckled our seatbelts and are braced for greatness.
THE MOST HATED WOMAN IN AMERICA (Cert 12, 91 mins, streaming from March 24 exclusively on Netflix
OSCAR winner Melissa Leo takes the title role in this Netflix original biopic of an outspoken atheist and opportunist. She plays Madalyn Murray O'Hair, who gleefully gains publicity by damning all televangelists as con artists in her role as figurehead of the American Atheists based in her hometown of Baltimore. When Madalyn moves the operation to Austin, Texas and anoints her son Jon Garth (Michael Chernus) as the new shepherd of the flock, the rabble-rousing continues until one of the congregation David Waters (Josh Lucas) kidnaps Jon Garth, Madalyn and her granddaughter (Juno Temple). Police initially believe the disappearance to be a publicity stunt but ambitious San Antonio reporter Jack Ferguson (Adam Scott) is determined to unearth the uncomfortable truth.
