Spy sequel 'Johnny English Strikes Again' leads this week's releases

03 Oct 2018 in New Releases

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Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again

Rowan Atkinson's clumsy secret agent returns in Johnny English Strikes Again, the third installment of the comedy spy franchise. In his latest adventure, Johnny English is once again left as the Secret Service's last hope after a cyber attack reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. Coming out of retirement, English must find the mastermind hacker... but first he must master modern technology, else the mission is doomed to fail.

Also released in cinemas this week

A Star is Born; Tehran Taboo

Also released this week is awards contender A Star is Born in which an established musician helps to uncover the talent of a singer-songwriter while his own addiction to drugs and alcohol begins to take its toll on their relationship; elsewhere, Iranian society and the restrictions placed on its young people is explored in animation Tehran Taboo, which follows the lives of four citizens and the difficulties they come across.

New to Order on DVD

The Captain

Our featured DVD release this week is bleak, black-and-white World War Two drama The Captain in which a 21 year-old German army deserter stumbles upon a high-ranking Nazi official uniform and, after putting it on, begins to exert the power and authority expected of the position when charged with running a prisoner-of-war camp.

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