David Farnor | On 20, May 2016

Summer’s almost here, but before you run outside to soak up those rays, make sure you stay in to catch some of the titles about to leave Sky On Demand and NOW this month. From Star Wars’ most recent animated series to the equally underrated Edge of Tomorrow, this is your last chance to stream the following…

TV

Star Wars: The Clone Wars / Rebels – 24th May

Sky and Disney recently signed a deal for the exclusive streaming rights to the whole of the Star Wars saga. While the movies remain available for streaming, though, the last seasons of animated series Rebels and The Clone Wars will be removed on Tuesday 24th May.

Movies

Dog Day Afternoon – 28th May

Al Pacino is on stellar form in Sidney Lumet’s classic American crime thriller that sees a hostage situation turn into a media circus – and an oddly romantic drama.

Scream 2 and 3 – 1st June

How do you follow up a post-modern horror? Give the tradition of the sequel a meta treatment too. Impressively, the laughs – and the scares – are just as potent. The third entry follows hot on Scream 2’s heels. Not a patch on Scream 4, it nonetheless proved a fun reunion for the cast three years after the previous outing, with Courteney Cox and David Arquette enjoying sending themselves up.

Beyond the Hills – Saturday 9th May

Christian Mungiu’s drama is the epitome of a film that only works when its ending arrives. The film follows two girls – Alina and Viochita – as they attempt to rebuild their friendship following Viochita’s conversion to a nun. The closeted community in which she now lives, though, are less welcoming to the outsider. What happens emerges as a scathing look at the relevance of the church in the modern age. The only catch? It takes two and a half hours to get there.

Superman Returns – 2nd June

Bryan Singer’s underrated reboot of Superman sees Kal-El return to Earth after a long time away – only to be challenged by a familiar foe… Brandon Routh delivered a starmaking turn as the pre-Henry Cavill Superman, while Kevin Spacey is having a whale of a time playing the bad guy.

Toy Story That Time Forgot – 2nd June

This delightful, witty short does the only thing you can do to make Toy Story better: add more dinosaurs.

Godzilla (2014) – 5th June

Gareth Edwards goes from tiny Monsters to the biggest one of all in this remake of Godzilla, which updates the original’s horrifying context to a less traumatic modern day – but still retains the awe and terror of a gargantuan beast laying waste to a city.

Lucy – 11th June

After an experimental drug enters her bloodstream, Lucy finds herself able to use 100% of her brain. As she discovers new powers and senses, she finds herself head-to-head with the dealers who manufactured the pill. Luc Besson’s sci-fi thriller, though, doesn’t stop there, leaping into the unknown to answers questions about philosophy and our own existence. Scarlett Johansson is synoptic.

Edge of Tomorrow: Live. Die. Repeat – 12th June

Tom Cruise and Emily Brunt are superb in this hugely underrated sci-fi thriller, which sees a US military PR officer trapped in a never-ending loop of combat against an alien foe. Skilfully edited and charismatically performed, the title may not be very clear – is it called “Live Die Repeat” or not? – but the film knows exactly what it’s doing: having lots and lots of fun.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 – 16th June

Hiccup and Toothless return for another animated adventure, which sees the young Viking face the prospect of one day taking over from his dad as chief of the tribe, as well as the threat of an alpha dragon master with his own flame-breathing army. Loyalty, parenthood and kick-ass flying sequences combine to make a mature and moving family story. Who said sequels had to be rubbish?

 

Other films leaving NOW soon:

 
20th May
Balls of Fury

21st May
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

22nd May
The Notebook

23rd May
Proof of Life

24th May
Party Central

26th May
The Art of the Steal
The Big Green

28th May
Ghosts of the Abyss

29th May
Deliverance

31st May
A Thousand Times Good Night
Blood Work
Curse of Chucky
Dennis The Menace
Heartburn
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Jaws 3
Kill The Irishman
Life Partners
Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life
Oliver!
S.W.A.T.
Stealth
The Bone Collector
The Castle
The Entitled
The Longest Week
The Remains of the Day
Treehouse
Valentine’s Day
Zombeavers

2nd June
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
Devil’s Knot
M*A*S*H
Superdad

4th June
Deep Blue Sea

5th June
Blended
By The Gun
Next Goal Wins
Very Good Girls

7th June
Cleaner

8th June
Mad Hot Ballroom

9th June
Shipwrecked
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

11th June
The Greatest Game Ever Played

12th June
Keeping Rosy

16th June
Oliver & Company
Seve
Transformers: Age of Extinction

17th June
Frost/Nixon
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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