PICK OF PAY TV AND MOVIES

NETFLIX

NEW! MYTH & MOGUL: JOHN DELOREAN

★★★ (All three parts) The rise and spectacular fall of John Delorean, the man behind the gull-winged car in Back To The Future, is profiled in a finely assembled new documentary. From Friday.

OUTER BANKS (Season 2)

The return of a good-looking US drama set along the coast of North Carolina, in ‘the sort of place where you either have two jobs, or two houses.’ Season one dealt with buried treasure; season two shifts to the Bahamas. From Friday.

NEW! ★★★ MOVIE THE LAST MERCENARY (2021)

12 u ★★★ Jean-claude

Van Damme stars as ‘the world’s most celebrated mercenary’ (right) in

Netflix’s new French action movie. The now 60-year-old Muscles from Brussels dons a number of outlandish disguises in a film that definitely has a sense of humour. From Friday.

MOVIE RESORT TO LOVE (2021) PG

● ★★★ In this off-the-rack romcom, singer Erica (Christina Milian) hits a career bump and takes a job in a tropical paradise – which brings a romantic twist. From Thursday.

AMAZON PRIME

MOVIE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) 12 u ★★★★★ The now 79-yearold Harrison Ford has been filming the fifth Indiana Jones movie, which is due in 2022. Here’s the brilliant first instalment from 1981, along with the following three films – including the unfairly maligned Crystal Skull. From today.

MOVIE THE NEXT THREE DAYS

(2010) 12 u ★★★ Russell Crowe stars in this solemn remake of the French film Anything For Her, as the devoted husband and father who sets out to spring his innocent wife from prison. From tomorrow.

MOVIE SHADOW IN THE CLOUD

(2020) 15 u ★★★ Barmily enjoyable action film, starring Chloe Grace Moretz as an underestimated woman with a secret on a B-17 Flying Fortress, cruising through skies filled with unexpected dangers during the Second World War. From Friday.

COMEDY HOMECOMING (Seasons 1-2) ★★★★ Julia Roberts adds the star power to season one of this psychological thriller; she plays a therapist at a government facility for rehabilitating soldiers, where not everything is as it seems. Season two loses Roberts, but still weaves a good story.

DISNEY+

MOVIE JUNGLE CRUISE (2021) PG ● ★★★★ Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt (both right) and a whole lot of money star in Disney’s old-school yarn, which, like Pirates Of The Caribbean, takes a theme park ride and transforms it into a rollicking hidden treasure adventure. It’s available to rent for the small fortune of £19.99. From Friday.

NEW! SUMMER OF SOUL

★★★★★ Questlove’s heady documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival – aka the ‘black Woodstock’ – is a knockout. From Friday.

SKY / NOW

DRAMA THE LOUDEST VOICE (All seven parts) ★★★★ Russell Crowe dominates the screen as Roger Ailes, the man behind the controversial US news network Fox News, in this sterling biopic. Look out for Sienna Miller as his wife, Beth – ultimately, the most poignant role in the whole piece.

DOCUMENTARY EATING HISTORY (All ten episodes) ★★★ Josh Macuga and Old Smokey open and eat old food in this silly but fun piece of US TV. The duo scoff 72year-old cereal (‘a little salty’) and 40-yearold Tabasco sauce (‘my hands are numb’).

BEST OF THE REST

NEW! SPARKLING: THE STORY OF

CHAMPAGNE (Britbox) ★★★ This mixture of celebration and history takes a stroll through the Queen’s vineyard at Windsor, and floats the unusual theory that the English ‘discovered Champagne’. From Thursday.

NEW! WATCH THE SOUND WITH MARK RONSON

(Apple TV+) ★★★★ The producer talks to Paul Mccartney, Questlove and many more in a high-end documentary that follows musicians’ search for the perfect sound. From Friday.

PAY MOVIES

TOVE (2021) 12 u (Sky Store, Virgin) ★★★

The life of Moomins creator Tove Jansson is brought to the screen with passion for this naturally played. biopic. It focuses on the 1940s, telling the story of both the Finnish artist’s daring love life and the birth of her most famous creation. From Monday.

SETTLERS (2021) 15 u (Amazon, Sky Store) ★★★ It’s described as sci-fi, but this steady thriller set in a homestead-style colony on Mars feels more like a western. Jonny Lee Miller is the family man faced with an unsettling presence. From Friday.