Romance, comedy and thrillers are all on offer this month as a fantastic selection of brand-new titles are joining Rakuten TV this May. Films for every mood will be newly available, with a mixture of romantic-comedies, dramas, and action-packed thrillers including Oscar nominated Sound Of Metal, Here Are The Young Men, Little Fish, Rare Beasts, High Flying Romance (4K HDR), I Still Believe (4K HDR), Paradise Cove, Great White, and Endangered Species (4K HDR). Joining Rakuten TV's Starzplay section is the much-awaited comedy drama Run The World. Plus, Rakuten TV’s FREE section adds Haywire, In Time, Don't Say A Word, LA Confidential and Brooklyn's Finest. Try the trailer above.
Riz Ahmed gives a spectacular performance in Sound Of Metal, and it’s no surprise that its been nominated for six Oscars, and received two BAFTA awards. Ruben (Ahmed) is a recovering heroin addict and punk-metal drummer whose life revolves around music; and who is also going deaf. Having ignored medical advice to avoid loud noises, Ruben is forced to give up his true passion and seek help in the form of a retreat for the deaf. Director Marder presents audiences with a powerful but sensitive exploration of a so-called disability that challenges perceptions and assumptions about loss of hearing in thoughtful but provocative ways.
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Rob Doyle, director Eoin Macken brings audiences the mischievous euphoric teen adventure Here Are The Young Men, starring Golden-Globe winner Anya Taylor-Joy and Finn Cole. Dublin teenagers Matthew, Kearney and Rez look forward to the summer of their lives after finishing their final year at school, only to find that their incessant partying and drug-taking causes each of them to spiral shockingly out of control. A tale of toxic masculinity and adolescent love, it’s not one to miss this May on Rakuten TV.
Writer and director Chad Hartigan brings audiences Little Fish, the heart-wrenching sci-fi romance surrounding a couple desperately clinging on to their relationship amidst a global, memory-loss pandemic. Photographer Jude (Jack O’Connell) and Emma (Olivia Cooke) live a blissful life until their world is abruptly turned upside down when Jack begins to experience symptoms of the vastly spreading, incurable disease 'NIA' which robs its victims of their memories. With society collapsing around the pair, the film glides through scattered memories of their history as they desperately attempt to keep Jude's memory alive.
