hmv Music & Film News

The former One Direction man releases his second solo album Icarus Falls this week, an ambitious concept album containing a whopping 27 tracks and featuring the production talents of Timbaland, Murda Beatz, Malay, Frank Dukes and Greg Kurstin, among many others.

The Boss captures his hugely successful concert residency at Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City in 2017 and 2018 on this new album. 

The two-disc set coincides with the end of the show's 236-performance run and contains 16 tracks. 

The collection sees the singer telling the story of his life through his words and songs, accompanied by his guitar and piano. His wife, Patti Scialfa, sings with him on two songs.

Click here to read our full preview. 

The Odd Future man releases his third solo collection this week. 

The album features production from Darryl Anthony, Adé Hakim, Denmark, Black Noi$e, Sage Elsesser and Shamel of SOTC as well as a collaboration with Nowhere2Go. 

 Electro whizz Prins Thomas and Norwegian jazz legend Bugge Wesseltoft drop their latest collaboration this week. 

Benji Merrison and Will Slater's towering score for David Attenborough's hugely acclaimed BBC documentary series arrives this week. 

To help them along, Merrison and Slater have enlisted the help of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. 

The terrifying internet sensation is brought to life in this dark new horror. 

Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, and Annalise Basso, with Javier Botet portraying the title creature.

Set in a small town in Massachusetts, a group of friends, fascinated by the internet lore of the Slender Man, attempt to prove that he doesn't actually exist - until one of them mysteriously goes missing...

Hugo Weaving stars in this bleak Irish thriller set in 1847. 

Weaving plays Feeney, a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his family. 

Discovering that his family have been slaughtered, Feeney then sets out for bloody, bloody revenge...

Idris Elba makes his directorial debut with this stylish crime drama set in 1980s London and Jamaica. 

The film follows Dennis Campbell, aka “D”, who watches his brother be murdered as a child and vows revenge on his killer. 

Taken in by a Jamaican crimelord and reggae producer King Fox to deliver a package of cocaine to British gangster Rico, he is sent to London, where he finds himself in even more trouble...

You can watch our interviews with Elba and star Shantol Jackson by clicking here. 

Brian Henson, son of Muppets creators Jim and Jane Henson, takes charge of this strange mystery comedy.

The film is set in a world where puppets co-exist with humans as second class citizens, puppet private eye and disgraced ex-cop Phil Phillips is sent to track down the serial killer who murdered his brother and is now targeting the cast members of 80s television series The Happytime Gang.

Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale and Elizabeth Banks star. 

Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon come together for this big-budget comedy. 

The film stars Kunis and McKinnon as best friends Audrey and Morgan, who somehow get involved in an undercover mission after Audrey’s unassuming ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail...

Starring alongside them are Gillian Anderson, Sam Heughan and Justin Theroux, with Susanna Fogel, director of Life Partners, taking charge of this one. 

Click here to read our interview with Fogel.