Coral reefs, kelp forests, huge ocean swells. Darting dolphin pods. The odd porpoise. You know what to expect from a new David Attenborough documentary, but nothing will prepare you for how spectacular it all looks up on the big screen. His new feature-length film is an anthem to our oceans with a stirring call to arms to turn back the wide of climate change and pollution. The message is as uplifting as the oceanic photography – although Sir David needs you there to hear it.
In cinemas May 8
You know summer is here when the flowers are blooming and Tom Cruise is dangling from a biplane at stomach-churning altitudes. Yes, blockbuster season is getting underway with one of the biggies: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, as well as comeback movies from the Final Destination and Karate Kid franchises.
And there are sea movies everywhere you look this month, as Lilo & Stitch head to the beach, David Attenborough takes us beneath the waves in an epic new ocean documentary, Nic Cage goes surfing, and Gillian Anderson and The White Lotus’s Jason Isaacs tackle a coastal path. Here’s what to see – and when.
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