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New to stream, download or watch on DVD: The Racer, The midnight Sky and more

Louis Talpe (in pink jersey), The Racer Damon Smith George Clooney and Caoilinn Springall, The Midnight Sky FILM THE MIDNIGHT SKY (Cert 12, 122 mins, streaming from December 23 exclusively on Netflix, Sci-Fi/Drama/Action/Romance) IN FEBRUARY 2049, three weeks after a global catastrophe known as “the event”, scientist Augustine Lofthouse (George Clooney) lives out his final days alone at the Barbeau Observatory in the Arctic Circle, one of the few places yet to be choked by dangerously high levels of radiation. He performs blood transfusions to counter the cancer ravaging his body and awaits the inevitable, until he stumbles upon a young girl named Iris (Caoilinn Springall) left behind in the evacuation.

The Racer review – Tour de France takes the tablets

The Racer review – Tour de France takes the tablets Cath Clarke In 1998, a doping scandal rocked the Tour de France when a team masseur was caught with a pharmacy of banned substances in the boot of his car before the first stage in Ireland. The incident is the inspiration for this solid, workmanlike Irish drama with a strong performance from Belgian actor Louis Talpe as Dom Chabol, a fictional Belgian cyclist looking down the barrel of retirement at 38; he just can’t imagine life beyond cycling. And like most of the peloton, he’s doping; everybody’s doing it. Talpe looks every bit the pro cyclist, lean and light, not a pinch of fat on him. And he plays Chabol with a charisma-free dullness that’s convincing for a sportsman with tunnel vision, blocking out everything non bike-related. The details of life on the cycling circuit feel well-researched, too by director Kieron J Walsh, though his script, co-written with Ciaran Cassidy, goes heavy on exposition

Podcast: Interview with Kieron J Walsh, Director / Co-writer of The Racer

Podcast: Interview with Kieron J Walsh, Director / Co-writer of The Racer
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