This week's entertainment lineup features the live-action remake of Disney's Moana, starring Dwayne Johnson and newcomer Catherine Laga'aia, alongside new albums from Suki Waterhouse and Adam Lambert, and the Beat-Herder festival in Clitheroe.
Cinema
Moana (Out now) brings the 2016 animation to life with Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia, joined by animated critters including Tamatoa the coconut crab, voiced again by Jemaine Clement.
Evil Dead Burn (Out now) is a new standalone Evil Dead movie from Sébastien Vaniček, set at a family reunion mourning a recent death.
Rosebush Pruning (Out now) is a scandalous arthouse romp about a wealthy family with no boundaries, directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Callum Turner, Pamela Anderson, Elle Fanning, and Jamie Bell.
Life Support (Out now) is a documentary by Daniele Rugo covering two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza from doctors' perspectives, executive produced by Susan Sarandon, Asif Kapadia, Paul Weller, and Melissa Barrera.
Gigs
Beat-Herder festival (Nr Clitheroe, 16 to 19 July) marks 20 years since its start as a small farm rave, now headlined by Faithless, Sigma, and Wilkinson, with Roni Size, Mr Scruff, and Tiga.
Black Country, New Road (Queen's Park Arena, Glasgow, 16 July) performs after last year's experimental album Forever Howlong reached No 3.
Caccini's La liberazione di Ruggiero (Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton, 15 to 21 July) offers a rare performance of Francesca Caccini's only surviving opera, presented by Buxton International Festival.
Henry Lowther (American International Church, London, 11 July) celebrates his 85th birthday and new double album Primetime with the London Jazz Orchestra.
Art
Backyard Biennial: East (Whitechapel Gallery, London, 15 July to 6 September) celebrates East End creativity with artists like Denzil Forrester, performances, open studios, and talks.
Ana Mendieta (Tate Modern, London, 15 July to 17 January) showcases the influential Cuban-American conceptualist's works on body, identity, and feminism.
Debjani Bannerjee (The Bluecoat, Liverpool, 11 July to 6 September) creates an immersive sensory space inspired by her Bengali childhood in 1980s England.
Wysing Open (Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, 11 September) opens its doors for a day of open studios, exhibitions, and workshops.
Stage
Ventnor Fringe (Various venues, 17 to 26 July) offers works-in-progress from Rosie Holt, Huge Davies, Molly McGuinness, and Lou Wall.
Doorstep Duets (Farnham Maltings, 14 to 16 July; touring to 8 August) features free performances by Matthew Bourne's New Adventures dancers, with Glenn Graham's piece The Bench.
My Fair Lady (Chichester Festival Theatre, to 5 September) stars Hadley Fraser as Henry Higgins and Keziah Ibe making her stage debut as Eliza Doolittle.
The Secret Garden (Theatre Royal: The Egg, Bath, to 26 July) is an immersive adaptation with puppets and song, following Mary's discovery of a locked garden.
Streaming
Ann Droid (BBC One & iPlayer, 17 July, 9.30pm) stars Sue Johnston as a widow whose son hires an outmoded robot (Diane Morgan) to assist her.
The Five Star Weekend (Sky Atlantic & Now, 16 July, 9pm) follows a grieving food writer who invites friends to her Nantucket house, starring Jennifer Garner, Chloë Sevigny, Regina Hall, and Gemma Chan.
Ride Or Die (Prime Video, 15 July) features Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham as besties who become involved in high-speed gunfights when one is revealed to be an assassin.
Lucky (Apple TV, 15 July) adapts Marissa Stapley's novel about a scammer grifting for her life, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening, and Timothy Olyphant.
Games
Denshattack! (PC, XSX, PS5, Switch 2, out 15 July) is a stunt game where you play as a train performing tricks in a dystopian city.
D-topia (PC, XSX, PS5, Switch, Switch 2, out 14 July) involves solving puzzles to ensure the safe running of an AI system governing human lives.
Albums
Suki Waterhouse – Loveland (Out now) is her third album of soft focus pop-rock, with songs like Tiny Raisin adding melodic oomph.
Kelela – New Avatar (Out now) fuses shoegaze, grunge, and lo-fi electronic textures, featuring guest PinkPantheress.
Adam Lambert – Adam (Out now) returns to electropop with singles Eat U Alive and Under the Rhythm.
Rolling Stones – Foreign Tongues (Out now) is their 25th album, with opener Rough and Twisted and Jealous Lover featuring Jagger's falsetto.
Brain Food
Creative Spark (PBS) interviews masters of creative craft, including Leslie Jones and Greg Kinnear.
People Make Games (YouTube) goes behind the scenes of video game creation, highlighting artists like Jerry Gretzinger.
Radio 3's Essential History of Classical Music (Radio 3 & BBC Sounds, 11 July, 1pm) reaches the 18th century with an episode on the violin's rise.



