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Riz Ahmed continues to remind us that he is one of our very finest actors, with his simply stunning Oscar-nominated turn in ‘Sound of Metal’. Darius Marder’s sensitively handled drama about the trauma of hearing loss arrives on Blu-ray this week, following a very successful awards season which came in the wake of its otherwise chaotic, pandemic-postponed release. You can still catch it in cinemas here in the UK, and it has been streaming on Amazon Prime since April.
Ahmed plays Ruben, a drummer in a two-piece heavy metal band fronted by his girlfriend Lou (Olivia Cooke). They tour the US together in the RV which they live in. Waking up after one of their gigs, Ruben notices that his hearing is impaired. An incessant ringing coupled with a roar as if everything is underwater. It doesn’t improve, and a visit to a doctor confirms the worst. He is going to go deaf. Cochlear implants may be an option down the line, but they are exp
FILM OF THE WEEK SOUND OF METAL (Cert 15, 120 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Drama/Romance, available now on Amazon Prime Video, available from May 31 on BT TV Store/iTunes/Sky Store/TalkTalk TV Store and other download and streaming services, also available from May 31 on Blu-ray £24.
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