Funny Birds

Sometimes the best things in life happen on the fly. From the moment an injured duck crash-lands on Doug’s (Rhys Darby) roof, everything changes. Recently dumped and wallowing in self pity, Doug decides to nurse Pierre back to health with the assistance of an eccentric vet (Bryan Brown) and bird specialist, Holly (Sally Hawkins). When romance begins to bloom with Holly, Doug’s life seems back on track but the path of love is never easy and just when you think you’ve got a handle on it, it takes flight…

Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don't Exist in this brilliant, fascinating memoir about a young scientist's experience studying penguins in Antarctica—a firsthand account of the beauty and brutality of this remote climate, the direct effects of climate change on animals, and the challenges of fieldwork.

The vaults at Hitsville U.S.A. continue to surrender their secrets. Motown Unreleased 1967 is a new digital offering from Universal Music, with 89 tracks by many of the record company’s major stars, including the Four Tops, Gladys Knight & the Pips, the Temptations, Jr. Walker & the All Stars and Martha Reeves & the Vandellas. In addition, the package has previously-unavailable tracks by less-renowned acts who are, nonetheless, revered by Motown fans everywhere, such as Brenda Holloway, Chris Clark, the Marvelettes and the Velvelettes. Marvin Gaye is also strongly represented on Motown Unreleased 1967, which is available now on digital services worldwide.

Carmen McRae (1922 - 1994) was one of the great jazz vocalists of the 20th century – next to Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Born in Harlem, New York, she played the piano at "Minton's Playhouse” in the 1940s, a club where the young beboppers like Dizzy Gillespie and Carmen's husband-to-be Kenny Clarke developed this new music. Next important career steps were an engagement with the Benny Carter band as a pianist and with Count Basie - as a singer. Having spent four years in Chicago from 1948 on, she finally signed an artist contract in her hometown New York and went on to release twelve albums over the next five years.