Top 3 Films of the Week


Blockbuster Of The Week

Whalefall (15)


Austin Abrams as Jay Gardiner in Whalefall., directed by Brian Duffield. Copyright: 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Jay Gardiner is estranged from his terminally ill father, Mitt, and refuses to visit the old man before he passes. The grief-stricken Gardiners mark Mitt’s passing and Jay reunites with his mother Zara and sisters Eva and Nan. “I’m gonna find him. That’s what I came back for,” the son quietly reminds himself and he prepares to dive for his father’s remains in a nearby bay. In the quiet calm, he encounters a sperm whale chasing a giant squid and becomes entangled in one of the tentacles.



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Action Of The Week

Street Fighter (12A)


Noah Centineo as Ken Masters in Street Fighter, directed by Kitao Sakurai. Photo: Brook Rushton. Copyright: Paramount Pictures, Capcom and Legendary. All Rights Reserved.

In 1993, the greatest fighters on Earth are ready to flex their muscles to compete in the second World Warrior Tournament organised by despot general M Bison. Chun-Li recruits Ken Masters and his estranged friend-now-rival Ryu to take part in the competition, unaware the event is a cunning ruse orchestrated by Bison to suck the powers from fighters so he can take over the world.



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Critic's Choice Of The Week

Winter Of The Crow (15)


Lesley Manville as Joan Andrews in Winter Of The Crow, directed by Katarzyna Adamik. Photo: Danny James. Copyright: Signature Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.

British psychiatry professor Dr Joan Andrews arrives in 1981 Warsaw just as martial law is imposed. She has been invited to deliver a lecture at the university and experiences firsthand the chaos as tanks appear on city streets and citizens are treated like criminals. Joan documents the unrest with her Polaroid camera and she inadvertently witnesses the secret police committing a brutal murder. Armed with photographic evidence, Joan goes on the run for her life, aided by student liaison Alina.



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Also Released This Week...

Arrietty (U)

A boy called Sho goes to stay with his aunt to rest before an important operation. One day, he glimpses a tiny figure, Arrietty, the daughter of the Clock family who live beneath the floorboards, unseen by his aunt or her cats.

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Fallen Angels By Noel Coward (PG)

Live recording of Roundabout Theatre Company's staging of Noel Coward's comedy, captured on the stage of the Todd Haimes Theatre in New York and starring Rose Byrne, Kelli O'Hara, Tracee Chimo, Mark Consuelos, Christopher Fitzgerald and Aasif Mandvi.

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Forgotten Island (PG)

Free spirit Jo mourns the death of her beloved grandmother, Lola, who filled her head with stories about the mystical island of Nakali. No one believes Jo's outlandish tales except for bookish best friend Raissa. On Raissa's last night in Manila, a glowing portal to Nakali opens on the beach.

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The Influencer Project (18)

British beauty and lifestyle influencer Chiara King is a social media darling with millions of followers. She travels to Copenhagen with a documentary film crew to lift the veil on her glamorous life. An army of fans follow Chiara but one of these acolytes is an obsessive stalker.

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The Metropolitan Opera Live: Macbeth (TBC)

Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducts Louisa Proske's chilling production of Verdi's take on Shakespeare's tragedy starring Quinn Kelsey as the doomed anti-hero and Lise Davidsen as the mad and murderous Lady Macbeth, broadcast live from the stage of the Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts in New York.

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The Others (12A)

A 4K restoration of Alejandro Amenabar's spooky thriller to mark the film's 25th anniversary. On the island of Jersey during World War II, young wife Grace waits patiently with her children Anne and Nicholas for the return of her husband Charles. The sudden arrival of three new servants - Mrs Mills, Mr Tuttle and Lydia - has a dramatic effect on the house.

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