Top 3 Films of the Week


Blockbuster Of The Week

Moana 2 (PG)


Heihei the rooster (voiced by Alan Tudyk), Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Pua the pig in Moana 2, directed by Dana Ledoux Miller, Jason Hand and David Derrick Jr. Copyright: Disney. All Rights Reserved.
Heihei the rooster (voiced by Alan Tudyk), Maui (Dwayne Johnson) and Pua the pig in Moana 2, directed by Dana Ledoux Miller, Jason Hand and David Derrick Jr. Copyright: Disney. All Rights Reserved.

During an excursion with Pua the pig and Heihei the rooster, Moana discovers a broken earthenware pot that proves the existence of other communities beyond the island of Motunui. Wayfaring ancestors call to her to break a curse on the island of Motufetu by defeating angry storm god Nalo. The young heroine bids tearful farewell to younger sister Simea and ventures out to sea with a three-strong crew comprising farmer Kele, inventor Loto and storyteller Moni.



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Thriller Of The Week

Conclave (12A)


Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave, directed by Edward Berger. Copyright: Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave, directed by Edward Berger. Copyright: Focus Features, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Cardinal Thomas Lawrence is summoned to the Vatican City to confirm the death of the Pope from a heart attack. As Dean of the College of Cardinals, Lawrence will oversee the conclave in the sanctity of the Sistine Chapel. Lawrence’s good friend Cardinal Aldo Bellini harbours resignations about running but he is determined to prevent bombastic Italian rival Cardinal Goffredo Tedesco from leading the Catholic Church.



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Critic's Choice Of The Week

All We Imagine As Light (15)


All We Imagine As Light, directed by Payal Kapadia. Copyright: BFI Distribution. All Rights Reserved.

In Mumbai, an unexpected gift turns hardworking nurse Prabha’s carefully ordered world upside down. Meanwhile, her younger roommate Anu yearns for some private time alone with a secret Muslim boyfriend, Shiaz. Elsewhere in the city, widowed work colleague Parvaty faces an uphill battle to retain her home because her late husband didn’t complete the requisite paperwork.



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Also Released This Week...

The Contestant (12A)

In 1998, Japanese TV producer Toshio Tsuchiya invited aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu aka Nasubi to live inside a small apartment and exist solely on sweepstake food prizes. Nasubi was blissfully unaware that his steady descent into delirium was being broadcast live to the nation.

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The Polar Express (U)

To mark the 20th anniversary of Robert Zemeckis’s film, a 4K restoration chugs into UK cinemas. On Christmas Eve night, a young boy, who refuses to believe in the existence of Santa Claus, wakes to be greeted by the sight of a magnificent steam train outside his house. He leaps on board and chugs towards the North Pole.

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That Christmas (PG)

With good cheer in short supply in the close-knit community of Wellington-on-Sea on the Suffolk coast, Santa Claus braces for what he pithily describes as "one of the most challenging nights of my long career" in the company of a lone reindeer.

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Your Monster (15)

Struggling actress Laura Franco is dumped by her boyfriend Jacob after she receives a cancer diagnosis and begins treatment. She returns to her childhood to recuperate and discovers a flesh and blood Monster living in her bedroom closet.

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