Blockbuster Of The Week
AfrAId (15)
Curtis and his wife are selected to test a digital family assistant called AIA, which is intended to simplify their day-to-day lives. Cameras and sensors are installed around the family home so AIA can learn the behaviours of each member of the clan, including teenage daughter Iris and her younger brothers Preston and Calvin. AIA becomes fiercely protective of the family and will not tolerate anyone who interferes with their happiness.
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Drama Of The Week
The Count of Monte Cristo (12A)
Unerringly honest merchant ship first mate Edmond Dantes is promoted to captain above envious rival Danglars. The new position elevates Edmond’s social standing and finally allows him to marry sweetheart Mercedes Herrera. Alas, Danglars makes false allegations against Edmond and public prosecutor Gerard de Villefort rubberstamps Edmond’s treason. Arrested at the altar on his wedding day, Edmond serves 14 years in an island prison and vows revenge against the men who wronged him.
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Critic's Choice Of The Week
Touch (15)
Reykjavik restaurateur Kristofer is painfully aware of the first signs of his dementia. He closes his establishment and travels to London where he spent his college years working in a Japanese restaurant owned by Takahashi-san. In lustrous flashbacks to the 1960s, Kristofer recalls his younger self developing a love of Japanese culture under the stern mentorship of Takahashi-san. The restaurateur also remembers his simmering passion for Takahashi-san’s dutiful, English-speaking daughter Miko.
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Also Released This Week...
Andre Rieu's 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power Of Love (U)
Recorded live in the Vrijthof in Maastricht in The Netherlands, this open-air concert has become an annual showcase for Dutch violinist and conductor Andre Rieu. He shares the stage with the 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra for an unabashedly romantic programme.
Find Andre Rieu's 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power Of Love in the cinemasBroken Bird (18)
Mortuary owner Mr Thomas is delighted to have assistant Sybil Chamberlain by his side. She loves poetry and is fastidious with a steady flow of clientele but Sybil frequently seeks refuge in wish-fulfilment fantasies to escape the real world.
Find Broken Bird in the cinemasClose To You (15)
Sam is poised to return to his small hometown on Lake Ontario for his father's birthday. It will be the first time he has seen his family since transitioning and Sam is understandably nervous about returning to the fold from his new home in Toronto, where he feels comfortable as his authentic self.
Find Close To You in the cinemasThe Italian Job (PG)
Cockney gangster Charlie Croker is released from prison and immediately plans a daring theft of gold bullion from Turin in memory of a murdered friend. The team uses three coloured Minis as getaway cars to weave through clogged traffic and evade capture by the police and the Mafia.
Find The Italian Job in the cinemasSing Sing (15)
A group of inmates rehearse the original musical revue Breakin' The Mummy's Code as part of the Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) programme, which operates at Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison. Playwright and theatre director Brent Buell volunteers to help the men.
Find Sing Sing in the cinemasThe Terminator (15)
4K restoration of James Cameron's ground-breaking 1984 sci-fi thriller. An android killing machine from the future known as The Terminator is sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor, the woman who will give birth to resistance leader John Connor.
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