Top 3 Films of the Week


Blockbuster Of The Week

Nightbitch (15)


Amy Adams as Mother in Nightbitch, directed by Marielle Heller. Copyright: Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

A nameless stay-at-home Mother tends to her young son in the suburbs while Father casually goes out to work. The exhausted parent spends most days alone with her rambunctious child, making occasional visits to the supermarket where she daydreams about telling an acquaintance the unvarnished truth about her situation. Trapped in a whirlpool of rage and frustration about the loss of her identity, Mother becomes convinced that she is turning into one of the dogs that roam the neighbourhood.



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Fantasy Of The Week

Rumours (12A)


Roy Dupuis as Maxime Laplace, Rolando Ravello as Antonio Lamorle, Charles Dance as Edison Wolcott, Cate Blanchett as Hilda Orlmann, Denis Menochet as Sylvain Broulez, Nikki Amuka-Bird as Cardosa Dewindt and Takehiro Hira as Tatsuro Iwasaki in Rumours, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson. Copyright: Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

A global crisis compels the G7 leaders to convene in the German town of Dankerode to draft a unified statement. Sylvain Broulez, President of France, is joined by Cardosa Dewindt, Prime Minister of the UK, Tatsuro Iwasaki. Prime Minister of Japan, Antonio Lamorle, Prime Minister of Italy, Maxime Laplace, Prime Minister of Canada, Hilda Ortmann, Chancellor of Germany, and the President of the United States, Edison Wolcott. Undead creatures rise during this important gathering.



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Critic's Choice Of The Week

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl (12A)


Susan Chardy as Shula in On Becoming A Guinea Fowl, directed by Rungano Nyoni. Copyright: Picturehouse Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.

During a drive home from a party, Shula discovers the body of her uncle Fred lying dead in the road. She stands guard over the corpse with her cousin Nsansa, waiting for other members of the clan to arrive including Shula’s father. As funeral preparations are confirmed, evidence emerges that several members of Shula’s middle-class family including herself, Nsansa and cousin Bupe were sexually assaulted by Fred. Survivors refuse to publicly grieve his loss.



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Also Released This Week...

Andre Rieu's Christmas Concert: Gold & Silver (U)

Dutch violinist and conductor Andre Rieu - nicknamed the King of Waltz - and the 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra perform a seasonal programme in a lavish, snow-laden winter palace boasting two ice rinks, more than 50 Venetian candelabras and 150 chandeliers.

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The Commander (TBC)

In 1940, submarine captain Salvatore Todaro proudly serves in the Italian Royal Navy at the helm of the Cappellini. In October, the vessel sinks an opposing ship. Todaro chooses to honour the law of the sea and takes the 26 Belgian survivors these men on board.

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A Drummer Boy Christmas Live: The Cinematic Concert Experience (U)

American band For King + Country performs a programme of seasonal songs and hymns, recorded live in front of a large crowd of more than 12,000 fans in Houston, Texas.

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Grand Theft Hamlet (15)

Out-of-work actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen conceive a hare-brained scheme to shoot their own production of Shakespeare's revenge tragedy Hamlet entirely within the action-oriented adventure game Grand Theft Auto Online.

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Merchant Ivory (12A)

An affectionate documentary combines archival footage and interviews to reflect on the professional and personal relationship between producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, who gave their names to a British cinema institution.

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Royal Ballet Live: Cinderella (TBC)

Jonathan Lo conducts a revival of the Royal Ballet and National Ballet of Canada co-production of the fairy tale ballet choreographed by Frederick Ashton to Prokofiev's dreamy score, broadcast live from the stage of the Royal Opera House in London.

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The Six Triple Eight (12A)

Working under the indomitable Captain Charity Adams, recruits of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion face the seemingly impossible task of sorting through a backlog of undelivered mail intended for American soldiers on the front line in 1945.

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Unstoppable (12A)

Champion wrestler Anthony Robles earns a scholarship to Drexel University but circumstances force the young athlete to enrol at Arizona State University instead, where he works hard to prove himself to coach Sean Charles and earn his place on the wrestling team.

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