PREVIEW: Needle in a Timestack (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), Orlando Bloom (The Calcium Kid), Jadyn Wong (Debug)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

John Ridley (Jimi: All Is By My Side), director, writer; Zanne Devine (Easy A), Aaron L. Gilbert (Tully), Matt Kennedy (Predestination) and David Thwaites (What To Expect When You’re Expecting), producers; Mark Isham (Crash), composer; Ramsey Nickell (The Oh in Ohio), cinematographer; Luyen Vu (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nick (Odom Jr.) and Janine (Erivo) are happily married, until Janine’s ex-husband (Bloom) – who happens to be a time-traveller – warps the timeline in order to tear them apart, using Nick’s college girlfriend (Pinto) to erase his memories and reality. Nick must now figure out what he is willing to sacrifice in order to cling onto, or let go of, everything he loves…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

John Ridley, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave, writes and directs this ambitious sci-fi romance which plays with the very fabric of time itself.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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