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

[the_ad id=”14415″]

Did you like this preview? Want to be updated on all the new releases every week?

Sign up to our e-mail service today, and get our latest reviews and previews sent straight to your inbox!

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Is This Thing On? (dir. Bradley Cooper)

A middle-aged divorcee dips his toes into the stand-up comedy scene…

Return to Silent Hill (dir. Christophe Gans)

A young man is drawn to the mysterious town of Silent Hill…

The History of Sound (dir. Oliver Hermanus)

In the early 20th century, two young men develop a life-changing bond…

Mercy (dir. Timur Bekmambetov)

A cop has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to an AI judge…

H is for Hawk (dir. Philippa Lowthorpe)

A grieving academic finds solace in training a wild goshawk…

No Other Choice (dir. Park Chan-Wook)

A desperate unemployed man sets out to eliminate his competition for a new job…

The Rip (dir. Joe Carnahan)

A group of cops come across a tempting pile of cash during a raid…

The Voice of Hind Rajab (dir. Kaouther Ben Hania)

In January 2024, a group of Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call from Gaza…

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (dir. Nia DaCosta)

The continuing adventures of young Spike as he ventures through a zombie-infested Britain…

Rental Family (dir. Hikari)

A struggling actor is hired by an unusual firm in Japan…

Optimized by Optimole