Movie of the Week
Cinemas
- Honey Don’t!
- On Swift Horses
- The Cut
- Row
- Christy
- Sanatorium
- The Courageous
- Signs of Life
- Paul & Paulette Take a Bath
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
The only thing scarier than the beginning of autumn – and, for some families, starting a new school year – is the frighteningly stellar new line-up of films on offer, with this week’s bunch including the final outing of a pair of paranormal investigators, a wacky detective comedy, and an all-new joint by a legendary filmmaker…
Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
CAST: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mia Tomlinson, Ben Hardy, Steve Coulter, Rebecca Calder, Elliot Cowan, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, John Brotherton, Shannon Kook
CREW: Michael Chaves (director), Ian Goldberg, David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Richard Naing (writers), Peter Safran and James Wan (producers), Benjamin Wallfisch (composer), Eli Born (cinematographer), Elliot Greenberg and Gregory Plotkin (editors)
PLOT: In the 1980s, paranormal investigators Ed (Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Farmiga) take on one last terrifying case…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Conjuring: Last Rites is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Chris Evans, Billy Eichner, Kristen Connolly, Gabby Beans, Talia Ryder, Jacnier, Don Swayze, Josh Pafchek, Lena Hall, Lera Abova, Kale Browne, Alexander Carstoiu, Christian Antidormi, Kinna McInroe
CREW: Ethan Coen (director, writer, producer), Tricia Cooke (writer, producer, editor), Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Robert Graf (producers), Carter Burwell (composer), Ari Wegner (cinematographer), Emily Denker (editor)
PLOT: Honey O’Donahue (Qualley), a private investigator, dives into a series of murders connected to a religious cult led by the corrupt Reverend Drew Devlin (Evans)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Honey Don’t! is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle, Kat Cunning, Don Swayze
CREW: Daniel Minahan (director, producer), Bryce Kass (writer), Mollye Asher, Michael D’Alto, Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page and Peter Spears (producers), Mark Orton (composer), Luc Montpellier (cinematographer), Robert Frazen, Joe Murphy and Kate Sanford (editors)
PLOT: In 1950s California, Muriel (Edgar-Jones) and her husband Lee (Poulter) attempt to start a new life together, until the arrival of Lee’s charismatic younger brother Julius (Elordi) triggers a chain of events that cause Muriel, and Lee, to discover love that neither thought was possible…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
On Swift Horses is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, John Turturro, Clare Dunne, Gary Beadle, Oliver Trevena, Ed Kear, Adonis Anthony, Mohammed Mansaray
CREW: Sean Ellis (director, cinematographer), Justin Bull (writer), Orlando Bloom, Leonora Darby, Thomas Fanning, James Harris, Adam Karasick, Mark Lane and Bret Saxon (producers), Lorne Balfe and Stuart Michael Thomas (composers), Mátyás Fekete (editor)
PLOT: A former boxer (Bloom) is persuaded to come out of retirement for a championship match in Las Vegas, but only if he can endure a gruelling training and weight loss regime under his demanding new coach Boz (Turturro)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Cut is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Bella Dayne, Sophie Skelton, Akshay Khanna, Joanna Roth, Mark Strepan, Tam Dean Burn, Jenny Quinn, Melody Grove, Nick Skaugen
CREW: Matthew Losasso (director, writer, editor), Nick Skaugen (writer, producer), Kyle Kirkpatrick (composer), Zoran Veljkovic (cinematographer)
PLOT: Megan (Dayne), a young rower, washes ashore in Scotland with severe memory loss after a failed attempt to cross the North Atlantic Ocean, but as she and local DCI MacKelly (Burn) attempt to piece together what happened on the fateful crossing, a disturbing truth emerges…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Row is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Danny Power, Diarmuid Noyes, Emma Willis, Alison Oliver, Chris Walley, Helen Behan, Lewis Brophy
CREW: Brendan Canty (director), Alan O’Gorman (writer), Marina Brackenbury, Meredith Duff and Rory Gilmartin (producers), Daithi O’Dronai (composer), Colm Hogan (cinematographer), Allyn Quigley (editor)
PLOT: In Cork, Ireland, troubled teenager Christy (Power) is forced to move in with his estranged older brother Shane (Noyes) and his family after being kicked out of his foster home, but as he begins to bond with his extended family and the surrounding community, he and Shane are confronted with the ghosts of their shared past…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Christy is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Various
CREW: Gar O’Rourke (director), Samantha Corr, Andrew Freedman and Ken Wardrop (producers), Denys Melnyk (cinematographer), John Murphy (editor)
PLOT: In the city of Odesa in Southern Ukraine, a Soviet-era health facility continues to host numerous guests and provide rejuvenating treatments despite everything going on in the country…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Sanatorium is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Ophélia Kolb, Paul Besnier, Arthur Devaux, Jasmine Kalisz Saurer, Sabine Timoteo
CREW: Jasmin Gordon (director, writer), Julien Bouissoux (writer), Brigitte Hofer and Cornelia Seitler (producers), Mirjam Skal (composer), Andi Widmer (cinematographer), Jan Mühlethaler (editor)
PLOT: Julie (Kolb) is a single mother with a chequered past who, tired of playing by society’s rules, makes a daring personal decision for her and her children…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Courageous is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Sarah-Jane Potts, David Ganly, Simon Shorten, Sharon Duce, Oliver Jackson, Jessica Millson, Ben Redman, Helen Grady
CREW: Joseph Millson (director, writer, producer), Anne Dudley (producer, composer), Roger Dudley (producer), Peter James Millson (composer), Elliot Millson (cinematographer), Charles Lort-Phillips (editor)
PLOT: In an attempt to shift her outlook on life, Anne (Potts) embarks on a solo holiday to Lanzarote, only to find herself in danger until a chance encounter with a stranger named Bill (Ganly) offers a way out, which may change both of their lives…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Signs of Life is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Jérémie Galiana, Marie Benati, Fanny Cottençon, Gilles Graveleau, Laurence Vaissiere, Margot Joseph, James Gerard, Marc Tassell, Laura Bourdeau, Natasha Cashman, Isham Conrath, Ralf Legat
CREW: Jethro Massey (director, writer, producer), Marc Tassell (composer), Ole Marius Dahl and Isarr Eiriksson (cinematographers), Julien Chardon (editor)
PLOT: Paul (Galiana), an American photographer, and Paulette (Benati), a French woman with a taste for the macabre, have a chance encounter in Paris and embark on an unusual journey through the city together…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Paul & Paulette Take a Bath is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Denzel Washington, Jeffrey Wright, Ilfenesh Hadera, ASAP Rocky, Ice Spice, Dean Winters, John Douglas Thompson, LaChanze, Aubrey Joseph, Michael Potts, Wendell Pierce, Frederick Weller, Elijah Wright, Princess Nokia, Jensen McRae, Aiyana-Lee, Andy McQueen, Nicholas Turturro, Eddie Palmieri, Anthony Ramos, Rosie Perez
CREW: Spike Lee (director), Alan Fox (writer), Jason Michael Berman and Todd Black (producers), Howard Drossin (composer), Matthew Libatique (cinematographer), Barry Alexander Brown and Allyson C. Johnson (editors)
PLOT: David King (Washington), a powerful New York music mogul, finds himself targeted by a ransom plot that forces him to examine his humanity…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Highest 2 Lowest is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ from Friday 5 September 2025
CAST: Ella Balinska, Rob Delaney, Stuart Graham, Vanessa Ifediora, Armin Karima, George Lasha, Konstantine Roinishvili, Sheena Kelly
CREW: Hugo Keijzer (director, writer), Philip Michael Howe, Roelof Jan Minneboo and Xiao Tang (writers), Kwesi Dickson, Isabel Freer, Jay Taylor and Raymond van der Kaaij (producers), Renger Koning (composer), Robbie van Brussel (cinematographer), Brian Philip Davis (editor)
PLOT: Abby (Balinska), an engineering geologist, is returning home from an assignment in a uranium mine, but after her helicopter crashes in the remote mountains, she finds shelter with American pilot John (Delaney) – only to discover a shocking secret about him that forces her to make an even more shocking decision…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Occupant is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 1 September 2025
CAST: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Neuwirth, Malcolm Stewart, Annabel Kershaw, James Handy, Gillian Barber, Darryl Henriques, Robyn Driscoll, Peter James Bryant, Patricia Clarkson, Adam Hann-Byrd, Laura Bell Bundy
CREW: Joe Johnston (director), Jonathan Hensleigh, Jim Strain and Greg Taylor (writers), Scott Kroopf and William Teitler (producers), James Horner (composer), Thomas Ackerman (cinematographer), Robert Dalva (editor)
PLOT: In 1969, teenager Alan Parrish (Hann-Byrd) discovers a mysterious board game named Jumanji, which unexpectedly sucks him inside. Decades later, orphaned siblings Judy (Dunst) and Peter (Pierce) come across the game and unwittingly release a number of jungle-related chaos, as well as an adult Alan (Williams), into their world…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Jumanji is showing in cinemas from Friday 5 September 2025
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