Movie of the Week

• No Other Choice

Cinemas

• The History of Sound
• Mercy
• Return to Silent Hill
• H Is for Hawk
• Saipan
• Heavyweight

Re-Releases

• Duel

CAST: Lee Byung-Hun, Son Ye-Jin, Park Hee-Soon, Lee Sung-Min, Yeom Hye-Ran, Cha Seung-Won, Yoo Yeon-Seok

CAST: Park Chan-Wook (director, writer, producer), Lee Ja-Hye, Lee Kyoung-Mi and Don McKellar (writers), Cho Young-Wuk (composer), Kim Woo-Hyung (cinematographer), Kim Sang-Bum (editor)

PLOT: After being abruptly let go from his comfortable managerial position at a prestigious paper company, Man-su (Byung-hun) struggles to find another job, resulting in him and his family being forced to make personal sacrifices, but when he learns of a promising opening at a similar firm, he sets out to identify and eliminate his closest competition…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• South Korean auteur Park Chan-wook returns with his funniest, and his most universal, film to date
• An adaptation of the American novel The Ax by Donald Westlake, Chan-wook transports the action to his native country where the themes of shame and desperation surrounding unemployment are far more amplified
• Lee Byung-hun, best known to international audiences as the Front Man in Netflix’s Squid Game, delivers a captivating Golden Globe-nominated performance as the family man pushed to extremes during his job search
• While it is at is heart a dark satire about the current lack of humanity among the workforce, it may be a little triggering for those who, like our murderous anti-hero, have been stuck for so long in a state of unemployment
• If you can stomach that, however, you’ll find this to be a hugely entertaining and smartly written comedic thriller that fits alongside some of Chan-wook’s best features

No Other Choice is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Chris Cooper, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge, Hadley Robinson, Emma Canning, Emily Bergl, Briana Middleton, Gary Raymond, Alison Bartlett, Michael Schantz

CREW: Oliver Hermanus (director, producer), Ben Shattuck (writer), Lisa Cuiffetti, Andrew Kortschak, Sara Murphy, Thérèsa Ryan and Zhang Xin (producers), Oliver Coates (composer), Alexander Dynan (cinematographer), Chris Wyatt (editor)

PLOT: In the early 20th century, music student Lionel Worthing (Mescal) meets and falls in love with fellow student David White (O’Connor), but their relationship is interrupted when David is drafted after America enters the First World War, and becomes further complicated when they set out afterwards to record the various folksongs of the American people…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Two of the most sought-after heartthrobs of the age unite for a tender romantic drama that makes exceptional use of their on-screen charisma
• Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor captivate as a pair of historical lovers in Living director Oliver Hermanus’s adaptation of Ben Shattuck’s short story of the same name
• The author also pens the script, which further explores the American folk scene in a unique way that also emphasises the heartbreaking romance that forms its warm and fragile heart
• It competed for the Palme D’Or at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where the film received healthy feedback for its intimate atmosphere and emotional performances
• The film celebrates the power of music and its lasting effect on people as the years go by, while also providing viewers with a plentiful romance to get invested in

The History of Sound is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kenneth Choi, Kylie Rogers, Rafi Gavron, Jeff Pierre, Tom Rezvan, Ryan Hailey

CREW: Timur Bekmambetov (director, producer), Marco van Belle (writer), Robert Amidon, Majd Nassif and Charles Roven (producers), Khalid Mohtaseb (cinematographer), Austin Keeling and Lam T. Nguyen (editors)

PLOT: In near-futuristic Los Angeles, Chris Raven (Pratt) is a police detective who suddenly finds himself standing trial for the accused murder of his wife, and has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to Judge Maddox (Ferguson), an advanced AI designed to convict and execute suspected criminals, or else face the deadly consequences…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• As AI continues to dominate the news, this nail-biting sci-fi thriller explores how it could be used and exploited within a reliable crime movie template
• Chris Pratt plays the wrongly accused cop who in real time must prove his innocence to Rebecca Ferguson, on eerily campy mode as the sinister AI justice who makes Judge Judy seem slightly less fierce
• Action filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov applies his signature high-octane style to a futuristic world that’s not quite as far away as we might hope
• The twists keep piling on top of one another as the mystery deepens and becomes far more complex than anyone could have predicted
• It’s fun, mindless entertainment that once again puts AI on trial and examines it with a fair and just pair of eyes before coming to its ultimate verdict

Mercy is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Evie Templeton, Robert Strange, Pearse Egan, Eve Macklin, Emily Carding, Martine Richards, Howard Saddler

CREW: Christophe Gans (director, writer), William Josef Schneider and Sandra Vo-Anh (writers), Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell and David M. Wulf (producers), Akira Yamaoka (composer), Pablo Rosso (cinematographer), Sébastien Prangère (editor)

PLOT: James (Irvine), a young man haunted by his lost love Mary (Anderson), receives a mysterious letter from her that summons him to the town of Silent Hill, which has succumbed to a terrifying darkness that tests his sanity as he unravels the dark truth…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Fans of the beloved horror video game series Silent Hill will feel more than chills in this big-screen reboot
• Christophe Gans, the director of the first adaptation which became a box office hit in 2006, returns to adapt the acclaimed storyline from the second game in the series
• Gans spent several years developing the film, taking heavy inspiration from the original game to make sure that it was as faithful as it could be
• The connection to the source material is so strong that Akira Yamaoka, who produced the music for the games, is also the composer for this movie
• It’s a terrifying and mind-bending trip that could well reignite players’ passion for the games as well as introduce newcomers to the spooky world of Silent Hill

Return to Silent Hill is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Spruell, Josh Dylan, Denise Gough, Emma Cunniffe, Arty Froushan, Lindsay Duncan

CREW: Philippa Lowthorpe (director, writer), Emma Donoghue (writer), Dede Gardner, Lena Headey and Jeremy Kleiner (producers), Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (composer), Charlotte Bruus Christensen (cinematographer), Nico Leunen (editor)

PLOT: After the sudden passing of her father Alisdair (Gleeson), a renowned photographer, Cambridge professor Helen Macdonald (Foy) struggles to cope with her grief, until she decides to adopt and train a goshawk named Mabel…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Not since Ken Loach’s classic film Kes have a British drama gotten audiences of all kinds to fall in love so hard with a wild and mischievous bird
• The titular hawk forms the healing centre of a deeply personal story about overcoming grief, adapted from Helen Macdonald’s tear-jerking memoir of the same name
• Claire Foy brings real weight to the lead human role, and has stellar support in the likes of Lindsay Duncan, Andor’s Denise Gough, and Brendan Gleeson as her beloved father
• Director Philippa Lowthorpe sturdily balances the heavy human drama with spirited scenes of hawk training that will set loose a wide range of emotions
• It’s a sweet, heartfelt British crowd-pleaser that might inspire a whole new wave of respect for some of Britain’s wildest and most fascinating creatures

H Is for Hawk is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Steve Coogan, Éanna Hardwicke, Jack Hickey, Harriet Cains, Niall McNamee, Alice Lowe, Alex Murphy, Jamie Beamish

CREW: Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (directors), Paul Fraser (writer), Trevor Birney, Oliver Butler, Macdara Kelleher and John Keville (producers), David Holmes (composer), Piers McGrail (cinematographer), Gavin Buckley and John Murphy (editors)

PLOT: In 2002, as Ireland’s football team trains on the Pacific island of Saipan in preparation for the FIFA World Cup, team captain Roy Keane (Hardwicke) clashes with manager Mick McCarthy (Coogan) in a confrontation that would have a lasting impact on both men…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• One of the most infamous feuds in football history is gloriously recreated in this pressure-cooker drama that shows the uglier side of the game
• Steve Coogan and Éanna Hardwicke deliver top-of-the-line turns as two men driven by ambition, ego, and their fierce contempt for one another
• The sun-soaked backdrop of the titular island (with Northern Ireland cleverly doubling for the Pacific location) only adds to the heat one feels from seeing these radically different personalities push each other’s buttons
• It depicts an ultimate showdown that went on to severely divide Irish football fans, even igniting humorous comparisons to an all-new kind of civil war
• On the screen, it’s a rousing sports drama that focuses heavily on the extreme flaws of its central figures that collide in catastrophic fashion

Saipan is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Jordan Bolger, Nicholas Pinnock, Jason Isaacs, Sienne Guillory, Jamie Bamber, Blake Harrison, Osy Ikhile, Joplin Sibtain, Nabil Elouahabi, Adrian Lukis, Alana Boden, Rob Malone, Sophie Lovell Anderson, Orlando Norman, George Asprey, Barry Aird, Katya Hazel Boirand, Stefan Asante-Boateng

CREW: Christopher Anthony (director, writer), Antoine Dixon-Bellot, Tiernan Hanby, Kevin Harvey, Simon Lewis Marriott and Nicholas Pinnock (producers), Andy Burrows (composer), Chas Appeti (cinematographer), Eve Doherty (editor)

PLOT: Just before heading out for a major title match against the current heavyweight champion, underdog boxer “Diamond” Derek Douglas (Bolger) faces numerous hurdles within his own dressing room…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• Get ready to rumble with this intense boxing drama where the action takes place entirely outside of the ring
• The whole film is shot in real-time within the singular location of the main athlete’s dressing room, with the arrival of several faces and situations all packing serious punches
• Jordan Bolger is on strong form as the young boxer on the verge of a career-defining moment, while there are appearances from character actors like Nicholas Pinnock (who also produces), former Inbetweener Blake Harrson and Jason Isaacs as a bullish promoter
• Despite the limited setting, writer-director Christopher Anthony manages to fit in plenty of engaging characters and powerful drama for audiences to chew on
• It’s a neat twist to the part of the classic underdog story that would, in other boxing films like Rocky, come right before the big climactic showdown

Heavyweight is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026

CAST: Dennis Weaver, Carey Loftin, Jacqueline Scott, Eddie Firestone, Lou Frizzell, Eugene Dynarski, Lucille Benson, Tim Herbert, Charles Seel, Shirley O’Hara, Amy Douglass, Alexander Lockwood, Sweet Dick Whittington, Dale Van Sickel

CREW: Steven Spielberg (director), Richard Matheson (writer), George Eckstein (producer), Billy Goldenberg (composer), Jack A. Marta (cinematographer), Frank Morriss (editor)

PLOT: David Mann (Weaver), a travelling salesman driving through rural California, finds himself chased and terrorised by the unknown driver of a semi-truck…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

• The very first feature film by a certain Steven Spielberg roars back into cinemas for its 55th anniversary, as well as to commemorate the legendary filmmaker’s 80th birthday later this year
• It originally debuted on US television in 1971 as an ABC Movie of the Week, but universal praise soon led to it being reworked for theatrical distribution in the United States and across Europe
• The terrifying story originated from a Playboy article by writer Richard Matheson, who was inspired by a dangerous roadster he encountered on a California freeway
• Part of the film’s genius is its lack of insight into the terrifying driver that’s stalking Dennis Weaver’s hero, with the villainous trucker almost never seen nor are his motivations ever explained
• Witness on the big screen a movie that would not only go on to be dubbed one of the best films of the 1970s, but also launched the career of a director who would go on to become the world’s most beloved filmmaker

Duel is showing in cinemas from Friday 23 January 2026