This Week’s Movie Menu (2 – 8 February 2026)

CAST: Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien, Edyll Ismail, Dennis Haysbert, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Emma Raimi

CREW: Sam Raimi (director, producer), Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (writers), Zainab Azizi (producer), Danny Elfman (composer), Bill Pope (cinematographer), Bob Murawski (editor)

PLOT: Linda (McAdams), a mistreated employee of her younger boss Bradley (O’Brien), becomes stranded on a deserted island after they both survive a plane crash, but Linda uses the situation to even the playing field with Bradley in increasingly unhinged fashion…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Sam Raimi returns to the genre he helped define with an intense survival horror that constantly keeps you on edge
The script by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, who previously wrote Freddy vs. Jason and the 2009 Friday the 13th reboot, is said to be a frightfully entertaining mash-up of Cast Away and Misery
Rachel McAdams leans into her inner psycho whilst co-star Dylan O’Brien is eerily convincing as her douchebag boss who is taught a valuable if horrifying lesson
With Raimi in the director’s seat, there’s a strong chance we’ll get some typically bonkers visuals to go alongside the escalating dread, just as they did for classic Raimi films like The Evil Dead and Drag Me to Hell
It’s a fun time for genre fans as well as those who are just excited to see an all-new Sam Raimi film in what feels like far too long

Send Help is showing in cinemas from Thursday 5 February 2026

What’s Showing in Cinemas This Week?

Twinless (dir. James Sweeney)

CAST: Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney, Aisling Franciosi, Lauren Graham, Tasha Smith, Chris Perfetti, François Arnaud, Susan Park, Cree Cicchino

CREW: James Sweeney (director, writer, producer), David Permut (producer), Jung Jae-il (composer), Greg Cotton (cinematographer), Nik Boyanov (editor)

PLOT: Roman (O’Brien), a young man mourning the loss of his twin brother Rocky (also O’Brien), attends a support group for bereaved twins where he soon meets and strikes up a friendship with Dennis (Sweeney), who has a rather alarming secret…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Filmmaker James Sweeney explores a unique area of grief with some rather shocking pitch-black humour mixed into the sombre story
He also stars alongside Dylan O’Brien (him again), who gives his best performance as the emotionally sensitive former twin going through some serious personal issues
They share winning chemistry as the film goes to fascinating, and in some cases uncomfortable, places that ultimately define their relationship
At last year’s Sundance, the film won the Audience Award for a US Dramatic film, while O’Brien was given a special jury prize for his deeply moving performance
It’s a darkly funny yet ultimately hopeful story of overcoming loss and dealing with the haunting memories of those we once held close to us

Twinless is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

Hamlet (dir. Aneil Karia)

CAST: Riz Ahmed, Art Malik, Joe Alwyn, Timothy Spall, Morfydd Clark, Sheeba Chaddha, Avijit Dutt

CREW: Aneil Karia (director), Michael Lesslie (writer, producer), Riz Ahmed, Allie Moore, Tommy Oliver and James Wilson (producers), Maxwell Sterling (composer), Stuart Bentley (cinematographer), Amanda James and Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (editors)

PLOT: In modern-day London, Hamlet (Ahmed) is mourning the death of his father (Dutt) and processing the shock union of his uncle Claudius (Malik) and his newly-widowed mother Gertrude (Chaddha) when he learns from his father’s ghost that he was murdered by Claudius, causing him to become consumed by vengeance…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Now that we’ve seen the devastating origins of the classic Shakespeare play in Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated drama Hamnet, be sure to check out this contemporary adaptation of the text itself
It’s the latest collaboration between director Aneil Karia and star/producer Riz Ahmed after their Oscar-winning collaboration on the provocative short film The Long Goodbye
Ahmed plays the great Dane himself, leading a predominantly British South Asian cast in the many iconic supporting roles
The classic story is certainly condensed for movie length, but it still retains the heavy drama and melancholic monologues that everyone knows off by heart by this point
This is a strong addition to the line-up of theatrical Hamlet adaptations, one that stands apart with its unique setting and aesthetic which will have you falling in love with the tale all over again

Hamlet is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

The Strangers: Chapter 3 (dir. Renny Harlin)

CAST: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Hovarth, Richard Brake, Kyle Breitkopf, Nola Wallace, Jake Cogman, Finn Cofell

CREW: Renny Harlin (director), Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland (writers), Alastair Burlingham, Mark Canton, Charlie Dombek, Christopher Mulburn, Gary Raskin and Courtney Solomon (producers), Justin Caine Burnett (composer), José David Montero (cinematographer), Michelle Harrison and Kate Hickey (editors)

PLOT: After barely surviving her latest run-in with a trio of masked killers, Maya (Petsch) is thrust into a fight for survival in ways that will blur the line between reality and peril…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Director Renny Harlin’s trilogy of films based on the home invasion classic The Strangers reaches its chilling conclusion at last
Witness how the story of Madelaine Petsch’s Maya and her seemingly motivation-less attackers comes to a violent and mentally disturbing head
Secrets are set to be unveiled in ways that tie the previous two films together, perhaps with twists that throw everything we knew about certain characters out the window
Following the release of Chapter 1, three weeks were spent reshooting parts of this film in response to audience feedback, ensuring that it all goes out on a crowd-pleasing and satisfactory note
Whether or not you’ve been along for the ride throughout this trilogy, you have to admit you’re a little curious as to how it wraps everything up

The Strangers: Chapter 3 is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

100 Nights of Hero (dir. Julia Jackman)

CAST: Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant, Felicity Jones, Safia Oakley-Green, Markella Kavenagh, Bijan Daneshmand, Christopher Fairbank, Varada Sethu, Tom Stourton, Josh Cowdery

CREW: Julia Jackman (director, writer), Stephanie Aspin, Grant S. Johnson and Helen Simmons (producers), Oliver Coates (composer), Xenia Patricia (cinematographer), Amélie Labrèche (editor)

PLOT: Cherry (Monroe), a shy young noblewoman, is instructed to conceive an heir for her neglectful merchant husband Jerome (El-Masry) within one hundred days or else face punishment, but when Jerome decides to test his wife’s fidelity by leaving her alone with his seductive friend Manfred (Galitzine), Cherry relies on the support and storytelling skills of her loyal maid Hero (Corrin) to make it through…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

This quirky and imaginative fantasy puts a decisively postmodern spin on the classic fairy tale structure
It is an adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, itself a reimagining of the classic folktale One Thousand and One Nights, with writer-director Julia Jackman keenly preserving its oddball nature
An eclectic ensemble cast brings lively eccentricity to the story, including Emma Corrin as the titular Hero as well as a small but vital role for pop sensation Charli XCX
The film is an unpredictable and highly amusing ode to storytelling, as well as the imagination of those who have it within them to come up with some truly dazzling narratives
Like all the best stories, you won’t know where it’s all headed until the final decisive moments, at which point you’ll be engrossed in this world and its colourful characters

100 Nights of Hero is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

The Chronology of Water (dir. Kristen Stewart)

CAST: Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Earl Cave, Esmé Creed-Miles, Jim Belushi, Julienne Restall, Anna Wittowsky

CREW: Kristen Stewart (director, writer, producer), Rebecca Feuer, Charles Gillibert, Maggie McLean, Dylan Meyer, Andy Mingo, Michael Pruss, Svetlana Punte, Ridley Scott and Yulia Zayceva (producers), Paris Hurley (composer), Corey C. Waters (cinematographer), Olivia Neergaard-Holm (editor)

PLOT: In the 1980s, Lidia Yuknavitch (Poots) finds an escape from her abusive household through competitive swimming, but after her athletic hopes are dashed, she indulges in numerous self-destructive impulses before ultimately finding her voice…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Kristen Stewart’s much-buzzed directorial debut is a gorgeously made study of a life that goes through many fascinating ups and downs
Stewart adapts Lidia Yuknavitch’s acclaimed memoir which details her extremely tough upbringing and heartbreaking moments of self-destruction later in life
Imogen Poots delivers one of her most vulnerable performances as Yuknavitch, where she does things that few other actors of her skills would likely be brave enough to pull off
Stewart announces herself as a true visual artist as she plays around with the cinematic lens to fully express the deeply troubled psyche of her central character
It is a compelling story of perseverance and self-realisation that is complimented by imagery which can only come from the mind of a truly fascinating filmmaker

The Chronology of Water is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

My Father’s Shadow (dir. Akinola Davies Jr.)

CAST: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Godwin Chiemerie Egbo, Chibuike Marvellous Egbo, Efòn Wini, Tosin Adeyemi, Adesina McCoy Babalola, Lawrence Chu

CREW: Akinola Davies Jr. (director, writer), Wale Davies (writer), Rachel Dargavel and Funmbi Ogunbanwo (producers), CJ Mirra and Duval Timothy (composers), Jermaine Edwards (cinematographer), Omar Guzmán (editor)

PLOT: In 1993 Nigeria, as the country awaits the results of a presidential election, young brothers Aki (G.C. Egbo) and Remi (C.M. Egbo) spend the day in Lagos with their estranged father Fola (Dìrísù)…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

The debut feature of filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr. is a harrowing political thriller mixed into a moving family drama
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù delivers a powerful lead turn as the absent father to his two young boys, played by real-life brothers Godwin Chiemerie Egbo and Chibuike Marvellous Egbo who are delightful together
Davies’ script, co-written with his brother Wale Davies, taps into the social unrest at a decisive moment in Nigerian history that remains controversial and even prophetic in our modern times
Most of all, it’s an emotional ride as you feel the adoration and concern between this father and his sons, leading to some truly heartbreaking moments that will leave a lump in your throat
It’s an impressive debut that won plenty of acclaim and awards at various film festivals – including a Special Mention in the Caméra d’Or competition at last year’s Cannes – and will win over plenty of new audiences as well

My Father’s Shadow is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

André is an Idiot (dir. Tony Benna)

CAST: André Ricciardi

CREW: Tony Benna (director, editor), Joshua Altman, Ben Cotner, Stelio Kitrilakis, André Ricciardi and Tory Tunnell (producers), Dan Deacon (composer), Ethan Indorf (cinematographer), Parker Laramie (editor)

PLOT: After receiving a fateful diagnosis, self-proclaimed idiot André Ricciardi sets out on a personal journey where he learns to die with his humour intact…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

An oddball life is encapsulated in this strange yet fascinating documentary about what it is to live as an irreverent being
It follows André Ricciardi and his eccentric quest to not only come to terms with his terminal illness but also approach it with the kind of levity that doesn’t always come with such dark subject matter
Filmmaker Tony Benna finds many fascinating ways to bring Ricciardi’s mindset to life, including stop-motion animated segments which tell some of his wildest stories
At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film won the Audience Award in the US Documentary Competition selection
It is a weird, irreverent and entirely blissful study of what it is to be human, in particular someone who considers themselves to be outside the norm

André is an Idiot is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

The Shepherd and the Bear (dir. Max Keegan)

CAST: Yves Raspaud, Cyril Piquet, Lisa Laguerre

CREW: Max Keegan (director, producer, cinematographer), Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss and Elizabeth Woodward (producers), Amin Bouhafa (composer), Clément Beauvois and Eleonore Voisard (cinematographers), Sabine Emiliani (editor)

PLOT: Yves Raspaud, an aging shepherd living in the French Pyrenees mountains, struggles to find a successor as his flock is preyed upon by bears, which teenage boy Cyril Piquet becomes obsessed with tracking down…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

This wondrous documentary presents a modern-day folktale that blends vast wildlife footage with a very human story of survival and legacy
Filmmaker Max Keegan, also one of the film’s cinematographers, captures just some of the striking scenery across the French Pyrenees, including within the vast wilderness that is home to some dangerous but fascinating animals
You’ll fall in love with Yves, the grumpy shepherd of the title, as well as teenager Cyril whose obsession with the titular bear causes both souls to collide in unexpected ways
In addition to its main figures, it also tackles such themes as community, tradition, and our relationship to a natural world that is slowly but surely vanishing around us
There’s plenty to admire about how it’s made, the stories being told, and what it is ultimately trying to convey with its accessible nature

The Shepherd and the Bear is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

All That’s Left of You (dir. Cherien Dabis)

CAST: Saleh Bakri, Salah El Din, Cherien Dabis, Adam Bakri, Mohammad Bakri, Maria Zreik, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Sanad Alkabareti

CREW: Cherien Dabis (director, writer, producer), Karim Amer, Martin Hampel, Thanassis Karathanos and Rasha Mansouri Elmasry (producers), Amin Bouhafa (composer), Christopher Aoun (cinematographer), Tina Baz (editor)

PLOT: The story of three generations in a Palestinian family across several decades and during numerous events in the Occupied West Bank, including the First Intifada uprising in the 1980s and the violent ethnic cleansing of 1948…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

The terrifying realities of living in Israeli-occupied Palestine are depicted in an epic family drama that forces the viewer to understand how tough it truly has been across multiple generations
It is the third feature by Palestinian-American actor turned filmmaker Cherien Dabis (who also takes on a vital supporting role in the film), while Hollywood actors Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo are also on board to help out as executive producers
Two weeks before filming was originally set to begin in Palestine, the production was forced to evacuate due to the Gaza war and relocate the shoot to other countries like Cyprus and Jordan
The film was selected to be Jordan’s official entry for the International Feature Film Oscar, and although it ultimately wasn’t nominated it did make the 15-film shortlist back in December
It should give audiences more of an idea surrounding the rocky history that Palestinians have been forced to endure for decades, especially as the current conflict reaches an uncertain crescendo

All That’s Left of You is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026

What’s Showing At Home This Week?

We Bury the Dead (dir. Zak Hilditch)

CAST: Daisy Ridley, Mark Coles Smith, Brenton Thwaites, Kym Jackson, Matt Whelan, Deanna Cooney, Salme Geransar, Holly Hargreaves, Megan Hollier, Matthew Parkin, Amanda Faye Chandler, Charles Walmsley, Deborah Kerr-Doorn, Jimmy Duncan, John Monk

CREW: Zak Hilditch (director, writer), Ross M. Dinerstein, Mark Fasano, Joshua Harris, Kelvin Munro and Grant Sputore (producers), Clark (composer), Steve Annis (cinematographer), Merlin Eden (editor)

PLOT: In Tasmania, the accidental detonation of an experimental weapon has transformed most of the population into undead creatures, but as Ava (Ridley) ventures into a quarantine zone in order to find her missing husband, she encounters a deadly and horrifying truth…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

Daisy Ridley headlines a tense Australian zombie thriller that emphasises powerful emotion over excessive gore
The Star Wars veteran is on top form as the audience’s guide into a post-apocalyptic world that becomes more and more dangerous the further we go into it
She’s under the direction of acclaimed Australian filmmaker Zak Hilditch, who previously impressed with his debut apocalyptic thriller These Final Hours and the Netflix-bound Stephen King adaptation 1922
Fans of the zombie horror subgenre will find plenty of terrifying staples throughout the film, but much like 28 Years Later and its recent follow-up The Bone Temple its greatest strength lies in the human element that survives among the undead carnage
It’s a suspenseful and deeply moving story of loss and acceptance while also being one of the stronger zombie movies in recent times

We Bury the Dead is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 2 February 2026

What’s Returning to Cinemas This Week?

The Stunt Man (dir. Richard Rush)

CAST: Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, Barbara Hershey, Allen Goorwitz, Alex Rocco, Sharon Farrell, Adam Roarke, Philip Bruns, Charles Bail, John Garwood

CREW: Richard Rush (director, writer, producer), Lawrence B. Marcus (writer), Dominic Frontiere (composer), Mario Tosi (cinematographer), Caroline Ferriol and Jack Hofstra (editors)

PLOT: Whilst on the run for attempted murder, war veteran Cameron (Railsback) finds himself hiding out on the set of a World War I film, where its ambitious director Eli Cross (O’Toole) hires him as a stunt double, but it soon transpires that the filmmaker may have a more sinister agenda…

FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:

The classic action-comedy that sheds light on the hardworking community of stunt performers is back on the big screen with an all-new 4K restoration for its 45th anniversary
Filmmaker Richard Rush adapts Paul Brodeur’s novel of the same name, which cleverly keeps audiences guessing with a tight psychological plot that constantly throws in numerous twists
It is best remembered for an energetic lead turn by Peter O’Toole as a charismatic yet manipulative filmmaker – said to have been based on Lawrence of Arabia director David Lean – which earned the actor an Oscar nomination
Though it underperformed at the box office upon initial release, the film has since become a cult favourite among audiences, especially those who enjoy films about making films
With the stunt community finally set to be awarded at the Oscars from the 100th ceremony onwards, this is a good starting point to see exactly how much passion and dedication such performers put into their work

The Stunt Man is showing in cinemas from Friday 6 February 2026