Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Streaming/On-Demand
With the Oscar nominations finally set to be announced this week, we’ve reached a crucial point in the awards season – and this week’s releases reflect the prestigious times we are now in, including a massive historical epic, a haunting ghost story, and a sci-fi action extravaganza…
Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Streaming/On-Demand
CAST: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Stacy Martin, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach De Bankolé, Alessandro Nivola, Emma Laird, Jonathan Hyde, Peter Polycarpou, Jaymes Butler, Ariane Labed
CREW: Brady Corbet (director, writer), Mona Fastvold (writer), Nick Gordon, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Lauren, Trevor Matthews, Andrew Morrison and Brian Young (producers), Daniel Blumberg (composer), Lol Crawley (cinematographer), Dávid Jancsó (editor)
PLOT: In 1940s New York, Hungarian-Jewish architect László Tóth (Brody) arrives after surviving the Holocaust and being forced to leave his wife Erzsébet (Jones) and his niece Zsófia (Cassidy) in Europe. There, he is eventually recruited by wealthy American industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Pearce), who commissions László to design and build an ambitious new development…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Brutalist is showing in cinemas from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Lucas Papaelias, West Mulholland, Eddy Maday
CREW: Steven Soderbergh (director, cinematographer, editor), David Koepp (writer), Julie M. Anderson and Ken Meyer (producers), Zack Ryan (composer)
PLOT: After moving into a new suburban home, a family becomes convinced that they are not alone…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Presence is showing in cinemas from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, Topher Grace, Monib Abhat, Paul Ben-Victor
CREW: Mel Gibson (director, producer), Jared Rosenberg (writer), Bruce Davey, John Davis and John Fox (producers), Antônio Pinto (composer), Johnny Derango (cinematographer), TBA (editor)
PLOT: FBI agent Madelyn Harris (Dockery) is tasked with escorting informant Winston (Grace) to testify against a powerful crime boss, but once airborne in a small charter plane she realises that the pilot, Daryl Booth (Wahlberg), is a hitman that has been sent to assassinate him…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Flight Risk is showing in cinemas from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Tip Cullen, Tom Leigh, Luke Solomon, Steven Blades, Will Bowden, Nicholas Clarke, Daniel Davids, Andy Gatenby, Kevin Golding, Karlina Grace-Paseda, C.J. Howells, Gemma Knight Jones, Dimitris Kafataris, Franky Lankester, Aaron Mackenzie, Alex Montagnani, Ryan Noire, Saskia Rose, Tygorah Smith, Lewis Raymond Taylor, Denver White, Doireann May White
CREW: James Clarke and Daniel Shepherd (directors, writers, producers, cinematographers, editors), Sam Seeley (writer, producer), Tristan Lane Clarke (editor)
PLOT: After his daughter has a fatal drug overdose, war veteran Andrew Coleman (Cullen) rounds up some of his old friends to hunt down those responsible…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Sunray: Fallen Soldier is showing in cinemas (and will be available to rent/buy on digital platforms) from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Diana Silvers, Saïd Taghmaoui, Angeles Woo, Eric Cantona, Tchéky Karyo, Grégory Montel, Hugo Diego Garcia, Michaël Erpelding, Aurélia Agel
CREW: John Woo (director, producer), Josh Campbell, Brian Helgeland and Matt Stuecken (writers), Alex Gartner, Charles Roven and Lori Tilkin deFelice (producers), Marco Beltrami (composer), Mauro Fiore (cinematographer), Zach Staenberg (editor)
PLOT: Zee (Emmanuel), a professional assassin residing in Paris, refuses to kill a blinded young woman, Jenn (Silvers), during one of her assignments, triggering an explosive series of events…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Killer is streaming exclusively on Sky Cinema from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Michelle Yeoh, Omari Hardwick, Kacey Rohl, Sam Richardson, Sven Ruygrok, Robert Kazinsky, Humberly Gonzales, James Hiroyuki Liao, Miku Martineau
CREW: Olatunde Osunsanmi (director, producer), Craig Sweeny (writer, producer), Erika Lippoldt (writer), Aaron Baiers, Ted Miller, Frank Siracusa, John Weber and Michelle Yeoh (producers), Jeff Russo (composer), Glen Keenan (cinematographer), Bartholomew Burcham (editor)
PLOT: In the far future, Philippa Georgiou (Yeoh) – the Mirror Universe’s former emperor and now a nightclub owner operating outside of Federation space – is recruited by Starfleet to lead a covert mission that could decide the fate of the universe…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Star Trek: Section 31 is streaming exclusively on Paramount+ from Friday 24 January 2025
CAST: Freddie Prinze Jr., Kevin Pollak, Monica Potter, Gabrielle Haugh, Brielle Barbusca, Tyler Lawrence Gray, Jaylen Moore, Michael Sirow
CREW: Dakota Gorman (director), Jackson Reid Williams (writer), Eric Brenner, RJ Collins, Larry Greenberg and German Michael Torres (producers), Adam Bosarge (composer), Alonso Homs (cinematographer), Rob Bonz (editor)
PLOT: On his birthday, family man Thomas (Prinze Jr.) is left panicked when he finds his mistress Hannah (Haugh) dead in his pool, forcing him to conceal the body during a surprise party with friends and family…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Girl in the Pool is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Friday 20 January 2025
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