Movie of the Week
Cinemas
- Kinds of Kindness
- Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
- Rose
- A Greyhound of a Girl
- Eternal You
- Bye Bye Tiberias
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
You’ll be shouting from the rooftops – and then promptly gobbled up by sharp-eared alien creatures – when you learn about the fantastic films on offer this week, from a terrifying apocalyptic prequel to a star-studded anthology, to the return of a mad-as-hell news anchor…
Movie of the Week
Cinemas
Streaming/On-Demand
Re-Releases
CAST: Lupita Nyong’o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire
CREW: Michael Sarnoski (director, writer), Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Full and John Krasinski (producers), Pat Scola (cinematographer), Andrew Mondshein and Gregory Plotkin (editors)
PLOT: In New York, the arrival of deadly extraterrestrial creatures who hunt with ultrasonic hearing plunges the city into chaos, leaving a handful of survivors including Sam (Nyong’o) and Eric (Quinn) to avoid certain death by not making a sound…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
A Quiet Place: Day One is showing in cinemas from Thursday 27 June 2024
CAST: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie, Hunter Schafer, Yorgos Stefanakos, Merah Benoit
CREW: Yorgos Lanthimos (director, writer, producer), Efthimis Filippou (writer), Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Kasia Malipan (producers), Jerskin Fendrix (composer), Robbie Ryan (cinematographer), Yorgos Mavropsaridis (editor)
PLOT: A collection of three different but loosely connected stories, including office worker Robert (Plemons) taking charge of his own destiny after breaking away from his powerful boss Raymond (Dafoe); a cop questioning his wife’s identity after her return from a supposed drowning, and a cultist setting out to find a supposed prophet with an unusual power…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Kinds of Kindness is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Giovanni Ribisi, Danny Huston, Michael Rooker, Jena Malone, Michael Angarano, Abbey Lee, Jamie Campbell Bower, Jon Beavers, Owen Crow Shoe, Tatanka Means, Wasé Chief, Luke Wilson, Ella Hunt, Tom Payne, Will Patton, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jeff Fahey, Thomas Haden Church, Alejandro Edda, Tim Guinee, Colin Cunningham, Scott Haze, Angus Macfadyen, Douglas Smith, Michael Provost, Kathleen Quinlan, Larry Bagby, James Russo, Dale Dickey, Hayes Costner, James Landry Hébert, Dalton Baker, Georgia MacPhail, Naomi Winders, Austin Archer, Charles Baker
CREW: Kevin Costner (director, writer, producer), Jon Baird (writer), Mark George Gillard and Howard Kaplan (producers), John Debney (composer), J. Michael Muro (cinematographer), Miklos Wright (editor)
PLOT: During the American Civil War, the Old West is expanded and populated with various settlers…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Sofie Gråbøl, Lene Maria Christensen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Søren Malling, Luca Reichardt Ben Coker, Peter Gantzler, Christiane G. Koch, Karen-Lise Mynster, Illyés Salah, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Yale Arden, Kathrine Jacobsen, Tine Roland Grauengaard
CREW: Niels Arden Oplev (director, writer), Thomas Heinesen (producer), Henrik Skram (composer), Rasmus Videbæk (cinematographer), Lars Therkelsen and Anne Østerud (editors)
PLOT: Inger (Gråbøl) and Ellen (Christensen) are two sisters who, whilst on a coach trip to Paris, find their relationship challenged in the wake of one sister’s devastating reveal…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Rose is showing in cinemas (and will be available to rent/buy on digital platforms) from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Mia O’Connor, Sharon Horgan, Brendan Gleeson, Charlene McKenna, Rosaleen Linehan, Vanessa Emme, Paul Tylak
CREW: Enzo D’Alò (director, writer), Dave Ingham (writer), Adrien Chef, Mark Cumberton, Xenia Douglas, Richard Gordon, Vilnis Kalnaellis, Arthur Kubiczek, Riina Sildos and Paul Thiltges (producers), Richard Evans and David Rhodes (composers), Gianluca Cristofari (editor)
PLOT: In Ireland, Mary O’Hara (O’Connor) is a young girl with a passion for cooking, which her dying grandmother Emer (Linehan) greatly encourages. Upon the arrival of a mysterious woman named Tansey (McKenna), who turns out to have an unexpected connection to Emer, Mary and her mother Scarlett (Horgan) set off on a meaningful journey together…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
A Greyhound of a Girl is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Christi Angel, Joshua Barbeau, Sherry Turkle, Jason Rohrer, Sam Altman, Carl Öhman, Sara M. Watson, Justin Harrison, Mark Sagar
CREW: Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck (directors), Christian Beetz, Zora Nessi, Lena Raith and Georg Tschurtschenthaler (producers), Gregor Keienburg and Raffael Seyfried (composers), Tom Bergmann, Mecky Creus, Niclas Reed Middleton, Carolina Steinbrecher and Konrad Waldmann (cinematographers), Lisa Zoe Geretschläger and Anne Jünemann (editors)
PLOT: The ups and downs of numerous tech start-ups that use artificial intelligence to create digital avatars of deceased people, who talk with their loved ones long after their passing…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Eternal You is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Hiam Abbass, Um Ali Tabari, Nemat Tabari Abbas, Said Abbas, Omaya Younes, Johayna Hussein Abbas, Buthayna Abbas Hajo, Diana Hussein, Wafa Malgo, Zahera Bounechada, Hanan Abbas Diab, Naief Abbas, Jalla Abbas, Amer Khalil, Lina Soualem
CREW: Lina Soualem (director, writer), Nadine Naous (writer), Jean-Marie Nizan (producer), Amin Bouhafa (composer), Frida Marzouk (cinematographer), Gladys Joujou (editor)
PLOT: Filmmaker Lina Soualem follows her mother, French actor Hiam Abbass, as she returns to her birth village in Israel which she originally left behind for her career…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Bye Bye Tiberias is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy, Kathy Bates, Shirley MacLaine, Sherry Cola, Gissette Valentin, Olivia Macklin
CREW: Richard LaGravenese (director), Carrie Solomon (writer), Alyssa Altman, Jeff Kirschenbaum and Joe Roth (producers), Don Burgess (cinematographer), Melissa Bretherton (editor)
PLOT: Zara (King), the personal assistant to self-absorbed movie star Chris Cole (Efron), is horrified to discover that he has fallen for her mother Brooke (Kidman)…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
A Family Affair is streaming exclusively on Netflix from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Chris Pine, Annette Bening, DeWanda Wise, Stephen Tobolowsky, Clancy Brown, John Ortiz, Ray Wise, Juliet Mills, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVito
CREW: Chris Pine (director, writer, producer), Ian Gotler (writer), Patty Jenkins and Stacey Sher (producers), Andrew Bird (composer), Matthew Jensen (cinematographer), Stacey Schroeder (editor)
PLOT: Darren Barrenman (Pine), a free-spirited pool cleaner in Los Angeles, uncovers a major conspiracy surrounding the city’s water supply, launching him on a wild odyssey to investigate and expose the truth…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Poolman is streaming exclusively on Prime Video from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Celine Dion
CREW: Irene Taylor (director, producer), Julie Begey Seureau, Stacy Lorts and Tom Mackay (producers), TBA (cinematographer), Richard Comeau and Christian Jensen (editors)
PLOT: Renowned international superstar Celine Dion receives a life-changing diagnosis, which she attempts to overcome as the illness begins to take hold…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
I Am: Celine Dion is streaming exclusively on Prime Video from Tuesday 25 June 2024
CAST: Lily Gladstone, Isabel DeRoy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, Audrey Wasilewski, Shea Whigham, Dennis Newman
CREW: Erica Tremblay (director, writer, producer), Miciana Alise (writer), Deidre Backs, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Tommy Oliver and Heather Rae (producers), Carolina Costa (cinematographer), Robert Grigsby Wilson (editor)
PLOT: On a Native reservation in Oklahoma, Jax (Gladstone) has been caring for her teen niece Roki (DeRoy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance. When she faces losing custody to Roki’s grandfather Frank (Whigham), Jax and Roki set out on a journey to track down Roki’s mother in time for an upcoming powwow, but their search soon turns into a much deeper investigation…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Fancy Dance is streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Eric Bana, Sadie Sink, Sylvia Hoeks, Jonas Dassler, Sophie Rois, Stephan Kampwirth, Lara Feith
CREW: Jordan Scott (director, writer), Jonas Katzenstein, Maximilian Leo, Georgina Pope, Michael Pruss and Ridley Scott (producers), Volker Bertelmann (composer), Julie Kirkwood (cinematographer), Rachel Durance (editor)
PLOT: Ben Monroe (Bana), a social psychologist, investigates a local cult that is connected to a recent tragic event. After Ben’s rebellious daughter Mazzie (Sink) becomes involved with the very cult he’s investigating, he is embroiled in a race against time to save her…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
A Sacrifice is streaming exclusively on Sky Cinema from Friday 28 June 2024
CAST: Rita Moreno, Connor Kalopsis, Ramona Young, Keith David, Kate Flannery, Meredith Salenger, Jonathan Kimmel, Nathan Janak, Betsy Sodaro, Romel De Silva
CREW: Maureen Bharoocha (director), Rebecca Flinn-White and Zak White (writers), Steven J. Wolfe (producer), Deron Johnson (composer), Mathew Rudenberg (cinematographer), Sarah C. Reeves (editor)
PLOT: Ben (Kalopsis), a high school student, needs to earn good grades in order to obtain a scholarship, but his strict physics teacher Mrs. Wheeler (Moreno) threatens to fail the entire class after she discovers that one of her students cheated on an exam. Reeling from the decision, Ben and his best friend Tanner (Young) hatch a plan to frame Mrs. Wheeler for the murder of a missing student, only for things to take an unexpected turn…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
The Prank is available to rent/buy on digital platforms from Monday 24 June 2024
CAST: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, Jordan Charney, Conchata Ferrell, Darryl Hickman, Roy Poole, William Price, Beatrice Straight, Marlene Warfield, Arthur Burghardt, Kathy Cronkite, Lee Richardson
CREW: Sidney Lumet (director), Paddy Chayefsky (writer), Howard Gottfried (producer), Elliot Lawrence (composer), Owen Roizman (cinematographer), Alan Heim (editor)
PLOT: After news anchor Howard Beale (Finch) learns that he is to be fired from his job due to low ratings, he launches an on-air tirade that quickly draws attention from viewers. His television network, headed by power-hungry executive Diana Christensen (Dunaway), decides to exploit Beale’s newfound notoriety for the sake of driving up their viewership, but when Beale becomes increasingly difficult to control, drastic measures are taken…
FIVE REASONS TO BE EXCITED:
Network is showing in cinemas from Friday 28 June 2024
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