Films of the Week: 11–17 August
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2024
Drama
History
15
Historical drama starring Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro. When members of the Israeli Olympic team are attacked and held hostage during the 1972 Games in Munich, the TV crew at ABC Sports realise they can provide live coverage. However, worldwide broadcast is still a fledgling technology, and over a fraught 24 hours the under-experienced unit scrambles to provide the best possible ongoing report.
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2024
Drama
Documentary
12A
Biographical drama starring Angelina Jolie. September 1977: opera star Maria Callas is unofficially retired and now largely isolated in her Paris mansion. Over the course of a week, she reflects on her glamorous glory years and attends rehearsals for a planned comeback. But as she struggles to retain her strength and continues to overmedicate with prescription sedatives, her voice threatens to remain a distant memory.
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2025
Documentary
Music
12A
Documentary tracing the origins of the influential rock band and the recording of their first two albums in the late 1960s. Surviving members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones recall forming the band with drummer John Bonham, their electrifying early gigs and the sessions that would produce some of the most iconic songs in rock 'n' roll history.
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1967
Crime/detective
Drama
12A
Oscar-winning crime drama starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. In a small southern town a black stranger is arrested for the murder of a rich industrialist. The bigoted police chief subjects him to an interrogation, only to discover that his suspect is a top homicide cop from Philadelphia.
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1991
Crime/detective
Thriller
18
Crime drama directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen. Crime boss Joe Cabot and his son employ six criminals to carry out a jewellery heist. When the robbery goes wrong, the gang returns to the arranged rendezvous, an abandoned Los Angeles warehouse, convinced that there is a traitor among them.
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
2019
Drama
Comedy
PG
Period comedy drama starring Dev Patel. When his mother remarries, young David is sent to work in his cruel stepfather's factory while lodging with the penniless Micawbers. Over the years, through his encounters with eccentric friends and slimy rivals, David gathers ideas for the stories that may yet make his fortune.
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1932
Drama
Romance
U
Oscar-winning drama starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore and Joan Crawford. The guests at a luxurious Berlin hotel include a famous but unhappy ballerina, a hard-up baron who has turned thief, a dying clerk, a ruthless businessman and an ambitious secretary. Their contrasting stories unfold during their stay at the hotel.
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2019
Horror
Romance
15
Horror thriller starring Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke. Decades after she suffered a traumatising experience at a Santa Cruz seaside funhouse, Adelaide Wilson returns to the area for a vacation with her husband Gabe and their children. Following a troubled day at the beach, the Wilsons are terrorised in their holiday home by feral doppelgangers, plunging the family into a fight for their lives.
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2018
Documentary
Drama
15
Biographical period drama starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West. In belle époque Paris, provincial girl Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette marries the rakish "Willy" and writes stories that are published under his name. When the novels become bestsellers, Willy's demands escalate, and Colette begins an affair with a Louisiana debutante.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Adventure
Fantasy
12
Fantasy adventure inspired by the book by JK Rowling, starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Colin Farrell. Magizoologist Newt Scamander and his friends must capture an escaped magical menagerie before Manhattan wizardry is outlawed.
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