Films of the Week: 6–12 October
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2025
Drama
Comedy
15
A TV news crew is granted access to Stanton Wood reform school as head teacher Steve (Cillian Murphy), deputy Amanda (Tracey Ullman) and newest recruit Shola (Simbiatu Ajikawo) work tirelessly to offer hope and support to young men who have been abandoned by society and the system. These troubled souls include Andy (Douggie McMeekin), Ash (Joshua Barry), Jamie (Luke Ayres), Nabz (Ahmed Ismail), Tarone (Tut Nyuot) and Shy (Jay Lycurgo), who receives bad news from his mother that tips him over the edge. While Steve resorts to covert swigs of alcohol to carry him through a hellish day he will never forget, Shy spirals out of control, wreaking havoc in front of the TV crew
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2023
Thriller
Drama
15
Mystery thriller starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway. In a small Massachusetts town, lonely Eileen spends her days working at a young offenders' prison and nights caring for her alcoholic father. When psychologist Rebecca starts work at the prison, Eileen is drawn to the charismatic newcomer - with frightening consequences.
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2023
Adventure
Drama
15
Two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, leave Dakar to reach Europe for a better life. Drama, starring Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. In Wolof, French, Arabic and Italian with English subtitles
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2018
Drama
Romance
15
Romantic drama starring KiKi Layne and Stephan James. In early 1970s New York, "Tish" Rivers visits her boyfriend "Fonny" Hunt, who is in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Flashbacks show us their lives and relationship up to this point, as well as the true reason for Fonny's wrongful arrest. Meanwhile, in the present day, Tish and her mother Sharon work to find the real criminal responsible.
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1996
Documentary
Sport
PG
Leon Gast's Oscar-winning documentary charting the challenge of an ageing Muhammad Ali for George Foreman's World Heavyweight title held in Zaire in 1974. The film explores the impact of Ali's visit to Africa before focusing on the epic fight, dubbed the 'Rumble in the Jungle', which has gone down in history as one of the greatest of all time. Spike Lee and Norman Mailer are among the contributors offering personal opinions on its importance to them
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2005
Adventure
Crime/detective
12
Action fantasy starring Christian Bale. When the wealthy parents of young Bruce Wayne are killed in front of him during a street robbery, the traumatised youth becomes bitter and eaten up with a desire for revenge. After a period in the Far East where he learns disciplined fighting skills and the power to channel his rage from the enigmatic Henri Ducard, the now adult Wayne returns to a Gotham City riddled with corruption and embarks on a crusade to cleanse the metropolis of crime under the guise of "the Batman".
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1976
Drama
Documentary
15
Political thriller starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Based on the real-life investigation by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, this film painstakingly reconstructs the events surrounding the most significant political scandal of the 1970s which led to the Watergate hearings.
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2023
Horror
Drama
15
Supernatural horror starring Ramesha Nawal and Bakhtawar Mazhar. A young Karachi woman and her mother face a string of unusual threats after the family patriarch dies.
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1968
Comedy
Music
PG
Classic comedy starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder. Struggling producer Max Bialystock was once the "King of Broadway", but is now making a living by conning old ladies out of their savings. Then his accountant, Leo Bloom mentions a sure-fire way of making some quick cash by putting on a guaranteed Broadway flop.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
2022
Comedy
Action
15
Action comedy starring Nicolas Cage as a fictional version of himself. After losing out on the role of a lifetime, jaded, cash-strapped Hollywood star Nick Cage travels to Mallorca to fulfil the fantasy of a rich super-fan who wants him to read his screenplay. But once there, Cage is recruited by two CIA agents to investigate a political kidnapping - and is plunged into a plot that's just like one of his bombastic blockbusters.
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