Top Selection
This Satirical Thriller
Director Coralie Fargeat's daring satire examines the tyranny of female beauty as well as the dreaded aspects of ageing. Demi Moore offers a brilliant portrayal in the role of Elisabeth, an aging actress forced into hosting an aerobics show on the small screen. Edged out thanks to her deceitful superior Harvey, played by Dennis Quaid, she seeks out a secretive and gruesome treatment titled the Substance. This produces a youthful duplicate called Sue, resulting in an increasingly vampiric relationship between the two. This Friday, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This classic whodunit story features Knightley playing Laura, a skilled journalist who decides to take some time off from writing about global conflict to join an opulent ship accompanied by a terminally ill wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her spouse, plus additional extremely wealthy passengers. Yet once a mysterious woman goes overboard overnight and all passengers insists she wasn't real, her journalistic curiosity awaken. Streaming currently, on Netflix
Presence
Soderbergh tests his directorial skills in this nifty paranormal narrative captured wholly from the viewpoint of the phantom. After a clan with Lucy Liu as Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe occupies their new suburban house, the camera – AKA the Presence – tracks their movements. Chloe seems sensing the poltergeist, and the entity appears defensive toward her. Yet what is the reason? The premise is enjoyable that avoids overstaying, with a twist you might not see coming. This Saturday, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
Cage embraces his cult stardom via this meta comedy caper. He plays a narcissistic film star playing himself who agrees to a million-dollar gig to appear at a festive event in Mallorca for the rich superfan Javi. Contacted by the CIA to gather intel on the potential kingpin, his unique performing skills proves useful. October 11th, 9pm, the Channel 4 network
The Black Phone
Derrickson's locked-room horror stands strong even without a continuation. Set in the late 70s in Denver, a series of disappearances has rendered the local kids on edge. When Finney is kidnapped by the kidnapper and imprisoned in a cellar, he anticipates the worst. Yet the non-functional line on the wall repeatedly calls, with spooky callers offering help, as the intuitive nightmares from his sibling Gwen might rescue him. A genuinely scary movie. This Saturday, 10.50pm, on Film4
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
In the conflict between God and Mammon, it's a knockout win for greed in this director's brilliantly over-the-top film adaptation of the disgraced religious broadcaster and her felon spouse. Garfield plays the venal Jim, who declares initially, “God does not want us to be poor,”. He and Tammy Faye set about monetising the people's religious faith. It's a riot of bad interior design, overdone appearance and hypocrisy, yet Jessica Chastain achieves to present the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, early morning, the Film4 channel
Black Bag
This week's second offering from Steven Soderbergh is a spy mystery as sharp as the polo necks used by Fassbender's British agent. He receives a mission to discover a traitor inside the organization from a group of five – one of whom is his spouse. The two stars excel of deadpan cool, leading to a delightful psychological game of fact versus fiction unfolds. Additional actors take part the intelligent intelligence fun. This Friday, multiple time slots, the Sky channel
