Prime Small Screen Selections: Seven Must-Watch Movies This Coming Week
Highlighted Choice
This Satirical Thriller
Director Coralie Fargeat's bold satire examines the tyranny of female beauty as well as the perceived horrors of ageing. Demi Moore presents a brilliant acting turn in the role of Elisabeth, an aging actress reduced to hosting a workout series on the small screen. Edged out due to her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and horrifying treatment titled this experimental method. This generates a youthful duplicate called Sue, resulting in a progressively vampiric relationship among both women. October 17th, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This classic whodunit thriller stars Keira Knightley playing Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for a break from covering international wars to board a luxury cruise with a gravely sick wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her husband, as well as other extremely wealthy passengers. Yet once an enigmatic female disappears from the ship one night and the entire crew insists she wasn't real, the reporter's sleuthing skills awaken. Available now, Netflix
Presence Film
The acclaimed director challenges his film-making abilities through this nifty paranormal narrative filmed completely through the eyes of the spirit. After a clan with Lucy Liu as Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe settles into their recent residence, the camera – AKA the Presence – follows them around. The daughter appears sensing the supernatural presence, and it seems guarding her. However, the motive remains? This is an entertaining concept that remains concise, including a revelation that may be unexpected. This Saturday, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
Nicolas Cage embraces his unique fame through this self-referential adventure. He portrays a narcissistic celebrity playing himself who agrees to a $1m payday to attend a festive event in Mallorca for billionaire superfan Javi. Hired by the intelligence agency to spy on the potential kingpin, the actor's unique performing skills is put to the test. October 11th, evening, on Channel 4
The Black Phone
Derrickson's contained scarefest remains effective even without a continuation. Set in 1970s Colorado, multiple kidnappings has made the youth anxious. Once Finney gets captured by the kidnapper and imprisoned in a basement, he anticipates a fatal end. Yet the non-functional line mounted nearby continues to ring, with ghostly voices offering help, and the prescient dreams from his sibling Gwen might rescue him. A genuinely scary movie. October 11th, nighttime, Film4
The Tammy Faye Biopic
In the struggle between spirituality and money, it's a knockout win for greed in Michael Showalter's delightfully tacky true story of the disgraced televangelist and her felon spouse. Garfield acts as the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims initially, asserting religious justification for riches. Both individuals set about profiting from the American public's religious faith. It's a spectacle of tacky decor, excessive cosmetics and bad faith, yet Chastain achieves to depict the character with compassion. Next Tuesday, late night, the Film4 channel
The Spy Mystery
This week's another release from Steven Soderbergh presents a spy mystery as sharp like the turtlenecks sported by Fassbender's UK spy. He receives a mission to discover a double agent among the team out of five possibilities – among them is his spouse. Both actors are experts of deadpan cool, so a delicious mind game of fact versus fiction develops. The supporting cast take part the intelligent intelligence fun. Friday 17 October, various showings, Sky Cinema
