Top Small Screen Picks: Seven Essential Films This Coming Week
Pick of the Week
This Satirical Thriller
The filmmaker's bold commentary tackles the tyranny of female beauty and the perceived horrors of ageing. Hollywood star Demi Moore offers an inspired acting turn in the role of Elisabeth, an aging actress demoted to presenting an aerobics show on TV. Edged out due to her slimy boss Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and horrifying process called this experimental method. This creates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, resulting in a steadily more parasitic dynamic between them. Friday 17 October, Paramount+
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This suspenseful thriller features Keira Knightley as Laura, an ace reporter who decides to take a break from writing about international wars to board a luxury cruise accompanied by a gravely sick wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her husband, plus additional filthy rich individuals. However when a mysterious woman goes overboard during the evening and everyone claims she was never there, the reporter's sleuthing skills awaken. Available now, on Netflix
This Supernatural Story
The acclaimed director tests his film-making abilities in this innovative paranormal narrative captured wholly from the viewpoint of the phantom. After a clan including mother Rebekah and her distressed teen Chloe moves into their new suburban house, the camera – AKA the Presence – tracks their movements. The teen shows signs of conscious of the supernatural presence, and it seems guarding her. Yet what is the reason? The premise is enjoyable that remains concise, including a revelation that could catch you off guard. This Saturday, multiple showings, Sky Cinema Premiere
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicolas Cage wholeheartedly adopts his eccentric image in this autobiographical spoof. He acts as a self-obsessed Hollywood actor named Nicolas Cage who agrees to a lucrative offer to visit a celebration at a Mediterranean location for the rich Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Contacted by government spies to spy on the suspected cartel boss, the actor's “nouveau shamanic acting ability” comes in handy. This Saturday, evening, the Channel 4 network
This Creepy Thriller
The director's claustrophobic thriller holds up well without requiring a follow-up. Taking place in 1970s Colorado, a series of kidnappings has left the local kids frightened. After Finney is taken by the villain and imprisoned in a basement, he anticipates a fatal end. Yet the non-functional line on the wall keeps ringing, with ghostly voices providing assistance, and the intuitive nightmares of Gwen, his sister may be his salvation. A genuinely scary movie. Saturday 11 October, 10.50pm, the Film4 channel
This Dramatic Portrait
In the struggle between faith and wealth, it's a knockout win for materialism in Showalter's brilliantly over-the-top biopic of the disgraced televangelist and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield acts as the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims at the beginning, asserting religious justification for riches. The couple commence monetising the American public's Christian beliefs. It's a spectacle of poor styling, bad makeup and bad faith, yet Jessica Chastain achieves to depict Tammy Faye as a sympathetic figure. Tuesday 14 October, late night, on Film4
Black Bag
This week's another release by the same director is a intelligence thriller as precise as the polo necks worn by the actor's intelligence officer. His assignment is to discover a mole within their ranks out of five possibilities – among them is his own wife. Both actors are masters of understated style, resulting in an engaging mental battle of truth or lie develops. Tom Burke, Regé-Jean Page, Naomie Harris and Marisa Abela join in the smart espionage amusement. This Friday, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, the Sky channel
