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The Substance

The filmmaker's daring critique addresses the demanding standards for feminine aesthetics as well as the dreaded aspects of advancing years. Hollywood star Demi Moore presents a masterful performance as Elisabeth, a mature film star forced into presenting a workout series on TV. Edged out due to her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she turns to a secretive and gruesome treatment titled "The Substance". This generates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to a progressively toxic connection among both women. Friday 17 October, Paramount+

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The Woman in Cabin 10 Film

This Agatha Christie-esque mystery features Keira Knightley as Laura, a top-notch writer who takes a hiatus from covering global conflict to board a high-end voyage accompanied by an ailing wealthy inheritor and philanthropist, her spouse, and other extremely wealthy passengers. But after an unknown lady disappears from the ship during the evening and everyone insists she wasn't real, her journalistic curiosity kick in. Streaming currently, on Netflix

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Presence Film

Steven Soderbergh challenges his creative boundaries with this nifty supernatural story shot entirely from the perspective of the spirit. When a household including mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe moves into their new suburban house, the filming device – representing the ghost – follows them around. Chloe seems sensing the poltergeist, and it seems protective of her. But why? This is an entertaining concept that avoids overstaying, including a revelation that could catch you off guard. This Saturday, afternoon and evening times, the Sky channel

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The iconic actor embraces his cult stardom in this meta comedy caper. He acts as a self-obsessed Hollywood actor called Nicolas Cage who takes on a $1m payday to appear at a celebration on the Spanish island for the wealthy superfan Javi. Recruited by government spies to investigate the potential kingpin, his unconventional method comes in handy. This Saturday, evening, Channel 4

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The Black Phone Horror

Scott Derrickson's locked-room horror remains effective despite the lack of a follow-up. Located in the late 70s in Denver, several disappearances has made the youth on edge. After Finney is taken by the kidnapper and locked up in a dungeon, he dreads a terrible outcome. But the old telephone mounted nearby continues to ring, with eerie communicators giving advice, and the prophetic visions from his sibling Gwen may be his salvation. A solid creepfest. This Saturday, nighttime, Film4

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This Dramatic Portrait

In the conflict between God and Mammon, the winner is obvious for Mammon in this director's delightfully tacky true story of the disgraced televangelist plus her lawbreaking partner. The actor plays the greedy Jim, who declares initially, “God does not want us to be poor,”. The couple commence profiting from the nation's Christian beliefs. It's an extravaganza of poor styling, excessive cosmetics and hypocrisy, though Jessica Chastain succeeds to present the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, 1.15am, the Film4 channel

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This Espionage Thriller

This period's additional entry by the same director is a intelligence thriller as precise similar to the collars sported by Fassbender's British agent. His assignment is to identify a double agent within their ranks out of five possibilities – one of whom is his spouse. Each performer are experts of calm composure, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie develops. Additional actors take part the intelligent intelligence fun. Friday 17 October, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema