Pick of the Week
This Satirical Thriller
Director Coralie Fargeat's unflinching satire tackles the demanding standards for female beauty as well as the perceived horrors of growing older. The veteran actress presents a masterful performance playing Elisabeth, an aging celebrity forced into hosting a workout series on the small screen. Edged out due to her deceitful superior Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and horrifying treatment called this experimental method. This produces a new version of herself named Sue, leading to a progressively vampiric relationship between the two. This Friday, Paramount Plus
The Woman in Cabin 10 Film
This classic whodunit thriller stars the talented actress playing Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for some time off from reporting on world issues to join a luxury cruise with an ailing Scandinavian billionaire and donor, her spouse, and other affluent passengers. Yet once an enigmatic female goes overboard one night and everyone claims she was never there, Laura's investigative instincts take over. Streaming currently, on Netflix
Presence Film
The acclaimed director challenges his film-making abilities in this clever ghostly tale shot entirely from the viewpoint of a ghost. As a family including mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe settles into their fresh home, the filming device – representing the ghost – tracks their movements. Chloe seems sensing the supernatural presence, and it looks like guarding her. However, the motive remains? The premise is enjoyable that doesn't outstay its welcome, featuring a surprise that may be unexpected. Saturday 11 October, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, Sky Cinema
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicolas Cage embraces his unique fame through this self-referential adventure. He plays a self-obsessed film star named Nicolas Cage who takes on a $1m payday to attend a festive event at a Mediterranean location for billionaire Javi Gutierrez. Hired by government spies to investigate the potential kingpin, the actor's unique performing skills proves useful. This Saturday, 9pm, Channel 4
The Black Phone Horror
The director's contained scarefest holds up well without requiring a continuation. Set in 1970s Colorado, a series of disappearances has made the youth frightened. After Finney gets captured by the kidnapper and imprisoned in a cellar, he dreads a fatal end. Yet the disconnected phone mounted nearby keeps ringing, with eerie communicators providing assistance, and the intuitive nightmares of Gwen, his sister could save him. An effective horror. This Saturday, 10.50pm, Film4
The Tammy Faye Biopic
In the struggle between spirituality and money, it's a knockout win for Mammon in this director's delightfully tacky film adaptation of the disgraced religious broadcaster and her criminal husband. Andrew Garfield portrays the corrupt Bakker, who proclaims at the beginning, “God does not want us to be poor,”. He and Tammy Faye commence capitalizing on the nation's spiritual convictions. It's a riot of poor styling, overdone appearance and bad faith, however Jessica Chastain succeeds to show the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. October 14th, late night, on Film4
The Spy Mystery
This week's additional entry by the same director presents a intelligence thriller as sharp as the polo necks worn by Fassbender's British agent. He receives a mission with uncovering a double agent inside the organization out of five possibilities – including is his own wife. The two stars are experts of understated style, resulting in an engaging psychological game of deception or honesty unfolds. The supporting cast join in the smart espionage amusement. This Friday, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema
