Highlighted Choice
The Substance
The filmmaker's daring critique tackles the tyranny of women's appearance along with the dreaded aspects of ageing. Demi Moore delivers an inspired portrayal as Elisabeth, a 50-year-old actress demoted to hosting an aerobics show on TV. Forced aside by her deceitful superior her manager Harvey, she turns to a mysterious and horrifying treatment titled this experimental method. This generates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to an increasingly vampiric relationship among both women. This Friday, Paramount Plus
The Woman in Cabin 10
This Agatha Christie-esque mystery features the talented actress in the role of Laura, a skilled journalist who opts for a hiatus from writing about global conflict to join a luxury cruise accompanied by a gravely sick Scandinavian billionaire and charitable figure, her spouse, plus additional extremely wealthy guests. But after an unknown lady falls into the sea during the evening and everyone insists she wasn't real, the reporter's sleuthing skills take over. Available now, the Netflix platform
Presence
The acclaimed director challenges his creative boundaries through this clever paranormal narrative captured wholly from the viewpoint of the spirit. After a clan featuring mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe moves into their fresh home, the lens – representing the ghost – shadows their actions. The teen shows signs of aware of the ghostly being, and it looks like defensive toward her. But why? This is an entertaining concept that doesn't outstay its welcome, with a twist that may be unexpected. October 11th, afternoon and evening times, the Sky channel
Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy
Nicolas Cage fully commits to his unique fame via this autobiographical spoof. He portrays a self-obsessed Hollywood actor named Nicolas Cage who takes on a lucrative offer to appear at a birthday party in Mallorca for the wealthy superfan Javi. Recruited by government spies to spy on the potential kingpin, the actor's unconventional method proves useful. Saturday 11 October, prime time, on Channel 4
The Black Phone Horror
Derrickson's locked-room horror remains effective without requiring a continuation. Located in 1978 Denver, multiple kidnappings has left the children on edge. Once Finney is kidnapped by the kidnapper and locked up in a cellar, he dreads the worst. Yet the old telephone on the wall keeps ringing, with eerie communicators providing assistance, as the prophetic visions of Gwen, his sister may be his salvation. A genuinely scary movie. This Saturday, late evening, Film4
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
In the struggle between spirituality and money, it's a knockout win for materialism in Showalter's delightfully tacky true story of the disgraced televangelist plus her lawbreaking partner. The actor acts as the corrupt Bakker, who declares at the beginning, claiming divine approval for wealth. He and Tammy Faye set about profiting from the people's religious faith. It's an extravaganza of bad interior design, overdone appearance and insincerity, though Chastain achieves to depict Tammy Faye in a likable light. Next Tuesday, early morning, the Film4 channel
Black Bag
This week's another release by the same director presents a intelligence thriller as sharp similar to the collars sported by the actor's UK spy. His assignment is to identify a double agent within their ranks from a group of five – among them is his own wife. Both actors are experts of understated style, resulting in an engaging mental battle of fact versus fiction takes place. The supporting cast participate the intelligent intelligence fun. October 17th, 8.05am, 12.55pm, 8pm, the Sky channel
