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This Week's Film Guide

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Xolo Maridueña in a scene from Blue Beetle, which is screening at the Odeon Multiplex.

Xolo Maridueña in a scene from Blue Beetle, which is screening at the Odeon Multiplex.

This Week's Film Guide

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A Haunting in Venice

Hercule Poirot, now retired, must solve the murder of a guest at a seance he attended. Based on the 1969 Agatha Christie novel Hallowe’en Party. Co-produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who plays Poirot. Also stars Kelly Reilly, Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Dornan.

Blue Beetle

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Jaime Reyes finds himself in possession of a relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he’s bestowed with an incredible suit of armour that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

After years of being sheltered, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

Nia Vardalos, writer and star of 2002 hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding is writer, director and co-star of this year’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. The film is the first in the franchise not to feature Michael Constantine, who played Gus, the father of Toula Portokalos (Vardalos), and who died in 2021 at the age of 94. The film is dedicated to the memory of Constantine. Filming took place in Athens and on the Greek island of Corfu. The film follows the Portokalos family on a trip to Greece for a family reunion after the death of Gus. And, yes, people get married.

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The Nun II

American gothic supernatural horror film that is a sequel to the 2018 film The Nun. It stars Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet and Bonnie Aarons, returning from the first film, with Storm Reid and Anna Popplewell joining the cast. Set four years after the ending of the first film, the story follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face to face with the demonic force Valak, The Nun, at a boarding school in France. It is the ninth instalment in The Conjuring Universe franchise.

The Equalizer 3

Since giving up life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) finds solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in southern Italy, McCall discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses, so he becomes his friends’ protector. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, who directed Washington in his Oscar-winning turn in Training Day (2001).

Haunted Mansion

A supernatural horror comedy film in which would-be ghostbusters are compelled to stay in the haunted house they are trying to exorcise. Stars LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Past Lives

A boy and girl are deeply connected childhood friends, wrest apart when the girl emigrates from South Korea with her family. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront destiny, love and the choices that make a life.

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Sound of Freedom

Jim Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former US government agent on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. A sleeper hit that has grossed US$177 million against a budget of less than $15m. Crowdfunding was used to market and distribute the film.

Barbie

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colourful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. But when they get a chance to go to the real world, they discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

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Past Lives

A boy and girl are deeply connected childhood friends, wrest apart when the girl emigrates from South Korea with her family. Decades later, they are reunited for one fateful week.

The Boat That Rocked

Richard Curtis wrote the screenplay and directed this film about a bunch of rogue DJs who set up Radio Rock, an illegal radio station on a boat, and stand up to the authorities, who allow only classical music on the airwaves. Stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans and Kenneth Branagh. Great 1960s soundtrack. Wednesday night only.

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