Top Television Selections: 7 Essential Films This Coming Week

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The Substance

The filmmaker's daring satire examines the oppressive nature of female beauty and the feared consequences of growing older. Demi Moore delivers an inspired portrayal in the role of Elisabeth, a mature celebrity demoted to presenting an aerobics show on the small screen. Pushed out due to her unscrupulous employer her manager Harvey, she undergoes a mysterious and gruesome process titled this experimental method. This creates a youthful duplicate portrayed by Margaret Qualley, leading to an increasingly vampiric relationship between them. October 17th, Paramount+


The Woman in Cabin 10

This classic whodunit mystery includes Keira Knightley as Laura, a top-notch writer who opts for a hiatus from writing about global conflict to board a luxury cruise accompanied by a terminally ill wealthy inheritor and charitable figure, her spouse, plus additional filthy rich individuals. However when an enigmatic female falls into the sea overnight and all passengers denies she ever existed, her journalistic curiosity awaken. Available now, Netflix


Presence

Soderbergh pushes his creative boundaries in this nifty ghostly tale filmed completely through the eyes of the phantom. As a family including mother Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe occupies their new suburban house, the lens – AKA the Presence – follows them around. The daughter appears sensing the supernatural presence, and the entity appears defensive toward her. Yet what is the reason? This is an entertaining concept that remains concise, including a revelation you might not see coming. October 11th, 4.35pm, 10.10pm, the Sky channel


Nicolas Cage's Meta Comedy

Cage wholeheartedly adopts his unique fame via this self-referential adventure. He acts as a self-obsessed film star playing himself who accepts a million-dollar gig to visit a festive event on the Spanish island for the wealthy Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Contacted by government spies to spy on the potential kingpin, his unconventional method proves useful. Saturday 11 October, evening, the Channel 4 network


This Creepy Thriller

The director's contained scarefest stands strong without requiring a follow-up. Located in 1970s Colorado, several child abductions has left the local kids on edge. After Finney is taken by the kidnapper and held captive in a cellar, he anticipates a fatal end. But the old telephone mounted nearby keeps ringing, with eerie communicators giving advice, as the prophetic visions of Gwen, his sister may be his salvation. A genuinely scary movie. This Saturday, late evening, Film4


The Tammy Faye Biopic

In the conflict between faith and wealth, the winner is obvious for Mammon in this director's delightfully tacky true story of the disgraced religious broadcaster plus her lawbreaking partner. The actor acts as the corrupt Bakker, who states at the beginning, asserting religious justification for riches. The couple begin profiting from the people's spiritual convictions. It's a riot of poor styling, bad makeup and hypocrisy, though the lead actress achieves to depict the real-life figure as a sympathetic figure. Tuesday 14 October, early morning, on Film4


Black Bag

This week's additional entry from Steven Soderbergh presents a intelligence thriller as precise similar to the collars worn by Fassbender's UK spy. His assignment is to discover a double agent within their ranks from a group of five – one of whom is his own wife. Both actors are masters of deadpan cool, so a delicious psychological game of truth or lie takes place. Additional actors participate the clever spy entertainment. This Friday, multiple time slots, Sky Cinema Premiere

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