DIGGER
Rating: CTC
Duration: 106 mins
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Cast: Tom Cruise, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde, Michael Stuhlbarg
Genre: Comedy, drama
Opens: OCT 01
The teaser trailer had us all curious – what was Tom up to… well, he’s Digger Rockwell, the most powerful man in the world – an oil tycoon whose company has just caused a Greenland glacier to shift, triggering an ecological crisis that threatens to spiral into nuclear conflict. As the price tag for fixing the disaster climbs toward eighteen trillion dollars and a beleaguered U.S. President (John Goodman) demands answers, Digger embarks on a frantic, self-mythologising mission to prove that he isn’t the villain of this story – he’s humanity’s saviour. Along the way, he must also contend with a rather more personal crisis: his ancient white cat may only have minutes left to live.
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
Rating: CTC
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong
Genre: drama, thriller
Opens: OCT 08
A companion piece to the hit film The Social Network, Sorkin’s original screenplay is based on the events that gave rise to the Wall Street Journal’s shocking exposé The Facebook Files. The film is inspired by the true story of how Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. The timing seems perfect, with Facebook finally being taken to account in court cases developing across the globe.
KLARA AND THE SUN
Rating: CTC
Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Mia Tharia, Amy Adams, Natasha Lyonne, Aran Murphy, Simon Baker, Steve Buscemi
Genre: Drama, sci-fi
Opens: OCT 22
Based on the bestselling novel from Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Academy Award winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit), Klara and the Sun introduces audiences to Klara (Jenna Ortega), an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home. When Klara meets Josie (Mia Tharia), each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother (Amy Adams) and they’ve suffered great loss, but Klara’s innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie’s complicated world.
PRESSURE
Rating: CTC
Duration: 100 mins
Director: Anthony Maras
Cast: Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser Kerry Condon, Chris Messina, Damian Lewis, Con O’Neill
Genre: Drama, thriller, war
Opens: OCT 29
In the tense 72 hours before D-Day, and with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance, the film follows General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Captain James Stagg as they face an impossible choice—launch the largest and most dangerous seaborne invasion in history or risk losing the war altogether. This is a celebration of the unsung hero. So much has been said about the D-day landings over the years: films, books, tv shows. But here we have the story of the weatherman who under immense pressure had to advise the most powerful men in the western world whether the weather would be ok to invade, or delay. A brilliant thriller, nail biting edge of your seat drama.
