While the television is covered with major sporting events at the moment, the gloomy weather is driving people into the cinemas. And there are plenty of things worth seeing. As usual, I'm a bit ahead of the pack on many of the films I saw this week. But I never heard about a press screening for
Despicable Me 4, so I bought a ticket and was happy to find it the best in the franchise so far. It's still fast and blissfully nutty, but there's a smart edge to it this time. I also caught the British animated adventure
Kensuke's Kingdom, based on the beloved Michael Morpugo novel about a young boy stranded on an almost deserted island. It's beautifully designed and well-written.
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In live-action, there was Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum subtly falling for each other in the Apollo 11 comedy-drama
Fly Me to the Moon, which is colourful and very charming. Jacques Audiard's new film
Emilia Perez won multiple prizes at Cannes, notably for the staggering central performances in a bold, moving story about violence and transformation. Sandra Huller is as terrific as always in
Sisi & I, as the handmaiden to the Austrian empress; the film is witty, inventive and involving. The Korean horror
Sleep begins as a sharply well-made light drama about sleep-walking before turning genuinely freaky. And from Iran,
My Favourite Cake is a warm and hugely involving late-in-life romance with a big emotional kick. On stage, I attended the opening cabaret of this month's
London Clown Festival at Soho Theatre and
Dorian: The Musical at Southwark Playhouse.
This coming week I'll be watching Glen Powell in
Twisters, Saoirse Ronan in
The Outrun, June Squibb in
Thelma and the British drama
Chuck Chuck Baby, plus two stage shows: National Youth Dance Company at Sadler's Wells and more of Jack Tucker at Soho Theatre.
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