As we approach Oscar weekend, there is always a flurry of activity in trying to predict the possible winners. And it's great that this year's race seems much more up in the air than usual. So I'm rooting for some surprises (and I'll post predictions as usual on Saturday). Meanwhile, there have been more new movies to watch, including the finely produced British biopic
Mr Burton, which recounts the early days of Richard Burton (played by Harry Lawtey, above) and his English teacher mentor Philip Burton (Toby Jones). Another British true story is set off the Scottish coast:
Last Breath is a taut thriller adaptation of the nailbiting 2019 documentary about deep-sea divers (Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole) caught in a terrifying situation.
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Taking on the finale of Homer's
Odyssey (and perhaps offering a preview for Christopher Nolan's forthcoming epic),
The Return stars Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus, arriving home in Ithaca to find chaos presided over by his faithful wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche). It's rivetingly played and a bit stagey.
One of Them Days is a very silly but strongly engaging comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA as best pals on a momentous day in their Los Angeles neighbourhood. Bruno Dumont's
The Empire is a wacky alien invasion thriller disguised as an edgy social satire, set in an offbeat French seaside village. And the Georgian drama
April follows a doctor on her illicit rounds with audacious visual and thematic style and bizarrely indulgent flourishes.
This coming week I'll be watching Robert Pattinson in
Mickey 17, John Lithgow in
The Rule of Jenny Pen, Bruce LaBruce's new film
The Visitor, the drama
Throuple, the animated adventure
Giants of La Mancha and the documentary
Riefenstahl.
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