Movies

Wicked: For Good 
The follow-up to the musical film event of the decade (so far), Wicked: For Good reunites the powerhouses Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande for the dramatic second chapter of Oz’s most famous rivalry.

Elphaba (Erivo) is now public enemy No. 1 across Oz, forced into hiding as she plots to free the kingdom’s persecuted animals from the grip of the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and the manipulative Madame Morrible (Michelle Yeoh).

Anaconda
Creature features rarely come this fun (or funny).

This new spin on the 1997 cult monster movie throws comedy heavyweights Jack Black and Paul Rudd into the path of some very hungry jungle predators.

Mid-life malaise hits best friends Doug (Black) and Griff (Rudd) — along with their old pals Kenny (Steve Zahn) and Claire (Thandiwe Newton) — when they realise their lives haven’t quite turned out the way they imagined.

Their solution? Remake their favourite movie, Anaconda.

Armed with almost no budget and even less filmmaking experience, they head to the Amazon rainforest to shoot their passion project, only to discover that the jungle’s most terrifying stars aren’t part of the script.

Soon, the group are battling the unforgiving wilderness, colossal snakes, and their own spectacularly bad decisions.

The foursome is left to fend for themselves in the unforgiving Brazilian jungle and, as you can imagine, they get into plenty of side-splitting hijinks in this wild survival comedy.

Eternity
After Larry (Miles Teller) dies unexpectedly, he arrives in the afterlife and learns that every soul must eventually choose where — and with whom — they will remain forever.

Larry decides to wait for his wife Joan (Elizabeth Olsen), whom he shared 65 years of marriage with. But when Joan finally arrives after her own death, she’s met by another familiar face: Luke (Callum Turner), the first husband she lost when she was young.

Now Joan must confront an impossible question: Who truly holds her heart? The man she grew old with, or the one she never got the chance to grow old beside?

Die My Love 
Motherhood can be overwhelming. In Die My Love, it becomes something far darker.

Jennifer Lawrence delivers a fierce performance as Grace, a writer who relocates from New York to rural Montana with her husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson), who has inherited a house from his late uncle.

After giving birth, Grace finds herself trapped in a spiralling bout of postpartum depression that worsens as Jackson spends long stretches away for work. Isolated and struggling to adapt to her new life, Grace’s anxieties begin to fracture both her sense of self and her marriage.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, this intense psychological drama focuses on a woman pushed to her emotional limits, with Lawrence delivering one of the most electrifying performances of her career.

Sentimental Value 
Family reunions are rarely simple, especially when years of resentment lie beneath the surface.

After the death of their mother, sisters Nora (Renate Reinsve) and Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas) are forced to confront the return of their estranged father Gustav (Stellan Skarsgård), a filmmaker who abandoned them years earlier to pursue his career.

Gustav hopes to rebuild his relationship with his daughters, but old wounds prove difficult to heal — particularly as he becomes consumed with launching his latest film.

When rising Hollywood star Rachel Kemp (Elle Fanning) enters the picture, tensions only deepen.

Directed by Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World), Sentimental Value is a richly layered drama about family, forgiveness, and the relationships we choose to nurture — or neglect. The movie is anchored by the incredible cast, particularly Skarsgård, who delivers a career-best performance as the charming but narcissistic Gustav.

TV

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
In the world of Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, power struggles usually play out among kings, queens, noblemen, and dragons. But A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms turns its attention to a different kind of hero.

The series follows Ser Duncan the Tall — better known as Dunk (Peter Claffey) — a humble hedge knight with dreams of honour and glory.

Alongside his sharp-witted young squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell), Dunk journeys across Westeros in search of opportunity, eventually entering a prestigious tournament that proves far more complicated than a simple contest of skill.

Warm, character-driven, and refreshingly accessible, the show offers a new perspective on the world of Westeros — one that even newcomers can jump into without needing to know the entire lore.

I Love LA
This sharp new HBO comedy might just be the next big Zillennial hit.

Maia Simsbury (Rachel Sennott) is a struggling talent agent in Los Angeles who can’t seem to land a single client. After missing out on a promotion, she reconnects with Tallulah Stiel (Odessa A’Zion), a social-media influencer and former friend whose career has also quietly stalled.

The two strike up an uneasy alliance, hoping they can help each other climb the ruthless ladder of success in LA.

Created by and starring Sennott, best known for the outrageous teen comedy Bottoms, I Love LA captures the messy reality of chasing big dreams in, well, the City of Dreams, as well as the chaos of dating and relationships among image-obsessed 20-somethings.