A QUIET PLACE
Emily Blunt and John Krasinski star in this horror film set in a remote ranch in a world where ruthless monsters have killed most of the population. The monsters are hypersensitive to sound, and the only way humans can stay alive is to stay as quiet as possible. Directed by John Krasinski.
7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE
Rosamund Pike and Daniel Bruhl star in this thriller based on the real-life hijacking of the Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris in June 1976. A group of Palestinian fighters force the place to divert to Libya then to Entebbe, Uganda, where they keep the passengers hostage for a week. To end the situation, a team of Israeli commandos are dispatched for a rescue mission. Directed by Jose Padilha.
READY PLAYER ONE
Steven Spielberg’s new film takes place in two worlds: the 2045 dystopia of slum-dwelling people with hardly any hope, and the heightened virtual reality of a video game called Oasis. Tye Sheridan plays a teenager who’s determined to unlock the highest level of the game, created by the genius named Halliday (Mark Rylance). To achieve that, he has to battle an army of virtual warriors sent in by an evil company bent on taking control of people’s lives. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
PETER RABBIT
A film adaptation of the beloved Peter Rabbit books by Beatrix Potter. The film deals with how the now-orphaned Peter (James Corden) recruits his sisters, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail (Margot
Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki and Daisy Ridley) along with their cousin Benjamin (Colin Moody), to assist in staging a major veggie heist on the property of old McGregor (Sam Neill). Directed by Will Gluck.
POO SAO KA LOR
This Thai comedy stars the popular country singer Lamyai Haithongkam, and the film has been written as a vehicle for her first screen performance. Lamyai plays a high school student from a poor family who works as a singer in nightclubs to support her family. Fighting off jealousy and romantic rivals, she works her way into the music business with the hope of releasing her first hit. Directed by Sukit Narin.
SLUMBER
In this horror film, Maggie Q plays a sleep specialist whose patients are being terrorised by a nocturnal spirit that visits them in their sleep. Directed by Jonathan Hopkins.
ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS
The tumultuous life of guitar legend Eric Clapton is retold in this documentary film, largely through vintage footage. The film chronicles Clapton’s orphaned childhood, the traumatic rejection by his mother, his spectacular rise in the music scene as a white boy who plays the blues with John Mayall, The Yardbirds and Cream. It also details his spell of substance abuse and the fabled episode about his obsession with Patti Boyd, George Harrison’s wife. Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck.
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING
In this sequel to Pacific Rim (conceived by Guillermo Del Toro), a new generation of pilots known as Jaeger band together to fight another invasion of kaiju, or alien monsters that slip through a dimensional crack to Earth. The film stars John Boyega, or Finn from Star Wars, and Scott Eastwood. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight.