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SCREEN BREAK FIVE FILMS TO RENT, BUY OR STREAM

- With STUART CHANDLER

Cats (2019, Sky U)

Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) is at the helm of this visually… unique take on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s beloved and long-running musical, following a tribe of felines (the Jellicles) who undergo their annual ritual to decide which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer.

Wonder Woman 1984 (12A)

Patty Jenkins returns to the director’s chair for the eagerly-awaited sequel to the highest grossing film of all time solely helmed by a woman. As the title suggests, Wonder Woman 1984 is set during the final stretch of the Cold War when tensions remain high between America and the Soviet Union. In cinemas until January 16.

Misbehavio­ur (2020, Sky 12A)

Keira Knightly leads a starry cast in this crowd-pleasing, feel-good retelling of how a Miss World pageant came to host a revolution. In 1970 the Women’s

Liberation Movement achieved overnight fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the competitio­n. On Sky Cinema.

Mank (12)

1930s Hollywood is re-evaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwrit­er Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane for Orson Welles. From director David Fincher and starring Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfreid. Streaming on Netflix.

Possessor (18)

Corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseboroug­h) takes control of other people’s bodies using brainimpla­nt technology. Possessor is a hallucinog­enic sci-fi thriller from director Brandon Cronenburg.

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