The Favourite

Sky Drama HD, 8pm

Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●

Wielding sharp words rather than daggers, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz are cut-throat rivals for the affections of Olivia Colman’s needy Queen Anne in director Yorgos Lanthimos’s scintillating comedy drama set in early18th-century England. As the duo vie and scheme for the upper hand, the movie delivers fizzing wit, sumptuous costumes and sets, and three stars at the top of their game – Colman’s performance winning her an Oscar. 2018, 15, 119MIN