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FRESH DISNEY+ THRILLER

Gruesome comedy-horror film with Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones (above) excellent as Noa, fed up with the sort of men she encounters on dating apps. When she meets charming Steve (Sebastian Stan) in a grocery store, she’s very taken with him and accepts his invitation to a weekend at a remote house, despite her best friend thinking he’s a bit shady. Moral of the story? Listen to your best friend. From Friday

TOP BOY NETFLIX DRAMA

It’s been called a British version of The Wire, and centres around the story of Dushane (Ashley Walters), the main man on the Summerhous­e estate. He’s also making more money than ever and is settled in his relationsh­ip with Shelley – but someone is waiting to rain on his parade. A Channel 4 show that’s now a Netflix favourite. From Friday

THE GODFATHER SKY CLASSIC MOVIES

The Godfather (incredibly, now 50 years old) and its first sequel are among the greatest and most

WE CRASHED APPLE TV+ DRAMA

Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway (right) star as WeWork co-founders Adam and Rebekah Neumann (Gwyneth’s Paltrow’s cousin) in this pacy drama series about the rise and fall of the eccentrica­lly managed company, which grew from being a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47bn in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40bn. Adam is portrayed as a smoothtalk­ing force of nature.

His yoga-teacher wife is all about putting ‘positive vibes out into the universe’. Leto and Hathaway are terrific and this is must-watch TV. From Friday influentia­l films ever made. The trilogy is the story of the rise and fall of Vito Corleone, an Italian-American mobster played by Marlon Brando, and his son Michael, played by Al Pacino (left), who imbues the character with all the intensity of one of Shakespear­e’s tragic heroes. From Friday

BLACK CRAB NETFLIX FILM

Noomi Rapace stars in a postapocal­yptic Swedish action thriller. Six soldiers must transport a mysterious package, but soon they question the mission. From Friday

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

DISNEY+ MOVIE Charismati­c conman Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a fairground worker, ingratiate­s himself with clairvoyan­t Zeena (Toni Collette) to learn the secrets of her mind-reading act and use them to defraud 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) by his side, he plots to scam a tycoon with the aid of a psychiatri­st (Cate Blanchett, inset below). At two- and-a-half hours, this Oscar-nominated film could have done with a trim but Guillermo del Toro’s dark vision is appealing. From Wednesday

DEEP WATER AMAZON THRILLER

Vic Van Allen (Ben Affleck) is a wealthy man who tolerates the affairs his wife Melinda (Ana de Armas) is so indiscreet about. Or does he? When he tells her new boyfriend he killed a previous paramour, is he trying to scare him off? Or is he a secret psychopath? This adaptation of a 1957 Patricia Highsmith novel is the first film in 20 years for director Adrian Lyne, who helmed some of the biggest hits of the 1980s, including Fatal Attraction and Flashdance. From Friday

MASTER AMAZON FILM

Billed as a horror film, this is actually a drama about racism. It’s the start of a new year at one of America’s most august universiti­es. Gail Bishop (Regina Hall) is the first black female housemaste­r. And a new student Jasmine Moore (Zoe Renee) has a room haunted by a witch. From Friday

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