Ruislip & Eastcote & Northwood Gazette
ALSO SHOWING
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN (12A) ★★★★✩
Forty-six-year-old shipyard worker Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) is facing redundancy after years of dedicated toil to provide for his wife Jean (Sally Hawkins) and three sons.
He has an epiphany during televised coverage of the 104th Open Championship at Carnoustie. The complete novice earns a place at Royal Birkdale in 1976 by falsely claiming that he is a professional golfer. While 19-year-old Spaniard Seve Ballesteros (Marc Bosch) cards an impressive three under par to share the lead, Maurice achieves a record-breaking 121... over par.
This is a warmly sentimental comedy drama, and Rylance birdies his portrayal of Maurice with unpolished charm.
Sky Cinema Premiere
Nigerian asylum seeker Aisha Osagie (Letitia Wright) has been in Ireland for just over a year. She is housed in a centre and has been granted permission to work in a local salon as her application to stay is considered.
When ex-con and recovering drug addict Conor Healy (Josh O’Connor) starts work as night-shift security at the centre and shows her kindness, Aisha lowers her emotional defences, but their friendship is threatened by the possibility of a move to a different facility. Inspired by real-life experiences, Aisha is a moving portrait of traumatised lives in flux.