THE NUN (15)
the World Wide Web – to a soundtrack that bops to the catchy melodies of A-Ha, Rick Astley, Tears For Fears and Steve Winwood.
Spectacular action sequences punctuate the heart-tugging narrative but director Knight wisely doesn’t attempt to outmuscle Bay, whose penchant for special effectsladen destruction in slowmotion left previous tours of duty feeling bloated.
A bruising showdown against the dastardly Decepticons on planet Cybertron forces Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) to sound the Autobot retreat. He dispatches energetic recruit B-127 (Dylan O’Brien) to Earth to establish a base of operations.
B-127 crash-lands in California and makes a hasty escape from armed forces commanded by Jack Burns (John Cena).
During a subsequent skirmish with Decepticon warrior Blitzwing (David Sobolov), B-127 loses his vocal processor unit and his core memory is damaged.
He transforms into a ★★★★★
CREAKY supernatural horror, which traces the origins of the hell-bound harpy in a habit from 2016’s The Conjuring 2. Sister Victoria (Charlotte Hope) is part of a cloistered order of nuns at the Abbey of St Carta in Romania. She takes her own life after an ancient malevolent force (Bonnie Aarons), infects the holy ground. Priest Father Burke (Demian Bichir) has a remit to investigate “unusual phenomena associated with Catholicism” and he travels to London to convene with Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga), who will assist his inquiries. The pair head to eastern Europe and Father Burke unearths dark secrets. ■ Download/stream from December 31 and available from January 14 on DVD/Blu-ray.