Prime Small Screen Selections: 7 Can't-Miss Films This Coming Week

Highlighted Choice

This Satirical Thriller

Director Coralie Fargeat's daring commentary addresses the demanding standards for female beauty as well as the perceived horrors of advancing years. Hollywood star Demi Moore presents an inspired portrayal playing Elisabeth, a mature celebrity forced into presenting a fitness program on the small screen. Pushed out due to her unscrupulous employer her manager Harvey, she turns to an enigmatic and horrifying treatment known as this experimental method. This creates a new version of herself called Sue, resulting in a steadily more vampiric relationship among both women. Friday 17 October, the streaming service Paramount+

This Mystery Thriller

This Agatha Christie-esque thriller stars Knightley as Laura, an ace reporter who takes a hiatus from reporting on international wars to join a high-end voyage with an ailing wealthy inheritor and charitable figure, her husband, plus additional affluent individuals. But after an enigmatic female falls into the sea overnight and everyone insists she wasn't real, her journalistic curiosity kick in. Available now, Netflix

Presence

Soderbergh pushes his directorial skills with this nifty ghostly tale captured wholly through the eyes of a ghost. After a clan with Lucy Liu as Rebekah plus Callina Liang as Chloe settles into their fresh home, the filming device – as the unseen entity – shadows their actions. Chloe seems aware of the supernatural presence, and it seems defensive toward her. However, the motive remains? This is an entertaining concept that avoids overstaying, including a revelation that may be unexpected. October 11th, multiple showings, the Sky channel

This Self-Referential Film

Nicolas Cage wholeheartedly adopts his eccentric image through this meta comedy caper. He plays a narcissistic film star called Nicolas Cage who accepts a $1m payday to appear at a birthday party on the Spanish island for the rich Javi, played by Pedro Pascal. Contacted by government spies to spy on the potential kingpin, his “nouveau shamanic acting ability” comes in handy. October 11th, evening, on Channel 4

The Black Phone

The director's contained scarefest stands strong despite the lack of a sequel. Set in the late 70s in Denver, multiple disappearances has left the children on edge. Once Finney gets captured by the kidnapper and locked up in a basement, he dreads the worst. But the old telephone mounted nearby repeatedly calls, with ghostly voices giving advice, while the intuitive nightmares of his sister Gwen may be his salvation. An effective horror. This Saturday, late evening, the Film4 channel

This Dramatic Portrait

In the struggle between faith and wealth, it's a knockout win for greed in Michael Showalter's brilliantly over-the-top film adaptation regarding the shamed religious broadcaster plus her lawbreaking partner. Garfield acts as the greedy Jim, who states early on, “God does not want us to be poor,”. He and Tammy Faye begin profiting from the American public's religious faith. It's a riot of tacky decor, excessive cosmetics and bad faith, yet Jessica Chastain manages to present the character in a likable light. Next Tuesday, 1.15am, on Film4

This Espionage Thriller

The current week's another release from Steven Soderbergh presents a intelligence thriller as tight similar to the collars worn by Fassbender's UK spy. His assignment is to discover a double agent within their ranks from a group of five – including is his own wife. Both actors excel of understated style, so a delicious mind game of fact versus fiction takes place. Additional actors join in the intelligent intelligence fun. October 17th, multiple time slots, the Sky channel