There are three major cinema releases this week, and we have all the details for you.
2024 was a massive year for cinema, with the summer period flourishing thanks to the releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer. The movies were released around the same time and many cinema-goers actually did the double-feature, which was affectionately named 'Barbenheimer'.
Barbie became the most successful movie ever directed by a solo female director, earning $1.44 billion at the box office, while Oppenheimer made $953m. No pressure for the movies that follow, in 2024, then...
New Movie Releases this week
Priscilla is a biographical drama written, directed, and produced by Sofia Coppola, based on the 1985 memoir 'Elvis and Me' by Priscilla Presley.
Official premise:
'When teenager Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who's already a meteoric rock 'n' roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, and a gentle best friend.'
Priscilla cast: Cailee Spaeny, Jacob Elordi, Ari Cohen, Dagmara Domi?czyk, Tim Post, Lynne Griffin, Daniel Beirne, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll.
One Life - 1 January, 2024
The two main releases on the first day of the year are biographies, and the second focuses on the life of British humanitarian Nicholas Winton, who helped Jewish children escape the clutches of Nazis before the beginning of WW2.
'A British stockbroker visits Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.'
One Life cast: Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Helena Bonham Carter, Lena Olin, Jonathan Pryce, Ziggy Heath, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Samantha Spiro.
James Wan and Jason Blum serve as producers on 2024's first major horror release, Night Swim.
Official premise:
'After the Waller family move into a new house, they find an unknown supernatural presence haunts the backyard swimming pool.'
Night Swim cast: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Jodi Long.
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