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From supernatural scares to daring heists, six films to put on your watchlist
The Little Horsewhip
Director: Dong Xinwen, Shapkat Murat
Cast: Bahbol Huatbek, Rari Hamit, Alhal Tursumalt
Release date: Now showing
The movie follows Angsa’er, a young Kazakh boy determined to fulfil his dream of becoming a horse rider. Set amid the mountains and grasslands of Altay in Xinjiang, his journey centres on an old horsewhip passed down through his family, carrying with it lessons about love, kindness and his heritage.
Drawing inspiration from the region’s Equestrianism in Schools initiative, the coming-of-age story explores Kazakh nomadic life and the horse culture that surrounds Angsa’er as he pursues his dream.
Digger
Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Cast: Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Huller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Emma D’Arcy, Sophie Wilde
Release date: Now showing
The movie follows Digger Rockwell, a wealthy oil tycoon and one of the most powerful men in the world. After unleashing a disaster that threatens humanity, he races to convince the world that he can also be the person who saves it.
With a dictatorial US president and those closest to Digger caught up in the crisis, his attempt to become humanity’s saviour unfolds as a satirical black comedy about power, ego and catastrophe.
The Social Reckoning
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Cast: Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill Burr, Jeremy Strong
Release date: Oct 8
This sequel to The Social Network follows Facebook data engineer Frances Haugen as she uncovers troubling information within the company and leaks thousands of internal documents.
She turns to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, who helps bring the revelations to the public through the Facebook Files investigation. The fallout puts the pair against Facebook and its powerful leadership, with Mark Zuckerberg once again at the centre of the controversy in this movie.
Verity
Director: Michael Showalter
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Brady Wagner
Release date: Now showing
The movie follows struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh as she is hired by Jeremy Crawford to finish a successful book series written by his wife, bestselling author Verity Crawford, who can no longer complete it following a mysterious accident.
While working at the Crawford home, Lowen discovers an unpublished manuscript that raises disturbing questions about Verity and her family. As she digs deeper into what she has found, Lowen begins questioning how much of the manuscript is true and what Verity may be hiding.
Kong Qiang
Director: Han Yan
Cast: Zhu Yilong, Tan Jianci, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Michelle Wai, Kara Wai, Selena Lee, Ben Yuen
Release date: Now showing
Set in the 1990s before Hong Kong’s handover, the movie follows Wan Ziqiang, a mainland criminal who arrives in the city with his gang hoping to make quick money through a string of robberies.
He meets corrupt police officer Brother Wing and flight attendant Luo Jiayuan, who later becomes his wife and helps him carry out a record-breaking armoured truck robbery. After the couple escape conviction, Wan’s ambitions grow and he sets his sights on Hong Kong’s richest man Chan Fai-yin.
Other Mommy
Director: Rob Savage
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Arabella Olivia Clark, Dichen Lachman, Arian Moayed, Karen Allen
Release date: Oct 8
Young Bela and her family are terrorised by a supernatural entity known as Other Mommy, which takes on the appearance of her mother Ursula.
As the entity begins haunting their home and targeting Bela, Ursula is forced to confront a creature wearing her own face. With the threat closing in on her daughter and family, she must find a way to protect them from the sinister presence in this horror movie.
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