Five new releases in cinemas this weekend to help you celebrate National Cinema Day.
It is National Cinema Day on Saturday, so you’ll be happy to hear that there are loads of new arrivals to check out on the big screen!
Here are the movies which will all be available to watch around Ireland from Friday, 2 September…
THE FORGIVEN
The director of The Guard and Calvary delivers this new drama about a wealthy couple (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) on holiday in Morocco, and how a seemingly random accident impacts their lives and everyone around them.
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING – 2 September
George Miller’s first movie since Mad Max: Fury Road deals with a lonely scholar (Tilda Swinton) who encounters a Djinn (Idris Elba), who will grant her any three wishes she wants, in exchange for his freedom.
FALL – 2 September
Two best friends and adrenaline junkies decide to take on the 2,000-foot climb up an abandoned TV tower. But when they reach the top, the rusted ladder they used to climb it falls away, and they’re left with no apparent way back down…
BLACKBIRD – 2 September
The one we’ve all been waiting for is finally almost here! Written by, produced by and directed by Michael Flatley, he also plays the lead role: a retired spy who is dragged back into the world of deadly espionage.
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – THE MORE FUN VERSION
Having already made $1.9 billion at the box office first time around, this extended cut – titled The More Fun Stuff Version – will feature 11 minutes of additional and deleted scenes.
If you’re not up for a cinema trip, there here is all of the stuff you can watch at home this weekend, starting with…
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
The single most expensive TV show ever made! A reported budget of $650 million just for the first season, this prequel takes place thousands of years before the events of The Hobbit Trilogy and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, detailing the rise of Sauron and the last alliance between man and dwarves.
The first two episodes of the show arrive on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, 2 September, with the rest of the series arriving weekly after that.
BELFAST
Kenneth Branagh writes and directs this gorgeous coming-of-age biopic drama. Set against the beginning of the Troubles in 1969, this seven-time Oscar-nominated movie stars Jamie Dornan, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, and Ciarán Hinds.
The movie is available to watch with a NOW Cinema Membership from Friday, 2 September.
DATED & RELATED
We’re really not sure how to feel about this one… A reality dating show in which siblings try to wing-person each other into finding love… but then remain present throughout most of the awkward stuff that tends to happen when you go on a first date on television, with your brother or sister tagging along for the ride. Yikes.
All episodes arrive on Netflix on Friday, 2 September.
Clips via Prime Video, Netflix, Universal Ireland, MGM, Movie Sources, Wildcard,
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