WHICH NEW MOVIE release is worth the price of a cinema ticket this weekend?
We’re here to help you decide just that, with these trailers.
The Imitation Game
For fans of: Spies, unbreakable codes
Avoid if: You’re not interested in technology
In what could be perfect casting, Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, in a film that tracks his participation in the Enigma project during WWII. Turing was a bit of a genius, which wasn’t quite recognised until after his death.
- RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: 86%. Audience rating: 98% want to see
Standby
For fans of: Dublin, romance
Avoid if: You’re not over your J1 crush
This cute Irish comedy stars ‘the other Gleeson’ – Brian – as a lad fairly unhappy with where his life is going… who suddenly finds himself entertaining his gorgeous former flame when she’s on standby for a flight. Serendipity.
- RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: %. Audience rating: 100% want to see
The Drop
For fans of: Tough dudes, James Gandolfini
Avoid if: You’re not into dirty money
Tom Hardy dons a very impressive accent to play a New Yawk bartender who winds up working in a bar where gangland money is funnelled through. As expected, he gets caught up in criminality that he really should be avoiding.
- RottenTomatoes.com critics’ rating: 88%. Audience rating: 82%
