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VIDEO: Your weekend movies... The Imitation Game

Cinema trip this weekend? DailyEdge.ie brings you snippets from new releases to help you decide where to put your money.

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

Source: The Weinstein Company/YouTube

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.

Standby

Source: WildCard Distribution/YouTube

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.

The Drop

Source: JoBlo Movie Trailers/YouTube

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.

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