We all feel overwhelmed when trying to choose something to new to watch in the world of streaming - so if you're in need of some help to find the good stuff, read on.

If you're looking for your fix of superhero antics mixed with blood, gore and depravity, then you don't need to wait for The Boys season 4 - Gen V is now here to plug the gap.

Gen V is a spin-off to the Prime Video series that focuses on the students at Godolkin University, a prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes. It follows the youngsters as they're tested in a "Hunger Games-style" competition and it sounds, as expected, absolutely brutal.

New to Netflix this week is three-part documentary series Who Killed Jill Dando?. The beloved BBC Crimewatch presenter was shot dead outside her home in west London in 1999 and her murder led to a high-profile and complex investigation. A suspect was convicted and imprisoned for eight years, but was later acquitted following an appeal and a retrial. Dando's death remains unsolved. The series blends archives, new research and revelatory interviews exploring Dando’s life, career, legacy, and her death.

But if movies are more your thing, there's a whole range of titles for you to choose from - you may want to check out Pixar's latest offering Elemental, psychological drama Tár featuring a star turn from Cate Blanchett, Sarah Polley's Oscar-winning Women Talking, or M Night Shyamalan's creepy Knock at the Cabin.

There's plenty of other streaming options, and so to give you a bit of a hand, RadioTimes.com has collated some of the best new offerings: from Netflix and Disney Plus to Prime Video, BBC iPlayer and Apple TV+, here are the latest highlights across the services.

Whether it’s a true-crime documentary like #Textmewhenyougethome, a Belgian thriller such as The Bank Hanker, or a reality series like The Devil's Plan, there's something here to suit everyone's taste.

Take a look at the list below, which includes all the details about where you can watch any title – and why they’re worth your time.

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  • Gen V

    • 2023
    • Action
    • Comedy

    Summary:

    From the world of The Boys comes Gen V, a new series set at America’s only college for superheroes. These gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university’s top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International’s elite superhero team. When the school’s dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

    Why watch Gen V?:

    You can watch this teen drama without having seen the parent series, The Boys, although that is superior so would be a better starting point. We’re in the same alternative world where superpowers are enjoyed by a significant minority of the population, who can use them to become celebrities. But because they serve as a metaphor for the hidden violence of corporate America, these superhumans tend to be selfish and vicious behind their public personae. Now we see where that all comes from as we enrol at the suitably sinister Godolkin University. Marie (Jaz Sinclair) is young, idealistic and can manipulate blood, but she’s about to learn that her plan to become a morally sound crime-fighter will not be easily realised.

    Despite the campus setting, Gen V isn’t really aiming at a younger audience than The Boys — it’s just as wickedly vulgar, particularly with its imaginative, sometimes shocking, special effects.

    Jack Seale

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  • Flora and Son

    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • 2023
    • John Carney
    • 97 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Working hand to potty mouth as a nanny, single mother Flora salvages a discarded guitar from a skip and passes off the battered instrument as her 14-year-old son Max's belated birthday present. The teenager is unimpressed so Flora resolves to play instead. Drama comedy starring Ewe Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Why watch Flora and Son?:

    Eve Hewson is on fire as a foul-mouthed Irishwoman on a mission to learn the guitar in this salty musical comedy from writer/ director John Carney. Hewson plays Flora, a single mum with a delinquent son, who takes up the instrument and invests in online lessons courtesy of the LA-based Jeff (Joseph Gordon- Levitt) — much to the annoyance of her failed-musician ex (Jack Reynor).

    As the man behind Once and Sing Street, Carney has form with the genre and Dublin setting, and he’s onto another winner here.

    Emma Simmonds

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  • Brassic

    • 2019
    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 15

    Summary:

    Comedy series following the exploits of Vinnie, a Lancashire lad with bipolar disorder, and Dylan, his razor-smart best mate.

    Why watch Brassic?:

    Season four might have ended with a shock for Vinnie (Joe Gilgun) and his merry band of thieves - they got mixed up with a bigger, harder gang, with the result that their pal Dylan is still missing - but they soon get back into their old rhythm on their return. A slanderous graffiti campaign making wild accusations about Vinnie’s anatomy turns out to be a ruse to involve him in a grand car theft, but when that goes wrong Vinnie and co acquire a temporary new member of the crew, in the form of delivery driver Eddie.

    He’s played by Lee Mack, who throws himself into the role - literally, since there’s some mild stunt work - and has the serious acting ability to carry off one of Brassic’s many lovely moments of calm, warm compassion. Not many comedies offer this much pure fun.

    Jack Seale

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  • The Kardashians

    • 2022
    • Entertainment
    • Reality

    Summary:

    Follow the Kardashian family as they celebrate new ventures and navigate through their new normal: motherhood, relationships, and career goals.

    Why watch The Kardashians?:

    Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie are back for yet another season of America’s favourite celebrity reality series, but after the stramashes last time, the Kardashian/Jenner family have still not healed. Can they reunite, or are they now — with so many resentments, disagreements and individual commitments to worry about — past the point where they still function as a harmonious fame machine? And who ends up telling whom, “You’re just a witch and I hate you”?

    Find out as one of telly’s least essential, yet compelling for some, series continues.

    Jack Seale

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  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    • Action
    • Fantasy
    • 2023
    • Wes Anderson
    • 37 mins
    • PG

    Summary:

    A quirky short film written and directed by Wes Anderson boldly realises Roald Dahl's fantastical fiction included in the 1977 collection The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar. Avid gambler Henry Sugar (Benedict Cumberbatch) learns about a novelty circus act, who has honed the ability to see through solid objects such as playing cards. The so-called The Man Who Sees Without Using His Eyes dies and leaves behind a notebook, which purportedly contains secret techniques to performing feats of foresight. Henry spends years finessing these powers and he tests them in casinos by correctly predicting numbers on a roulette wheel. Denied the adrenaline rush of potentially losing his stake, Henry tires of cheating the system and pledges instead to exploit his ability for the benefit of others

    Why watch The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar?:

    Just months after releasing Asteroid City (also new to streaming this week), writer/director Wes Anderson has four new delights ready to go.

    All adapted from stories by Roald Dahl, first up is his long-awaited take on The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, available from Wednesday 27 September, followed by The Swan, The Ratcatcher and Poison on 28, 29 and 30 September respectiv ely.

    Anderson has form adapting Dahl (his Oscar-nominated animation Fantastic Mr Fox is on Saturday 30 September and Thursday 5 October on Film4), and with a rotating cast including Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ralph Fiennes, this offbeat new collection of short films looks to be “delumptious” indeed.

    Calum Baker

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  • Encounters

    • 2023
    • Documentary and factual
    • History

    Summary:

    Mass UFO sightings from the last 50 years fuel a global mystery in this docuseries featuring eyewitness accounts, expert interviews and new evidence.

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  • This Fool

    • 2022
    • Comedy
    • Drama

    Summary:

    A punk-ass bitch with a heart of gold goes out of his way to help everyone but himself.

    Why watch This Fool?:

    A likeable US comedy returns for a second season. We’re among the Latino community in south central Los Angeles, where Julio (co-creator Chris Estrada) is a meek 30-something, working for a charity specialising in rehabilitating gang members. Now Julio has finally left home but his boss — a roaring comic turn by Sopranos/White Lotus star Michael Imperioli — is still a nightmare and Julio still has to deal with his softheaded cousin Luis (Frankie Quinones).

    It’s affectionate, politically sharp and not afraid to include a bit of slapstick.

    Jack Seale

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  • Who Killed Jill Dando?

    • 2023
    • Documentary and factual
    • Crime/detective

    Summary:

    Revisit the shocking 1999 murder of beloved TV presenter Jill Dando, which continues to mystify experts and the public, in this in-depth documentary.

    Why watch Who Killed Jill Dando?:

    It remains one of the oddest cases in British criminal history. In April 1999, Jill Dando — not just a BBC presenter and newsreader but the highest-profile TV personality in the country, widely admired for her easy relatability and Princess Diana-esque air of elegant glamour — was shot dead in broad daylight on her own doorstep, and we still have no idea who did it or why.

    This three-part documentary sifts through every element of the mystery, from the initial shock and the multiple theories on who might have been responsible, to the fraught murder trial two years later that proved to be a miscarriage of justice. It’s one of those true-crime docs that, at every turn, unleashes an interviewee whose insight or unusual demeanour adds another layer of intrigue.

    Jack Seale

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  • The Fake Sheikh

    • 2023
    • Documentary and factual

    Summary:

    This is the gripping story of maverick tabloid reporter, Mazher Mahmood – the king of the sting. Playing the role of a wealthy Arab sheikh, he dupes models, royals, and A-list stars with elaborate undercover operations. He was at the top of British journalism for almost three decades. But then comes an extraordinary downfall. Mahmood becomes the front-page story himself and the tables are turned.

    Why watch The Fake Sheikh?:

    News of the World journalist Mazher Mahmood scored numerous front-page scoops by posing as a Middle Eastern millionaire and enticing — or entrapping — public figures into illegal behaviour.

    This three-part documentary series talks to Mahmood’s targets and associates, painting a rounded picture of hidden-camera “stings” that were undeniably thrilling in their execution but often, arguably, unfair on the recipients. Mahmood’s background is investigated, too, and his motivations are found to be fascinatingly complex.

    Jack Seale

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  • The Devil's Plan

    • 2023
    • Entertainment
    • Game show

    Summary:

    In this competition of intelligence, contestants face off in games of wit and strategy to be crowned winner and go home with the ultimate prize.

    Why watch The Devil's Plan?:

    Backstabbing and mind games are at the forefront of this Korean reality series that locks 12 people in a Big Brother-style house to compete for a large cash prize.

    Ostensibly a test of mental prowess — the contestants include a lawyer, a doctor and a scientist, as well as professional Go and poker players — the proceedings also allow for classic reality-show scheming, which often isn’t present in Korean shows. Those tend to have more respectful, mutually supportive participants — but once that code has been broken, it can’t be repaired and the game is on.

    Jack Seale

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  • Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story

    • Documentary and factual
    • News and current affairs
    • 2023
    • Peter Beard (2)
    • 83 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    ...Horror Story. New & Exclusive. Join Otto Baxter, a director with Down's Syndrome, on a moving and hilarious six-year journey to make an autobiographical horror. Sky Original documentary.

    Why watch Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story?:

    Otto Baxter, a film-maker with Down’s syndrome, takes centre stage in this charming documentary portrait. The film sees Baxter on the road to making The Puppet Asylum, a comedy horror musical starring Paul Kaye. Directors Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard follow Baxter as he directs his gothic tale, an analogy for his own life, in which he has often been called a “monster”. Baxter is such a lively, lovable fellow, it’s easy to fall for him.

    James Mottram

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  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    • Comedy
    • Family
    • 2021
    • Dean Fleischer-Camp
    • 90 mins
    • PG

    Summary:

    One-inch-tall, googly-eyed talking shell Marcel lives with his grandmother Nana Connie, who is in the early stages of dementia. Filmmaker Dean rents the house and becomes fascinated by the day-to-day activities of his tiny housemate. Animated comedy, directed by and starring Dean Fleischer Camp, with Thomas Mann, Rosa Salazar, and the voices of Jenny Slate and Isabella Rossellini

    Why watch Marcel the Shell with Shoes On?:

    This adorable mockumentary blends live action and stop-motion animation. Jenny Slate voices the eponymous mollusc, who lives in an Airbnb with his granny (Isabella Rossellini).

    The film’s director, Dean Fleischer Camp, plays a documentary-maker who moves into the property and befriends Marcel, who then becomes an internet sensation. Funny and surreal, the film conjures magic out of Marcel’s escapades.

    Emma Simmonds

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  • Still Up

    • 2023
    • Comedy
    • Romance

    Summary:

    An impulsive and free-spirited aspiring illustrator whose questions over her daughter's future start keeping her up at night, and the socially anxious yet gifted journalist Danny.

    Why watch Still Up?:

    A lightweight romantic-ish comedy stars Antonia Thomas and Craig Roberts as Lisa and Danny, who aren’t together but share a special bond: they both suffer from insomnia, which leads them to conduct long video calls at night.

    As they discuss each others’ lives or, in some cases, witness them — in episode one, for instance, Lisa keeps Danny with her on her phone as she visits a late-night pharmacy, to find it mysteriously unattended — they trade jokes and observations and marvel at the unlikely situations each gets into. The writing’s a bit forced but the performances flow.

    Jack Seale

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  • Accused

    • Thriller
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Philip Barantini
    • 88 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    After a young man is wrongly accused of a horrific crime on social media, violent vigilantes invade his family home-forcing him to fight for his life.

    Why watch Accused?:

    Trial by social media turns into a night of terror in this absorbing cat-and-mouse thriller about a young man who is wrongly identified as the chief suspect behind a bombing at a London rail station. Harri (Chaneil Kular) finds himself under siege at his parents’ out-of- town home as online mob mentality escalates and angry vigilantes begin to gather.

    Director Philip Barantini (Boiling Point) keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat by expertly building tension, with the majority of the film’s nightmarish scenario taking place in one claustrophobic setting.

    Terry Staunton

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  • The Continental: From the World of John Wick

    • 2023
    • Thriller
    • Drama
    • 18

    Summary:

    Set in 1970s New York City, The Continental explores the origin of the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe seen through the eyes and action of a young Winston Scott.

    Why watch The Continental: From the World of John Wick?:

    A three-part, 70s-set prequel to the John Wick movies tells of how the films’ famous hotel for assassins came into being, with Colin Woodell (below) playing the younger Winston Scott (Ian McShane in the films). He’s drawn back to New York when his brother gets into trouble: setting up the Continental will mean besting several organised crime gangs, including one run by Mel Gibson’s character, Cormac.

    The fights and shootouts aren’t quite Wick level, the leads lack charisma and some of the attempts at Tarantino-esque swagger are cringeworthy — this is one for John Wick superfans only.

    Jack Seale

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  • The Bank Hacker

    • Drama
    • Crime/detective

    Summary:

    Sharp Belgian crime thriller from Walter Presents inspired by true events. A ruthless con artist hopes to use a brilliant teenage hacker to rebuild his missing millions. The heist is on.

    Why watch The Bank Hanker?:

    From Belgium comes a thriller where plans to manipulate streams of ones and zeroes quickly end up involving bullets, explosions and running for one’s life. Alidor (Gene Bervoets), a conman fresh out of prison, hires young hacker Jeremy (Tijmen Govaerts) to intercept some of the billions that flow electronically between banks every day. If they get it right and don’t get greedy, they’ll be very rich — but Jeremy is also on a personal revenge mission, and nothing in high-stakes dramas like these ever quite turns out the way it’s supposed to.

    Jack Seale

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  • Cassandro

    • Romance
    • Drama
    • 2023
    • Roger Ross Williams
    • 107 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    Gael Garcia Bernal headlines a biopic of gay amateur wrestler Saul Armendariz from El Paso, who created an unapologetic "exotico" alter ego called Cassandro in the ring. Forcibly rejecting traditional notions of masculinity in a highly physical sport, Cassandro gained worldwide popularity with his flamboyant, attention-grabbing style of wrestling under the aegis of trainer Sabrina (Roberta Colindrez)

    Why watch Cassandro?:

    Gael García Bernal shines as real-life Mexican wrestler Saúl Armendáriz in this lively biopic. Having previously profiled him in 2016 documentary short The Man without a Mask, director Roger Ross Williams traces the wrestler’s rise in late-1980s El Paso, as the openly gay Armendáriz reinvents himself as a “Lucha libre” wrestler who performs in drag. Although Armendáriz’s behaviour sometimes comes across as clichéd, the film’s depiction of his hero status in the LGBTQ+ community — and even in the macho wrestling world — grips like a headlock.

    James Mottram

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  • Manayek

    • 2020
    • Drama
    • Crime/detective

    Summary:

    Izzy Bachar, a police internal affairs investigator, discovers just before retirement that his long time friend Barak, a senior police officer, is accused of being corrupt. Life as he knows it breaks into pieces.

    Why watch Manayek?:

    In 2021, this drama swept the board at Israel’s equivalent of the Baftas — it’s roughly that country’s answer to Line of Duty, albeit with slightly more of an action-thriller vibe. Izzy (Shalom Assayag) is an idealist, an honest cop in a dishonest world. He’s wearily approaching retirement when an assassination, brazenly carried out in public, sparks an investigation that uncovers corruption and secrets at the very top of Israeli society and law enforcement — with Izzy’s friend and former partner implicated.

    A world of complex, believable characters is soon sketched out.

    Jack Seale

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  • Sex Education

    • 2019
    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • 18

    Summary:

    Comedy drama, starring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson. Moordale Secondary School student Otis Milburn navigates growing pains and affairs of the heart with help and hindrance from his sex therapist single mother, Jean.

    Why watch Sex Education?:

    In its final season, the heroically frank comedy-drama about teenagers' sex lives - plus the ups and downs of their time at home and at school - is in no mood to stop filling us in on the startling minutiae of what modern young people get up to. But the characters we've been following are in for a shock too, as they arrive at a sixth-form college where sustainability and kindness are what makes a kid cool, not good looks, sporting prowess and a long list of conquests. As Otis (Asa Butterfield) wonders whether his sexual therapy sessions will be wanted, his lost love Maeve (Emma Mackey) is in the US chasing her academic dreams.

    The episodes are themed around growing up, moving on and trying new things, but will Otis and Maeve ever move on from each other?

    Jack Seale

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  • The Super Models

    • 2023
    • Entertainment
    • Documentary and factual

    Summary:

    Follows Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington revisiting their modeling careers and how they disrupted the 90s' fashion scene.

    Why watch The Super Models?:

    From the late 1980s to mid-90s, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell ruled the roost as supermodels. They all came of age together in the fashion industry and in this four-part series are candid about their humble beginnings and big breaks. But the series doesn’t shy away from the less savoury aspects of the business, also reflecting on events in a post-#MeToo, post-Black Lives Matter landscape.

    With contributions from designers Donatella Versace and Michael Kors, photographers Arthur Elgort, Martin Brading and Peter Lindbergh, plus Vogue trailblazers Grace Coddington and Edward Enninful, it’s an illuminating must-watch for any fashion faithful.

    Laura Rutkowski

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  • A Million Miles Away

    • Drama
    • Lifestyle
    • 2023
    • Alejandra Márquez Abella
    • 121 mins
    • PG

    Summary:

    Based on Jose Hernandez's memoir Reaching For The Stars: The Inspiring Story Of A Migrant Farmworker Turned Astronaut, director Alejandra Marquez Abella's life-affirming drama pays tribute to a real-life story of tenacity and self-belief. As a young boy in he 1960s, Jose (Juanpi Monterrubio) travels from a rural village in Michoacan, Mexico to California with his family of proud migrant farm workers, to work the fields of the San Joaquin Valley. At school, Jose suffers racist abuse from classmates but he shows a natural aptitude for mathematics and excels with the support a kind teacher. Graduating from the University of the Pacific with a degree in electrical engineering, Jose (now played by Michael Pena) works at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory but his goal is to join the ranks of Nasa, Every year with the blessing of his wife Adela (Rosa Salazar), he bids for a coveted place on the International Space Station more than 200 miles above the Earth

    Why watch A Million Miles Away?:

    In 2009, astronaut José Hernández flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery, a feat made all the more remarkable given his background as a migrant worker who spent his childhood picking fruit. This fun, pacey if lightweight drama charts his long journey to achieve his dream of going into space, despite repeated rejections from Nasa. Michael Peña brings warmth but little dramatic weight to his portrayal, with Rosa Salazar adding much-needed emotional grounding as his wife, Adela.

    Jayne Nelson

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  • Wilderness

    • 2023
    • Romance
    • Thriller

    Summary:

    Jenna Coleman plays the wronged wife and Oliver Jackson-Cohen is her deceitful husband in a thriller about a couple who embark on a road trip in the USA. But this holiday looks set to end unhappily for one of them.

    Why watch Wilderness?:

    Back in 2018, her turn in The Cry (Netflix) showed us Jenna Coleman is skilled at playing the deceptively nice half of a toxic relationship - she's in similar territory here with an implausible but juicy dramatisation of BE Jones's novel. Liv (Coleman) is in a gilded cage, away from home in New York, faithfully supporting the glittering career of her husband Will (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).

    We know from a flashforward that they'll end up on a southern road trip with sinister overtones...a lot of the set-up is hackneyed wronged-wife stuff, but Coleman holds this potboiler together as something dark and fun starts to loom.

    Jack Seale

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  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

    • 2005
    • Comedy
    • Drama
    • 15

    Summary:

    "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" is an American sitcom following the exploits of a group of friends who run a dilapidated Irish bar in Philadelphia. It comprises twins Dennis and Deandra Reynolds (Glenn Howerton and Kaitlin Olson), their friends Charlie Kelly (Charlie Day) and Ronald McDonald (Rob McElhenney), and their father Frank (Danny DeVito). The serial underachievers regularly conspire against one another or others outside the group for personal gain. In the opening episode, Dee hires a black man to boost business at the pub and ends up turning it into a gay bar. It premiered in the UK on Bravo in 2006.

    Why watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?:

    It may not be as consistent as it once was, but Rob McElhenney's cult sitcom about five friends/sociopaths remains daring. This latest run features many "I can't believe they just went there" moments (all of which are too adult for a family website), as well as guest appearances from the likes of Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. And while there are some patchy episodes in this batch of eight, one set in a bowling alley - that descends into a battle of the sexes - knocks down all its comedy pins with ease.

    David Brown

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  • Knock at the Cabin

    • Horror
    • Mystery
    • 2023
    • M Night Shyamalan
    • 100 mins
    • 15

    Summary:

    A girl and her parents are taken hostage while vacationing and are given an impossible choice to avert the impending apocalypse. M Night Shyamalan's horror mystery, starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge and Nikki Amuka-Bird

    Why watch Knock at the Cabin?:

    M Night Shyamalan's supernatural thriller is faithful to the tone of Paul Tremblay's source novel, despite a few narrative tweaks. City couple Andrew (Ben Aldridge) and Eric (Jonathan Groff) and their adopted daughter Wen (Kristen Cui) are on holiday in rural New Jersey when their peace is disturbed by Leonard (Dave Bautista) and his three associates, who are on a dark mission.

    The film is intimate, intense and emotionally engaging, and the cast is excellent.

    Matt Glasby

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