There’s some great stuff to see in cinemas and smaller screens this weekend, with some thrilling new movie releases and binge-worthy streaming content.
The Invisible Man
Now playing in cinemas | Find times and tickets
After escaping her abusive, obsessive partner, Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss) begins to rebuild her life. Shattered from the experience, Cecilia’s fear that he will track her down begins to lighten when she hears of his death – but she soon begins to suspect he is not only still alive, but has found a way to torment her, one that no-one will believe. From Australian director Leigh Whannell, maker of 2018’s excellent Upgrade and writer of Saw films one through three.
The Current War
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Electricity titans Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) are two well-cast celebrity entrepreneurs competing for the American market in this tense, stylised period drama. 
I Am Not Okay With This
Now streaming on Netflix
With its first season now available for a streaming binge on Netflix, I Am Not Okay With This takes us to a now very familiar place: inside the mind of an angsty American outsider enduring adolescence in a small town. From the producers of Stranger Things and directed by The End of the F***ing World’s Jonathan Entwhistle (and based on the graphic novel by Charles Forsman who also penned F***ing World’s source material), it comes with a twist—bottled up emotions so strong they manifest as superpowers.
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
Playing Friday 28th in Auckland and Wellington | Find times and tickets
This 2019 version of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Vietnam war epic clocks in halfway between the two prior releases and has been remastered in 4K. If you’ve missed it on previous engagements, get yourself to one of these screenings pronto. Steve Newall spoke with Coppola ahead of Final Cut‘s first Aotearoa showings—read his interview feature.
McMillions
Episodes 1-4 now streaming on Neon
We were blown away by the first episodes of McMillions, detailing a mindbogglingly massive fraud scheme targeting McDonald’s Monopoly promo prizes in the US. Yes, it got started a few weeks back, but it’s been a long wait for episode four after seeing the first three early.
As Steve Newall said in his feature on the show, “With its how-dunnit element continuing to encourage viewer speculation as to how game pieces end up in the wrong hands, the series’ engrossing investigative mystery, and its fascinating human dimension, you’re bound to join us in wanting the next episode to arrive as quickly as your favourite meal combo.”
