What To Watch This Week 19.01.26
WEDNESDAY
Steal, Prime Video
Office life doesn’t get much duller than Zara’s – until it gets violently interrupted. Sophie Turner (Game Of Thrones, Dark Phoenix) plays a disengaged pensions-company employee whose working day is derailed when a ruthlessly efficient gang storms the building to execute a £4bn heist. What starts as a slick, tightly wound crime thriller soon reveals deeper, stranger layers, twisting expectations in ways that are both unsettling and surprisingly smart. It is gradually revealed that Turner’s character’s apparent apathy masks something far sharper and more calculating, while Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Gran Turismo) acts as her quick-thinking ally.
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Queer Eye, Netflix
The final season of Queer Eye lands at a pointed moment, setting up shop in Washington DC – the seat of American power, but also a city full of everyday people in need of connection, confidence and care. As ever, the Fab Five deliver life-affirming transformations that go far beyond wardrobes and haircuts, offering emotional resets alongside the physical glow-ups. There’s also a strong sense of reflection running through the season, as they look back on some of the show’s most memorable makeovers and relationships.
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THURSDAY
The Beauty, Disney+
Ryan Murphy is back, and subtlety is very much not on the agenda. Based on a cult 2015 comic, The Beauty imagines a near-future where physical perfection can be injected – one shot and you’re flawless. Naturally, there’s a catch. The treatment is often fatal, mutates rapidly and becomes sexually transmissible, which is problematic when it also makes its users irresistible. As the chaos unfolds, a heavyweight cast including Rebecca Hall (Resurrection, Godzilla x Kong) and Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Conclave) – as well as supermodel Bella Hadid – attempt to anchor the madness. Glossy, provocative and gloriously unhinged, this is Murphy doing what he does best: high-concept excess with a knowing wink.
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FRIDAY
Mercy, in cinemas
High-concept and high-stakes, Mercy sees Chris Pratt (Guardians Of The Galaxy, Jurassic World) step into darker territory as a detective accused of murdering his wife in a near-future justice system run by AI. With just 90 minutes to prove his innocence to a machine programmed to be ruthlessly objective, the film plays out in near real time, blending slick sci-fi with moral tension. Rebecca Ferguson (Dune, Mission: Impossible) co-stars, adding gravitas to a thriller that asks timely and increasingly apt questions about technology, truth and who – or what – we trust to judge us.
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The History Of Sound, in cinemas
The latest in a wave of much-hyped man-on-man romances – though markedly different in tone from Heated Rivalry – The History Of Sound is subtly devastating and restrained. It pairs Paul Mescal (Aftersun, Gladiator II) with Josh O’Connor (The Crown, Challengers) in a tender period drama that lingers long after the credits roll. Set in the early 20th century, it follows two young men drawn together by a shared obsession with folk music, as they travel through rural America to record songs on the brink of being lost forever. What unfolds is a delicate love story shaped by art, memory and missed chances, told with real emotional intelligence.
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Saipan, in cinemas
Football feuds don’t get more infamous than this. Saipan dramatises the explosive fallout between Republic of Ireland captain Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy during the 2002 World Cup, an incident that became sporting folklore. Steve Coogan (Philomena, Alan Partridge) and Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People, The Sixth Commandment) bring surprising depth and restraint to a story about ego, loyalty and national pressure. Even if you’re not a football obsessive, this is gripping, character-led drama – less about the game itself and more about power, pride and the cost of standing your ground.
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H Is For Hawk, in cinemas
Based on Helen Macdonald’s bestselling memoir, H Is For Hawk is a striking meditation on grief, nature and survival. Claire Foy (The Crown, All Of Us Strangers) stars as Helen, a woman reeling from the death of her father (played by Brendon Gleeson) who finds unexpected solace in training a fierce goshawk named Mabel. Originally screened at the London Film Festival, what could have been overly sentimental instead feels raw, intimate and quietly profound, with Foy delivering one of her most nuanced performances to date.
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