On the run from a brutal loan shark, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), a hapless misfit, finds an opportunity to escape his pursuer by joining the crew of a space mission to a distant planet. To do so, however, he must agree to become an “ex-pendable,” someone who can be repeatedly killed and recreated via advanced 3D printing technology.

The second series of Squid Game continues to be a complex tapestry of moral dilemmas and human suffering. The series’ intense and often disturbing content requires Catholic employ a thoughtful and discerning approach.

The series follows Donny Dunn, a struggling comedian and bartender, who encounters Martha, a lonely woman who quickly fixates on him with alarming intensity.

Though the result is not always satisfying, the production overall is both reverent and engaging. The film is also suitable for a wide audience.

Cast aside any concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence – “The Wild Robot” (Dreamworks) has arrived, a Mary Poppins bot ready to chase your cares away in this warm and fuzzy animated adaptation of the bestselling children’s book by Peter Brown.

In approaching the comic adventure “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” (Paramount), viewers will likely be expecting to witness more of the hyperkinetic antics that are the trademark of the Sega video game-based characters around whom the franchise is built. What they may not be bargaining for are complex layers of emotional pain.

In the summer of 1939, the plight of a 12-year-old boy competed for headlines across the country with the European political crisis that would soon culminate in the outbreak of World War II. Young Donn Fendler was wandering on his own in the wilds of New England and was facing long odds against his survival.

In the wake of the sudden death of a fictional, unnamed pope (Bruno Novelli), it’s Cardinal Lawrence’s duty – as dean of the college of cardinals – to organise the gathering of the title.

The follow-up to 2019’s “Joker” does give Joaquin Phoenix’s emotionally tortured, homicidal villain a chance to demonstrate his mastery of the great American songbook.

The less-than-compelling psychological thriller AfrAId takes the rise of this phenomenon as its premise but then speculates on its possible downside.