Movie choice

ELYSIUM (2013) 15 ◆ 9PM, 5STAR ★★★

More social and political sci-fi from South African film-maker Neill Blomkamp – whose first film, the low-budget District 9, was an unexpected hit back in 2009. This Time Machine-inspired dystopian actioner features Matt Damon as one of the have-nots fighting those who have. He’s joined by Sharlto Copley (left), whose career was launched by District 9.

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(2019) 18 s 11.25PM, FILM4 ★★★ A brutal look at trauma, this horror starts off with a sense of mild unease before it builds and builds in psychological – and bodily – intensity. Hunter (Haley Bennett), is the new wife so overwhelmed by her husband and his controlling family that she develops a bizarre habit of eating household objects.

BEFORE WE GO 2AM, CH4

(2014) 12 ◆ ★★★ The directorial debut of Chris Evans

(Captain America, not the British DJ), this romantic drama co-stars Alice Eve. After a dramatic encounter at New York’s Grand Central station, busker Nick (Evans) and stranded Brooke (Eve) travel the city together as he tries to help her get home.