TV & Satellite Week – 13 July 2019

TV&Satellite Week 7

Aquaman

AUGUSTSKY CINEMA

Until now, Jason Momoa’s supersonic swimmer Aquaman

has been paddling in the shallows by comparison with his

fellow DC Comics superheroes Batman, Superman and

Wonder Woman. But he makes a big splash with his first

solo adventure, a colourful aquatic romp that sees the

half-human heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis

striving to prevent his half-brother Orm (Patrick Wilson)

waging war on the human world. Amber Heard plays his ally

and love interest, telepathic Atlantean warrior Mera, and

Nicole Kidman cameos as his mother, Queen Atlanna.

The Red

Sea Diving

Resort

JU LY NETFLIX

Chris Evans hangs up Captain

America’s shield to play an Israeli

agent in this true-story thriller

based on the 1981 Mossad mission

to rescue thousands of Ethiopian

Jews from Sudan. The daring

mission revolved around a very

audacious sting that saw Israeli

spies opening a fake diving resort

on the shores of the Red Sea. The

holiday village looked idyllic and

the guests were real. Evans stars

alongside Michael K Williams,

Haley Bennett and Greg Kinnear.

The Darkest

Minds

AUGUST SKY CINEMA

Having played Rue in The Hunger

Games, Amandla Stenberg is no

stranger to teen dystopias and she’s

up against another oppressive adult

world in this sci-fi thriller based on

the first novel in Alexandra Bracken’s

young-adult fantasy series. Here, 98

per cent of children have died from a

mysterious disease, but the survivors

• including Stenberg’s 16-year-old
  Ruby and her telekinetic love
  interest, Liam (Harris Dickinson)


• have somehow gained strange
  powers. Who can the young heroine
  trust and will her mighty mind-
  control gifts help her survive?

Stars Michael K Williams,

Haley Bennett and

Chris Evans

Ruby (Amandla

Stenberg)

Ryan Gosling

as Neil Armstrong

First Man

JU LYSKY CINEMA

Ryan Gosling reunites with

La La Land director Damien

Chazelle for this reflective yet

exhilarating biopic of the first

man on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

We all know the outcome, of course,

but you will find your heart in your

mouth all the same as events build

towards the history-making Apollo 11

mission in 1969. Gosling digs deep as

the buttoned-up, cool-under-pressure

Armstrong, and Claire Foy is rock solid in

support as his steadfast but anxious wife.