From The Instigators to Bludfest a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
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Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in a breezy Bostonian crime caper, while Doncaster’s favourite goth-pop pup, Yungblud, stages his own festivalThe InstigatorsOut nowMatt Damon and Casey Affleck return to their Boston roots for this heist comedy, in which two ne’er-do-wells spot an opportunity to score big bucks by targeting a corrupt politician. When – inevitably – it all goes south, their therapist (Hong Chau) finds herself mixed up in the getaway.BorderlandsOut nowDirector Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel) has assembled a real crack squad for this big-screen take on the popular video game, with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Jamie Lee Curtis reporting for duty as a rag-tag gang of misfits teaming up for some high-octane, space-based adventure.Sky PealsOut nowEver felt you don’t fit in? This slow-burn debut drama from Moin Hussain explores the life of a thirtysomething night shift worker whose sense of displacement could stem from his mundane life … or does his late father’s belief that he hailed from another planet have something to do with it?CaligulaOut nowThey don’t make ’em like this any more … except when they do. This new version of the 1979 Roman romp starring Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren goes back to the rushes to cut together something closer to what was originally intended when film-makers first set out to create a decadent vision of how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Catherine Bray Continue reading...