Pillion<\/p>\n
Love stories come in all shapes and sizes. Harry Lighton sets his provocative, witty debut film in the world of BDSM. Harry Melling stars as introverted traffic warden \u2013 and occasional barbershop quartet singer \u2013 Colin, who lives with his parents in suburban London. When he is picked up in the local pub by Adonis-like biker Ray (an enigmatic Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd), he thinks all his dreams have come true. But Ray needs to be dominant sexually, so if their new relationship is to survive Colin must submit to his every whim. A fascinating exploration of the gay biker subculture and fetish scene that manages to feel transgressive but also touching, a coming-of-age tale in chains.
Friday, 10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
OutcomeNo Mr Nice Guy \u2026 Keanu Reeves stars as unlikeable movie star Reef Hawk in Outcome. Photograph: Apple TV<\/p>\n
Films in which film stars bemoan their lot can be pretty tiresome (see Jay Kelly), but this comedy from director-writer-co-star Jonah Hill features a spot of shrewd casting in that beacon of niceness, Keanu Reeves. As Reef Hawk, celebrated actor and secret recovering heroin addict, Reeves inspires instant sympathy when he is extorted over a compromising video. This sets him off on an apology tour of the people who hate him to find the culprit, including his first manager (a great turn from Martin Scorsese), an ex-girlfriend and even his mom. Turns out he\u2019s not a nice guy \u2026
Out now, Apple TV<\/p>\n
Caught StealingStolen moment \u2026 Yvonne (Zo\u00eb Kravitz) and Hank (Austin Butler) in Caught Stealing. Photograph: Niko Tavernise<\/p>\n
As well as the reference to theft, the title of Darren Aronofsky\u2019s manic crime caper refers to a runner in baseball trying to edge ahead before a play is made. The chancer here is New York bar worker Hank (Austin Butler, believable despite the plot\u2019s many twists), who is left holding a cat and a mysterious key by his neighbour, errant London punk Russ (a ridiculous though oddly endearing cameo by Matt Smith). But highly violent hoodlums of every hue (Russians, a Puerto Rican, two Orthodox Jews) are after what that key unlocks.
Saturday 11 April, 10.05am, 11.15pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
Our Man in HavanaCereal thriller \u2026 Alec Guinness and Maureen O\u2019Hara in Our Man In Havana. Photograph: COLUMBIA\/Allstar<\/p>\n
Set in Cuba \u201cbefore the recent revolution\u201d, Carol Reed\u2019s 1959 comedy drama is a light-touch takedown of the subterfuge and self-importance of the espionage world. Adapted by Graham Greene from his own novel, it stars Alec Guinness, alternately amused and bemused as English vacuum cleaner salesman James, whose idle life with his upwardly mobile daughter is shaken when No\u00ebl Coward\u2019s British agent recruits him. James decides to invent a network of informants and intelligence, but can he keep up his deception?
Saturday 11 April, 4.35pm, Talking Pictures TV<\/p>\n
Blue MoonStanding tall \u2026 Margaret Qualley as Elizabeth Weiland and Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart in Blue Moon. Photograph: Sabrina Lantos\/PA<\/p>\n
A transformational performance (not least height-wise) by Ethan Hawke carries Richard Linklater\u2019s melancholic, waspish drama, which imagines one night in the life of failing, alcoholic Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. Attending the opening of Oklahoma! \u2013 the musical his former partner Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) has created with Oscar Hammerstein II \u2013 Hart sneaks out to the bar before the afterparty to drown his sorrows in a cocktail of regret and unrequited love.
Sunday 12 April, 6.10am, 7.10pm, Sky Cinema Premiere<\/p>\n
SoulInbetweeners \u2026 Joe Gardner (voice of Jamie Foxx) meets precocious character, 22 (voice of Tina Fey) in Soul. Photograph: Pixar\/PIXAR<\/p>\n
Pixar\u2019s resident metaphysical sage, Pete Docter, has created \u2013 alongside co-director and writer Kemp Powers \u2013 another fantastical, sorrow-tinged treat. Music teacher and pianist Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx) has hopes of a career as a jazz performer but dies before his time. Scrabbling to return to Earth, he finds himself in a realm for unborn souls and meets the recalcitrant 22 (Tina Fey), who doesn\u2019t want to get a life at all. Accessible on many levels, it\u2019s simultaneously an imaginative kids\u2019 comic adventure about finding your way back home and a grownup lesson in making the most of what you\u2019ve got.
Sunday 12 April, 4.15pm, Channel 4<\/p>\n
RoofmanStealing the show \u2026 Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester and Kirsten Dunst as Leigh Wainscott in the moving tale Roofman. Photograph: Paramount Pictures\/PA<\/p>\n
The sad but true story of an escaped convict who hid out in a Toys R Us store and began a relationship with an employee has become a comedic, but still pathos-filled, film. Channing Tatum makes for an amiable thief as Jeffrey Manchester, an ex-soldier and estranged father caught after robbing multiple McDonald\u2019s outlets by drilling through the roof. After breaking out of prison, he sets up a hidden den in a toy shop and spies on the staff, including Kirsten Dunst\u2019s single mother Leigh, who may offer him the chance of a second family.
Tuesday 14 April, 8.05am, 9pm, Sky Cinema Premiere\/Paramount+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pillion Love stories come in all shapes and sizes. Harry Lighton sets his provocative, witty debut film in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-523133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}