A Jessie Buckley movie and a new Denzel Washington blockbuster – what to watch this week

Monday, August 28

Women Talking, Prime Video

Do nothing. Stay and fight. Leave. Those are the three options the women of a small, isolated Mennonite community face in director Sarah Polley’s Women Talking – a powerful piece of filmmaking nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars this year. Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy and Rooney Mara lead the ensemble cast.

Tuesday, August 29

Annie, at the Bord Gáis

Leapin lizards, the smash-hit West End production of Annie has arrived at the Bord Gáis for an almost two-week stint. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depression, brave young Annie is forced to live a life of misery at Miss Hannigan’s orphanage. However, her luck soon changes when she’s chosen to spend a fairytale Christmas with famous billionaire, Oliver Warbucks. Meanwhile, spiteful Miss Hannigan has other ideas and hatches a plan to spoil Annie’s search for her true family… Strictly Come Dancing legend Craig Revel Horwood stars as the iconic Miss Hannigan, though it’s Paul French’s take on Rooster that really stole the show for me.

Wednesday, August 30

Theater Camp, in cinemas nationwide

Tony Award-winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star as Amos and Rebecca-Diane – lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students, staging a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat.

Thursday, August 31

On the Line: The Richard Williams Story, Sky Documentaries

In this emotional reckoning featuring unaired interviews spanning the 1980s to now, Richard Williams – the son of a cotton picker and the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena – retraces his family’s journey from the poverty-stricken streets of Shreveport, Louisiana to the grass courts of Wimbledon, fighting back against systems of racial oppression and violence and breaking every rule of the lily-white tennis establishment to change the sport forever.

Friday, September 1

Passages, in cinemas nationwide

Ira Sachs’ blazingly modern and unashamedly sexy portrait of romantic chaos, Passages stars Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos as three individuals enmeshed in an increasingly messy love triangle. Set in Paris, this seductive drama tells the story of Tomas (Rogowski) and Martin (Whishaw), a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when Tomas begins a passionate affair with Agathe (Exarchopoulos), a younger woman he meets after completing his latest film.

Saturday, September 2

The Equalizer 3, in cinemas nationwide

Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. However, upon retiring to Southern Italy he soon discovers that his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia. Dakota Fanning also stars.

Sunday, September 3

The Wheel of Time Season 2, Prime Video

The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins.