HEAVY-HITTERS
REBEL MOON – PART 1: A CHILD OF FIRE
Netflix, 22 December
Director Zack Snyder (Man of Steel) was invited by Lucasfilm to pitch his ideas for a Star Wars movie, but when that meeting didn’t go anywhere he adapted his concept into this sci-fi epic.
“It’s like a cross between The Dirty Dozen and The Magnificent Seven, set in space,” Zack says of Rebel Moon, which follows Kora (Sofia Boutella), who recruits a ragtag band of fighters to defend a farming settlement from an evil empire.
The cast includes Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher and Anthony Hopkins.
Part 2, The Scargiver, streams in April.
MAESTRO
Netflix, 20 December
Starring Bradley Cooper, the aptly titled biopic of music maestro Leonard Bernstein is sure to be an Oscar contender. Early reviews describe the movie, which co-stars Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke and Sarah Silverman, as “a transfixing love story”.
FERRARI
In cinemas from 29 December
Star and executive producer is protective and passionate about this movie, a biopic about legendary Italian racing driver Enzo Ferrari.
