This week's film and series – A Swede behind a major film

Netflix has made a big film out of a Swedish illustrated novel and a 13-year-old entangled in incel culture is accused of murder. Here are the week's films and series.

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This week's film and series – A Swede behind a major film
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FILM (premiere: 14/3)

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The Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag's illustrated novel is the basis for this star-studded science fiction film. In a dystopian future, teenager Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) searches for her missing brother together with a robot. Chris Pratt and Stanley Tucci are also in the film, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who have made four Marvel films.

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Gal Gadot plays the evil queen and Rachel Zegler portrays the title role in a new film adaptation of the classic tale about the young girl who takes help from her short friends to free the kingdom.

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Daniel Craig is far from James Bond in his new role in Luca Guadagnino's film adaptation of William S Burroughs' autobiographical novel "Queer". Lee (Craig) is on the run from justice in the USA and on the hunt for drugs in Mexico City when he becomes obsessed with the young Allerton (Drew Starkey).

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Documentary filmmaker Ellen Fiske portrays Charlotta Björck, who quits her steady job to pursue a career as an actress and comedian.

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Can two secret agents be married? And can they above all trust each other? Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett play spies who are also a married couple in Steven Soderbergh's new thriller. When a leak must be found within the organization, the couple's trust in each other is put to the test.

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"Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson has been praised and nominated for a Golden Globe for her role as a worn-out dancer in Las Vegas. When her show is shut down, she is left helpless and doesn't know what to do.

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One morning, 13-year-old Jamie (Owen Cooper) is suspected of murder. Stephen Graham plays his father, who discovers how much incel culture, online provocateurs like Andrew Tate, and the tough school environment have affected his son. How could he have missed it? Each episode of the miniseries is filmed in one take.

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Ruth Ellis became in 1955 the last woman to be executed in the UK. Lucy Boynton plays the lead role in the miniseries about the doomed romance that had such fatal consequences.

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