This week's films and series

A tragic opera diva, a murderous sex robot and a legendary serial killer come to the big screen and TV screen. Here are this week's films and series.

» Published: January 29 2025

This week's films and series
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Pablo Larrain has previously made films about Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana. The director's latest film in the unofficial trilogy deals with Maria Callas, another tragic 20th-century icon. Angelina Jolie portrays the acclaimed opera star who looks back on a life marked by betrayal, illness, and self-hatred.

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A pleasant weekend in the countryside develops into something else when Josh's (Jack Quaid) new sex robot Iris (Sophie Thatcher) brutally murders his ex-girlfriend's (Megan Suri) rich new Russian boyfriend (Rupert Friend). This critically acclaimed satirical science fiction thriller takes on everything we're currently worried about, such as incels, AI, and how we'll ever be able to meet someone we like in real life.

"No other land".

Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers have collaborated on this documentary about the consequences of Israel's settlement policy on the West Bank.

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There's plenty of physical humor when Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon plan a wedding for a daughter and a sister. But the picturesque inn turns out to be double-booked, and chaos ensues.

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" Border case " (31/1, SVT).

It's not quite "The Bridge", but the concept is the same – just in a comedy series. Two hapless border police officers, Swedish Johan (Jesper Rönndahl) and Rasmus (Martin Høgsted) from Denmark, are paired up to infiltrate a drug network.

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" (30/1, SkyShowtime).

Dexter Morgan is perhaps TV history's greatest serial killer. But how did he become so bloodthirsty? Here's the prequel. Patrick Gibson plays young Dexter, whose career as a police officer in Miami has just begun. 90s icon Christian Slater portrays his father Harry.

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" (30/1, Netflix).

Netflix's popular action series is back. Owen (Noah Centineo) is just a simple lawyer within the CIA, but always seems to get into trouble. In the second season, he finds himself in the midst of high politics when he's sent to South Korea.

"Ludwig – puzzle detective" (1/2, SVT).

John is an expert on puzzles, crosswords, and brain teasers (Ludwig is his signature) and pretends to be his twin brother, police officer James, when he suddenly disappears. John's expertise proves invaluable to the police in this whodunit with popular British comedian David Mitchell in the lead role.

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