This Week's Films and Series: The Ugly Stepsister and More

Cinderella in a "body horror" version is coming to the cinema and it is the premiere of the new Swedish comedy series "Kiosken" on SVT. This is the week's films and series.

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The Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt has drawn great attention at festivals with her horror film version of the story of Cinderella, with several Swedish actors in the cast list. Isac Calmroth plays Prince Julian and Adam Lundgren portrays a mad surgeon when the classic children's story is interpreted as a "body horror" horror film.

” (18/6).

It was in 2002 that the director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland made "28 Days Later". Now they are reunited in a second sequel to the post-apocalyptic zombie classic. Several survivors have taken refuge on a remote island, but when a father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his son (Alfie Williams) decide to leave the island, they soon discover that danger lurks on the mainland.

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How far can a mother go to protect her child? Julianne Moore goes too far in the role of Kate, whose daughter Claire (Sydney Sweeney) repeatedly betrays her trust. When she tries to help her one last time, the consequences are catastrophic.

” (12/6).

A new live-action film version of the 2010 animated original about Hiccup (Mason Thomas), who uses unconventional methods to tame dragons in the land of Berk.

TV/STREAMING

”The Kiosk” (13/6, SVT Play).

To "The Kiosk" comes a large stream of customers who consider the owners to be social workers and bike pastors – or just need a living room. But the cynical Sam (Yousif Jawad) and the far too nice Daniel (Daniel Boyacioglu) struggle on. The poet Boyacioglu has also written the script for the comedy series and the customers are played, among others, by Anders "Ankan" Johansson, Marika Lindström and rock star Patrik Arve. The series will be broadcast on SVT1 on June 15.

”Malpractice” (18/6, SVT Play).

The first season of this British hospital drama was broadcast on SVT two years ago. Now viewers will follow the new main character, psychiatrist James Ford, whose care decisions regarding a pregnant woman with addiction and a postpartum mother with depression are disputed and the subject of an investigation.

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