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Is This Thing On? to Fuze: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
Will Arnett uses standup comedy to tackle his midlife crisis in Bradley Cooper’s hilariously biting drama. Plus, the bookies’ favourites to be the next James Bond have a blast in a winning bomb disposal thriller
TL;DR
- "Is This Thing On?" features Will Arnett as a financier using standup to cope with his midlife crisis, with Laura Dern also starring.
- "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War" continues the espionage theme with John Krasinski as Jack Ryan teaming up with Sienna Miller.
- "My Favourite Cake" is a bittersweet story from Iran about a widow, directed by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha.
- "Sleep" is a Korean horror film about a pregnant woman whose husband develops a severe sleep disorder, directed by Jason Yu.
- "Robot Dreams" is a poignant animation set in 1980s New York about a dog and his robot companion, directed by Pablo Berger.
- "One to One: John & Yoko" is a documentary by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards covering 18 months of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's lives in New York.
- "Fuze" is a thriller directed by David Mackenzie, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Theo James in a bomb disposal and bank robbery plot.