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Trailer Watch: Which film will you watch this weekend?

Here are a few options for weekend watching.

EVERY THURSDAY EVENING, we bring you three trailers for films that are out this weekend.

Here are three trailers for films you can catch on streaming services, or on television.

Wonder Woman 1984

Warner Bros. Pictures / YouTube

Gal Gadot returns as Wonder Woman in this sequel, which is set in 1984. It doesn’t lean too heavily on the 1980s tropes, and brings us Diana Prince who is working in the Smithsonian among mere mortals. She soon finds that she has two knew foes, however – Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah, and Pedro Pascal’s Maxwell Lord.

  • RottenTomatoes: No rating yet
  • IMDB: No rating yet
  • Where can I see it? Cinemas and VOD from 16 December 

Small Axe: Education

BBC Trailers / YouTube

The final Small Axe film, directed by Steve McQueen, is about Kingsley, a young boy whose story highlights the issue of segregation in education. Inspired by real-life events.

  • RottenTomatoes: 89%
  • IMDB: No rating yet
  • Where can I see it? 13 December at 9pm on BBC One

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Netflix / YouTube

Set in 1927, Viola Davis plays the performer Ma Rainey and Chadwick Boseman (in his final role) plays a member of her band. The film looks at her career and how her white management tried to control The Mother of the Blues. 

Which one would you watch first?


Poll Results:

None of them (1215)
Wonder Woman 1984 (1159)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (513)
Small Axe: Education (194)

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:10 PM

    I remember 1984 and Wonder Woman didn’t look like that! She looked more like Lynda Carter…

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:44 PM

    @The Alchemist’s Head: gal is savage looking lady though. Nice person behind it all too.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 11:06 PM

    @Tom Ripley: Awful singer though.

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    Dec 11th 2020, 12:06 AM

    @Ed: Lynda Carter not a bad singer though. She’s released several albums…

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    Dec 11th 2020, 8:31 AM

    @Ed: never heard her sing. But would you kick her out of bed for that reason?

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:01 PM

    None of the above

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:08 PM

    National Lampoons Christmas Vacation is only a fiver on Sky so probably that

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:45 PM

    @James Lyons: Watched it last Sunday and thought it was fairly dull, the whole family did actually. It’s on Netflix or Prime, can’t remember which

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    Dec 11th 2020, 12:19 AM

    @James Lyons: on amazon prime lads and 5.50 pays for a month

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:02 PM

    Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog a better bet than the fare listed

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    Dec 10th 2020, 9:01 PM

    Small axe, all the episodes are a distortion on history, completely one sided.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:48 PM

    If you’re looking for a decent movie the weekend watch Green Book. Best film I’ve watched in a long time

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    Dec 10th 2020, 9:28 PM

    @Aiden Durkin: ‘Monsters of men’ is also decent. Scary because it could be a docu drama in the near future.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 9:30 PM

    Monsters of man

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:51 PM

    As women go, Gal Gadot is rather all kinds of wonderful. She’ll get my vote!

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:53 PM

    @Sean May: she’s no Linda Carter

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    Dec 10th 2020, 9:13 PM

    @Sean May: forget her, got notions. Didn’t answer my emails / calls / turning up at her house. Gal if you read The Journal you just missed 2 free pints of porter.

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    Dec 11th 2020, 12:26 AM

    Why include Wonder Woman ? It’s not out until the 16th. The title of this piece is ” Which film will you watch this weekend? ” Why put a film that you can’t watch on it.

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    Dec 11th 2020, 3:47 AM

    @TBPOF: it’s “thejournal.ie”, not “the wall Street journal”, you can’t hold them to the same high standards…

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:36 PM

    Ma Rainey. She was fierce. So that.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:17 PM

    Where can I watch Wonder Woman?

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    Dec 10th 2020, 8:52 PM

    @john: You ill have to watch an illegal torrent if you want to watch it this weekend as the headline suggests, as its not out until 16th which is Monday.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 9:37 PM

    @Barry Vickers: cheers. I thought I could buy it on VOD since the article says available in cinema and VOD. But VOD is only available in the states. Journal should have said this.

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    Dec 10th 2020, 10:33 PM

    @john: George Orwell would be turning in his grave if he knew that they were after doing this to his masterpiece

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    Dec 11th 2020, 1:36 AM

    @john: Better go to the cinema then from wednesday.

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    Dec 11th 2020, 7:18 AM

    None of them probably.Im ‘going’ to a virtual live event called Whale Tales 2020 the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group online conference this Saturday from 11 am until 4 pm. So excited about it!

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